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Financial Guarantees in Force (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Guarantees [Abstract] |
Schedule of Financial Guarantee Insurance In Force By Bond Type | As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the guarantee portfolio was diversified by type of guaranteed bond as shown in the following table:
Net Par Outstanding December 31 | 2015 |  | 2014
Public Finance: |  |  |
Lease and tax-backed revenue | $ | 22,060,000 |  |  | $ | 33,411,000 |
General obligation | 15,946,000 |  |  | 22,699,000 |
Utility revenue | 8,218,000 |  |  | 11,687,000 |
Housing revenue | 6,810,000 |  |  | 7,108,000 |
Transportation education | 5,589,000 |  |  | 7,738,000 |
Higher education | 3,439,000 |  |  | 6,389,000 |
Health care revenue | 2,234,000 |  |  | 3,106,000 |
Other | 1,140,000 |  |  | 1,310,000 |
Total Public Finance | 65,436,000 |  |  | 93,448,000 |
Structured Finance: |  |  |
Mortgage-backed and home equity | 11,387,000 |  |  | 13,686,000 |
Investor-owned utilities | 4,921,000 |  |  | 5,411,000 |
Student loan | 2,323,000 |  |  | 3,390,000 |
Asset-backed (1) | 1,140,000 |  |  | 1,335,000 |
CDOs | 306,000 |  |  | 637,000 |
Other | 1,737,000 |  |  | 1,875,000 |
Total Structured Finance | 21,814,000 |  |  | 26,334,000 |
International Finance: |  |  |
Investor-owned and public utilities | 7,208,000 |  |  | 8,455,000 |
Sovereign/sub-sovereign | 6,218,000 |  |  | 6,758,000 |
Asset-backed (1) | 3,870,000 |  |  | 4,442,000 |
Transportation | 2,118,000 |  |  | 3,425,000 |
Mortgage-backed and home equity | 347,000 |  |  | 410,000 |
CDOs | 190,000 |  |  | 233,000 |
Other | 1,098,000 |  |  | 1,229,000 |
Total International Finance | 21,049,000 |  |  | 24,952,000 |
Total | $ | 108,299,000 |  |  | $ | 144,734,000 |
(1) | At December 31, 2015 and 2014, 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, 2015 and 2014, the International Finance guaranteed portfolio is shown in the following table by location of risk:
Net Par Outstanding December 31 | 2015 |  | 2014
United Kingdom | $ | 15,494,000 |  |  | $ | 17,998,000 |
Australia | 1,851,000 |  |  | 2,168,000 |
Italy | 948,000 |  |  | 1,415,000 |
Austria | 737,000 |  |  | 841,000 |
France | 288,000 |  |  | 88,000 |
Internationally diversified (1) | 974,000 |  |  | 1,225,000 |
Other international | 757,000 |  |  | 1,217,000 |
Total International Finance | $ | 21,049,000 |  |  | $ | 24,952,000 |
(1) | Internationally diversified obligations represent pools of geographically diversified exposures which may include components of U.S. exposure.

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