Special Purpose Entities, Including Variable Interest Entities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Summary of Fair Value of Fixed Income Securities, by Asset-Type, Held by Consolidated Variable Interest Entities

The table below provides the fair value of fixed income securities, by asset-type, held by consolidated VIEs as of December 31, 2015 and 2014:



December 31	2015		2014
Investments:
Corporate obligations	$	2,588,556	$	2,743,050
Total variable interest entity assets: fixed income securities	$	2,588,556	$	2,743,050

Supplemental Information about Loans Held as Assets and Long-Term Debt Associated with Consolidated Variable Interest Entities

The following table provides supplemental information about the loans held as assets and long-term debt associated with the VIEs for which the fair value option has been elected as of December 31, 2015 and 2014:



	Estimated fair value		Unpaid principal balance
December 31, 2015:
Loans	$	11,690,324	$	9,182,284
Long-term debt	12,327,960		11,069,070
December 31, 2014:
Loans	12,371,177		10,236,695
Long-term debt	$	12,882,076	$	11,925,499

Summary of Carrying Amount of Assets, Liabilities and Maximum Exposure to Loss of Ambac's Variable Interests in Non-Consolidated Variable Interest Entities

The following table displays the carrying amount of the assets, liabilities and maximum exposure to loss of Ambac’s variable interests in non-consolidated VIEs resulting from financial guarantee and derivative contracts by major underlying asset classes, as of December 31, 2015 and 2014:



	Carrying Value of Assets and Liabilities
	Maximum Exposure To Loss ⁽¹⁾		Insurance Assets ⁽²⁾		Insurance Liabilities ⁽³⁾		Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) ⁽⁴⁾
December 31, 2015:
Global structured finance:
Collateralized debt obligations	$	980,935	$	264	$	3,639	$	(129,525	)
Mortgage-backed—residential	17,081,002		1,279,650		2,680,739		—
Other consumer asset-backed	3,853,443		47,346		535,090		—
Other commercial asset-backed	2,393,805		104,033		94,191		—
Other	3,286,568		81,017		461,364		16,604
Total global structured finance	27,595,753		1,512,310		3,775,023		(112,921		)
Global public finance	28,586,582		377,412		427,299		(24,860		)
Total	$	56,182,335	$	1,889,722	$	4,202,322	$	(137,781	)

December 31, 2014:
Global structured finance:
Collateralized debt obligations	$	1,386,100	$	345	$	4,000	$	(145,565	)
Mortgage-backed—residential	16,202,408		1,011,888		2,924,987		—
Other consumer asset-backed	5,109,776		65,204		885,572		(36,877		)
Other commercial asset-backed	3,119,891		135,215		128,988		—
Other	3,801,382		97,345		599,915		18,176
Total global structured finance	29,619,557		1,309,997		4,543,462		(164,266		)
Global public finance	31,639,004		457,774		533,192		(22,135		)
Total	$	61,258,561	$	1,767,771	$	5,076,654	$	(186,401	)

(1)

Maximum exposure to loss represents the maximum future payments of principal and interest on insured obligations and derivative contracts plus Deferred Amounts and accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Ambac’s maximum exposure to loss does not include the benefit of any financial instruments (such as reinsurance or hedge contracts) that Ambac may utilize to mitigate the risks associated with these variable interests.


(2)	Insurance assets represent the amount recorded in “Premium receivables” and “Subrogation recoverable” for financial guarantee contracts on Ambac’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.


(3)	Insurance liabilities represent the amount recorded in “Loss and loss expense reserves” and “Unearned premiums” for financial guarantee contracts on Ambac’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.


(4)	Net derivative assets (liabilities) represent the fair value recognized on credit derivative contracts and interest rate swaps on Ambac’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.