11/4/2025

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Conference Operator
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Thank you for joining the Greenlight Capital Relimited Third Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, participants are in listen-only mode. A question and answer session will follow the prepared comments. You may press star 1 at any time to be placed in the question queue. It's now my pleasure to turn the call over to David Sigmund, Greenlight REIS General Counsel.

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David Sigmund
General Counsel, Greenlight Re

You may begin. Thank you, Kevin, and good morning. I would like to remind you that this conference call is being recorded and will be available for replay following the conclusion of the event. An audio replay will also be available under the Investors section of the company's website at www.greenlightree.com. Joining us on the call today will be our Chief Executive Officer, Greg Richardson, Chairman of the Board, David Einhorn, and Chief Financial Officer, Farmers Romer. On behalf of the company, I'd like to remind you that forward-looking statements may be made during this call and are intended to be covered by the safe harbor provisions of the federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements reflect the company's current expectations, estimates, and predictions regarding future results and are subject to risks and uncertainties. As a result, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied. For more information on the risks and other factors that may impact future performance, investors should review the periodic reports that are filed by the company with the SEC from time to time. Additionally, management may refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures. The reconciliations to these measures can be found in the company's filings with the SEC, including the company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31st, 2024. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. With that, it is now my pleasure to turn the call over to Greg.

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Greg Richardson
Chief Executive Officer, Greenlight Re

Thank you, David. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. Q3 2025 was a mixed quarter with an exceptional underwriting result offset by investment losses. Overall, we reported a net loss of $4.4 million in Q3 2025, which brings our year-to-date net income to $25.6 million. Fully diluted book value per share decreased 0.4% in the quarter to $18.90 and increased 5.3% for the first nine months of the year. We reported our best quarterly combined ratio of 86.6%, translating to a record $22.3 million of underwriting income. This result was driven by a combination of the strong underlying profitability of the book assisted by a benign cat quarter. We would be remiss not to comment on Hurricane Melissa. There are strong historical ties between the Cayman Islands and Jamaica, and our hearts are with all those who have been affected by this incredibly powerful storm. As a reinsurance professional that has closely monitored hurricanes for nearly 30 years, I was impressed by and grateful for the forecasters and their models in predicting both the erratic track and extreme intensity of Melissa. While property is fixed in place, people can get out of the way of the path of the storm with this information. The forecasters certainly saved many lives as a result. From a financial perspective, Melissa is a fourth quarter event. It is early days, but we do not expect a significant loss to GreenLight Re given positioning in the CAT space and the fact that it missed the southeastern United States. We have been confident that our underwriting portfolio is positioned to deliver a strong underwriting return, so it is encouraging to see that reflected in our results in Q3. Our open market book delivered an 84.5% combined ratio, while our innovations book delivered a 96.7% combined ratio. Both segments showed meaningful premium growth. Growth in open market was driven by our funds at Lloyd's book, modest property and financial lines growth offset by declines in casualty based on underwriting actions discussed last quarter. For our innovation segment, a good portion of our accounts incept in the second half of the year, and we can see evidence of previously anticipated organic top-line growth beginning to emerge. Unfortunately, our investment performance for the quarter was a loss of $17.4 million. There are two main components of this. Our investment in the SOLUS glass portfolio was down 3.2% in the quarter. David will provide more color in his remarks. In addition, we suffered a net unrealized loss of $11.3 million on our innovations investment portfolio. The net unrealized loss on our innovations portfolio was primarily driven by a $16.4 million write down of our highest valued investment. Our innovation investments are generally illiquid and we revalue them as soon as we believe the valuation may be impaired. or when a new funding round closes. This particular situation is idiosyncratic in that the lead investor was able to secure a new round of equity financing at a substantial discount due to a debt refinancing that fell through at the last minute. We still believe the company's prospects are bright and the financing removes an overhang from the investment. While this write-down in Q3 is disappointing, I would highlight that we hold our innovations investments for the long term, and we are focused on realized gains and the associated underwriting and fee income opportunities generated from these investments, rather than mark-to-market gains and losses. Further, this position was outsized from a carried value perspective due to prior upward adjustments based on previous financing rounds. Currently, we have no single investment valued at more than $10 million, and only three investments valued at over $5 million. So the risk of a similar write-down on a single investment going forward is mitigated absent an industry-wide event. We are now focused on 1.1 renewals. While the market is clearly softening, we believe rates and terms will remain attractive for our open market reinsurance business. Consequently, we expect to renew most of our non-cashly business and perhaps grow somewhat. As noted previously, our innovations book is less susceptible to the supply-demand pressures of the reinsurance market. We anticipate continued strong organic growth from our existing innovations clients and attractive new business opportunities. Now I'd like to turn the call over to David.

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