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Reinsurance
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Reinsurance Disclosures [Abstract]  
Reinsurance
In the normal course of business, the Company’s insurance subsidiaries cede a portion of their premium through pro rata and excess of loss reinsurance agreements on a treaty or facultative basis to third parties. The Company’s reinsurance subsidiaries participate in “common account” retrocessional arrangements for certain pro rata treaties. Such arrangements reduce the effect of individual or aggregate losses to all companies participating on such treaties, including the reinsurers, such as the Company’s reinsurance subsidiaries, and the ceding company. In addition, the Company’s reinsurance subsidiaries may purchase retrocessional coverage as part of their risk management program. The Company’s mortgage subsidiaries cede a portion of their premium through quota share arrangements and enter into various aggregate excess of loss mortgage reinsurance agreements with various special purpose reinsurance companies. Reinsurance recoverables are recorded as assets, predicated on the reinsurers’ ability to meet their obligations under the reinsurance agreements. If the reinsurers are unable to satisfy their obligations under the agreements, the Company’s insurance or reinsurance subsidiaries would be liable for such defaulted amounts.
The effects of reinsurance on the Company’s written and earned premiums and losses and loss adjustment expenses with unaffiliated reinsurers were as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
Premiums Written
Direct$10,056 $9,652 $8,542 
Assumed11,455 8,751 6,785 
Ceded(5,779)(4,935)(4,249)
Net$15,732 $13,468 $11,078 
Premiums Earned
Direct$9,721 $9,131 $8,058 
Assumed10,880 7,890 5,768 
Ceded(5,501)(4,581)(4,147)
Net$15,100 $12,440 $9,679 
Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses
Direct$5,676 $4,739 $3,991 
Assumed6,137 3,975 3,558 
Ceded(3,471)(2,468)(2,521)
Net$8,342 $6,246 $5,028 
Bellemeade Re
The Company has entered into various aggregate excess of loss mortgage reinsurance agreements with various special purpose reinsurance companies domiciled in Bermuda (the “Bellemeade Agreements”). For the respective coverage periods, the Company will retain the first layer of the respective aggregate losses and the special purpose reinsurance companies will provide second layer coverage up to the outstanding coverage amount. The Company will then retain losses in excess of the outstanding coverage limit. The aggregate excess of loss reinsurance coverage decreases over a ten-year period as the underlying covered mortgages amortize. See note 12.
The following table summarizes the respective coverages and retentions at December 31, 2024:
Bellemeade Entities
(Issue Date)		Initial Coverage at IssuanceCurrent
Coverage		Remaining Retention, Net
2021-3 Ltd. (1)$639 $461 $132 
2022-1 Ltd. (2)317 218 140 
2022-2 Ltd. (3)327 293 199 
2023-1 Ltd. (4)233 233 175 
2024-1 Ltd. (5)204 204 172 
Total$1,720 $1,409 $818 

(1)    Issued in September 2021, covering in-force policies issued between April 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021. $508 million was directly funded by Bellemeade Re 2021-3 Ltd. via insurance-linked notes, with an additional $131 million capacity provided directly to Arch MI U.S. by a separate panel of reinsurers.
(2)    Issued in January 2022, covering in-force policies issued between July 1, 2021 and November 30, 2021. $284 million was directly funded by Bellemeade Re 2022-1 Ltd. via insurance-linked notes, with an additional $33 million capacity provided directly to Arch MI U.S. by a separate panel of reinsurers.
(3)    Issued in September 2022, covering in-force policies issued between November 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022. $201 million was directly funded by Bellemeade Re 2022-2 Ltd. via insurance-linked notes, with an additional $126 million capacity provided directly to Arch MI U.S. by a separate panel of reinsurers.
(4)    Issued in October 2023, covering in-force policies issued between January 1, 2023 and September 30, 2023. $186 million was directly funded by Bellemeade Re 2023-1 Ltd. via insurance-linked notes, with an additional $47 million capacity provided directly to Arch MI U.S. by a separate panel of reinsurers.
(5)    Issued in August 2024, covering in-force policies issued between September 1, 2023 and July 31, 2024. $163 million was directly funded by Bellemeade Re 2024-1 Ltd. via insurance-linked notes, with an additional $41 million capacity provided directly to Arch MI U.S. by a separate panel of reinsurers.