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Third-Party Reinsurance (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2024
Reinsurance Disclosures [Abstract] |
Effects of reinsurance | The following table summarizes the effects of reinsurance on written and earned premiums and on loss and LAE for the Ark/WM Outrigger segment for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023:
Millions |  |  |  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  |  |  |  |  | 2024 |  | 2023 |
Written premiums: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 285.0 |  |  | $ | 246.2 |  |
Assumed |  |  |  |  |  | 587.1 |  |  | 563.2 |  |
Gross written premiums |  |  |  |  |  | 872.1 |  |  | 809.4 |  |
Ceded (1) |  |  |  |  |  | (274.1) |  |  | (195.2) |  |
Net written premiums |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 598.0 |  |  | $ | 614.2 |  |
Earned premiums: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 194.4 |  |  | $ | 150.4 |  |
Assumed |  |  |  |  |  | 192.4 |  |  | 162.1 |  |
Gross earned premiums |  |  |  |  |  | 386.8 |  |  | 312.5 |  |
Ceded (2) |  |  |  |  |  | (84.0) |  |  | (57.4) |  |
Net earned premiums |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 302.8 |  |  | $ | 255.1 |  |
Loss and loss adjustment expenses: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gross |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 253.3 |  |  | $ | 162.4 |  |
Ceded (3) |  |  |  |  |  | (73.3) |  |  | (14.6) |  |
Net loss and loss adjustment expenses |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 180.0 |  |  | $ | 147.8 |  |
(1) The ceded written premiums exclude $34.3 and $44.1 ceded by Ark to WM Outrigger Re for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, which eliminate in White Mountains’s consolidated financial statements. (2) The ceded earned premiums exclude $10.3 and $5.2 ceded by Ark to WM Outrigger Re for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, which eliminate in White Mountains’s consolidated financial statements. (3) The ceded loss and loss adjustment expenses exclude $0.7 and $0.2 ceded by Ark to WM Outrigger Re for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, which eliminate in White Mountains’s consolidated financial statements. The following table presents the Ark/WM Outrigger segment’s reinsurance recoverables as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
Millions |  | March 31, 2024 |  | December 31, 2023
Reinsurance recoverables on unpaid losses (1) |  | $ | 404.5 |  |  | $ | 340.8 |
Reinsurance recoverables on paid losses |  | 20.7 |  |  | 27.4 |
Ceded unearned premiums (2) |  | 269.8 |  |  | 73.8 |
Reinsurance recoverables |  | $ | 695.0 |  |  | $ | 442.0 |
(1) The reinsurance recoverables on unpaid losses exclude $15.8 and $15.6 ceded by Ark to WM Outrigger Re as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, which eliminate in White Mountains’s consolidated financial statements. (2) The ceded unearned premiums exclude $24.0 and $5.7 ceded by Ark to WM Outrigger Re as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, which eliminate in White Mountains’s consolidated financial statements. The following table presents a schedule of written premiums and earned premiums included in the HG Global/BAM segment for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023:
|  |  |  |  |  | Three Months Ended March 31,
Millions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Written premiums: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 10.5 |  |  | $ | 9.2 |
Assumed |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Gross written premiums (1) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 10.5 |  |  | $ | 9.2 |
Earned premiums: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 7.3 |  |  | $ | 7.0 |
Assumed |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | .5 |  |  | .7 |
Gross earned premiums (1) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 7.8 |  |  | $ | 7.7 |
(1) There are no ceded premium amounts in the periods presented, and gross earned premiums are equivalent to net written premiums and net earned premiums.
Gross and net reinsurance recoverables by reinsurers ratings | The following table presents the Ark/WM Outrigger segment’s gross and net reinsurance recoverables by the reinsurer’s A.M. Best Company, Inc (“A.M. Best”) ratings as of March 31, 2024:
$ in Millions |  | As of March 31, 2024
A.M. Best Rating(1) |  | Gross |  | Collateral |  | Net |  | % of Total
A+ or better |  | $ | 202.2 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 202.2 |  |  | 58.1 | %
A- to A |  | 139.1 |  | — |  |  | 139.1 |  | 40.0 |
B++ or lower and not rated |  | 83.9 | (2) | 77.3 | (2) | 6.6 |  |  | 1.9 |
Total |  | $ | 425.2 |  |  | $ | 77.3 |  |  | $ | 347.9 |  |  | 100.0 | %
(1) A.M. Best ratings as detailed above are: “A+ or better” (Superior) “A- to A” (Excellent), “B++” (Good). (2) Excludes $15.8 ceded by Ark to WM Outrigger Re as of March 31, 2024, which eliminates in White Mountains’s consolidated financial statements.

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