---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001385613-26-000123"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GLRE"
cik: "0001385613"
company_name: "GREENLIGHT CAPITAL RE, LTD."
filed_at: "2026-09-01T20:11:13+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-01T20:12:06.164805+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Greenlight Re appoints John Welch as independent director; adds Ariel Warszawski to board

## Summary
- John Welch appointed independent director of Greenlight Re and Greenlight Reinsurance, effective Sept 1, 2026.
- Welch, 61, former Group Chief Underwriting Officer of Aspen (Jul 2025-Feb 2026), joins Audit, Compensation, and Underwriting committees.
- Ariel Warszawski, co-founder of Firefly Minerals, elected to board at AGM on July 28, 2026; both appointments expand board.
- Welch's appointment to Greenlight Re board subject to Cayman Islands Monetary Authority approval; no related-party transactions disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001385613-26-000123
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GLRE
- cik: 0001385613
- company_name: GREENLIGHT CAPITAL RE, LTD.
- filed_at: 2026-09-01T20:11:13+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1385613/000138561326000123/0001385613-26-000123-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1385613/000138561326000123/glre-20260901.htm

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