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Financial Guaranty Insurance Premiums
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Insurance [Abstract]  
Financial Guaranty Insurance Premiums
Financial Guaranty Insurance Premiums

The portfolio of outstanding exposures discussed in Note 4, Outstanding Exposure, includes financial guaranty contracts that meet the definition of insurance contracts as well as those that meet the definition of a derivative under GAAP. Amounts presented in this note relate to financial guaranty insurance contracts, unless otherwise noted. See Note 9, Financial Guaranty Contracts Accounted for as Credit Derivatives for amounts that relate to CDS.

Net Earned Premiums
 
 
Second Quarter
 
Six Months
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
 
(in millions)
Scheduled net earned premiums
$
118

 
$
106

 
$
214

 
$
213

Acceleration of net earned premiums
96

 
24

 
137

 
43

Accretion of discount on net premiums receivable
5

 
5

 
9

 
11

Financial guaranty insurance net earned premiums
219

 
135

 
360

 
267

Other
0

 
1

 
1

 
1

 Net earned premiums(1)
$
219

 
$
136

 
$
361

 
$
268

 ___________________
(1)
Excludes $5 million and $5 million for Second Quarter 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $10 million and $22 million for Six Months 2015 and 2014, respectively, related to consolidated financial guaranty ("FG") VIEs.


Components of Unearned Premium Reserve
 
 
As of June 30, 2015
 
As of December 31, 2014
 
Gross
 
Ceded
 
Net(1)
 
Gross
 
Ceded
 
Net(1)
 
(in millions)
Deferred premium revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Financial guaranty insurance
$
4,312

 
$
289

 
$
4,023

 
$
4,167

 
$
387

 
$
3,780

   Other
1

 

 
1

 
0

 

 
0

Deferred premium revenue
$
4,313

 
$
289

 
$
4,024

 
$
4,167

 
$
387

 
$
3,780

Contra-paid (2)
76

 
(7
)
 
83

 
94

 
(6
)
 
100

Unearned premium reserve
$
4,389

 
$
282

 
$
4,107

 
$
4,261

 
$
381

 
$
3,880

 ____________________
(1)
Excludes $125 million and $125 million of deferred premium revenue, and $37 million and $42 million of contra-paid related to FG VIEs as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

(2)
See Note 7, "Financial Guaranty Insurance Losses– Insurance Contracts' Loss Information" for an explanation of "contra-paid".
 
Gross Premium Receivable,
Net of Commissions on Assumed Business
Roll Forward
 
 
Six Months
 
2015

2014
 
(in millions)
Beginning of period, December 31
$
729

 
$
876

Premiums receivable acquired in Radian Asset Acquisition on April 1, 2015
2

 

Gross premium written, net of commissions on assumed business
61

 
61

Gross premiums received, net of commissions on assumed business
(79
)
 
(97
)
Adjustments:
 
 
 
Changes in the expected term
(9
)
 
(13
)
Accretion of discount, net of commissions on assumed business
10

 
12

Foreign exchange translation
(8
)
 
9

Consolidation/deconsolidation of FG VIEs
(4
)
 
1

Other adjustments
0

 

End of period, June 30 (1)
$
702

 
$
849

____________________
(1)
Excludes $23 million and $18 million as of June 30, 2015 and June 30, 2014, respectively, related to consolidated FG VIEs. Excludes $1 million related to non-financial guaranty line of business as of June 30, 2015.

Foreign exchange translation relates to installment premium receivables denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Approximately 50% and 51% of installment premiums at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, primarily the Euro and British Pound Sterling.
 
The timing and cumulative amount of actual collections may differ from expected collections in the tables below due to factors such as foreign exchange rate fluctuations, counterparty collectability issues, accelerations, commutations and changes in expected lives.
 
Expected Collections of
Financial Guaranty Gross Premiums Receivable,
Net of Commissions on Assumed Business
(Undiscounted)
 
 
As of June 30, 2015
 
(in millions)
2015 (July 1 – September 30)
$
25

2015 (October 1 – December 31)
23

2016
77

2017
69

2018
62

2019
58

2020-2024
244

2025-2029
158

2030-2034
111

After 2034
101

Total(1)
$
928

 ____________________
(1)
Excludes expected cash collections on FG VIEs of $29 million.

Scheduled Financial Guaranty Net Earned Premiums

 
As of June 30, 2015
 
(in millions)
2015 (July 1 – September 30)
$
103

2015 (October 1 – December 31)
100

2016
383

2017
334

2018
302

2019
276

2020-2024
1,080

2025-2029
690

2030-2034
413

After 2034
342

Net deferred premium revenue(1)
4,023

Future accretion
206

Total future net earned premiums
$
4,229

 ____________________
(1)
Excludes scheduled net earned premiums on consolidated FG VIEs of $125 million.


Selected Information for Financial Guaranty Policies Paid in Installments

 
As of
June 30, 2015
 
As of
December 31, 2014
 
(dollars in millions)
Premiums receivable, net of commission payable
$
702

 
$
729

Gross deferred premium revenue
1,302

 
1,370

Weighted-average risk-free rate used to discount premiums
3.4
%
 
3.5
%
Weighted-average period of premiums receivable (in years)
9.4

 
9.4