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Financial Guarantees in Force (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Guarantees [Abstract] |
Schedule of Financial Guarantee Insurance In Force By Bond Type | As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the guarantee portfolio was diversified by type of guaranteed bond as shown in the following table:
| Net Par Amount Outstanding
| December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013
Public Finance: |  |  |
Lease and tax-backed revenue | $ | 33,411,000 |  |  | $ | 41,858,000 |
General obligation | 22,699,000 |  |  | 29,115,000 |
Utility revenue | 11,687,000 |  |  | 14,933,000 |
Transportation revenue | 7,738,000 |  |  | 9,653,000 |
Housing revenue | 7,108,000 |  |  | 7,439,000 |
Higher education | 6,389,000 |  |  | 7,810,000 |
Health care revenue | 3,106,000 |  |  | 3,903,000 |
Other | 1,310,000 |  |  | 1,351,000 |
Total Public Finance | 93,448,000 |  |  | 116,062,000 |
Structured Finance: |  |  |
Mortgage-backed and home equity | 13,686,000 |  |  | 16,026,000 |
Investor-owned utilities | 5,411,000 |  |  | 5,881,000 |
Student loan | 3,390,000 |  |  | 4,357,000 |
Asset-backed (1) | 1,335,000 |  |  | 2,361,000 |
CDOs | 637,000 |  |  | 897,000 |
Other | 1,875,000 |  |  | 1,890,000 |
Total Structured Finance | 26,334,000 |  |  | 31,412,000 |
International Finance: |  |  |
Investor-owned and public utilities | 8,455,000 |  |  | 9,595,000 |
Sovereign/sub-sovereign | 6,758,000 |  |  | 7,394,000 |
Asset-backed (1) | 4,442,000 |  |  | 6,884,000 |
Transportation | 3,425,000 |  |  | 5,021,000 |
Mortgage-backed and home equity | 410,000 |  |  | 484,000 |
CDOs | 233,000 |  |  | 822,000 |
Other | 1,229,000 |  |  | 1,418,000 |
Total International Finance | 24,952,000 |  |  | 31,618,000 |
Total | $ | 144,734,000 |  |  | $ | 179,092,000 |
(1) | At December 31, 2014 and 2013, all asset-backed net par amounts outstanding relate to commercial asset-based transactions.
Schedule of International Financial Guarantee Insurance In Force Portfolio By Location Of Risk | As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the International Finance guaranteed portfolio is shown in the following table by location of risk:
| Net Par Amount Outstanding
| December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013
United Kingdom | $ | 17,998,000 |  |  | $ | 21,282,000 |
Australia | 2,168,000 |  |  | 3,331,000 |
Italy | 1,415,000 |  |  | 2,412,000 |
Austria | 841,000 |  |  | 967,000 |
New Zealand | 459,000 |  |  | 526,000 |
Internationally diversified (1) | 1,225,000 |  |  | 1,918,000 |
Other international | 846,000 |  |  | 1,182,000 |
Total International Finance | $ | 24,952,000 |  |  | $ | 31,618,000 |
(1) | Internationally diversified obligations represent pools of geographically diversified exposures which may include components of U.S. exposure.

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