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ASSURED GUARANTY LTD

For the period ended Mar 31, 2025. Filed May 9, 2025.

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Mar 31, 2025 · Filed May 9, 2025

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5. Contracts Accounted for as Insurance

  1. Contracts Accounted for as Insurance

The portfolio of outstanding exposures discussed in Note 3, Outstanding Exposure, and Note 4, Expected Loss to be Paid (Recovered), includes contracts that are accounted for as insurance contracts, derivatives and consolidated FG VIEs. Amounts presented in this note relate only to contracts accounted for as insurance, unless otherwise specified. See Note 6, Contracts Accounted for as Credit Derivatives, for amounts related to CDS and Note 8, Financial Guaranty Variable Interest Entities and Consolidated Investment Vehicles, for amounts related to consolidated FG VIEs.

Premiums

Net Earned Premiums

First Quarter
20252024
(in millions)
Financial guaranty insurance:
Scheduled net earned premiums$76$71
Accelerations from refundings and terminations539
Accretion of discount on net premiums receivable97
Financial guaranty insurance net earned premiums90117
Specialty net earned premiums12
Net earned premiums$91$119

Gross Premium Receivable,

Net of Commissions Payable on Assumed Business

Roll Forward

First Quarter
20252024
(in millions)
Beginning of year$1,551$1,468
Less: Specialty insurance premium receivable11
Financial guaranty insurance premiums receivable1,5501,467
New business and supplemental premiums, net of commissions3963
Gross premiums received, net of commissions(58)(75)
Adjustments:
Changes in the expected term and debt service assumptions(5)(3)
Accretion of discount, net of commissions on assumed business87
Foreign exchange gain (loss) on remeasurement33(10)
Financial guaranty insurance premium receivable1,5671,449
Specialty insurance premium receivable11
March 31,$1,568$1,450

Approximately 69% of gross premiums receivable, net of commissions payable, as of both March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, primarily the pound sterling and euro.

The timing and cumulative amount of actual collections and net earned premiums may differ from those of expected collections and of expected net earned premiums in the table below due to factors such as foreign exchange rate fluctuations, counterparty collectability issues, accelerations, commutations, restructurings, changes in the consumer price indices, changes in expected lives and new business.

Expected Future Premium Collections and Earnings

As of March 31, 2025
Future Net Premiums to be Earned (2)
Future Premiums to be Collected (1) · Earnings of Deferred Premium Revenue · Accretion of Discount · Total
(in millions)
2025 (April 1 - June 30)$71$76$9$85
2025 (July 1 - September 30)4675984
2025 (October 1 - December 31)4273982
Subtotal 202515922427251
202613027834312
202712326132293
202811724830278
202910623128259
2030-20344179221181,040
2035-203931960186687
2040-204424439356449
2045-204918526132293
2050-205411513715152
After 205412310912121
Total$2,038$3,665$470$4,135

(1) Net of assumed commissions payable.

(2) Net of reinsurance.

Selected Information for Financial Guaranty Insurance Policies with Premiums Paid in Installments

As of
March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
(dollars in millions)
Premiums receivable, net of commissions payable$1,567$1,550
Deferred premium revenue1,8701,901
Weighted-average risk-free rate used to discount premiums2.5%2.5%
Weighted-average period of premiums receivable (in years)12.212.3

Insurance Contracts’ Losses Reported in the Consolidated Financial Statements

Loss reserves and salvage and subrogation recoverable are discounted at risk-free rates for financial guaranty insurance obligations that ranged from 1.99% to 5.41% with a weighted average of 4.19% as of March 31, 2025 and 1.98% to 5.22% with a weighted average of 4.38% as of December 31, 2024.

The following table provides information on net reserve (salvage), which includes loss and LAE reserves and salvage and subrogation recoverable, both net of reinsurance.

Net Reserve (Salvage) by Sector

As of
SectorMarch 31, 2025December 31, 2024
(in millions)
Public finance:
U.S. public finance$11$(14)
Non-U.S. public finance115
Public finance22(9)
Structured finance:
U.S. RMBS(146)(151)
Other structured finance3033
Structured finance(116)(118)
Total$(94)$(127)

The table below provides a reconciliation of net expected loss to be paid (recovered) for financial guaranty insurance contracts to net expected loss to be expensed. Expected loss to be paid (recovered) for financial guaranty insurance contracts differs from expected loss to be expensed due to: (i) the contra-paid, which represents the claim payments made and recoveries received that have not yet been recognized in the statements of operations; (ii) salvage and subrogation recoverable for transactions that are in a net recovery position where the Company has not yet received recoveries on claims previously paid (and therefore recognized in income but not yet received); and (iii) loss reserves that have already been established (and therefore expensed but not yet paid).

Reconciliation of Net Expected Loss to be Paid (Recovered) to Net Expected Loss to be Expensed

As of March 31, 2025
(in millions)
Net expected loss to be paid (recovered) - financial guaranty insurance$132
Contra-paid, net23
Salvage and subrogation recoverable, net387
Loss and LAE reserve - financial guaranty insurance contracts, net of reinsurance(292)
Net expected loss to be expensed (present value)$250

The following table provides a schedule of the expected timing of financial guaranty net expected losses to be expensed. The amount and timing of actual loss and LAE may differ from the estimates shown below due to factors such as accelerations, commutations, changes in expected lives and updates to loss estimates. This table excludes amounts related to FG VIEs, which are eliminated in consolidation.

Net Expected Loss to be Expensed

As of March 31, 2025
(in millions)
2025 (April 1 - June 30)$4
2025 (July 1 - September 30)3
2025 (October 1 - December 31)3
Subtotal 202510
202613
202717
202818
202918
2030-203479
2035-203939
2040-204418
2045-204921
2050-205415
After 20542
Net expected loss to be expensed (present value)250
Future expected accretion6
Total expected future loss and LAE$256

The following table presents the loss and LAE (benefit) reported in the condensed consolidated statements of operations by sector for insurance contracts.

Loss and LAE (Benefit) by Sector

First Quarter
Sector20252024
(in millions)
Public finance:
U.S. public finance$36$(2)
Non-U.S. public finance6—
Public finance42(2)
Structured finance:
U.S. RMBS—2
Other structured finance(2)(1)
Structured finance(2)1
Loss and LAE (benefit)$40$(1)

The following tables provide information on financial guaranty insurance contracts categorized as BIG.

BIG Transaction Loss Summary

Gross · Net Total BIG
BIG 1 · BIG 2 · BIG 3 · Total BIG
(dollars in millions)
Number of risks (1)911396200200
Remaining weighted-average period (in years)18.612.05.916.516.6
Outstanding exposure:
Par$7,058$1,095$1,372$9,525$9,511
Interest6,4437694007,6127,610
Total (2)$13,501$1,864$1,772$17,137$17,121
Expected cash outflows (inflows)$4,140$425$1,312$5,877$5,868
Potential recoveries (3)(4,306)(304)(1,129)(5,739)(5,730)
Subtotal(166)121183138138
Discount11—(17)(6)(6)
Expected losses to be paid (recovered)$(155)$121$166$132$132
Deferred premium revenue$266$57$113$436$436
Reserves (salvage)$(241)$68$77$(96)$(95)

BIG Transaction Loss Summary

Gross · Net Total BIG
BIG 1 · BIG 2 · BIG 3 · Total BIG
(dollars in millions)
Number of risks (1)981297207207
Remaining weighted-average period (in years)18.68.86.116.616.6
Outstanding exposure:
Par$8,080$702$1,382$10,164$10,150
Interest7,5463714218,3388,335
Total (2)$15,626$1,073$1,803$18,502$18,485
Expected cash outflows (inflows)$4,016$342$1,307$5,665$5,656
Potential recoveries (3)(4,201)(293)(1,132)(5,626)(5,616)
Subtotal(185)491753940
Discount4329(23)4949
Expected losses to be paid (recovered)$(142)$78$152$88$89
Deferred premium revenue$333$49$116$498$498
Reserves (salvage)$(226)$35$62$(129)$(128)

(1)A risk represents the aggregate of the financial guaranty policies that share the same revenue source for purposes of making debt service payments.

(2)Includes amounts related to FG VIEs.

(3)Represents expected inflows from future payments by obligors pursuant to restructuring agreements, settlements, excess spread on any underlying collateral and other estimated recoveries. Potential recoveries also include recoveries on certain investment grade credits, related mainly to exposures that were previously BIG and for which claims have been paid in the past.

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