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Contracts Accounted for as Insurance
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Insurance [Abstract]  
Contracts Accounted for as Insurance Contracts Accounted for as InsuranceThe 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 that are accounted for as consolidated FG VIEs.
Premiums

Net Earned Premiums
 Third QuarterNine Months
 2022202120222021
 (in millions)
Financial guaranty insurance:
Scheduled net earned premiums70 81 $219 $242 
Accelerations from refundings and terminations (1)12 145 39 
Accretion of discount on net premiums receivable13 18 24 
Financial guaranty insurance net earned premiums88 102 382 305 
Specialty net earned premiums— 
  Net earned premiums$89 $102 $385 $307 
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(1)    Nine months 2022 accelerations include $104 million related to the March Puerto Rico Resolutions. See Note 3, Outstanding Exposure for additional information.

Gross Premium Receivable,
Net of Commissions Payable on Assumed Business
Roll Forward 
 Nine Months
 20222021
 (in millions)
Beginning of year$1,372 $1,372 
Less: Specialty insurance premium receivable
Financial guaranty insurance premiums receivable1,371 1,371 
Gross written premiums on new business, net of commissions232 270 
Gross premiums received, net of commissions (258)(274)
Adjustments:
Changes in the expected term and debt service assumptions(5)
Accretion of discount, net of commissions on assumed business18 22 
Foreign exchange gain (loss) on remeasurement(181)(22)
Expected recovery of premiums previously written off— 
Financial guaranty insurance premium receivable (1)1,177 1,377 
Specialty insurance premium receivable
September 30,$1,178 $1,378 

Approximately 76% and 78% of gross premiums receivable, net of commissions payable at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, 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 consumer price index, changes in expected lives and new business.
Financial Guaranty Insurance
Expected Future Premium Collections and Earnings
 As of September 30, 2022
Future Gross Premiums
to be Collected (1)
Future Net Premiums
to be Earned (2)
 (in millions)
2022 (October 1 - December 31)$27 $71 
2023105 271 
202482 256 
202580 240 
202678 224 
2027-2031328 927 
2032-2036236 650 
2037-2041159 396 
After 2041329 555 
Total$1,423 3,590 
Future accretion248 
Total future net earned premiums$3,838 
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(1)    Net of commissions payable.
(2)     Net of reinsurance.

Selected Information for Financial Guaranty Insurance Policies
with Premiums Paid in Installments
As of
 September 30, 2022December 31, 2021
 (dollars in millions)
Premiums receivable, net of commissions payable$1,177$1,371
Deferred premium revenue1,6181,663
Weighted-average risk-free rate used to discount premiums1.7%1.6%
Weighted-average period of premiums receivable (in years)12.912.7

Losses and Recoveries

Loss reserves and salvage are discounted at risk-free rates for U.S. dollar denominated financial guaranty insurance obligations that ranged from 2.98% to 4.18% with a weighted average of 3.97% as of September 30, 2022 and 0.00% to 1.98% with a weighted average of 1.02% as of December 31, 2021.

    The following tables provide 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
SectorSeptember 30, 2022December 31, 2021
 (in millions)
Public finance:
U.S. public finance$549 $60 
Non-U.S. public finance
Public finance550 61 
Structured finance:
U.S. RMBS(96)(24)
Other structured finance41 42 
Structured finance(55)18 
Total$495 $79 

Components of Net Reserve (Salvage) 
As of
 September 30, 2022December 31, 2021
 (in millions)
Loss and LAE reserve$882 $869 
Reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses (1)(3)(5)
Loss and LAE reserve, net879 864 
Salvage and subrogation recoverable(385)(801)
Salvage and subrogation reinsurance payable (2)16 
Salvage and subrogation recoverable, net (384)(785)
Net reserve (salvage)$495 $79 
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(1)    Reported in “other assets” on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
(2)    Reported in “other liabilities” on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

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
Financial Guaranty Insurance Contracts
As of September 30, 2022
 (in millions)
Net expected loss to be paid (recovered) - financial guaranty insurance $691 
Contra-paid, net 18 
Salvage and subrogation recoverable, net384 
Loss and LAE reserve - financial guaranty insurance contracts, net of reinsurance(875)
Net expected loss to be expensed (present value)$218 

    The following table provides a schedule of the expected timing of 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
Financial Guaranty Insurance Contracts 
 As of September 30, 2022
 (in millions)
2022 (October 1 - December 31)$
202316 
202417 
202516 
202620 
2027-203175 
2032-203651 
2037-204111 
After 2041
Net expected loss to be expensed218 
Future accretion163 
Total expected future loss and LAE$381 
 
The following table presents the loss and LAE reported in the condensed consolidated statements of operations by sector for insurance contracts. Amounts presented are net of reinsurance.

Loss and LAE (Benefit) by Sector
  
 Third QuarterNine Months
Sector2022202120222021
(in millions)
Public finance:
U.S. public finance$$(23)$67 $
Non-U.S. public finance— — — (9)
Public finance(23)67 (2)
Structured finance:
U.S. RMBS(78)(48)$(97)$(54)
Other structured finance
Structured finance(76)(45)(96)(52)
Loss and LAE (Benefit)$(75)$(68)$(29)$(54)

The primary difference between net economic loss development and the amount reported as “loss and LAE” in the consolidated statements of operations are that loss and LAE (benefit): (1) considers deferred premium revenue in the calculation of loss reserves for financial guaranty insurance contracts; (2) eliminates loss and LAE related to FG VIEs; and (3) does not include estimated losses on credit derivatives. The difference between public finance loss expense and economic benefit in nine months 2022 was primarily attributable to the release of unearned premium reserve associated with extinguished Puerto Rico policies that previously had expected losses.

The following tables provide information on financial guaranty insurance contracts categorized as BIG.
Financial Guaranty Insurance
BIG Transaction Loss Summary
As of September 30, 2022  
 GrossNet Total BIG
 BIG 1BIG 2BIG 3Total BIG
(dollars in millions)
Number of risks (1)110 17 117 244 244 
Remaining weighted-average period (in years)11.48.98.09.59.6
Outstanding exposure:    
Par$2,471 $187 $3,093 $5,751 $5,727 
Interest1,604 70 1,184 2,858 2,854 
Total (2)$4,075 $257 $4,277 $8,609 $8,581 
Expected cash outflows (inflows) $77 $126 $3,133 $3,336 $3,324 
Potential recoveries (3)(374)(81)(2,027)(2,482)(2,470)
Subtotal(297)45 1,106 854 854 
Discount35 (14)(184)(163)(163)
Expected losses to be paid (recovered)$(262)$31 $922 $691 $691 
Deferred premium revenue$110 $18 $203 $331 $331 
Reserves (salvage)$(294)$22 $763 $491 $491 
 
Financial Guaranty Insurance
BIG Transaction Loss Summary
As of December 31, 2021 
 GrossNet Total BIG
 BIG 1BIG 2BIG 3Total BIG
(dollars in millions)
Number of risks (1)117 16 129 262 262 
Remaining weighted-average period (in years)7.68.98.98.58.5
Outstanding exposure: 
Par$2,437 $177 $4,745 $7,359 $7,293 
Interest1,000 36 1,942 2,978 2,962 
Total (2)$3,437 $213 $6,687 $10,337 $10,255 
Expected cash outflows (inflows) $111 $40 $4,820 $4,971 $4,918 
Potential recoveries (3)(656)(10)(3,829)(4,495)(4,430)
Subtotal(545)30 991 476 488 
Discount19 (3)(145)(129)(129)
Expected losses to be paid (recovered)$(526)$27 $846 $347 $359 
Deferred premium revenue$85 $$350 $437 $435 
Reserves (salvage)$(549)$25 $584 $60 $74 
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(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.