The Company’s loss reserve committees estimate expected loss to be paid (recovered) for all contracts by reviewing analyses that consider various scenarios with corresponding probabilities assigned to them. Depending upon the nature of the risk, the Company’s view of the potential size of any loss and the information available to the Company, that analysis may be based upon individually developed cash flow models, internal credit rating assessments, sector-driven loss severity assumptions and/or judgmental assessments. In the case of its assumed business, the Company may conduct its own analysis as just described or, depending on the Company’s view of the potential size of any loss and the information available to the Company, the Company may use loss estimates provided by ceding insurers. The Company monitors the performance of its transactions with expected losses and each quarter the Company’s loss reserve committees review and refresh their loss projection assumptions, scenarios and the probabilities they assign to those scenarios based on actual developments during the quarter and their view of future performance.

The Company does not use traditional actuarial approaches to determine its estimates of expected losses. The determination of expected loss to be paid (recovered) is an inherently subjective process involving numerous estimates, assumptions and judgments by management, using both internal and external data sources with regard to frequency, severity of loss, economic projections, governmental actions, negotiations, recovery rates, delinquency and prepayment rates (with respect to RMBS), timing of cash flows, and other factors that affect credit performance. These estimates, assumptions and judgments, and the factors on which they are based, may change materially over a reporting period, and have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements. Each quarter, the Company may revise its scenarios and update assumptions and probability weightings of its scenarios based on public information as well as nonpublic information obtained through its surveillance and loss mitigation activities. Such information includes management's view of the potential impact of COVID-19 on its distressed exposures. Management assesses the possible implications of such information on each insured obligation, considering the unique characteristics of each transaction.

The following tables present a roll forward of net expected loss to be paid (recovered) for all contracts under all accounting models (insurance, derivative and FG VIE). The Company used risk-free rates for U.S. dollar denominated obligations that ranged from 0.00% to 2.13% with a weighted average of 0.78% as of September 30, 2021 and 0.00% to 1.72% with a weighted average of 0.60% as of December 31, 2020. Expected losses to be paid for U.S. dollar denominated transactions represented approximately 89.6% and 93.2% of the total as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.


	Third Quarter				Nine Months
	2021		2020		2021		2020
	(in millions)
Net expected loss to be paid (recovered), beginning of period	$	466	$	735	$	529	$	737
Economic loss development (benefit) due to:
Accretion of discount	2		1		5		7
Changes in discount rates	(1)		(2)		(34)		30
Changes in timing and assumptions	(95)		71		(72)		64
Total economic loss development (benefit)	(94)		70		(101)		101
Net (paid) recovered losses	(173)		(334)		(229)		(367)
Net expected loss to be paid (recovered), end of period	$	199	$	471	$	199	$	471


	Third Quarter 2021
Sector	Net Expected Loss to be Paid (Recovered) as of June 30, 2021		Economic Loss Development (Benefit)		(Paid) Recovered Losses (1)		Net Expected Loss to be Paid (Recovered) as of September 30, 2021
	(in millions)
Public finance:
U.S. public finance	$	221	$	(29)	$	(201)	$	(9)
Non-U.S. public finance	22		(2)		(1)		19
Public finance	243		(31)		(202)		10
Structured finance:
U.S. RMBS	178		(65)		29		142
Other structured finance	45		2		—		47
Structured finance	223		(63)		29		189
Total	$	466	$	(94)	$	(173)	$	199


	Third Quarter 2020
Sector	Net Expected Loss to be Paid (Recovered) as of June 30, 2020		Economic Loss Development (Benefit)		(Paid) Recovered Losses (1)		Net Expected Loss to be Paid (Recovered) as of September 30, 2020
	(in millions)
Public finance:
U.S. public finance	$	543	$	56	$	(336)	$	263
Non-U.S. public finance	29		4		—		33
Public finance	572		60		(336)		296
Structured finance:
U.S. RMBS	128		1		8		137
Other structured finance	35		9		(6)		38
Structured finance	163		10		2		175
Total	$	735	$	70	$	(334)	$	471


	Nine Months 2021
Sector	Net Expected Loss to be Paid (Recovered) as of December 31, 2020		Economic Loss Development (Benefit)		(Paid) Recovered Losses (1)		Net Expected Loss to be Paid (Recovered) as of September 30, 2021
	(in millions)
Public finance:
U.S. public finance	$	305	$	(13)	$	(301)	$	(9)
Non-U.S. public finance	36		(15)		(2)		19
Public finance	341		(28)		(303)		10
Structured finance:
U.S. RMBS	148		(82)		76		142
Other structured finance	40		9		(2)		47
Structured finance	188		(73)		74		189
Total	$	529	$	(101)	$	(229)	$	199


	Nine Months 2020
Sector	Net Expected Loss to be Paid (Recovered) as of December 31, 2019		Economic Loss Development (Benefit)		(Paid) Recovered Losses (1)		Net Expected Loss to be Paid (Recovered) as of September 30, 2020
	(in millions)
Public finance:
U.S. public finance	$	531	$	142	$	(410)	$	263
Non-U.S. public finance	23		9		1		33
Public finance	554		151		(409)		296
Structured finance:
U.S. RMBS	146		(61)		52		137
Other structured finance	37		11		(10)		38
Structured finance	183		(50)		42		175
Total	$	737	$	101	$	(367)	$	471


	Net Expected Loss to be Paid (Recovered)				Net Economic Loss Development (Benefit)
	As of				Third Quarter				Nine Months
Accounting Model	September 30, 2021		December 31, 2020		2021		2020		2021		2020
	(in millions)
Insurance (see Notes 5 and 7)	$	150	$	471	$	(82)	$	65	$	(91)	$	96
FG VIEs (see Note 9)	43		59		(10)		(2)		(17)		5
Credit derivatives (see Note 6)	6		(1)		(2)		7		7		—
Total	$	199	$	529	$	(94)	$	70	$	(101)	$	101

The Company insured general obligation bonds of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and various obligations of its related authorities and public corporations aggregating $3.6 billion net par outstanding as of September 30, 2021, all of which was BIG. For additional information regarding the Company’s Puerto Rico exposure, see “Exposure to Puerto Rico” in Note 3, Outstanding Exposure.

On February 25, 2015, a plan of adjustment resolving the bankruptcy filing of the City of Stockton, California under chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code became effective. As of September 30, 2021, the Company’s net par outstanding subject to the plan consisted of $100 million of pension obligation bonds. As part of the plan of adjustment, the City will repay claims paid on the pension obligation bonds from certain fixed payments and certain variable payments contingent on the City’s revenue growth, which will likely be impacted by COVID-19.

The Company projects its total net expected loss across its troubled U.S. public finance exposures as of September 30, 2021, including those mentioned above, to be a net expected recovery $9 million, compared with a net expected loss of $305 million as of December 31, 2020. The Company’s net expected loss to be paid (recovered) incorporates management’s probability weighted estimates of all possible scenarios.

The economic benefit for U.S. public finance transactions was $29 million during Third Quarter 2021 and was primarily attributable to certain Puerto Rico exposures. The economic benefit was $13 million during Nine Months 2021, and was primarily attributable to changes in discount rates. The changes attributable to the Company’s Puerto Rico exposures reflect adjustments the Company made to the assumptions it uses in its scenarios based on the public information as discussed under “Exposure to Puerto Rico” in Note 3, Outstanding Exposure as well as nonpublic information related to its loss mitigation activities during the period.

Expected loss to be paid for non-U.S. public finance transactions was $19 million as of September 30, 2021, compared with $36 million as of December 31, 2020, primarily consisting of: (i) an obligation backed by the availability and toll revenues of a major arterial road, which has been underperforming due to higher costs compared with expectations at underwriting, and (ii) an obligation for which the Company has been paying claims because of the impact of negative Euro Interbank Offered Rate (Euribor) on the transaction. The economic benefit for non-U.S. public finance transactions, including those mentioned above, was approximately $2 million during Third Quarter 2021. The economic benefit was $15 million during Nine Months 2021, and was due to the impact of higher Euribor and, separately, improved traffic and availability in certain road exposures.

The Company projects losses on its insured U.S. RMBS on a transaction-by-transaction basis by projecting the performance of the underlying pool of mortgages over time and then applying the structural features (i.e., payment priorities and tranching) of the RMBS and any expected representation and warranty (R&W) recoveries/payables to the projected performance of the collateral over time. The resulting projected claim payments or reimbursements are then discounted using risk-free rates.

Each period the Company makes a judgment as to whether to change the assumptions it uses to make RMBS loss projections based on its observation during the period of the performance of its insured transactions (including early-stage delinquencies, late-stage delinquencies and loss severity) as well as the residential property market and economy in general, and, to the extent it observes changes, it makes a judgment as to whether those changes are normal fluctuations or part of a trend. The assumptions that the Company uses to project RMBS losses are shown in the sections below.

The majority of projected losses in first lien RMBS transactions are expected to come from non-performing mortgage loans (those that are or have recently been two or more payments behind, have been modified, are in foreclosure, or have been foreclosed upon). Changes in the amount of non-performing loans from the amount projected in the previous period are one of the primary drivers of loss projections in this portfolio. In order to determine the number of defaults resulting from these delinquent and foreclosed loans, the Company applies a liquidation rate assumption to loans in each of various non-performing categories. The Company arrived at its liquidation rates based on data purchased from a third-party provider and assumptions about how delays in the foreclosure process and loan modifications may ultimately affect the rate at which loans are liquidated. Each quarter the Company reviews recent data and (if necessary) adjusts its liquidation rates based on its observations. The following table shows liquidation assumptions for various non-performing and re-performing categories.


	As of
	September 30, 2021	June 30, 2021	December 31, 2020
Current but recently delinquent (1)
Alt-A and Prime	20%	20%	20%
Option ARM	20	20	20
Subprime	20	20	20
30 – 59 Days Delinquent
Alt-A and Prime	35	35	35
Option ARM	35	35	35
Subprime	30	30	30
60 – 89 Days Delinquent
Alt-A and Prime	40	40	40
Option ARM	45	45	45
Subprime	40	40	40
90+ Days Delinquent
Alt-A and Prime	55	55	55
Option ARM	60	60	60
Subprime	45	45	45
Bankruptcy
Alt-A and Prime	45	45	45
Option ARM	50	50	50
Subprime	40	40	40
Foreclosure
Alt-A and Prime	60	60	60
Option ARM	65	65	65
Subprime	55	55	55
Real Estate Owned
All	100	100	100

(1) Prior to Third Quarter 2021, the Company included current loans that had missed one payment (30 + days delinquent) within the last 12 months in this category. The Company observed that during the COVID-19 pandemic: (1) loans that became 60+ days delinquent may have elevated future default risk for longer than a year; and (2) there may be an increased number of loans that missed only a single payment that should not be considered at elevated risk of default. Based on this view, in Third Quarter 2021, the Company includes only current loans that had been 60+ days delinquent within the last 24 months in this category, rather than current loans that had been 30+ days delinquent in the past 12 months.

Towards the end of the first quarter of 2020, lenders began offering mortgage borrowers the option to forbear interest and principal payments of their loans due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and to repay such amounts at a later date. This resulted in an increase in early-stage delinquencies in RMBS transactions during the second quarter of 2020 and late-stage delinquencies during the second half of 2020. Until Third Quarter 2021, the Company’s expected loss estimate assumed that a portion of delinquencies were due to COVID-19 related forbearances, and had applied a liquidation rate of 20% to such loans, which was the same liquidation rate assumption used when estimating expected losses for current loans that were recently modified or delinquent. Since then, a substantial portion of the loans have resolved favorably, and the Company now expects that the loans that continue to be delinquent will default at a higher rate than the original overall assumption of 20%. Therefore, the Company discontinued the segregation of COVID-19 related forbearances and the application of a special 20% liquidation rate to such COVID-19 forbearances. Beginning in Third Quarter 2021, the Company includes remaining COVID-19 forbearance loans in the relevant delinquency categories consistent with all other loans. Assuming all other variables are held constant, applying the higher liquidation rates to the previously forborne loans that remain delinquent, rather than the previous assumption of 20% that was applied to all COVID-19 forborne loans, did not significantly increase expected losses on this cohort.

While the Company uses liquidation rates as described above to project defaults of non-performing loans (including current loans that were recently modified or delinquent), it projects defaults on presently current loans by applying a conditional default rate (CDR) curve. The start of that CDR curve is based on the defaults the Company projects will emerge from currently nonperforming, recently nonperforming and modified loans. The total amount of expected defaults from the non-performing loans is translated into a constant CDR (i.e., the CDR plateau), which, if applied for each of the next 36 months, would be sufficient to produce approximately the amount of defaults that was calculated to emerge from the various delinquency categories. The CDR thus calculated individually on the delinquent collateral pool for each RMBS is then used as the starting point for the CDR curve used to project defaults of the presently performing loans.

In the most heavily weighted scenario (the base case), after the initial 36-month CDR plateau period, each transaction’s CDR is projected to improve over 12 months to an intermediate CDR (calculated as 20% of its CDR plateau); that intermediate CDR is held constant and then steps to a final CDR of 5% of the CDR plateau. In the base case, the Company assumes the final CDR will be reached 1.75 years after the initial 36-month CDR plateau period. Under the Company’s methodology, defaults projected to occur in the first 36 months represent defaults that can be attributed to loans that were recently modified or delinquent, or that are currently delinquent or in foreclosure, while the defaults projected to occur using the projected CDR trend after the first 36-month period represent defaults attributable to borrowers that are currently performing or are projected to reperform.

Another important driver of loss projections is loss severity, which is the amount of loss the transaction incurs on a loan after the application of net proceeds from the disposal of the underlying property. The Company assumes in the base case that recent (still historically elevated) loss severities will improve after loans with accumulated delinquencies and foreclosure costs are liquidated. The Company is assuming in the base case that the recent levels generally will continue for another 18 months. The Company determines its initial loss severity based on actual recent experience. Each quarter the Company reviews available data and (if necessary) adjusts its severities based on its observations. The Company then assumes that loss severities begin returning to levels consistent with underwriting assumptions beginning after the initial 18-month period, declining to 40% in the base case over 2.5 years.


	As of September 30, 2021					As of June 30, 2021					As of December 31, 2020
	Range				Weighted Average	Range				Weighted Average	Range				Weighted Average
Alt-A and Prime:
Plateau CDR	1.0	%	-	11.1%	6.2%	0.8	%	-	9.6%	5.5%	0.0	%	-	9.7%	5.3%
Final CDR	0.0	%	-	0.6%	0.3%	0.0	%	-	0.5%	0.3%	0.0	%	-	0.5%	0.3%
Initial loss severity:
2005 and prior	60%					60%					60%
2006	60%					70%					70%
2007+	60%					70%					70%
Option ARM:
Plateau CDR	1.9	%	-	11.9%	5.9%	1.7	%	-	11.4%	5.2%	2.3	%	-	11.9%	5.4%
Final CDR	0.1	%	-	0.6%	0.3%	0.1	%	-	0.6%	0.3%	0.1	%	-	0.6%	0.3%
Initial loss severity:
2005 and prior	60%					60%					60%
2006	60%					60%					60%
2007+	60%					60%					60%
Subprime:
Plateau CDR	2.6	%	-	9.1%	6.0%	2.4	%	-	8.6%	5.3%	2.7	%	-	11.3%	5.6%
Final CDR	0.1	%	-	0.5%	0.3%	0.1	%	-	0.4%	0.3%	0.1	%	-	0.6%	0.3%
Initial loss severity:
2005 and prior	60%					60%					60%
2006	60%					70%					70%
2007+	60%					70%					70%

The rate at which the principal amount of loans is voluntarily prepaid may impact both the amount of losses projected (since that amount is a function of the CDR, the loss severity and the loan balance over time) as well as the amount of excess spread (the amount by which the interest paid by the borrowers on the underlying loan exceeds the amount of interest owed on the insured obligations). The assumption for the voluntary conditional prepayment rate (CPR) follows a similar pattern to that of the CDR. The current level of voluntary prepayments is assumed to continue for the plateau period before gradually increasing over 12 months to the final CPR, which is assumed to be 15% in the base case. For transactions where the initial CPR is higher than the final CPR, the initial CPR is held constant and the final CPR is not used. These CPR assumptions are the same as those the Company used for December 31, 2020.

In Third Quarter 2021, the Company implemented a new recovery assumption into its reserving model to reflect observed trends in recoveries of deferred principal balances of modified first lien loans that had been previously written off. The Company now assumes that 20% of the deferred loan balances will eventually be recovered upon sales of the collateral or refinancing of the loans. The addition of this new assumption resulted in an economic benefit of $19 million.

In estimating expected losses, the Company modeled and probability weighted sensitivities for first lien transactions by varying its assumptions of how fast a recovery is expected to occur. One of the variables used to model sensitivities was how quickly the CDR returned to its modeled equilibrium, which was defined as 5% of the initial CDR. The Company also stressed CPR and the speed of recovery of loss severity rates. The Company probability weighted a total of five scenarios as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

Total expected loss to be paid on all first lien U.S. RMBS was $160 million and $133 million as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The $10 million economic benefit in Third Quarter 2021 for first lien U.S. RMBS transactions was primarily attributable to the implementation of a recovery assumption for deferred principal balances that had previously been written off. Lower severity rate assumptions, updates in the delinquency profile of certain transactions, and the removal of the liquidation rate previously applied to COVID-19 forbearances, netted together, partially offset the benefit from

the change in the recovery assumption on deferred principal balances. The $1 million economic loss development in Nine Months 2021 for first lien U.S. RMBS was primarily attributable to lower excess spread, which was substantially offset by the implementation of a recovery assumption for deferred principal balances that had previously been written off, and changes in discount rates. Other changes in assumptions including lower severity assumptions for certain asset classes were offset by updates in the delinquency profile of certain transactions and the removal of the liquidation rate previously applied to the COVID-19 forbearances. Certain transactions benefit from excess spread when they are supported by large portions of fixed rate assets (either originally fixed or modified to be fixed) but have insured floating rate debt linked to LIBOR. An increase in projected LIBOR decreases excess spread, while lower LIBOR results in higher excess spread. LIBOR is anticipated to be discontinued after June 30, 2023, and it is not yet clear how this will impact the calculation of the various interest rates in this portfolio referencing LIBOR. The Company used a similar approach to establish its pessimistic and optimistic scenarios as of September 30, 2021 as it used as of December 31, 2020, increasing and decreasing the periods of stress from those used in the base case.

In the Company’s least stressful scenario where the CDR plateau was six months shorter (30 months, effectively assuming that liquidation rates would improve) and the CDR recovery was more pronounced (including an initial ramp-down of the CDR over nine months), expected loss to be paid would decrease from current projections by approximately $20 million for all first lien U.S. RMBS transactions.

Second lien RMBS transactions include both home equity lines of credit (HELOC) and closed end second lien mortgages. The Company believes the primary variable affecting its expected losses in second lien RMBS transactions is the amount and timing of future losses or recoveries in the collateral pool supporting the transactions. Expected losses are also a function of the structure of the transaction, the CPR of the collateral, the interest rate environment and assumptions about loss severity.

In second lien transactions, the projection of near-term defaults from currently delinquent loans is relatively straightforward because loans in second lien transactions are generally “charged off” (treated as defaulted) by the securitization’s servicer once the loan is 180 days past due. The Company estimates the amount of loans that will default over the next six months by calculating current representative liquidation rates. Second lien transactions have seen an increase in delinquencies because of COVID-19 related forbearances. As in the case of first lien transactions, starting in Third Quarter 2021, the Company includes remaining COVID-19 forbearance loans in the relevant delinquency categories consistent with all other loans. Assuming all other variables are held constant, applying the higher liquidation rates to the previously forborne loans that remain delinquent, rather than the previous assumption of 20% that was applied to all COVID-19 forborne loans, increased expected losses by approximately $14 million for second lien transactions.

For the base case scenario, the CDR (the plateau CDR) was held constant for six months. Once the plateau period has ended, the CDR is assumed to gradually trend down in uniform increments to its final long-term steady state CDR. (The long-term steady state CDR is calculated as the constant CDR that would have yielded the amount of losses originally expected at underwriting.) In the base case scenario, the time over which the CDR trends down to its final CDR is 28 months. Therefore, the total stress period for second lien transactions is 34 months, representing six months of delinquent loan liquidations, followed by 28 months of decrease to the steady state CDR, the same as of December 31, 2020.

HELOC loans generally permit the borrower to pay only interest for an initial period (often ten years) and, after that period, require the borrower to make both the monthly interest payment and a monthly principal payment. This causes the borrower's total monthly payment to increase, sometimes substantially, at the end of the initial interest-only period. In the prior periods, as the HELOC loans underlying the Company’s insured HELOC transactions reached their principal amortization period, the Company incorporated an assumption that a percentage of loans reaching their principal amortization periods would default around the time of the payment increase.

The HELOC loans underlying the Company’s insured HELOC transactions are now past their original interest-only reset date, although a significant number of HELOC loans were modified to extend the original interest-only period. The Company does not apply a CDR increase when such loans are projected to reach their principal amortization period due to the likelihood that those loans will either prepay or once again have their interest-only periods extended. In addition, based on recent trends, in Third Quarter 2021, the Company reduced the CDR floor from 2.5% to 1.0%, as the future steady state CDR on all its HELOC transactions.

When a second lien loan defaults, there is generally a low recovery. The Company assumed, as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, that it will generally recover 2% of future defaulting collateral at the time of charge-off, with additional amounts of post charge-off recoveries projected to come in over time. A second lien on the borrower’s home may be retained in the Company’s second lien transactions after the loan is charged off and the loss applied to the transaction, particularly in cases where the holder of the first lien has not foreclosed. If the second lien is retained and the value of the home increases, the servicer may be able to use the second lien to increase recoveries, either by arranging for the borrower to resume payments or by realizing value upon the sale of the underlying real estate. The Company evaluates its assumptions quarterly based on actual recoveries of charged-off loans observed from period to period. In instances where the Company is able to obtain information on the lien status of charged-off loans, it assumes there will be a certain level of future recoveries of the balance of the charged-off loans where the second lien is still intact. In Third Quarter 2021, the Company increased its recovery assumption for charged-off loans from 20% to 30%, as shown in the table below, based on recent observed trends, which, together with higher actual recoveries and other information obtained on charged off loans, resulted in a $56 million increase in expected recoveries. Such recoveries are assumed to be received evenly over the next five years. If the recovery rate was increased to 40%, expected loss to be paid would decrease from current projections by approximately $45 million. If the recovery rate was decreased to 20% expected loss to be paid would increase from current projections by approximately $45 million.

The rate at which the principal amount of loans is prepaid may impact both the amount of losses projected as well as the amount of excess spread. In the base case, an average CPR (based on experience of the past year) is assumed to continue until the end of the plateau before gradually increasing to the final CPR over the same period the CDR decreases. The final CPR is assumed to be 15% for second lien transactions (in the base case), which is lower than the historical average but reflects the Company’s continued uncertainty about the projected performance of the borrowers in these transactions. For transactions where the initial CPR is higher than the final CPR, the initial CPR is held constant and the final CPR is not used. This pattern is consistent with how the Company modeled the CPR as of December 31, 2020. To the extent that prepayments differ from projected levels it could materially change the Company’s projected excess spread and losses.

In estimating expected losses, the Company modeled and probability weighted five scenarios, each with a different CDR curve applicable to the period preceding the return to the long-term steady state CDR. The Company believes that the level of the elevated CDR and the length of time it will persist and the ultimate prepayment rate are the primary drivers behind the amount of losses the collateral will likely suffer.

The Company continues to evaluate the assumptions affecting its modeling results. The Company believes the most important driver of its projected second lien RMBS losses is the performance of its HELOC transactions. Total expected recovery on all second lien U.S. RMBS was $18 million as of September 30, 2021 and net expected loss to be paid was $15 million as of December 31, 2020. The $55 million economic benefit in Third Quarter 2021 was primarily attributable to higher recoveries for secured charged-off loans. Other changes in assumptions and observed trends, including the reduction in the HELOC CDR floor, and improved performance in certain transactions, were partially offset by the removal of the liquidation rate previously applied to the COVID-19 forbearances. The economic development in Nine Months 2021 was a benefit of $83 million and was primarily driven by higher recoveries on previously charged off loans and improved performance in certain transactions.


	As of September 30, 2021				As of June 30, 2021					As of December 31, 2020
	Range			Weighted Average	Range				Weighted Average	Range				Weighted Average
Plateau CDR	7.0%	-	35.5%	16.7%	3.5	%	-	29.7%	13.1%	5.0	%	-	36.2%	12.9%
Final CDR trended down to	1.0%				2.5	%	-	3.2%	2.5%	2.5	%	-	3.2%	2.5%
Liquidation rates:
Current but recently delinquent (1)	20%				20%					20%
30 – 59 Days Delinquent	30				30					30
60 – 89 Days Delinquent	40				40					40
90+ Days Delinquent	60				60					60
Bankruptcy	55				55					55
Foreclosure	55				55					55
Real Estate Owned	100				100					100
Loss severity (2)	98%				98%					98%
Projected future recoveries on previously charged-off loans	30%				20%					20%

The Company’s base case assumed a six-month CDR plateau and a 28 month ramp-down (for a total stress period of 34 months). The Company also modeled a scenario with a longer period of elevated defaults and another with a shorter period of elevated defaults. In the Company’s most stressful scenario, increasing the CDR plateau to eight months and increasing the ramp-down by three months to 31 months (for a total stress period of 39 months) would increase the expected loss by approximately $7 million for HELOC transactions. On the other hand, in the Company’s least stressful scenario, reducing the CDR plateau to four months and decreasing the length of the CDR ramp-down to 25 months (for a total stress period of 29 months), and lowering the ultimate prepayment rate to 10% would decrease the expected loss by approximately $8 million for HELOC transactions.

The Company projected that its total net expected loss across its troubled non-U.S. RMBS structured finance exposures as of September 30, 2021 was $47 million which included student loan securitizations issued by private issuers with $60 million in BIG net par outstanding. In general, the projected losses of these student loan securitizations are due to: (i) the poor credit performance of private student loan collateral and high loss severities, or (ii) high interest rates on auction rate securities with respect to which the auctions have failed. The Company also had exposure to troubled life insurance transactions with BIG net par of $40 million as of September 30, 2021. The economic loss development across all non-U.S. RMBS structured finance transactions during Third Quarter 2021 and Nine Months 2021 was $2 million and $9 million, respectively, which was primarily attributable to deterioration of certain aircraft residual value insurance exposures and, for Nine Months 2021, loss adjustment expenses for certain transactions.