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Financial Guarantees in Force (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Guarantees [Abstract] |
Schedule of Financial Guarantee Insurance In Force By Bond Type | As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the guarantee portfolio was diversified by type of guaranteed bond as shown in the following table:
| December 31,
Net Par Outstanding December 31, | 2020 |  | 2019
Public Finance: |  |  |
Housing revenue | $ | 5,855 |  |  | $ | 5,991 |
Lease and tax-backed revenue | 4,179 |  |  | 5,102 |
General obligation | 2,345 |  |  | 3,011 |
Transportation revenue | 771 |  |  | 855 |
Higher education | 747 |  |  | 885 |
Utility revenue | 675 |  |  | 768 |
Other | 925 |  |  | 1,041 |
Total Public Finance | 15,497 |  |  | 17,653 |
Structured Finance: |  |  |
Mortgage-backed and home equity | 3,635 |  |  | 4,423 |
Investor-owned utilities | 1,617 |  |  | 1,675 |
Student loan | 626 |  |  | 769 |
Structured Insurance | 311 |  |  | 395 |
Asset-backed and other | 148 |  |  | 246 |
Total Structured Finance | 6,337 |  |  | 7,508 |
International Finance: |  |  |
Sovereign/sub-sovereign | 5,270 |  |  | 5,264 |
Investor-owned and public utilities | 3,899 |  |  | 4,436 |
Transportation | 1,511 |  |  | 1,532 |
Asset-backed and other | 1,374 |  |  | 1,625 |
Total International Finance | 12,054 |  |  | 12,857 |
Total | $ | 33,888 |  |  | $ | 38,018 |
(1)Includes $5,575 and $5,654 of Military Housing net par at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Schedule of International Financial Guarantee Insurance In Force Portfolio By Location Of Risk | As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the International Finance guaranteed portfolio by location of risk was as outlined in the table below:
Net Par Outstanding December 31, | 2020 |  | 2019
United Kingdom | $ | 9,711 |  |  | $ | 10,593 |
Italy | 803 |  |  | 767 |
Austria | 707 |  |  | 674 |
Australia | 420 |  |  | 382 |
France | 277 |  |  | 303 |
Other international (1) | 136 |  |  | 138 |
Total International Finance | $ | 12,054 |  |  | $ | 12,857 |
(1) Other international may include components of U.S. exposure.

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