Company: GLRE
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001385613-25-000007
Chunk: 532

Company: GREENLIGHT CAPITAL RE, LTD.
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 532
---
 to differ materially from our underlying assumptions or estimates. In that case, there could be a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition, or liquidity. 

We believe the following are the critical accounting estimates used to prepare our consolidated financial statements:

•Premium recognition

•Loss and LAE reserves

•Investments valuation

The following provides a summary of our accounting policies for the above critical accounting estimates.

Premium Recognition 

Gross Premiums Written

We record our property and casualty reinsurance premiums as premiums written based on our best estimate of the ultimate premiums for the contract period. Our estimates are based on actuarial pricing models, information received from ceding companies, and from Lloyd’s syndicates (for FAL business). Further, we record reinsurance premiums so long as they meet the risk transfer criteria under U.S. GAAP (see “Deposit Contracts” below).

The recognition of gross premiums written will vary based on the type of the reinsurance contract as follows:

•Excess of loss contracts: typically the contracts state premiums as a percentage of the subject premiums written by the client, subject to a minimum and deposit premium. The minimum and deposit premium is generally based on an estimate of subject premiums expected to be written by the client during the contract term. At the inception of the contract, we record the total contractual minimum and deposit premium, which is subsequently adjusted when the actual subject premium is known. Generally, the adjustment to actual is not material on an aggregate basis.

•Quota share (also known as proportional) contracts: we record our participation share of the estimated ultimate premiums in the same periods in which the underlying insurance contracts are written.  For example, for a 12-month quota share reinsurance contract, we will recognize the estimated gross premiums written over 12 months, generally on a linear basis.

•For multi-year contracts: we record reinsurance premiums at the inception of the contract based on our best estimate of total premiums to be received. Premiums are recognized on an annual basis for multi-year contracts where the cedants have the ability to unilaterally commute or cancel coverage within the term of the contract.

We write mostly quota share reinsurance treaties. The following table provides a summary of our estimated gross premiums written for quota share reinsurance contracts incepting during the year:

202420232022Open Market segment$402,666 $358,230 $350,595 Innovations segment45,494 44,133 33,030 Property runoff— 42,744