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Insurance Company Regulatory Requirements | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Insurance Company Regulatory Requirements [Abstract] |
Insurance Company Regulatory Requirements | Insurance Company Regulatory Requirements The following table summarizes the policyholder’s surplus and net income amounts reported to local regulatory bodies in the U.S. and Bermuda for insurance subsidiaries within the group. The discussion that follows describes the basis of accounting and differences to GAAP. Insurance Regulatory Amounts Reported U.S. and Bermuda
| Policyholders’ Surplus |  | Net Income (Loss)
| As of December 31, |  | Year Ended December 31,
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
| (in millions)
AG (U.S. domiciled) (1)(2) | $ | 3,524 |  |  | $ | 3,997 |  |  | $ | 355 |  |  | $ | 289 |  |  | $ | 225 |
Bermuda statutory companies: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
AG Re | 1,087 |  |  | 905 |  |  | 98 |  |  | 95 |  |  | 53 |
AGRO | 452 |  |  | 412 |  |  | 22 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 9 |
____________________ (1) Effective August 1, 2024, AGM merged with and into AG, with AG as the surviving company. Furthermore, in accordance with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Annual Statement instructions, the prior year numbers have been restated to reflect the merger of AGM with and into AG. (2) Policyholders’ surplus is net of contingency reserves of $1,392 million and $1,296 million as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. Basis of Regulatory Financial Reporting United States AG’s ability to pay dividends depends, among other things, upon its financial condition, results of operations, cash requirements, compliance with rating agency requirements, and is also subject to restrictions contained in the insurance laws and related regulations of its state of domicile and other states. Financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by local insurance regulatory authorities differ in certain respects from GAAP. AG prepares statutory financial statements in accordance with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the NAIC and its respective insurance department. Prescribed statutory accounting practices (SAP) are set forth in the NAIC Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual. AG has no permitted accounting practices on a statutory basis. GAAP differs in certain significant respects from AG’s SAP prescribed or permitted by insurance regulatory authorities. The principal differences result from the SAP listed below. •Upfront premiums are earned upon expiration of risk and installment premiums are earned on a pro-rata basis over the installment period, rather than in proportion to the amount of insurance protection provided under GAAP. The timing of premium accelerations may also differ between SAP and GAAP. Under GAAP, premiums are accelerated only upon the legal defeasance of an insured obligation, whereas statutory premiums may be accelerated earlier if an insured obligation is economically defeased prior to legal defeasance. •Acquisition costs are charged to expense as incurred rather than expensed over the period that the related premiums are earned under GAAP. Ceding commission income is earned immediately except for amounts in excess of acquisition costs, which are deferred, rather than fully deferred under GAAP. •A contingency reserve is established according to applicable insurance laws, whereas no such reserve is required under GAAP. •Certain assets designated as “non-admitted assets” are charged directly to statutory surplus, rather than reflected as assets under GAAP. •Investments in subsidiaries are carried on the balance sheet on the equity basis, to the extent admissible, rather than consolidated with the parent under GAAP. •The amount of admitted deferred tax assets are subject to an adjusted surplus threshold and subject to a limitation calculated in accordance with SAP. Under GAAP, there is no non-admitted asset determination, rather a valuation allowance is recorded to reduce the deferred tax asset to an amount that is more likely than not to be realized. •Insured credit derivatives are accounted for as insurance contracts rather than accounted for as derivative contracts that are measured at fair value under GAAP. •Bonds are reported at either amortized cost or the lower of amortized cost or fair value, rather than classified as available-for-sale or trading securities and carried at fair value under GAAP. •The impairment model for fixed-maturity securities classified as available-for-sale under GAAP differs from the statutory impairment model. Under SAP, fixed-maturity securities that have been determined to be other-than-temporarily impaired are written down to fair value or the present value of cash flows. Under GAAP, an allowance for credit losses is established, and can be reversed for subsequent increases in expected cash flows. •Insured obligations of VIEs, where the Company is deemed the primary beneficiary, are accounted for as insurance contracts. Under GAAP, such VIEs are consolidated and any transactions with the Company are eliminated. •Acquisitions are accounted for as either statutory purchases or statutory mergers, rather than under the purchase method under GAAP. •Losses are discounted at pre-tax book yields and recorded when there is a significant credit deterioration on specific insured obligations and the obligations are in default or a default is probable. Under GAAP, expected losses are discounted at the risk-free rate at the end of each reporting period and are recorded only to the extent they exceed deferred premium revenue. •The present value of contractual or expected installment premiums and commissions are not recorded on the balance sheet as they are under GAAP. •The put options in CCS are not accounted for as derivatives as they are under GAAP. •Non-U.S. dollar denominated unearned premiums reserve is remeasured at current exchange rates rather than carried at historical rates under GAAP. Bermuda AG Re, a Bermuda regulated Class 3B insurer, and AGRO, a Bermuda regulated Class 3A and Class C insurer, prepare their statutory financial statements in conformity with the accounting principles set forth in the Insurance Act 1978, amendments thereto and related regulations. As of December 31, 2016, the Bermuda Monetary Authority (the Authority) requires insurers to prepare statutory financial statements in accordance with the particular accounting principles adopted by the insurer (which, in the case of AG Re and AGRO, are GAAP), subject to certain adjustments. The adjustments relate to certain assets designated as “non-admitted assets” which are charged directly to statutory surplus rather than reflected as assets as they are under GAAP. United Kingdom AGUK prepares its Solvency and Financial Condition Report based on Solvency UK Regulations. As of December 31, 2024, AGUK’s eligible own funds were an estimated £439 million (or $549 million). As of December 31, 2023, AGUK’s own funds were an estimated £528 million (or $672 million). France AGE prepares its Solvency and Financial Condition Report and other required regulatory financial reports based on Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) regulations and Solvency II. As of December 31, 2024, AGE’s own funds were an estimated €35 million (or $36 million). As of December 31, 2023, AGE’s own funds were an estimated €44 million (or $49 million). Dividend Restrictions and Capital Requirements United States Under Maryland’s insurance law, AG may, with prior notice to the Commissioner of its domiciliary regulator, the MIA, pay an ordinary dividend in an amount that, together with all dividends and distributions paid in the prior 12 months, does not exceed the lesser of 10% of its policyholders’ surplus (as of the prior December 31) or 100% of its adjusted net investment income during that period. “Adjusted net investment income” means the sum of (x) AG’s net investment income during the 12-month period ending December 31 of the preceding year (excluding realized capital gains and pro rata distributions of its own securities), and (y) AG’s net investment income (excluding realized capital gains) from the three calendar years prior to the preceding calendar year that has not already been paid out as dividends. The maximum amount available during 2025 for AG to distribute as ordinary dividends is approximately $287 million. Such payments would be payable in the second half of 2025 because AG’s ordinary dividends were concentrated in the second half of 2024 following the August 1, 2024 merger of AGM with and into AG. However, in order to enable AG to make payments over the course of the year, AG has put in place for 2025 a quarterly process with the MIA, pursuant to which AG will confirm that the MIA does not object to AG dividending $71.8 million (i.e., 25%) of the $287 million amount in each calendar quarter of 2025. Pursuant to this process, AG obtained the MIA’s non-objection to pay, and expects to pay, a $71.8 million dividend on March 7, 2025. Bermuda For AG Re, any distribution (including repurchase of shares) of any share capital, contributed surplus or other statutory capital that would reduce its total statutory capital by 15% or more of its total statutory capital as set out in its previous year's financial statements requires the prior approval of the Authority. Separately, dividends are paid out of an insurer’s statutory surplus and cannot exceed that surplus. Furthermore, annual dividends cannot exceed 25% of total statutory capital and surplus as set out in its previous year’s financial statements, which is $272 million, without AG Re certifying to the Authority that it will continue to meet required margins. Based on the foregoing limitations, in 2025 AG Re has the capacity to: (i) make capital distributions in an aggregate amount up to $129 million without the prior approval of the Authority; and (ii) declare and pay dividends in an aggregate amount up to approximately $272 million as of December 31, 2024. Such dividend capacity is further limited by: (i) the actual amount of AG Re’s unencumbered assets, which amount changes from time to time due in part to collateral posting requirements and which was approximately $192 million as of December 31, 2024; and (ii) the amount of statutory surplus, which as of December 31, 2024 was $229 million. For AGRO, a subsidiary of AG Re, annual dividends cannot exceed $113 million, without AGRO certifying to the Authority that it will continue to meet required margins. Based on the foregoing limitations, in 2025 AGRO has the capacity to: (i) make capital distributions in an aggregate amount up to $21 million without the prior approval of the Authority; and (ii) declare and pay dividends in an aggregate amount up to approximately $113 million as of December 31, 2024. Such dividend capacity is further limited by: (i) the actual amount of AGRO’s unencumbered assets, which amount changes from time to time due in part to collateral posting requirements and which was approximately $397 million as of December 31, 2024; and (ii) the amount of statutory surplus, which as of December 31, 2024 was $315 million. United Kingdom U.K. company law prohibits AGUK from declaring a dividend to its shareholders unless it has “profits available for distribution.” The determination of whether a company has profits available for distribution is based on its accumulated realized profits less its accumulated realized losses. While the U.K. insurance regulatory laws impose no statutory restrictions on a general insurer’s ability to declare a dividend, the Prudential Regulation Authority’s capital requirements may in practice act as a restriction on dividends for AGUK. In 2024 and 2023, AGUK made cash distributions and plans to make further distributions of excess capital in the future. France French company law prohibits AGE from declaring a dividend to its shareholders unless it has “profits and/or reserves available for distribution.” The determination of whether a company has profits available for distribution is based on its accumulated realized profits less its accumulated realized losses. While French law imposes no statutory restrictions on an insurer’s ability to declare a dividend, the ACPR’s capital requirements may, in practice, act as a restriction on dividends for AGE. Dividend Restrictions and Capital Requirements Distributions from Insurance Subsidiaries
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
| (in millions)
Dividends paid by AG Re to AGL | $ | 97 |  |  | $ | 53 |  |  | $ | — |
Distributions from AGUK to its parent | 128 |  |  | 127 |  |  | — |
Dividends paid by AG to U.S. Holding Companies (1) | 400 |  |  | 358 |  |  | 473 |
Stock redemptions by insurance subsidiaries | 400 |  |  | 200 |  |  | — |
___________________ (1) Effective as of August 1, 2024, AGM merged with and into AG, with AG as the surviving company. Prior to the merger, AG had been directly owned by AGUS. As a result of the merger, AG is directly owned by AGMH, a subsidiary of AGUS.

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- Definition Discloses how the entity's reporting under GAAP as of the balance sheet date differs from the results based on prescribed and permitted accounting practices of the state or country of domicile in which a relevant statutory filing is made, or differences in results based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) prescribed practices, or a combination thereof. Describes the accounting practices used and the related monetary effect on statutory surplus, net income and risk-based capital. If an insurance enterprise's risk-based capital would have triggered a regulatory event had it not used a permitted practice, that fact should be disclosed in the financial statements. Permitted statutory accounting practices include practices not prescribed but allowed by the domiciliary state insurance department regulatory authority. + References No definition available. + Details
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