AGO · CIK 1273813
What Assured Guaranty Ltd. told the SEC could break it.
Assured Guaranty's disclosures reflect a financial-guaranty insurer shaped by regulation and credit exposures. Its insurance subsidiaries operate under US (Maryland), UK, French and Bermuda regimes that mandate statutory contingency reserves and limit how much can be dividended up to the holding company. Beyond that, it relies on outside asset manager Sound Point — in which it holds an equity interest but does not control — to manage related investments compliantly, and it carries legacy credit exposure to insured US second-lien residential mortgage-backed securities, where a stressed 40%-recovery scenario would cut expected HELOC recoveries by about $48 million.
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In its own words
What could break it.
Other disclosures
- reliance on Sound Point as external asset managerlow
Assured Guaranty holds an equity-method interest in asset manager Sound Point and invests in its funds, but does not control it — relying on Sound Point (and its own service providers) for compliant management of those investments.
“Because the Company does not control the business, management or policies of Sound Point, it relies upon Sound Point to make appropriate decisions and operate in a manner consistent with applicable rules and regulations.”
SEC filing →As of 2026 - insured U.S. RMBS second-lien credit / recovery exposurelow
Projected claims on insured second-lien U.S. RMBS (HELOC and closed-end) hinge on recoveries from charged-off loans; a stressed 40%-recovery scenario would cut expected HELOC recoveries by ~$48 million.
“In the Company's most stressful scenario, assuming 40 % recoveries on charged-off loans would decrease the expected recovery by approximately $ 48 million for HELOC transactions.”
SEC filing →As of 2026
Regulatory & policy
- insurance regulation / statutory contingency reserves & dividend limitsmedium
Assured Guaranty's insurance subsidiaries are subject to U.S. (Maryland), U.K., French (ACPR) and Bermuda insurance regimes — including mandated statutory contingency reserves and regulatory limits on dividends/distributions to the holding company.
“AG is required by Maryland insurance law and regulations to establish a contingency reserve, as reported on its statutory financial statements, to protect policyholders.”
SEC filing →As of 2026
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