Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Reinsurance Recoverables, Including Credit Impairments:

Ambac’s reinsurance assets, including deferred ceded premiums and reinsurance recoverables on losses amounted to $398 at December 31, 2023. Credit exposure existed at December 31, 2023, with respect to reinsurance recoverables to the extent that any reinsurer may not be able to reimburse Ambac under the terms of these reinsurance arrangements. At December 31, 2023, there were ceded reinsurance balances payable of $90 offsetting this credit exposure. Contractually ceded reinsurance payables can only be offset against amounts owed from the same reinsurer in the event that such reinsurer is unable to meet its obligations to reimburse Ambac.

To minimize its credit exposure to losses from reinsurer insolvencies, Ambac (i) is entitled to receive collateral from its reinsurance counterparties in certain reinsurance contracts and (ii) has certain cancellation rights that can be exercised by Ambac in the event of rating agency downgrades of a reinsurer (among other events and circumstances). Ambac held letters of credit and collateral amounting to $131 from its reinsurers at December 31, 2023. For those reinsurance counterparties that do not currently post collateral, Ambac's reinsurers are well capitalized, highly rated, authorized capacity providers. Additionally, while legacy liabilities from the Providence Washington Insurance Company ("PWIC") acquisition and the three admitted carriers acquired by Everspan on January 3, 2022 (the "21st Century Companies") were fully ceded to certain reinsurers, Everspan also benefits from an unlimited, uncapped indemnity from Enstar Holdings (US) and 21st Century Premier Insurance Company, respectively, to mitigate any residual risk to these reinsurers.

For 2023, our top three reinsurers represented 74% our total reinsurance recoverables on paid and unpaid losses. These reinsurance recoverables were primarily from reinsurers with applicable ratings of A or better. The following table sets forth our three most significant reinsurers by amount of reinsurance recoverable as of December 31, 2023.


Reinsurers	Type of Insurance	Rating (1)	Reinsurance Recoverable (2)		Unsecured Recoverable (3)
General Reinsurance Company	Specialty P&C	A++	$	81	$	69
QBE Insurance Corporation	Specialty P&C	A	38		38
Assured Guaranty Re Ltd.	Financial Guarantee	AA	25		—
All other reinsurers			50		21
Total recoverables			$	195	$	128

(1)Represents financial strength ratings from S&P for financial guarantee reinsurers and AM Best for specialty P&C reinsurers.

(2)Represents reinsurance recoverables on paid and unpaid losses. Unsecured amounts from QBE Insurance Corporation is also supported by an unlimited, uncapped indemnity from Enstar Holdings (US).

(3)Reinsurance recoverables reduced by ceded premiums payables due to reinsurers, letters of credit, and collateral posted for the benefit of Ambac.

Ambac has uncollateralized credit exposure to reinsurers of $128 and $60 and has recorded an allowance for credit losses of less than a million at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. The uncollateralized credit exposure to reinsurers includes legacy liabilities obtained from the acquisitions of PWIC and the 21st Century Companies of $44 and $45 at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. All legacy liabilities remain with affiliates of the sellers through reinsurance and contractual indemnities.

Liability for Future Policy Benefits and Unpaid Claims Disclosure

The following is a summary of loss and loss adjustment expense reserves, including certain components, for the Company’s major product lines by reporting segment at December 31, 2023.


	Net Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves		Reinsurance Recoverables on Unpaid Losses		Loss and Loss Adjustment Reserves
Commercial auto	$	22	$	85	$	107
Unallocated loss adjustment expense reserves	5		2		6
Other (1)	14		69		84
Total	41		156		197