Greenlight Re Innovations Announces Investment in SME-focused Credit Insurance Start-up Nimbla
March 26 2021 - 8:30AM
Greenlight Re Innovations (“GRI”), part of Greenlight Capital Re,
Ltd. (NASDAQ: GLRE) (“Greenlight Re” or the “Company”), a
specialist property and casualty reinsurance company headquartered
in the Cayman Islands, has announced an investment in
TradeCrediTech Ltd. (“Nimbla”), a digital managing general
underwriter focusing on the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME)
credit insurance market.
Based in London, Nimbla is a technology-centric, highly
automated MGA that has API integration capabilities to plug into
the vast number of SME financing platforms that exist today. Due to
these integrations, Nimbla can offer the immediate quote and bind
of credit insurance at a single invoice level and address the
underserved SME market within existing workflows. By analyzing a
SME’s credit risk in real-time, Nimbla can dynamically price the
insurance to reflect the current credit risk of a SME more
accurately.
Simon Burton, Chief Executive Officer at Greenlight Re said, “In
the current challenging economic environment, trade credit
insurance offers valuable protection to businesses. The traditional
trade credit underwriting process is cumbersome and Nimbla’s
technology has introduced a new level of pricing speed and accuracy
to trade credit insurance.”
Elizabeth Jenkin, Chief Commercial Officer at Nimbla said,
“Nimbla has turned traditional trade credit insurance on its head
with single invoice insurance; quote and bind in less than two
minutes which significantly disrupts the traditional model. The
partnership with Greenlight enables us to widen our reach
geographically and build and distribute more complementary
products, particularly during this challenging time for businesses.
We recently added the ability to insure against credit risks in
mainland Europe, responding to the demand from our customers. We
have also launched our new API which enables funders to make 'in
the moment' credit wrapped decisions. This speed and agility are
trademarks of Nimbla and our partnership with Greenlight enables us
to continue to innovate and be market makers rather than
followers.”
Nimbla represents the thirteenth strategic investment made by
GRI.
About Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd.
Established in 2004, Greenlight Re (www.greenlightre.ky) is a
NASDAQ listed company with specialist property and casualty
reinsurance companies based in the Cayman Islands and Ireland.
Greenlight Re provides risk management products and services to the
insurance, reinsurance, and other risk marketplaces. The Company
focuses on delivering risk solutions to clients and brokers by whom
Greenlight Re's expertise, analytics and customer service offerings
are demanded. With an emphasis on deriving superior returns from
both sides of the balance sheet, Greenlight Re manages its assets
according to a value-oriented equity-focused strategy that supports
the goal of long-term growth in book value per share.
About Greenlight Re Innovations
GRI was launched in March 2018. The unit supports technology
innovators in the (re)insurance space by providing investment, risk
capacity, and access to a broad insurance network. The unit
consists of experienced actuaries, underwriters, and insurance
executives with a deep understanding of (re)insurance and the
ability to help startups navigate the complex insurance
ecosystem.
About Nimbla
Based in London, Nimbla aims to bring the trade credit industry
into the 21st century. Challenging traditional insurance models,
the cover is flexible and adapts to fit the diversity of businesses
that comprise the SME market. Backed by expert risk analysts,
Nimbla’s digital insurance platform allows businesses to check a
buyer’s ability to pay and insure individual invoices against
non-payment in a fast and affordable way. This capability enables
business owners to safeguard against insolvent customers, expand
into new and existing markets and secure better borrowing terms.
For further information visit: www.nimbla.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws. The Company intends
these forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor
provisions for forward-looking statements in the U.S. federal
securities laws. These statements involve risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
contained in forward-looking statements made on behalf of the
Company. These risks and uncertainties include the impact of
general economic conditions and conditions affecting the insurance
and reinsurance industry, the adequacy of our reserves, our ability
to assess underwriting risk, trends in rates for property and
casualty insurance and reinsurance, competition, investment market
fluctuations, trends in insured and paid losses, catastrophes,
regulatory and legal uncertainties and other factors described in
the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to
publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
For further information contact:
Investor Relations
Adam Prior The Equity Group Inc.(212) 836-9606
IR@greenlightre.ky
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