About Us
— SurancePlus by Oxbridge Re Holdings —
Built on Transparency and Compliance
SurancePlus Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oxbridge Re Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: OXBR), a publicly traded holding company that is audited to standards promulgated by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and has, through its licensed reinsurance subsidiaries, operated in the reinsurance industry for 10 years.
SurancePlus specializes in Real-World Asset (“RWA”) tokenization and issued DeltaCat Re, the first of its multi-year Cat Re (short for “Catastrophe Reinsurance”) token series, in 2023 on the Avalanche Blockchain. Investors in DeltaCat Re earned an impressive 49.1% annualized return on their investment.
Transparency
Compliance
Leadership
Jay Madhu
Chairman, CEO & Director of Oxbridge Re
(NASDAQ: OXBR) | President of SurancePlus
Mr. Madhu serves as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of Oxbridge Re Holdings (NASDAQ: OXBR), as well as its licensed reinsurance subsidiaries and its Web3 startup SurancePlus that democratizes reinsurance contracts by issuing digitized securities. Jay is also a founder, Chairman and President of Oxbridge Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: OXAC) and founder/director of HCI Group (NYSE: HCI).
Mr. Madhu has a diverse background in insurance, banking and real estate, and has held various executive positions at NYSE listed HCI Group, Inc., specializing in marketing and investor relations.
Wrendon Timothy
CFO & Director of Oxbridge Re
(NASDAQ: OXBR) | Director of SurancePlus
Mr. Timothy serves as a director of SurancePlus and Oxbridge Re and has been Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Corporate Secretary of Oxbridge Re since August 2013. He also serves as a director for the company’s licensed reinsurance subsidiaries.
Mr. Timothy is a founder, director and CFO of Oxbridge Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: OXAC) and has over 19 years combined Big 4 (PwC & KPMG) and industry professional experience in the fields of technical and SEC reporting, compliance, internal and external auditing, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions analysis, risk management, and CFO and controller services.
Drew Madhu
Chief Business Development Officer & Head of Strategic Partnerships of SurancePlus
Mr. Madhu serves as Chief Business Development Officer and Head of Strategic Partnerships at SurancePlus, where he leads global business development, strategic partnerships, and market expansion. Prior to joining SurancePlus, Drew served as Head of Autonomous Driving Sales, North America at Hesai Technology (NASDAQ: HSAI), the world’s leading LiDAR manufacturer. In this role, he played a key role in scaling U.S. and European sales operations and building strategic relationships with major global automotive partners.
Mr. Madhu previously served as an Advisory Board Member of Oxbridge Acquisition Corp., a $115 million SPAC. Earlier in his career, he held senior business development roles at Quanergy, managing sales across the Americas, Middle East, Africa, and India. He began his career in Venture Capital, serving as a Summer Investment Team Associate at Highland Capital Partners and Rothenberg Ventures. Drew earned a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University, where he was a Varsity Football Scholar Athlete and Rose Bowl Champion.
Dwight Merren
Director, Oxbridge Re (NASDAQ: OXBR)
Dwight Merren Bio Mr. Merren currently serves as an AVP, Private Banking at Butterfield Bank (Cayman) Limited (“Butterfield Cayman”) since December 2021, servicing mainly high net-worth private clientele. Butterfield Cayman is part of the Butterfield Group (NYSE: NTB). Prior to this, from November 2014, Mr. Merren served as a Relationship Manager in Butterfield Cayman’s Corporate Banking Department where he was responsible for the management of a portfolio of corporates across various business sectors, including captive insurers, insurance companies, reinsurance companies, special-purpose vehicles, liquidation accounts, large multinational companies and hedge funds. Mr. Merren previously served as Relationship Manager of HSBC Bank (Cayman) Limited from October 2011 to October 2014, and as Deputy Head – Insurance Division at CIMA, from March 2009 to September 2011.
From July 1992 to February 2009, Mr. Merren held senior roles of Administrator at Midland Bank (now HSBC), Assistant Vice President at Willis Management (Cayman) Limited, and Vice President at Global Captive Management Ltd. where he led and managed large portfolio of companies. Mr. Merren served as an independent director at Cayman Islands National Insurance Company (“CINICO”), and as the Chairman of the Risk and Compliance Committee, and Chair of the Finance Committee from November 2017 to February 2022. Mr. Merren brings invaluable experience in insurance, banking, risk management, compliance and governance to our boards. Mr. Merren was appointed to serve as the Chair of the Compensation Committee, and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance, Audit and Underwriting Committees of the Board.
Lesley Thompson
Director, Oxbridge Re (NASDAQ: OXBR)
Ms. Thompson has served as the Managing Director of Willis Towers Watson Management (Cayman) Ltd. (“WTW Cayman”) since March 2020 and as Secretary since April 2020. WTW Cayman is part of the WTW group (NASDAQ: WTW). Ms. Thompson is responsible for the strategy and leadership of WTW Cayman providing insurance management and brokerage services to its clients. Ms. Thompson also provides independent director services to insurance and structured finance companies. Ms. Thompson currently serves as a director to ICP Investment Holdings Limited since November 2016 and ICP Reinsurance Limited since January 2017. Ms. Thompson previously served as Vice President of Maples Fiduciary Services (Cayman) Limited from February 2016 to March 2020 where she headed the insurance management services and provided independent director services to insurance and structured finance companies.
From January 2000 to January 2016, Ms. Thompson held senior roles of Assistant Vice President, Assistant Manager & Group Vice President at Aon Insurance Managers (Bermuda) Ltd., HSBC Financial Services (Cayman) Ltd., Atlas Insurance Management (Cayman) Ltd. and Advantage International Management (Cayman) Ltd. where she led and managed large portfolios of property & casualty and life & annuity companies, including special purpose vehicles, segregated portfolio companies and group captives. Ms. Thompson has served as a member of the executive committee of The Insurance Managers Association of Cayman since August 2020 and is the past Chairperson.
Ms. Thompson is a Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA & CGMA), a Fellow of Captive Insurance (FCI) and holds the Accredited Director (Acc. Dir.) designation through the Chartered Governance Institute of Canada. Ms. Thompson brings invaluable experience in insurance, accounting and corporate governance to our Board.
Arun Gowda
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