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Long-Term Debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block] | Aggregated annual maturities of non-VIE long-term debt obligations (based on scheduled maturity dates as further discussed below) are as follows:
2020 |  | $ | 531 |
2021 |  | — |
2022 |  | — |
2023 |  | 1,763 |
2024 |  | — |
Thereafter |  | 687 |
Total |  | $ | 2,980 |
Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments | Long-term debt outstanding, excluding VIE long-term debt, was as follows:
December 31, |  | 2019 |  | 2018
|  | Par Value |  | Unamortized Discount |  | Carrying Value |  | Par Value |  | Unamortized Discount |  | Carrying Value
Ambac Assurance: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
5.1% surplus notes |  | $ | 531 |  |  | $ | (14 | ) |  | $ | 517 |  |  | $ | 531 |  |  | $ | (44 | ) |  | $ | 487 |
5.1% junior surplus notes |  | 365 |  |  | (113 | ) |  | 252 |  |  | 367 |  |  | (117 | ) |  | 250 |
Ambac note |  | 1,763 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,763 |  |  | 1,940 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,940 |
Tier 2 notes |  | 281 |  |  | (4 | ) |  | 278 |  |  | 259 |  |  | (7 | ) |  | 252 |
Ambac UK debt |  | 41 |  |  | (28 | ) |  | 13 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Long-term debt |  | $ | 2,980 |  |  | $ | (159 | ) |  | $ | 2,822 |  |  | $ | 3,096 |  |  | $ | (167 | ) |  | $ | 2,929 |

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