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Municipal Bond Guarantee Reinsurance (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Insurance [Abstract] |
Schedule of insured obligations | The following table presents the HG Global segment’s insured obligations as of December 31, 2024 and 2023:
|  | December 31, 2024 |  | December 31, 2023 |  |
Contracts outstanding |  | 15,884 |  |  | 14,485 |  |  |
Remaining weighted average contract period (in years) (1) |  | 11.2 |  | 11.1 |  |
Outstanding par value of policies assumed (in millions) (2) |  | $ | 18,503.3 |  |  | $ | 16,575.2 |  | (3) |
Gross unearned insurance premiums (in millions) |  | $ | 297.3 |  |  | $ | 273.9 |  | (4) |
(1) The remaining weighted average contract period was calculated using total contractual debt service outstanding, including principal and interest. (2) Under the FLRT, HG Re provides first-loss reinsurance protection of up to 15%-of-par outstanding for each policy assumed from BAM. For capital appreciation bonds, par is adjusted to the estimated equivalent par value for current interest paying bonds. (3) As of December 31, 2023, which was prior to BAM’s deconsolidation, BAM’s total contractual debt service outstanding was $165,686.0, split between principal of $109,673.8 and interest of $56,012.2. (4) As of December 31, 2023, which was prior to BAM’s deconsolidation, BAM’s gross unearned insurance premiums were $325.8.
Schedule of BAM’s future premium revenues | The following table presents the HG Global segment’s future premium revenues as of December 31, 2024:
Millions |  | December 31, 2024
January 1, 2025 - March 31, 2025 |  | $ | 6.8 |
April 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025 |  | 6.6 |
July 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025 |  | 6.5 |
October 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 |  | 6.4 |
Total 2025 |  | 26.3 |
2026 |  | 24.7 |
2027 |  | 23.3 |
2028 |  | 21.8 |
2029 |  | 20.2 |
2030 and thereafter |  | 181.0 |
Total gross unearned insurance premiums |  | $ | 297.3 |
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 years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022.
|  | Year Ended December 31,
Millions |  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Written premiums: |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  | $ | 1,101.5 |  |  | $ | 931.9 |  |  | $ | 760.4 |
Assumed |  | 1,105.5 |  |  | 966.5 |  |  | 691.6 |
Gross written premiums |  | 2,207.0 |  |  | 1,898.4 |  |  | 1,452.0 |
Ceded |  | (527.9) |  | (1) | (377.5) |  | (1) | (256.8) |
Net written premiums |  | $ | 1,679.1 |  |  | $ | 1,520.9 |  |  | $ | 1,195.2 |
Earned premiums: |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  | $ | 1,004.2 |  |  | $ | 848.1 |  |  | $ | 655.5 |
Assumed |  | 1,088.2 |  |  | 925.6 |  |  | 668.7 |
Gross earned premiums |  | 2,092.4 |  |  | 1,773.7 |  |  | 1,324.2 |
Ceded |  | (504.6) |  | (2) | (364.0) |  | (2) | (280.8) |
Net earned premiums |  | $ | 1,587.8 |  |  | $ | 1,409.7 |  |  | $ | 1,043.4 |
Loss and LAE: |  |  |  |  |  |
Gross |  | $ | 1,056.7 |  |  | $ | 782.5 |  |  | $ | 814.9 |
Ceded |  | (200.9) |  | (3) | (55.7) |  | (3) | (278.5) |
Net loss and LAE |  | $ | 855.8 |  |  | $ | 726.8 |  |  | $ | 536.4 |
(1) The years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 exclude $86.5 and $110.0 ceded by Ark to WM Outrigger Re, which eliminate in White Mountains’s consolidated financial statements. (2) The years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 exclude $88.0 and $104.3 ceded by Ark to WM Outrigger Re, which eliminate in White Mountains’s consolidated financial statements. (3) The years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 exclude $29.9 and $15.6 ceded by Ark to WM Outrigger Re, which eliminate in White Mountains’s consolidated financial statements. The following table presents the Ark/WM Outrigger segment’s reinsurance recoverables as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
Millions |  | December 31, 2024 |  | December 31, 2023
Reinsurance recoverables on unpaid losses (1) |  | $ | 434.4 |  |  | $ | 340.8 |
Reinsurance recoverables on paid losses (2) |  | 57.5 |  |  | 27.4 |
Ceded unearned premiums (3) |  | 97.1 |  |  | 73.8 |
Reinsurance recoverables |  | $ | 589.0 |  |  | $ | 442.0 |
(1) The reinsurance recoverables on unpaid losses exclude $31.8 and $15.6 ceded by Ark to WM Outrigger Re as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, which eliminate in White Mountains’s consolidated financial statements. (2) The reinsurance recoverables on paid losses exclude $3.1 ceded by Ark to WM Outrigger Re as of December 31, 2024, which eliminates in White Mountains’s consolidated financial statements. (3) The ceded unearned premiums exclude $4.3 and $5.7 ceded by Ark to WM Outrigger Re as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, which eliminate in White Mountains’s consolidated financial statements. The following tables present gross written premiums and gross earned premiums included in the HG Global segment for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022:
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2024
Millions |  | HG Global |  | BAM |  | Eliminations |  | Total
Written premiums: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 24.1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 24.1 |
Assumed |  | 52.4 |  |  | — |  |  | (20.5) |  |  | 31.9 |
Gross written premiums (1) |  | $ | 52.4 |  |  | $ | 24.1 |  |  | $ | (20.5) |  |  | $ | 56.0 |
Earned premiums: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 15.8 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 15.8 |
Assumed |  | 28.9 |  |  | 1.0 |  |  | (14.0) |  |  | 15.9 |
Gross earned premiums (1) |  | $ | 28.9 |  |  | $ | 16.8 |  |  | $ | (14.0) |  |  | $ | 31.7 |
(1) Subsequent to the deconsolidation of BAM, there are no ceded premiums, such that gross written premiums and gross earned premiums are equivalent to net written premiums and net earned premiums, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, BAM ceded written premiums of $20.5 and ceded earned premiums of $14.0 to HG Global, which eliminated in consolidation.
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2023
Millions |  | HG Global |  | BAM |  | Eliminations |  | Total
Written premiums: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 58.6 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 58.6 |
Assumed |  | 50.1 |  |  | — |  |  | (50.1) |  |  | — |
Gross written premiums (1) |  | $ | 50.1 |  |  | $ | 58.6 |  |  | $ | (50.1) |  |  | $ | 58.6 |
Earned premiums: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 28.7 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 28.7 |
Assumed |  | 26.0 |  |  | 2.5 |  |  | (26.0) |  |  | 2.5 |
Gross earned premiums (1) |  | $ | 26.0 |  |  | $ | 31.2 |  |  | $ | (26.0) |  |  | $ | 31.2 |
(1) For the year ended December 31, 2023, BAM ceded written premiums of $50.1 and ceded earned premiums of $26.0 to HG Global, which eliminated in consolidation.
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2022
Millions |  | HG Global |  | BAM |  | Eliminations |  | Total
Written premiums: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 63.8 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 63.8 |
Assumed |  | 55.9 |  |  | 1.3 |  |  | (55.9) |  |  | 1.3 |
Gross written premiums (1) |  | $ | 55.9 |  |  | $ | 65.1 |  |  | $ | (55.9) |  |  | $ | 65.1 |
Earned premiums: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 28.6 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 28.6 |
Assumed |  | 27.5 |  |  | 4.7 |  |  | (27.5) |  |  | 4.7 |
Gross earned premiums (1) |  | $ | 27.5 |  |  | $ | 33.3 |  |  | $ | (27.5) |  |  | $ | 33.3 |
(1) For the year ended December 31, 2022, BAM ceded written premiums of $55.9 and ceded earned premiums of $27.5 to HG Global, which eliminated in consolidation.

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