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ASSURED GUARANTY LTD

For the period ended Sep 30, 2026. Filed Nov 6, 2026.

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Sep 30, 2026 · Filed Nov 6, 2026

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6. Contracts Accounted for as Financial Guaranty Insurance

  1. Contracts Accounted for as Financial Guaranty Insurance

The portfolio of outstanding exposures discussed in Note 4. Outstanding Exposure and Note 5. Expected Loss to be Paid (Recovered) includes contracts that are accounted for as financial guaranty insurance contracts, credit derivatives and consolidated FG VIEs. Amounts presented in this note relate only to contracts accounted for as financial guaranty insurance, unless otherwise specified. See Note 8. Derivatives for amounts related to CDS and Note 10. Variable Interest Entities for amounts related to consolidated FG VIEs.

Premiums

Net Earned Premiums

Third QuarterNine Months
2026202520262025
(in millions)
Financial guaranty insurance:
Scheduled net earned premiums$80$77$236$228
Accelerations from refundings, terminations and modifications1852314
Accretion of discount on net premiums receivable12103228
Financial guaranty insurance net earned premiums11092291270
Specialty net earned premiums2254
Net earned premiums$112$94$296$274

Gross Premium Receivable,

Net of Commissions Payable on Assumed Business and Allowance for Credit Losses

Roll Forward

Nine Months
20262025
(in millions)
Beginning of year$1,572$1,551
Less: Specialty insurance premium receivable21
Financial guaranty insurance premiums receivable1,5701,550
New business and supplemental premiums, net of commissions275214
Gross premiums received, net of commissions(299)(265)
Adjustments:
Changes in the expected term and debt service assumptions(2)(23)
Accretion of discount, net of commissions on assumed business2226
Foreign exchange gain (loss) on remeasurement(23)81
Change in allowance for credit losses(3)(1)
Financial guaranty insurance premium receivable1,5401,582
Specialty insurance premium receivable21
As of September 30,$1,542$1,583

Approximately 65% and 68% of gross premiums receivable, net of commissions payable, as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, 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 CPIs, changes in expected lives, new business and changes in ratings of the insured obligations and/or the Company’s financial guaranty insurance subsidiaries.

Expected Future Premium Collections and Earnings

As of September 30, 2026
Future Net Premiums to be Earned (2)
Future Premiums to be Collected (1) · Earnings of Deferred Premium Revenue · Accretion of Discount · Total
(in millions)
2026 (October 1 - December 31)$68$81$11$92
202716430340343
202813328038318
202911725735292
203010523934273
2031-20354369371441,081
2036-2040354611106717
2041-204527340972481
2046-205020826642308
2051-205512313320153
After 205512610317120
Total$2,107$3,619$559$4,178

(1) Net of assumed commissions payable. The future premiums to be collected are not adjusted for the allowance for credit losses.

(2) Net of reinsurance.

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

As of
September 30, 2026December 31, 2025
(dollars in millions)
Premiums receivable, net of commissions payable$1,540$1,570
Deferred premium revenue$1,815$1,831
Weighted-average risk-free rate used to discount premiums3.0%2.7%
Weighted-average period of premiums receivable (in years)12.111.7

Financial Guaranty Insurance Contracts’ Losses Reported in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Loss and LAE reserve and salvage and subrogation recoverable for financial guaranty insurance obligations are discounted at risk-free rates that ranged from 2.44% to 6.07% with a weighted average of 4.99% as of September 30, 2026 and 1.93% to 5.35% with a weighted average of 3.93% as of December 31, 2025.

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

Net Reserve (Salvage) by Sector

As of
SectorSeptember 30, 2026December 31, 2025
(in millions)
Public finance:
U.S. public finance$(137)$(66)
Non-U.S. public finance3318
Public finance(104)(48)
Structured finance:
U.S. RMBS(125)(150)
Other structured finance5859
Structured finance(67)(91)
Total$(171)$(139)

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 September 30, 2026
(in millions)
Net expected loss to be paid (recovered) - Financial guaranty insurance$101
Contra-paid, net22
Salvage and subrogation recoverable, net450
Loss and LAE reserve - Financial guaranty insurance contracts, net of reinsurance(279)
Net expected loss to be expensed (present value)$294

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, changes in foreign exchange rates, changes in ratings of insured obligations 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 September 30, 2026
(in millions)
2026 (October 1 - December 31)$3
202715
202818
202917
203017
2031-203583
2036-204050
2041-204538
2046-205034
2051-205516
After 20553
Net expected loss to be expensed (present value)294
Future expected accretion(8)
Total expected future loss and LAE$286

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

Loss and LAE (Benefit) by Sector

Third QuarterNine Months
Sector2026202520262025
(in millions)
Public finance:
U.S. public finance$—$(5)$9$46
Non-U.S. public finance1(2)1218
Public finance1(7)2164
Structured finance:
U.S. RMBS—(25)1(25)
Other structured finance121(1)
Structured finance1(23)2(26)
Loss and LAE (benefit)$2$(30)$23$38

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 billions)
Number of risks (1)801492186186
Remaining weighted-average period (in years)14.923.45.519.019.1
Outstanding exposure:
Par$3.12$3.82$1.06$8.00$7.99
Interest2.344.810.287.437.43
Total (2)$5.46$8.63$1.34$15.43$15.42
Gross · Net Total BIG
BIG 1 · BIG 2 · BIG 3 · Total BIG
(in millions)
Expected cash outflows (inflows)$906$1,146$1,101$3,153$3,147
Potential recoveries (3)(1,165)(868)(1,031)(3,064)(3,054)
Subtotal(259)278708993
Discount119(94)(17)88
Expected losses to be paid (recovered)$(140)$184$53$97$101
Deferred premium revenue$147$157$93$397$397
Reserves (salvage)$(226)$74$(22)$(174)$(171)

BIG Transaction Loss Summary

Gross · Net Total BIG
BIG 1 · BIG 2 · BIG 3 · Total BIG
(dollars in billions)
Number of risks (1)871395195195
Remaining weighted-average period (in years)14.024.15.418.718.7
Outstanding exposure:
Par$3.73$3.81$1.21$8.75$8.73
Interest2.524.840.327.687.68
Total (2)$6.25$8.65$1.53$16.43$16.41
Gross · Net Total BIG
BIG 1 · BIG 2 · BIG 3 · Total BIG
(in millions)
Expected cash outflows (inflows)$172$1,141$1,242$2,555$2,547
Potential recoveries (3)(445)(877)(1,110)(2,432)(2,422)
Subtotal(273)264132123125
Discount47(77)(8)(38)(38)
Expected losses to be paid (recovered)$(226)$187$124$85$87
Deferred premium revenue$164$162$103$429$429
Reserves (salvage)$(255)$71$43$(141)$(140)

(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 primarily to exposures that were previously BIG and for which claims have been paid in the past.

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