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INVESTMENTS
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
INVESTMENTS a)     Fixed Maturities and Equity Securities
Fixed Maturities

The following table provides the amortized cost and fair values of the Company's fixed maturities classified as available for sale:
Amortized
cost
Allowance for expected credit lossesGross
unrealized
gains
Gross
unrealized
losses
Fair
value
At June 30, 2022
Available for sale
U.S. government and agency$2,529,109 $— $974 $(91,774)$2,438,309 
Non-U.S. government705,258 — 172 (50,710)654,720 
Corporate debt4,764,585 (7,180)2,415 (418,763)4,341,057 
Agency RMBS(1)
1,082,381 — 1,112 (64,369)1,019,124 
CMBS(2)
1,143,767 — 45 (60,772)1,083,040 
Non-agency RMBS162,101 (86)431 (14,342)148,104 
ABS(3)
1,524,417 (28)339 (68,578)1,456,150 
Municipals(4)
174,511 — 29 (10,362)164,178 
Total fixed maturities, available for sale$12,086,129 $(7,294)$5,517 $(779,670)$11,304,682 
At December 31, 2021    
Available for sale
U.S. government and agency$2,693,319 $— $9,776 $(20,647)$2,682,448 
Non-U.S. government794,705 — 10,158 (9,685)795,178 
Corporate debt4,446,585 (236)87,075 (38,112)4,495,312 
Agency RMBS(1)
1,065,973 — 17,397 (8,781)1,074,589 
CMBS(2)
1,223,051 — 29,827 (4,687)1,248,191 
Non-agency RMBS185,854 (77)2,410 (2,023)186,164 
ABS(3)
1,628,739 — 3,406 (9,665)1,622,480 
Municipals(4)
203,556 — 5,928 (646)208,838 
Total fixed maturities, available for sale$12,241,782 $(313)$165,977 $(94,246)$12,313,200 
(1)Residential mortgage-backed securities ("RMBS") originated by U.S. government-sponsored agencies.
(2)Commercial mortgage-backed securities ("CMBS").
(3)Asset-backed securities ("ABS") include debt tranched securities collateralized primarily by auto loans, student loans, credit card receivables and collateralized loan obligations ("CLOs").
(4)Municipals include bonds issued by states, municipalities and political subdivisions.
The following table provides the amortized cost and fair values of the Company's fixed maturities classified as held to maturity:
Amortized
cost
Allowance for expected credit lossesNet carrying valueGross
unrealized
gains
Gross
unrealized
losses
Fair
value
At June 30, 2022
Held to maturity
Corporate debt$67,200 $— $67,200 $— $(7,519)$59,681 
ABS(1)
574,228 — 574,228 — (14,018)560,210 
Total fixed maturities, held to maturity$641,428 $— $641,428 $— $(21,537)$619,891 
At December 31, 2021    
Held to maturity
Corporate debt$37,700 $— $37,700 $18 $(146)$37,572 
ABS(1)
408,316 — 408,316 81 (936)407,461 
Total fixed maturities, held to maturity$446,016 $— $446,016 $99 $(1,082)$445,033 
(1)Asset-backed securities ("ABS") include debt tranched securities collateralized primarily by collateralized loan obligations ("CLOs").

On March 1, 2021, the Company transferred ABS with total fair value of $405 million from fixed maturities, available for sale to fixed maturities, held to maturity. These securities, which the Company has the intent and ability to hold to maturity, were transferred in order to better align the accounting classification with their management strategy. The net unrealized gain at the date of the transfer, March 1, 2021, continues to be reported in the carrying value of the transferred securities and is amortized over the remaining life of the securities using the effective yield method.

At June 30, 2022, fixed maturities, held to maturity of $641 million (2021: $446 million) were presented net of an allowance for expected credit losses of $nil (2021: $nil).

The Company's ABS, held to maturity consist of CLO debt tranched securities. The Company uses a scenario-based approach to review its CLO debt portfolio and reviews subordination levels of these securities to determine their ability to absorb credit losses of the underlying collateral. If losses are forecast to be below the subordination level for a tranche held by the Company, the security is determined not to have a credit loss. At June 30, 2022, the allowance for credit losses expected to be recognized over the life of the Company's ABS, held to maturity was $nil.

To estimate expected credit losses for corporate debt securities, held to maturity, the Company's projected cash flows are primarily driven by assumptions regarding the severity of loss, which is a function of the probability of default and projected recovery rates. The Company's default and recovery rates are based on credit ratings, credit analysis and macroeconomic forecasts. At June 30, 2022, the allowance for credit losses expected to be recognized over the life of the Company's corporate debt, held to maturity was $nil.
Equity Securities

The following table provides the cost and fair values of the Company's equity securities:
Cost
Gross
unrealized
gains
Gross
unrealized
losses
Fair
value
At June 30, 2022
Equity securities
Common stocks$2,998 $434 $(454)$2,978 
Preferred stocks115 — (19)96 
Exchange-traded funds242,992 71,393 (8,328)306,057 
Bond mutual funds277,093 — (64,063)213,030 
Total equity securities$523,198 $71,827 $(72,864)$522,161 
At December 31, 2021   
Equity securities
Common stocks$1,264 $585 $(485)$1,364 
Preferred stocks115 64 — 179 
Exchange-traded funds203,455 134,037 (677)336,815 
Bond mutual funds324,030 544 (7,257)317,317 
Total equity securities$528,864 $135,230 $(8,419)$655,675 

Variable Interest Entities
In the normal course of investing activities, the Company actively manages allocations to non-controlling tranches of structured securities which are variable interests issued by Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs"). These structured securities include RMBS, CMBS and ABS.

The Company also invests in limited partnerships which represent 71% of the Company's other investments. The investments in limited partnerships include hedge funds, direct lending funds, private equity funds and real estate funds and CLO equity tranched securities, which are variable interests issued by VIEs (refer to Note 3(c) 'Other Investments').

The Company does not have the power to direct the activities that are most significant to the economic performance of these VIEs therefore the Company is not the primary beneficiary of these VIEs. The maximum exposure to loss on these interests is limited to the amount of commitment made by the Company. The Company has not provided financial or other support to these structured securities other than the original investment.
Contractual Maturities of Fixed Maturities

Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

The table below provides the contractual maturities of fixed maturities classified as available for sale:
Amortized
cost
Fair
value
% of Total
fair value
At June 30, 2022
Maturity
Due in one year or less$591,635 $584,080 5.1 %
Due after one year through five years4,913,936 4,654,847 41.2 %
Due after five years through ten years2,405,936 2,125,717 18.8 %
Due after ten years261,956 233,620 2.1 %
 8,173,463 7,598,264 67.2 %
Agency RMBS1,082,381 1,019,124 9.0 %
CMBS1,143,767 1,083,040 9.6 %
Non-agency RMBS162,101 148,104 1.3 %
ABS1,524,417 1,456,150 12.9 %
Total$12,086,129 $11,304,682 100.0 %
At December 31, 2021
Maturity
Due in one year or less$503,716 $505,602 4.1 %
Due after one year through five years4,878,151 4,908,640 39.9 %
Due after five years through ten years2,478,542 2,488,478 20.2 %
Due after ten years277,756 279,056 2.3 %
 8,138,165 8,181,776 66.5 %
Agency RMBS1,065,973 1,074,589 8.7 %
CMBS1,223,051 1,248,191 10.1 %
Non-agency RMBS185,854 186,164 1.5 %
ABS1,628,739 1,622,480 13.2 %
Total$12,241,782 $12,313,200 100.0 %

ABS classified as held to maturity with a net carrying value of $574 million (2021: $408 million) do not have a single maturity date and cannot be allocated over several maturity groupings.

Corporate debt classified as held to maturity with a net carrying value of $63 million (2021: $34 million) is due between 3 years and 10 years and corporate debt classified as held to maturity with a net carrying value of $4 million (2021: $4 million) is due after ten years.
 Gross Unrealized Losses

The following table summarizes fixed maturities, available for sale in an unrealized loss position and the aggregate fair value and gross unrealized loss by length of time the security has continuously been in an unrealized loss position:
  12 months or greaterLess than 12 monthsTotal
  
Fair
value
Unrealized
losses
Fair
value
Unrealized
losses
Fair
value
Unrealized
losses
At June 30, 2022
Fixed maturities, available for sale
U.S. government and agency$122,651 $(7,887)$2,195,005 $(83,887)$2,317,656 $(91,774)
Non-U.S. government110,395 (4,730)518,117 (45,980)628,512 (50,710)
Corporate debt292,790 (52,735)3,811,687 (366,028)4,104,477 (418,763)
Agency RMBS83,182 (11,443)848,929 (52,926)932,111 (64,369)
CMBS53,589 (7,560)1,020,626 (53,212)1,074,215 (60,772)
Non-agency RMBS26,816 (3,089)117,424 (11,253)144,240 (14,342)
ABS183,000 (14,795)1,254,295 (53,783)1,437,295 (68,578)
Municipals4,416 (499)143,714 (9,863)148,130 (10,362)
Total fixed maturities, available for sale$876,839 $(102,738)$9,909,797 $(676,932)$10,786,636 $(779,670)
At December 31, 2021      
Fixed maturities, available for sale
U.S. government and agency$101,776 $(4,852)$2,014,880 $(15,795)$2,116,656 $(20,647)
Non-U.S. government11,011 (1,830)463,498 (7,855)474,509 (9,685)
Corporate debt152,962 (6,542)1,681,859 (31,570)1,834,821 (38,112)
Agency RMBS41,024 (1,678)503,988 (7,103)545,012 (8,781)
CMBS30,128 (1,001)347,515 (3,686)377,643 (4,687)
Non-agency RMBS4,481 (523)109,937 (1,500)114,418 (2,023)
ABS43,466 (1,152)1,040,363 (8,513)1,083,829 (9,665)
Municipals5,293 (137)35,649 (509)40,942 (646)
Total fixed maturities, available for sale$390,141 $(17,715)$6,197,689 $(76,531)$6,587,830 $(94,246)

Fixed Maturities

At June 30, 2022, 4,683 fixed maturities (2021: 2,333) were in an unrealized loss position of $780 million (2021: $94 million), of which $112 million (2021: $8 million) was related to securities below investment grade or not rated.

At June 30, 2022, 596 fixed maturities (2021: 344) had been in a continuous unrealized loss position for twelve months or greater and had a fair value of $877 million (2021: $390 million).

The unrealized losses of $780 million (2021: $94 million) were due to non-credit factors and were expected to be recovered as the related securities approach maturity.

At June 30, 2022, the Company did not intend to sell the securities in an unrealized loss position and it is more likely than not that the Company will not be required to sell these securities before the anticipated recovery of their amortized costs.
b) Mortgage Loans

The following table provides details of the Company's mortgage loans, held for investment:
  
June 30, 2022December 31, 2021
  
Carrying value% of TotalCarrying value% of Total
Mortgage loans, held for investment:
Commercial$656,112 100 %$594,088 100 %
Total mortgage loans, held for investment$656,112 100 %$594,088 100 %

The primary credit quality indicators for commercial mortgage loans are the debt service coverage ratio which compares a property’s net operating income to amounts needed to service the principal and interest due under the loan, (generally, the lower the debt service coverage ratio, the higher the risk of experiencing a credit loss) and the loan-to-value ratio which compares the unpaid principal balance of the loan to the estimated fair value of the underlying collateral (generally, the higher the loan-to-value ratio, the higher the risk of experiencing a credit loss). The debt service coverage ratio and loan-to-value ratio, as well as the values utilized in calculating these ratios, are updated annually, on a rolling basis.

The Company has a high quality mortgage loan portfolio with a weighted average debt service coverage ratio of 2.5x (2021: 2.5x) and a weighted average loan-to-value ratio of 59% (2021: 60%). At June 30, 2022, there are no credit losses or past due amounts associated with the commercial mortgage loans held by the Company.
c) Other Investments

The following table provides a summary of the Company's other investments, together with additional information relating to the liquidity of each category:
Fair value% of Total
Redemption frequency
(if currently eligible)
  Redemption  
  notice period  
At June 30, 2022    
Long/short equity funds$— — %n/an/a
Multi-strategy funds44,653 5 %Quarterly
60-90 days
Direct lending funds260,120 26 %
Quarterly(1)
90 days
Private equity funds266,412 27 %n/an/a
Real estate funds289,811 30 %
Quarterly(2), Annually(3)
45-90 days
CLO-Equities4,808 — %n/an/a
Other privately held investments115,970 12 %n/an/a
Total other investments$981,774 100 % 
  
At December 31, 2021    
Long/short equity funds$3,476 — %Annually60 days
Multi-strategy funds56,012 6 %Quarterly
60-90 days
Direct lending funds289,867 31 %
Quarterly(1)
90 days
Private equity funds249,974 26 %n/an/a
Real estate funds238,222 25 %
Quarterly(2)
45 days
CLO-Equities5,910 1 %n/an/a
Other privately held investments104,521 11 %n/an/a
Total other investments$947,982 100 %  
     
n/a - not applicable
(1) Applies to one fund with a fair value of $44 million (2021: $47 million).
(2) Applies to one fund with a fair value of $74 million (2021: $73 million).
(3) Applies to one fund with a fair value of $28 million (2021: $nil).

Two common redemption restrictions which may impact the Company's ability to redeem hedge funds are gates and lockups. A gate is a suspension of redemptions which may be implemented by the general partner or investment manager of the fund in order to defer, in whole or in part, the redemption request in the event the aggregate amount of redemption requests exceeds a predetermined percentage of the fund's net assets which may otherwise hinder the general partner or investment manager's ability to liquidate holdings in an orderly fashion in order to generate the cash necessary to fund extraordinarily large redemption payouts. A lockup period is the initial amount of time an investor is contractually required to hold the security before having the ability to redeem. During the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, neither of these restrictions impacted the Company's redemption requests. At June 30, 2022, there were no hedge fund holdings (2021: $3 million) where the Company is still within the lockup period. 

At June 30, 2022, the Company had $26 million (2021: $23 million) of unfunded commitments as a limited partner in multi-strategy hedge funds. Once the full amount of committed capital has been called by the General Partner of each of these funds, the assets will not be fully returned until after the completion of the funds' investment term. These funds have investment terms ranging from two years to the dissolution of the underlying fund.

At June 30, 2022, the Company had $198 million (2021: $224 million) of unfunded commitments as a limited partner in direct lending funds. Once the full amount of committed capital has been called by the General Partner of each of these funds, the assets will not be fully returned until the completion of the fund's investment term. These funds have investment terms ranging from four to ten years and the General Partners of certain funds have the option to extend the term by up to three years.
At June 30, 2022, the Company had $178 million (2021: $178 million) of unfunded commitments as a limited partner in private equity funds. The life of the funds is subject to the dissolution of the underlying funds. The Company expects the overall holding period to be over five years.
At June 30, 2022, the Company had $155 million (2021: $173 million) of unfunded commitments as a limited partner in real estate funds. These funds include an open-ended fund and funds with investment terms ranging from two years to the dissolution of the underlying fund.
During 2015, the Company made a $50 million commitment as a limited partner of a bank revolver opportunity fund. The fund has an investment term of seven years which expires in November 2022, and the General Partners have the option to extend the term by up to two years. At June 30, 2022, this commitment remains unfunded. It is not anticipated that the full amount of this fund will be drawn.

d) Equity Method Investments

During 2016, the Company paid $108 million including direct transaction costs to acquire 19% of the common equity of Harrington Reinsurance Holdings Limited ("Harrington"), the parent company of Harrington Re Ltd. ("Harrington Re"), an independent reinsurance company jointly sponsored by AXIS Capital and The Blackstone Group L.P. ("Blackstone"). Through long-term service agreements, AXIS Capital will serve as Harrington Re's reinsurance underwriting manager and Blackstone will serve as exclusive investment management service provider. As an investor, the Company expects to benefit from underwriting profit generated by Harrington Re and the income and capital appreciation Blackstone seeks to deliver through its investment management services. In addition, the Company has entered into an arrangement with Blackstone under which underwriting and investment related fees will be shared equally. Harrington is not a VIE that is required to be included in the Company's consolidated financial statements. The Company accounts for its ownership interest in Harrington under the equity method of accounting. The Company's proportionate share of the underlying equity in net assets resulted in a basis difference of $5 million which represents initial transactions costs.

e) Net Investment Income

Net investment income was derived from the following sources:
  
Three months ended June 30,Six months ended June 30,
  
2022202120222021
Fixed maturities$72,607 $61,244 $137,416 $130,714 
Other investments14,327 41,414 40,377 83,248 
Equity securities2,688 3,100 4,860 5,598 
Mortgage loans4,903 4,355 9,067 8,541 
Cash and cash equivalents3,679 617 4,797 2,953 
Short-term investments402 66 567 199 
Gross investment income
98,606 110,796 197,084 231,253 
Investment expenses(6,392)(6,124)(13,515)(12,417)
Net investment income$92,214 $104,672 $183,569 $218,836 
f) Net Investment Gains (Losses)

The following table provides an analysis of net investment gains (losses):
  Three months ended June 30,Six months ended June 30,
  2022202120222021
Gross realized investment gains
Fixed maturities and short-term investments$1,127 $55,695 $11,549 $105,865 
Equity securities— 4,433 — 5,002 
Gross realized investment gains1,127 60,128 11,549 110,867 
Gross realized investment losses
Fixed maturities and short-term investments(87,601)(8,868)(150,747)(28,237)
Equity securities— (27)(224)(116)
Gross realized investment losses(87,601)(8,895)(150,971)(28,353)
Change in allowance for expected credit losses(6,911)150 (6,981)239 
Impairment losses(1)
(473)— (582)— 
Change in fair value of investment derivatives(2)
4,822 (847)7,063 901 
Net unrealized gains (losses) on equity securities(84,227)22,757 (127,849)19,282 
Net investment gains (losses)$(173,263)$73,293 $(267,771)$102,936 
(1) Related to instances where the Company intends to sell securities or it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell securities before their anticipated recovery.
(2) Refer to Note 5 'Derivative Instruments'.

The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the allowance for expected credit losses on fixed maturities classified as available for sale:
  Three months ended June 30,Six months ended June 30,
  2022202120222021
Balance at beginning of period$383 $234 $313 $323 
Expected credit losses on securities where credit losses were not previously recognized
6,899 1 6,908 64 
Additions (reductions) for expected credit losses on securities where credit losses were previously recognized
14 (151)92 (256)
Impairments of securities which the Company intends to sell or more likely than not will be required to sell— — — — 
Securities sold/redeemed/matured(2)— (19)(47)
Balance at end of period$7,294 $84 $7,294 $84