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Credit Facilities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Credit Facilities [Abstract]  
Credit Facilities
5.
 
CREDIT FACILITIES
The
 
Company
 
has
 
multiple
 
active
 
letter
 
of
 
credit
 
facilities
 
for
 
a
 
total
 
commitment
 
of
 
up
 
to
 
$
1.5
 
billion
 
as
 
of
December
 
31,
 
2022,
 
providing
 
for
 
the
 
issuance
 
of
 
letters
 
of
 
credit.
 
The
 
Company
 
also
 
has
 
additional
uncommitted
 
letter
 
of
 
credit
 
facilities
 
of
 
up
 
to
 
$
440
 
million
 
which
 
may
 
be
 
accessible
 
via
 
written
 
request
 
and
corresponding authorization
 
from the applicable lender.
 
There is no guarantee the uncommitted
 
capacity will be
available to
 
us on
 
a future
 
date.
 
The following
 
table presents
 
the interest
 
and fees
 
incurred in
 
connection with
these committed credit facilities
 
for the periods indicated:
Years Ended December 31,
(Dollars in millions)
2022
2021
2020
Credit facility interest and fees incurred - Wells Fargo Bank
$
-
$
-
$
1
The terms and outstanding amounts for
 
each facility are discussed below:
Group Credit Facility
Effective
 
May
 
26,
 
2016, Group,
 
Everest
 
Reinsurance
 
(Bermuda),
 
Ltd.
 
(“Bermuda
 
Re”)
 
and
 
Everest
 
International
Reinsurance,
 
Ltd.
 
(“Everest
 
International”),
 
both
 
direct
 
subsidiaries
 
of
 
Group,
 
entered
 
into
 
a
five year
,
 
$
800
million senior credit
 
facility with
 
a syndicate
 
of lenders,
 
which amended and
 
restated
 
in its entirety
 
the June 22,
2012,
four year
,
 
$
800
 
million
 
senior
 
credit
 
facility.
 
Both
 
the
 
May
 
26,
 
2016
 
and
 
June
 
22,
 
2012
 
senior
 
credit
facilities, which
 
have similar
 
terms, are
 
referred
 
to as
 
the “2016 Group
 
Credit Facility”.
 
Wells Fargo
 
Corporation
(“Wells Fargo Bank”) is
 
the administrative agent
 
for the 2016 Group Credit Facility.
Effective
 
May 26,
 
2021, the
 
term of
 
the 2016
 
Group Credit
 
Facility expired.
 
The Company
 
elected not
 
to renew
this facility
 
to allow
 
for the
 
replacement by
 
other collateralized
 
letter of
 
credit facilities
 
such as
 
those described
below.
 
As a
 
result of
 
the non-renewal
 
in May
 
2021, letter
 
of credit
 
commitment/availability
 
in the
 
2016 Group
Credit Facility
 
as of December
 
21, 2021 was
 
limited to
 
the remaining
 
$
39
 
million of letters
 
of credit that
 
were in
force and which expired
 
in 2022.
 
The following table summarizes the
 
outstanding letters of credit
 
for the periods indicated:
(Dollars in millions)
At December 31, 2022
At December 31, 2021
Bank
Commitment
In Use
Date of Expiry
Commitment
In Use
Date of Expiry
Wells Fargo Bank Group Credit Facility
$
-
$
-
$
39
$
39
12/30/2022
Bermuda Re Wells Fargo
 
Bilateral Letter of
 
Credit Facility
Effective February
 
23, 2021, Bermuda Re entered into
 
a letter of credit issuance facility
 
with Wells Fargo
 
referred
to as the “2021 Bermuda
 
Re Wells
 
Fargo Bilateral
 
Letter of Credit
 
Facility.”
 
The Bermuda Re Wells
 
Fargo Bilateral
Letter
 
of
 
Credit
 
Facility
 
originally
 
provided
 
for
 
the
 
issuance
 
of
 
up
 
to
 
$
50
 
million
 
of
 
secured
 
letters
 
of
 
credit.
 
Effective
 
May 5, 2021,
 
the agreement
 
was amended to
 
provide for
 
the issuance of
 
up to $
500
 
million of secured
letters of credit.
 
The following table summarizes the
 
outstanding letters of credit
 
for the periods indicated:
(Dollars in millions)
At December 31, 2022
At December 31, 2021
Bank
Commitment
In Use
Date of Expiry
 
Commitment
In Use
Date of Expiry
Wells Fargo Bank Bilateral LOC Agreement
$
500
$
463
12/29/2023
$
500
$
351
12/30/2022
(Some amounts may not reconcile due to rounding.)
Bermuda Re Citibank Letter of Credit Facility
Effective
 
August
 
9,
 
2021,
 
Bermuda
 
Re
 
entered
 
into
 
a
 
new
 
letter
 
of
 
credit
 
issuance
 
facility
 
with
 
Citibank
 
N.A.
which
 
superseded
 
the
 
previous
 
letter
 
of
 
credit
 
issuance
 
facility
 
with
 
Citibank
 
that
 
was
 
effective
 
December
 
31,
2020.
 
Both
 
of
 
these
 
are
 
referred
 
to
 
as
 
the
 
“Bermuda
 
Re
 
Letter
 
of
 
Credit
 
Facility”.
 
The
 
current
 
Bermuda
 
Re
Citibank Letter
 
of Credit
 
Facility provides
 
for the
 
committed
 
issuance of
 
up to
 
$
230
 
million of
 
secured letters
 
of
credit.
 
In
 
addition,
 
the
 
facility
 
provided
 
for
 
the
 
uncommitted
 
issuance
 
of
 
up
 
to
 
$
140
 
million,
 
which
 
may
 
be
accessible
 
via written request by
 
the Company and corresponding authorization
 
from Citibank N.A.
 
The following table summarizes the
 
outstanding letters of credit
 
for the periods indicated:
(Dollars in millions)
At December 31, 2022
At December 31, 2021
Bank
Commitment
In Use
Date of Expiry
Commitment
In Use
Date of Expiry
Bermuda Re Citibank LOC Facility-
 
Committed
$
230
$
1
1/21/2023
$
230
$
4
02/28/2022
4
2/28/2023
1
03/01/2022
1
3/1/2023
1
11/24/2022
1
8/15/2023
217
12/31/2022
3
9/23/2023
1
8/15/2023
212
12/31/2023
1
9/23/2023
Bermuda Re Citibank LOC Facility
 
- Uncommitted
140
87
12/31/2023
140
84
12/31/2022
18
12/30/2026
23
12/30/2025
Total Citibank Bilateral
 
Agreement
$
370
$
329
$
370
$
333
(Some amounts may not reconcile due to rounding.)
Bermuda Re Bayerische Landesbank
 
Bilateral Secured Credit Facility
Effective
 
August
 
27,
 
2021
 
Bermuda
 
Re
 
entered
 
into
 
a
 
letter
 
of
 
credit
 
issuance
 
facility
 
with
 
Bayerische
Landesbank,
 
an
 
agreement
 
referred
 
to
 
as
 
the
 
“Bermuda
 
Re
 
Bayerische
 
Landesbank
 
Bilateral
 
Secured
 
Credit
Facility”.
 
The Bermuda
 
Re
 
Bayerische
 
Landesbank
 
Bilateral
 
Secured
 
Credit
 
Facility
 
provides
 
for
 
the
 
committed
issuance of up to $
200
 
million of secured letters of credit.
(Dollars in millions)
At December 31, 2022
At December 31, 2021
Bank
Commitment
In Use
Date of Expiry
 
Commitment
In Use
Date of Expiry
Bayerische Landesbank Bilateral Secured
 
Credit Facility
$
200
$
183
12/31/2023
$
200
$
155
12/31/2022
(Some amounts may not reconcile due to rounding.)
Bermuda Re Bayerische Landesbank
 
Bilateral Unsecured Letter
 
of Credit Facility
Effective
 
December
 
30,
 
2022,
 
Bermuda
 
Re
 
entered
 
into
 
a
 
new
 
additional
 
letter
 
of
 
credit
 
issuance
 
facility
 
with
Bayerische Landesbank,
 
New York
 
Branch, referred
 
to as
 
the “Bayerische
 
Landesbank Bilateral
 
Unsecured Letter
of Credit Facility”.
 
The Bermuda Re
 
Bayerische Landesbank
 
Bilateral Unsecured
 
Letter of
 
Credit Facility
 
provides
for the committed issuance of up to
 
$
150
 
million of unsecured letters of credit.
The following table summarizes the
 
outstanding letters of credit
 
for the periods indicated:
(Dollars in millions)
At December 31, 2022
Bank
Commitment
In Use
Date of Expiry
Bayerische Landesbank Unsecured Bilateral LOC Agreement - Committed
$
150
$
150
12/31/2023
(Some amounts may not reconcile due to rounding.)
Bermuda Re Lloyd’s
 
Bank Credit Facility.
 
Effective October
 
8, 2021 Bermuda Re entered
 
into a letter of credit
 
issuance facility with Lloyd’s
 
Bank Corporate
Markets
 
PLC,
 
an
 
agreement
 
referred
 
to
 
as
 
the
 
“Bermuda
 
Re
 
Lloyd’s
 
Bank
 
Credit
 
Facility”.
 
The
 
Bermuda
 
Re
Lloyd’s
 
Bank Credit
 
Facility provides
 
for the
 
committed issuance
 
of up to
 
$
50
 
million of secured
 
letters
 
of credit,
and subject to credit approval a maximum
 
total facility amount
 
of $
250
 
million.
 
The following table summarizes the
 
outstanding letters of credit
 
for the periods indicated:
(Dollars in millions)
At December 31, 2022
At December 31, 2021
Bank
Commitment
In Use
Date of Expiry
Commitment
In Use
Date of Expiry
Bermuda Re Lloyd's Bank Credit Facility-Committed
$
50
$
50
12/31/2023
$
50
$
46
12/31/2022
Bermuda Re Lloyd's Bank Credit Facility-Uncommitted
200
136
12/31/2023
-
-
Total Bermuda Re Lloyd's Bank Credit Facility
$
250
$
186
$
50
$
46
(Some amounts may not reconcile due to rounding.)
Bermuda Re Barclays Credit
 
Facility
Effective
 
November 3,
 
2021, Bermuda
 
Re entered
 
into a
 
letter of
 
credit issuance
 
facility with
 
Barclays
 
Bank PLC,
an agreement
 
referred
 
to as
 
the “Bermuda
 
Re Barclays
 
Credit Facility”.
 
The Bermuda
 
Re Barclays
 
Credit Facility
provides for the committed issuance
 
of up to $
200
 
million of secured letters of credit.
The following table summarizes the
 
outstanding letters of credit
 
for the periods indicated:
(Dollars in millions)
At December 31, 2022
At December 31, 2021
Bank
Commitment
In Use
Date of Expiry
Commitment
In Use
Date of Expiry
Bermuda Re Barclays Credit Facility
$
200
$
179
12/31/2023
$
200
$
186
12/31/2022
(Some amounts may not reconcile due to rounding.)
Bermuda Re Nordea Bank Letter of Credit
 
Facility
Effective November
 
21, 2022, Bermuda
 
Re entered
 
into a letter
 
of credit issuance
 
facility with Nordea
 
Bank ABP,
New
 
York
 
Branch,
 
referred
 
to
 
as
 
the
 
“Nordea
 
Bank
 
Letter
 
of
 
Credit
 
Facility”.
 
The
 
Bermuda
 
Re
 
Nordea
 
Bank
Letter of
 
Credit Facility
 
provides for
 
the committed
 
issuance of up
 
to $
200
 
million of unsecured
 
letters of
 
credit,
and
 
subject
 
to
 
credit
 
approval,
 
uncommitted
 
issuance
 
of
 
$
100
 
million
 
for
 
a
 
maximum
 
total
 
facility
 
amount
 
of
$
300
 
million.
 
The following table summarizes the
 
outstanding letters of credit
 
for the periods indicated:
(Dollars in millions)
At December 31, 2022
Bank
Commitment
In Use
Date of Expiry
Nordea Bank ABP, NY Unsecured LOC Facility - Committed
$
200
$
50
12/31/2023
Nordea Bank ABP, NY Unsecured LOC Facility - Uncommitted
100
100
12/31/2023
Total Nordea Bank ABP,
 
NY LOC Facility
$
300
$
150
(Some amounts may not reconcile due
 
to rounding.)
Federal Home Loan Bank Membership
Everest
 
Re
 
is
 
a
 
member
 
of
 
the
 
Federal
 
Home
 
Loan
 
Bank
 
of
 
New
 
York
 
(“FHLBNY”),
 
which
 
allows
 
Everest
 
Re
 
to
borrow up
 
to
10
% of its
 
statutory admitted
 
assets.
 
As of December
 
31, 2022, Everest
 
Re had
 
admitted assets
 
of
approximately
 
$
22.4
 
billion
 
which
 
provides
 
borrowing
 
capacity
 
of
 
up
 
to
 
approximately
 
$
2.2
 
billion.
 
As
 
of
December
 
31, 2022,
 
Everest
 
Re has
 
$
519
 
million of
 
borrowings
 
outstanding,
 
which all
 
mature
 
in 2023.
 
Everest
incurred
 
interest
 
expense
 
of
 
$
4
 
million
 
and
 
$
1
 
million
 
for
 
the
 
years
 
ended
 
December
 
31,
 
2022
 
and
 
2021,
respectively.
 
The
 
FHLBNY
 
membership
 
agreement
 
requires
 
that
4.5
%
 
of
 
borrowed
 
funds
 
be
 
used
 
to
 
acquire
additional membership stock.