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Business and Basis of Presentation | 6 Months Ended
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Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Business and Basis of Presentation | Business and Basis of Presentation Business Assured Guaranty Ltd. (AGL and, together with its subsidiaries, Assured Guaranty or the Company) is a Bermuda-based holding company that provides, through its wholly-owned operating subsidiaries, credit protection products to the United States (U.S.) and non-U.S. public finance (including infrastructure) and structured finance markets. Assured Guaranty also participates in the asset management business, as described below. Insurance Through its insurance subsidiaries, the Company applies its credit underwriting judgment, risk management skills and capital markets experience primarily to offer financial guaranty insurance that protects holders of debt instruments and other monetary obligations from defaults in scheduled payments. If an obligor defaults on a scheduled payment due on an obligation, including a scheduled principal or interest payment (collectively, debt service), the Company is required under its unconditional and irrevocable financial guaranty to pay the amount of the shortfall to the holder of the obligation. The Company markets its financial guaranty insurance directly to issuers and underwriters of public finance and structured finance securities as well as to investors in such obligations. The Company guarantees obligations issued principally in the U.S. and the United Kingdom (U.K.) and also guarantees obligations issued in other countries and regions, including Western Europe. The Company also provides specialty insurance and reinsurance on transactions with risk profiles similar to those of its structured finance exposure`s written in financial guaranty form. Asset Management Until July 1, 2023, the Company served as an investment advisor to collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) and opportunity funds, as well as certain legacy hedge and opportunity funds subject to an orderly wind-down, through Assured Investment Management LLC (AssuredIM LLC) and its investment management affiliates (together with AssuredIM LLC, AssuredIM). Beginning July 1, 2023, the Company participates in the asset management business through its ownership interest in Sound Point Capital Management, LP (Sound Point) as described below. On July 1, 2023, Assured Guaranty contributed to Sound Point most of its asset management business, other than that conducted by Assured Healthcare Partners LLC (AssuredIM Contributed Business), as contemplated by the transaction agreement entered into with Sound Point on April 5, 2023 (Transaction Agreement). In addition, in accordance with the terms of a letter agreement (Letter Agreement), effective July 1, 2023 Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. and Assured Guaranty Corp. (collectively, the U.S. Insurance Subsidiaries) (i) engaged Sound Point as their sole alternative credit manager, and (ii) transitioned to Sound Point the management of certain existing alternative investments and related commitments. The Letter Agreement also provides that, in the first two years of Sound Point’s engagement, the U.S. Insurance Subsidiaries would, subject to regulatory approval, make new investments in funds, other vehicles and separately managed accounts managed by Sound Point which, when aggregated with the alternative investments and commitments transitioned from AssuredIM, will total $1 billion. See Note 7, Investments. Assured Guaranty received, subject to certain potential post-closing adjustments, common interests in Sound Point representing a 30% participation percentage in Sound Point, and certain other interests in related Sound Point entities (the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Agreement and the Letter Agreement, the Sound Point Transaction). In July 2023, Assured Guaranty sold all of its equity interests in Assured Healthcare Partners LLC (AHP), which manages healthcare funds, to an entity owned and controlled by the managing partner of AHP (AHP Transaction). In connection with the AHP Transaction, the Company agreed to remain a strategic investor in certain AHP investment vehicles, is retaining certain carried interest in AHP entities and received other consideration. Assets and Liabilities Held For Sale As of June 30, 2023, the AssuredIM assets and liabilities subject to the Sound Point Transaction and the AHP Transaction were classified as held for sale. The results of all of the AssuredIM entities that are classified as held for sale are reported in the Asset Management segment. See Note 2, Segment Information. The Company also designated certain other assets and liabilities supporting the Insurance segment as held for sale in the first quarter of 2023 and expects the sale to be completed in 2024. A disposal group is measured at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less any costs associated with the transaction. The Company assessed the disposal groups for impairment and determined no impairment existed as of June 30, 2023. Upon classification of the disposal group as held for sale, the Company ceased amortizing held for sale intangibles. Each of the components held for sale will be accounted for as dispositions of businesses. The Company is still evaluating the effect of the Sound Point Transaction and the AHP Transaction on its third quarter of 2023 financial statements. The table below shows the components of assets and liabilities held for sale. Assets and Liabilities Held For Sale As of June 30, 2023
| (in millions)
Assets |
Short-term investments | $ | 1 |
Cash | 20 |
Goodwill and other intangible assets | 156 |
Other assets |
Deferred tax assets | 3 |
Other | 41 |
Total assets held for sale | $ | 221 |
Liabilities |
Other liabilities | $ | 50 |
Total liabilities held for sale | $ | 50 |
Revenues and expenses attributable to all businesses held for sale relate primarily to the AssuredIM entities in the asset management segment, which results are presented in Note 2, Segment Information. Substantially all of the entities in the asset management segment are held for sale. Upon closing of the Sound Point Transaction and the AHP Transaction the Company will deconsolidate the corresponding AssuredIM management companies. The Company will account for its investment in Sound Point as an equity method investment. In light of the Sound Point Transaction and the AHP Transaction, the Company is evaluating whether it will continue to consolidate each of its consolidated investment vehicles (CIVs). The Company recognized expenses of $24 million and $31 million during the three-month period ended June 30, 2023 (second quarter 2023) and the six-month period ended June 30, 2023 (six months 2023), respectively, associated with the Sound Point Transaction and AHP Transaction. Basis of Presentation The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). In management’s opinion, all material adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company, including its consolidated variable interest entities (VIEs), are reflected in the periods presented and are of a normal, recurring nature. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements are as of June 30, 2023 and cover second quarter 2023, the three-month period ended June 30, 2022 (second quarter 2022), six months 2023 and the six-month period ended June 30, 2022 (six months 2022). Certain financial information that is normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP, but is not required for interim reporting purposes, has been condensed or omitted. The year-end condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP. Certain prior year balances have been reclassified to conform to the current period’s presentation. The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of AGL, its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and its consolidated financial guaranty VIEs (FG VIEs) and CIVs. See Note 8, Financial Guaranty Variable Interest Entities and Consolidated Investment Vehicles. Intercompany accounts and transactions between and among all consolidated entities have been eliminated. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Company’s principal insurance subsidiaries are: •Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. (AGM), domiciled in New York; •Assured Guaranty Corp. (AGC), domiciled in Maryland; •Assured Guaranty UK Limited (AGUK), organized in the U.K.; •Assured Guaranty (Europe) SA (AGE), organized in France; •Assured Guaranty Re Ltd. (AG Re), domiciled in Bermuda; and •Assured Guaranty Re Overseas Ltd. (AGRO), domiciled in Bermuda. Until July 2023, the Company’s principal asset management subsidiaries were: •Assured Investment Management LLC, organized in Delaware; •Assured Investment Management (London) LLP, organized in the U.K.; and •Assured Healthcare Partners LLC, organized in Delaware. The U.S. Insurance Subsidiaries jointly own an investment subsidiary, AG Asset Strategies LLC (AGAS), which invests in funds managed by AssuredIM (AssuredIM Funds). Effective July 1, 2023, the AssuredIM Funds are managed by Sound Point or AHP. Following the closing of the Sound Point Transaction, AGAS has also begun to invest in funds managed by Sound Point. AGL directly or indirectly owns several holding companies, two of which - Assured Guaranty US Holdings Inc. (AGUS) and Assured Guaranty Municipal Holdings Inc. (AGMH and, together with AGUS, the U.S. Holding Companies) - have public debt outstanding. Recent Accounting Standards Adopted Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts In August 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2018-12, Financial Services - Insurance (Topic 944): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts. The Company’s adoption of this ASU on January 1, 2023 did not have any effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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