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  • Curious and curiouser - the quirky and weird risks, that Lloyd's syndicate CIOs are backing

    15 May 2024

    Got a satellite, a nuclear reactor, a Degas, or a body part to insure? A Lloyd's syndicate will do that - and back the risk in its GA. David Walker peers inside Lloyd's cabinet of insured curiosities

  • Chart of the Week - Do PE-linked Lloyd's syndicates take more investment risk?

    12 April 2024

    With PE links to insurers in the sights of regulators worldwide, we investigate the fair value hierarchy of some at Lloyd's

  • Syndicate linked to hedgie David Einhorn halves losses in 2023

    11 April 2024

    Lloyd's syndicate backs fintechs backed by Einhorn's reinsurer

  • The nitty-gritty of insurers' IMAs with hedge funds

    14 February 2024

    An LP agreement in 2021 of Solasglas Investments and various Greenlight Re entities with hedge fund DME Advisors II, LLC, illuminated variables commonly negotiated between re/insurers and alternative managers.

  • Greenlight Re hits $32m profit from hedge fund investment

    08 August 2023

    Makes up majority of $42m investment profit in Q2

  • Hedgie David Einhorn's outsourcing returns jump for Greenlight Re in 2021

    29 August 2022

    And Irish reinsurer reveals what it pays for the privilege...

  • Greenlight Re invests in Shepherd Labs MGA

    03 September 2021

    Focus on providing insurance to construction sector

  • Greenlight Re makes 35% in Q4 from MetLife spin-off

    15 March 2021

    Bermudian reinsurer defends alternative investing style against "bleak outlook" faced by rivals

  • Failed shorting leaves David Einhorn’ Greenlight Re in the red

    06 November 2018

    Reinsurer was also hit by Hurricane Florence losses in Q3

  • Greenlight Re posts near worst $145m investment loss

    02 May 2018

    Greenlight Capital Re, the hedge fund reinsurer based in Bermuda, reported a net loss of $142.8m for the first quarter of 2018, compared to a gain of $8.4m for the same period in 2017.