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Contracts Accounted for as Insurance
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
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
 20252024
 (in millions)
Financial guaranty insurance:
Scheduled net earned premiums$76 $71 
Accelerations from refundings and terminations39 
Accretion of discount on net premiums receivable
Financial guaranty insurance net earned premiums90 117 
Specialty net earned premiums
  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 receivable
Financial guaranty insurance premiums receivable1,550 1,467 
New business and supplemental premiums, net of commissions39 63 
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 business
Foreign exchange gain (loss) on remeasurement33 (10)
Financial guaranty insurance premium receivable1,567 1,449 
Specialty insurance premium receivable
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.
Financial Guaranty Insurance
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 RevenueAccretion of
Discount
Total
 (in millions)
2025 (April 1 - June 30)$71 $76 $$85 
2025 (July 1 - September 30)46 75 84 
2025 (October 1 - December 31)42 73 82 
Subtotal 2025159 224 27 251 
2026130 278 34 312 
2027123 261 32 293 
2028117 248 30 278 
2029106 231 28 259 
2030-2034417 922 118 1,040 
2035-2039319 601 86 687 
2040-2044244 393 56 449 
2045-2049185 261 32 293 
2050-2054115 137 15 152 
After 2054123 109 12 121 
Total$2,038 $3,665 $470 $4,135 
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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, 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 $(14)
Non-U.S. public finance 11 
Public finance22 (9)
Structured finance:
U.S. RMBS(146)(151)
Other structured finance30 33 
Structured finance(116)(118)
Total$(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
Financial Guaranty Insurance Contracts
As of March 31, 2025
 (in millions)
Net expected loss to be paid (recovered) - financial guaranty insurance $132 
Contra-paid, net 23 
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
Financial Guaranty Insurance Contracts
 As of March 31, 2025
 (in millions)
2025 (April 1 - June 30)$
2025 (July 1 - September 30)
2025 (October 1 - December 31)
Subtotal 202510 
202613 
202717 
202818 
202918 
2030-203479 
2035-203939 
2040-204418 
2045-204921 
2050-205415 
After 2054
Net expected loss to be expensed (present value)250 
Future expected accretion
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 finance— 
Public finance42 (2)
Structured finance:
U.S. RMBS— 
Other structured finance(2)(1)
Structured finance(2)
Loss and LAE (benefit)$40 $(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, 2025
 GrossNet Total BIG
 BIG 1BIG 2BIG 3Total BIG
(dollars in millions)
Number of risks (1)91 13 96 200 200 
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 
Interest6,443 769 400 7,612 7,610 
Total (2)$13,501 $1,864 $1,772 $17,137 $17,121 
Expected cash outflows (inflows) $4,140 $425 $1,312 $5,877 $5,868 
Potential recoveries (3)(4,306)(304)(1,129)(5,739)(5,730)
Subtotal(166)121 183 138 138 
Discount11 — (17)(6)(6)
Expected losses to be paid (recovered)$(155)$121 $166 $132 $132 
Deferred premium revenue$266 $57 $113 $436 $436 
Reserves (salvage)$(241)$68 $77 $(96)$(95)
Financial Guaranty Insurance
BIG Transaction Loss Summary
As of December 31, 2024
 GrossNet Total BIG
 BIG 1BIG 2BIG 3Total BIG
(dollars in millions)
Number of risks (1)98 12 97 207 207 
Remaining weighted-average period (in years)18.68.86.116.616.6
Outstanding exposure: 
Par$8,080 $702 $1,382 $10,164 $10,150 
Interest7,546 371 421 8,338 8,335 
Total (2)$15,626 $1,073 $1,803 $18,502 $18,485 
Expected cash outflows (inflows) $4,016 $342 $1,307 $5,665 $5,656 
Potential recoveries (3)(4,201)(293)(1,132)(5,626)(5,616)
Subtotal(185)49 175 39 40 
Discount43 29 (23)49 49 
Expected losses to be paid (recovered)$(142)$78 $152 $88 $89 
Deferred premium revenue$333 $49 $116 $498 $498 
Reserves (salvage)$(226)$35 $62 $(129)$(128)
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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.