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Contracts Accounted for as Insurance
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Insurance [Abstract]  
Contracts Accounted for as Insurance 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
 20242023
 (in millions)
Financial guaranty insurance:
Scheduled net earned premiums$71 $69 
Accelerations from refundings and terminations39 
Accretion of discount on net premiums receivable
Financial guaranty insurance net earned premiums117 80 
Specialty net earned premiums
  Net earned premiums$119 $81 


Gross Premium Receivable,
Net of Commissions Payable on Assumed Business
Roll Forward 
 First Quarter
 20242023
 (in millions)
Beginning of year$1,468 $1,298 
Less: Specialty insurance premium receivable
Financial guaranty insurance premiums receivable1,467 1,297 
Gross written premiums on new business, net of commissions63 79 
Gross premiums received, net of commissions (75)(64)
Adjustments:
Changes in the expected term and debt service assumptions(3)
Accretion of discount, net of commissions on assumed business
Foreign exchange gain (loss) on remeasurement(10)20 
Financial guaranty insurance premium receivable1,449 1,345 
Specialty insurance premium receivable
March 31,$1,450 $1,346 

Approximately 68% and 70% of gross premiums receivable, net of commissions payable, at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, 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 indices, changes in expected lives and new business.

Financial Guaranty Insurance
Expected Future Premium Collections and Earnings
 As of March 31, 2024
Future Premiums
to be Collected (1)
Future Net Premiums
to be Earned (2)
 (in millions)
2024 (April 1 - June 30)$49 $71 
2024 (July 1 - September 30)45 71 
2024 (October 1 - December 31)23 70 
Subtotal 2024117 212 
2025124 266 
2026107 249 
2027103 234 
202896 222 
2029-2033406 913 
2034-2038276 603 
2039-2043200 378 
After 2043391 520 
Total$1,820 3,597 
Future accretion369 
Total future net earned premiums$3,966 
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(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, 2024December 31, 2023
 (dollars in millions)
Premiums receivable, net of commissions payable$1,449$1,467
Deferred premium revenue1,7571,768
Weighted-average risk-free rate used to discount premiums2.1%2.1%
Weighted-average period of premiums receivable (in years)12.412.5
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 4.14% to 5.33% with a weighted average of 4.49% as of March 31, 2024 and 3.79% to 5.40% with a weighted average of 4.17% as of December 31, 2023.
    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
SectorMarch 31, 2024December 31, 2023
 (in millions)
Public finance:
U.S. public finance$100 $119 
Non-U.S. public finance
Public finance101 120 
Structured finance:
U.S. RMBS(127)(87)
Other structured finance36 42 
Structured finance(91)(45)
Total$10 $75 

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 March 31, 2024
 (in millions)
Net expected loss to be paid (recovered) - financial guaranty insurance $188 
Contra-paid, net 22 
Salvage and subrogation recoverable, net294 
Loss and LAE reserve - financial guaranty insurance contracts, net of reinsurance(301)
Net expected loss to be expensed (present value)$203 
    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 March 31, 2024
 (in millions)
2024 (April 1 - June 30)$
2024 (July 1 - September 30)
2024 (October 1 - December 31)
Subtotal 202410 
202512 
202615 
202716 
202814 
2029-203367 
2034-203847 
2039-204311 
After 204311 
Net expected loss to be expensed (present value)203 
Future accretion(18)
Total expected future loss and LAE$185 
 
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
Sector20242023
(in millions)
Public finance:
U.S. public finance$(2)$(4)
Non-U.S. public finance— — 
Public finance(2)(4)
Structured finance:
U.S. RMBS$$
Other structured finance(1)
Structured finance
Loss and LAE (benefit)$(1)$
The following tables provide information on financial guaranty insurance contracts categorized as BIG.

Financial Guaranty Insurance
BIG Transaction Loss Summary
As of March 31, 2024  
 GrossNet Total BIG
 BIG 1BIG 2BIG 3Total BIG
(dollars in millions)
Number of risks (1)91 12 109 212 212 
Remaining weighted-average period (in years)9.415.76.99.79.7
Outstanding exposure:    
Par$2,362 $977 $1,817 $5,156 $5,141 
Interest1,098 893 657 2,648 2,644 
Total (2)$3,460 $1,870 $2,474 $7,804 $7,785 
Expected cash outflows (inflows) $171 $187 $1,472 $1,830 $1,820 
Potential recoveries (3)(363)(77)(1,219)(1,659)(1,650)
Subtotal(192)110 253 171 170 
Discount53 (23)(12)18 18 
Expected losses to be paid (recovered)$(139)$87 $241 $189 $188 
Deferred premium revenue$96 $62 $136 $294 $294 
Reserves (salvage)$(175)$45 $137 $$
 
Financial Guaranty Insurance
BIG Transaction Loss Summary
As of December 31, 2023 
 GrossNet Total BIG
 BIG 1BIG 2BIG 3Total BIG
(dollars in millions)
Number of risks (1)95 13 109 217 217 
Remaining weighted-average period (in years)9.615.97.59.910.0
Outstanding exposure: 
Par$2,400 $979 $2,019 $5,398 $5,383 
Interest1,126 896 818 2,840 2,836 
Total (2)$3,526 $1,875 $2,837 $8,238 $8,219 
Expected cash outflows (inflows) $176 $187 $1,585 $1,948 $1,938 
Potential recoveries (3)(376)(78)(1,214)(1,668)(1,659)
Subtotal(200)109 371 280 279 
Discount56 (22)(53)(19)(19)
Expected losses to be paid (recovered)$(144)$87 $318 $261 $260 
Deferred premium revenue$100 $63 $142 $305 $305 
Reserves (salvage)$(181)$45 $209 $73 $72 
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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.