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FORWARD-LOOKING AND CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS
This annual report of MBIA Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries, (collectively, “MBIA”, the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) includes statements that are not historical or current facts and are “forward-looking statements” made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “believe”, “anticipate”, “project”, “plan”, “expect”, “estimate”, “intend”, “will likely result”, “looking forward”, or “will continue” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical earnings and those presently anticipated or projected. MBIA cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only to their respective dates. We undertake no obligation to publicly correct or update any forward-looking statement if the Company later becomes aware that such result is not likely to be achieved.
The following are some of the general factors that could affect financial performance or could cause actual results to differ materially from estimates contained in or underlying the Company’s forward-looking statements:
| • | increased credit losses or impairments on public finance obligations that National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation (“National”) insures issued by state, local and territorial governments and finance authorities and other providers of public services, located in the U.S. or abroad, that are experiencing fiscal stress; |
| • | the possibility that loss reserve estimates are not adequate to cover potential claims; |
| • | a disruption in the cash flow from National or an inability to access the capital markets and our exposure to significant fluctuations in liquidity and asset values in the global credit markets as a result of collateral posting requirements; |
| • | our ability to fully implement our strategic plan; |
| • | the possibility that MBIA Insurance Corporation will have inadequate liquidity or resources to timely pay claims as a result of higher than expected losses on certain insured transactions or as a result of a delay or failure in collecting expected recoveries, which could lead the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYSDFS”) to put MBIA Insurance Corporation into a rehabilitation or liquidation proceeding under Article 74 of the New York Insurance Law and/or take such other actions as the NYSDFS may deem necessary to protect the interests of MBIA Insurance Corporation’s policyholders; |
| • | deterioration in the economic environment and financial markets in the United States or abroad, real estate market performance, credit spreads, interest rates and foreign currency levels; and |
| • | the effects of changes to governmental regulation, including insurance laws, securities laws, tax laws, legal precedents and accounting rules. |
The above factors provide a summary of and are qualified in their entirety by the risk factors discussed under “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of this annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company encourages readers to review these risk factors in their entirety.
This annual report of MBIA Inc. also includes statements of the opinion and belief of MBIA management which may be forward-looking statements subject to the preceding cautionary disclosure. Unless otherwise indicated herein, the basis for each statement of opinion or belief of MBIA management in this report is the relevant industry or subject matter experience and views of certain members of MBIA’s management. Accordingly, MBIA cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any such statements, because like all statements of opinion or belief they are not statements of fact and may prove to be incorrect. We undertake no obligation to publicly correct or update any statement of opinion or belief if the Company later becomes aware that such statement of opinion or belief was not or is not then accurate. In addition, readers are cautioned that each statement of opinion or belief may be further qualified by disclosures set forth elsewhere in this report or in other disclosures by MBIA.
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PART I
As used in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, (i) “MBIA,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to MBIA Inc., a Connecticut corporation incorporated in 1986, together with its subsidiaries, and (ii) unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, references to “MBIA Corp.” are to MBIA Insurance Corporation together with MBIA Mexico S.A. de C.V. (“MBIA Mexico”).
OVERVIEW
The Company’s operating subsidiaries are running off their insured portfolios. Today, the Company’s primary objectives are ensuring that adequate liquidity exists at the holding company to satisfy all of its outstanding obligations, mitigating losses at National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation (“National”) and MBIA Corp., and maximizing recoveries on paid insurance claims. We do not expect National or MBIA Corp. to write significant new business. The Company has also announced its retention of a financial advisor to assist in exploring strategic alternatives that could enhance shareholder value.
MBIA’s primary business has been to provide financial guarantee insurance to the United States’ public finance markets through our indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, National, whose financial guarantee insurance policies provide investors with unconditional and irrevocable guarantees of the payment of the principal, interest or other amounts owing on insured obligations when due. National ceased pursuing the writing of new financial guarantee policies in 2017, and its primary activity today is to provide ongoing surveillance, including remediation activity where warranted, of its existing insured portfolio of $31.7 billion gross par outstanding as of December 31, 2022. The Company has also provided financial guarantee insurance in the international and structured finance markets through its subsidiary MBIA Corp. As of December 31, 2022, MBIA Corp.’s total insured gross par outstanding was $3.4 billion. As a result of MBIA Corp.’s capital structure and business prospects, we do not expect its financial performance to have a material economic impact on MBIA Inc. Refer to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations––Liquidity and Capital Resources” in Part II, Item 7 of this Form 10-K for a further discussion of MBIA Corp.’s insurance statutory capital.
MBIA Services Corporation (“MBIA Services”), also owned by MBIA Inc., is a service company which provides support services such as surveillance, risk management, legal, accounting, treasury and information technology, among others, to our businesses on a fee-for-service basis.
MBIA Inc. Capital Management
The Company manages its capital and liquidity in order to ensure that it can service its debt and other financial obligations and pay its operating expenses while maintaining an adequate cushion against potential adverse events. MBIA Inc. has received annual dividends from National. The Company maintains a stable liquidity position which is expected to allow it to service its obligations over the next several years without needing to access the capital markets. Our capital management strategies include (i) having the Company or National purchase or repurchase outstanding MBIA Inc. common shares to enhance shareholder value when permissible, authorized, and when management deems such actions are appropriate, taking into account regulatory capacity constraints, the price of the stock, anticipated liquidity needs, and other relevant factors and (ii) retiring our unsecured and MBIA Global Funding, LLC (“GFL”) debt through calls and repurchases at prices that create economic benefit to the Company.
Currently, MBIA Inc. and National do not have an authorization approved by the Company’s Board of Directors to repurchase or purchase outstanding MBIA Inc. common shares. Neither MBIA Inc. nor National repurchased or purchased any MBIA Inc. common shares during 2022 and 2021. During 2020, the Company or National purchased or repurchased 26.4 million shares at a cost of $198 million under the repurchase authorization approved by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) in May 2020 and November 2017 and exhausted these share repurchase authorizations.
As of December 31, 2022, $780 million of unsecured debt, which includes MBIA Inc.’s senior notes and medium-term notes (“MTNs”) issued by its subsidiary, GFL, was outstanding. During 2022, MBIA Corp. purchased
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$24 million principal amount of MBIA Inc. 6.625% Debentures due 2028, $4 million principal amount of MBIA Inc. 7.150% Debentures due 2027, $0.6 million principal amount of MBIA Inc. 7.000% Debentures due 2025 and the Company repurchased $30 million par value outstanding of GFL MTNs. During 2021, MBIA Corp. purchased $5 million principal amount of MBIA Inc. 6.625% Debentures due 2028 and $1 million principal amount of MBIA Inc. 7.150% Debentures due 2027 and the Company repurchased $111 million par value outstanding of GFL MTNs. During 2020, the Company redeemed the remaining $115 million principal amount of the Company’s 6.400% Senior Notes due 2022 at par plus accrued interest.
In each of the fourth quarters of 2022 and 2021, National declared and paid dividends of $72 million and $60 million, respectively, to its ultimate parent, MBIA Inc.
National Risk Mitigation
National’s most significant risk is credit risk in its large and diverse insured portfolio of domestic public finance credits. National’s risk mitigation strategy is premised on proactive portfolio management, including surveillance of financial performance and covenant compliance, the exercise of creditor rights, remediation, and in select cases, workouts of distressed credits. National’s approach generally focuses on the early detection of stress and proactive intervention, though its rights and its ability to take certain actions on a particular credit will always be case-specific. As part of its remediation efforts, National may elect to facilitate and participate in refinancings of existing credit exposures where the new transaction will have the anticipated effect of improving the issuer’s ability to service its debt and strengthen National’s legal security or covenant package. National may also seek to purchase its own insured obligations as part of an overall risk mitigation strategy, subject to internal and regulatory limitations.
Presently, the most distressed credit in National’s portfolio is the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (“PREPA”) which is in a bankruptcy-like process under Title III of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (“PROMESA”). The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico itself, as well as the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation (“COFINA”), the Public Building Authority (“PBA”), and the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority (“PRHTA”) have each exited the bankruptcy-like process and National’s exposures to these credits has been reduced to zero. For additional information relating to the risks arising from National’s remaining Puerto Rico exposure, refer to the “Insured Portfolio Loss Related Risk Factors” section in Part I, Item 1A of this Form 10-K.
MBIA Corp. Risk Mitigation
MBIA Corp.’s strategy is focused primarily on recovering losses on insured transactions, reducing future expected economic losses in the insured portfolio through commutations and other risk mitigation strategies, and managing liquidity primarily for the benefit of its policyholders and senior creditors. Refer to “Note 6: Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K for further information regarding loss reserves and recoveries.
Our liquidity and capital forecasts, and projected collections of recoveries for MBIA Corp., reflect resources that we expect to be adequate to pay expected insurance claims. However, there can be no assurance that MBIA Corp. will realize its expected recoveries in full or on its projected timeframe. Refer to “Risk Factors-MBIA Corp. Risk Factors-Continuing elevated loss payments and delay or failure in realizing expected recoveries on insured transactions may materially and adversely affect MBIA Corp.’s statutory capital and its ability to meet liquidity needs and could cause the New York State Department of Financial Services (the “NYSDFS”) to put MBIA Insurance Corporation into a rehabilitation or liquidation proceeding if the NYSDFS concludes that MBIA Insurance Corporation will not be able to pay expected insurance claims,” in Part I, Item 1A of this Form 10-K. Given the separation of MBIA Inc. and MBIA Corp. as distinct legal entities, the absence of any cross defaults between the entities, and the lack of reliance by MBIA Inc. on MBIA Corp. for the receipt of dividends, we do not believe that a rehabilitation or liquidation proceeding of MBIA Insurance Corporation by the NYSDFS would have any material economic impact on MBIA Inc.
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OUR INSURANCE OPERATIONS
Our U.S. public finance insurance portfolio is managed through National, and our international and structured finance insurance portfolios are managed through MBIA Corp. We do not expect National or MBIA Corp. to write new financial guarantee policies outside of remediation related activities. We have been compensated for our insurance policies by insurance premiums that were paid upfront or on an installment basis. Our financial guarantee insurance was offered in both the new issue and secondary markets. In addition, we have provided financial guarantees or sureties to debt service reserve funds. The primary risk in our insurance operations is that of adverse credit performance in the insured portfolio. When writing new business we sought to maintain a diversified insured portfolio with the aim of managing and diversifying risk based on a variety of criteria including revenue source, issue size, type of asset, industry concentrations, type of bond and geographic location. Despite this objective, there can be no assurance that we will avoid losses on multiple credits as a result of a single event or series of events.
Because we generally guarantee to the holder of an insured obligation the timely payment of amounts due in accordance with its insurance policy terms, in the case of a default or other triggering event, payments under the insurance policy generally cannot be accelerated against us unless we consent to the acceleration. In the event of a default, however, we may have the right, in our sole discretion, to accelerate the obligations and pay them in full. Otherwise, we are required to pay principal, interest or other amounts only as scheduled payments come due, even if the holders are permitted by the terms of the insured obligations to have the full amount of principal, accrued interest or other amounts due, declared due and payable immediately in the event of a default.
Our payment obligations after a default vary by deal and by insurance type. Our public finance insurance generally insures scheduled interest and principal. Our structured finance policies generally insure (i) timely interest and ultimate principal; (ii) ultimate principal only at final maturity; or, (iii) payments upon settlement of individual collateral losses as they occur after any deductible or subordination has been exhausted.
In the event of a default in the payment of principal, interest or other insured amounts by an issuer, the insurance company will make funds available in the insured amount generally within one to three business days following notification. Longer timeframes may apply for international transactions. Generally, our insurance companies provide for this payment upon receipt of proof of ownership of the obligations due, as well as upon receipt of instruments appointing the insurer as agent for the holders and evidencing the assignment of the rights of the holders with respect to the payments made by the insurer or other appropriate documentation.
National Insured Portfolio
National’s insured portfolio consists of municipal bonds, including tax-exempt and taxable indebtedness of U.S. political subdivisions and territories, as well as utilities, airports, health care institutions, higher educational facilities, housing authorities and other similar agencies and obligations issued by private entities that finance projects that serve a substantial public purpose. Municipal bonds and privately issued bonds used for the financing of public purpose projects are generally supported by taxes, assessments, user fees or tariffs related to the use of these projects, lease payments or other similar types of revenue streams.
As of December 31, 2022, National had $31.7 billion of insured gross par outstanding on U.S. public finance obligations covering 1,747 policies and diversified among 1,112 “credits,” which we define as any insured obligations secured by the same revenue source. Insurance in force, which includes all gross insured debt service, as of December 31, 2022 was $63.4 billion.
All of the policies were underwritten on the assumption that the insurance will remain in force until maturity or early retirement of the insured obligations. National estimates that the average life of its domestic public finance insurance policies in force as of December 31, 2022 was 9 years. The average life was determined by applying a weighted average calculation, using the remaining years to contractual maturity and weighting them on the basis of the remaining debt service insured. No assumptions were made for any future refundings, early redemptions or terminations of insured issues. Average annual insured debt service on the portfolio as of December 31, 2022 was $4.4 billion. National’s underwriting guidelines limited the insurance in force for any one insured credit, and for other categories such as geography. In addition, National is subject to regulatory single-risk limits with respect
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to any insured bond issue. See the “Insurance Regulation” section below for a description of these regulatory requirements. As of December 31, 2022, National’s gross par amount outstanding for its ten largest insured U.S. public finance credits totaled $8.2 billion, representing 25.9% of National’s total U.S. public finance gross par amount outstanding. Refer to “Note 13: Insurance in Force” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K for further information regarding the Company’s operating companies’ insured portfolios.
MBIA Corp. Insured Portfolio
MBIA Corp.’s insured portfolio consists of policies that insure various types of international public finance and global structured finance obligations that were sold in the new issue and secondary markets. International public finance obligations include bonds and loans extended to entities located outside of the U.S., including utilities, infrastructure projects and sovereign-related and sub-sovereign issuers, such as regions, authorities or their equivalent as well as sovereign owned entities that might be supported by a sovereign state, region or authority. Global structured finance obligations include asset-backed transactions and financing of commercial activities that are typically secured by undivided interests or collateralized by the related assets or cash flows.
As of December 31, 2022, MBIA Corp. had 186 policies outstanding in its insured portfolio. In addition, MBIA Corp. had 30 insurance policies outstanding relating to liabilities issued by MBIA Inc. and its subsidiaries, which are described further under the section “Affiliated Financial Obligations Insured by MBIA Corp.” below. MBIA Corp.’s total policies in its insured portfolio are diversified among 135 credits.
As of December 31, 2022, the gross par amount outstanding of MBIA Corp.’s insured obligations (excluding $0.7 billion of insured affiliated financial obligations and $19.9 billion of U.S. public finance debt ceded to National), was $3.4 billion. Insurance in force for the above portfolio, which includes all gross insured debt service, as of December 31, 2022 was $4.6 billion.
MBIA Corp. estimates that the average life of its international and structured finance insurance policies in force as of December 31, 2022 is 7 years. The average life was determined by applying a calculation using the remaining years to contractual maturity for international public finance obligations and estimated maturity for structured finance obligations and weighting them on the basis of the remaining debt service insured. No assumptions were made for any future refundings, early redemptions or terminations of insured issues. Average annual insured debt service on the portfolio as of December 31, 2022 was $0.4 billion. Refer to “Note 13: Insurance in Force” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K for further information regarding the Company’s operating companies’ insured portfolios.
Affiliated Financial Obligations Insured by MBIA Corp.
Prior to 2008, MBIA Inc. provided customized investment agreements and one of its subsidiaries, GFL, issued MTNs with varying maturities. Each of these obligations is guaranteed by MBIA Corp. GFL lent the proceeds of its GFL MTN issuances to MBIA Inc. As a result of ratings downgrades of MBIA Corp., MBIA Inc. is required to post collateral for the remaining investment agreements. Since the ratings downgrades of MBIA Corp. that began in 2008, we have not issued new MTNs or investment agreements. The investment agreements are currently fully collateralized with high quality assets. We believe the outstanding investment agreements and MTNs and corresponding asset balances will continue to decline over time as the liabilities mature, terminate, or are repurchased by the Company.
Risk Management
Our largest risk is the credit exposure in our insured portfolio. The Company’s credit risk management and remediation functions are managed through committees and units that oversee risks in ongoing portfolio surveillance and remediation. The Company’s Insured Portfolio Management Divisions (“IPM”) monitor and remediate domestic and international public finance and structured risks. In addition, National and MBIA Corp. each has its own risk committee that, as appropriate, reviews certain portfolio decisions. Additionally, each subsidiary has its own investment committee that reviews its respective investment portfolio and investment-related decisions.
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The Company’s Risk Oversight Committee (the “Risk Oversight Committee”) reviews material transactions and provides firm-wide review of policies and decisions related to credit, market, operational, legal, financial and business risks. The Company and its subsidiaries’ respective Loss Reserve Committees review loss reserving activity.
The Company’s Board of Directors and related Committees, including Audit, and Finance and Risk, oversee risks faced by the Company and its subsidiaries. The Board regularly evaluates and discusses emerging risks and risks associated with strategic initiatives. On an annual basis, the Board also evaluates and approves the Company’s risk tolerance policy. The purpose of the risk tolerance policy is to define the types and amounts of risks the Company is prepared to accept. The assessment includes risks associated with credit, capital adequacy, market, liquidity, legal, operations, cybersecurity and technology. This policy provides the basis upon which risk criteria and procedures are developed and seeks to have these applied consistently across the Company.
The Audit Committee oversees risks associated with financial and other reporting, auditing, legal and regulatory compliance, and risks that may otherwise result from the Company’s operations, including cybersecurity risk. The Audit Committee oversees these risks by monitoring (i) the integrity of the financial statements of the Company and of other material financial disclosures made by the Company, (ii) the qualifications, independence and performance of the Company’s independent auditor, (iii) the performance of the Company’s internal audit function, (iv) the Company’s compliance policies and procedures and its compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, and (v) the performance of the Company’s operational risk management function. In connection with its oversight of cybersecurity risk, the Audit Committee receives semi-annual, or more frequent as appropriate, briefings from the Company’s senior management and Enterprise Security Council Chair concerning, among other topics, the implementation of the Company’s Cybersecurity Policy, its ongoing strategy and associated training to prevent, identify and react to security incidents, internal and external vulnerability assessments results , and Internal Audit’s periodic reviews of MBIA’s data security policies and procedures.
The Finance and Risk Committee oversees the Company’s credit risk governance framework, market risk, liquidity risk and other material financial risks. The Finance and Risk Committee oversees these risks by monitoring the Company’s: (i) capital and liquidity, (ii) proprietary investment portfolios, (iii) exposure to changes in the market value of assets and liabilities, (iv) credit exposures in the Insured Portfolios, and (v) financial risk policies and procedures, including regulatory requirements and limits.
The Company has a designated Model Governance Team. Given the significance of models in the Company’s surveillance and remediation activities, financial reporting and corporate treasury operations, the Company established a Model Governance Policy to enhance the consistency, reliability, maintenance and transparency of its models so that model risk can be mitigated on an enterprise-wide basis. The Model Governance Team is responsible for the Model Governance Policy as well as other Model Governance related initiatives.
Insurance Surveillance and Remediation
We surveil and remediate our insured portfolios on an ongoing basis. Although our monitoring and remediation activities vary somewhat by sector and bond type, in all cases we focus on assessing event risk and potential losses under stress.
| • | U.S. Public Finance: For U.S. public finance, our ongoing credit surveillance focuses on economic and political trends, issuer or project debt and financial management, construction and start up risk, adequacy of historical and anticipated cash flows under stress, satisfactory legal structure and bond security provisions, viable tax and economic bases, including consideration of tax limitations and unemployment trends, adequacy of stressed loss coverage and project feasibility, including satisfactory reports from consulting engineers, traffic advisors and others, if applicable. Depending on the credit, specialized cash flow analyses may be conducted to understand loss sensitivity. In addition, specialized credit analysts consider the potential event risk of natural disasters or headline events on both single obligors/credits and across a sector, as well as regulatory issues. U.S. public finance credits/exposures are monitored by reviewing trustee, issuer and project financial and operating reports as well as reports provided by technical advisors and counsel. Projects may be periodically visited by MBIA personnel. |
| • | International Public Finance: International public finance credits are monitored and remediated in a manner relatively consistent with U.S. public finance transactions. In addition, credit analysts consider |
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| country risk, including economic and political factors, the type and quality of local regulatory oversight, the strength of the legal framework in each country and the stability of the local institutional framework. Analysts also monitor local accounting and legal requirements, local financial market developments, the impact of exchange rates and local demand dynamics. Furthermore, exposures are reviewed periodically; the frequency and scope of review is often increased when an exposure is downgraded. MBIA personnel may periodically visit projects or issuers to meet with management. |
| • | Global Structured Finance Transactions: For global structured finance credits, we focus on the historical and projected cash flows generated by the assets, the credit and operational strength of the originator, servicer, manager and/or operator of the assets, and the transaction’s structure (including the degree of protection from bankruptcy of the originator or servicer). We may use both probability modeling and cash flow sensitivity analysis (both at the transaction and asset specific levels) to test asset performance assumptions and performance covenants, triggers and remedies. In addition, IPM may use various quantitative tools and qualitative analyses to test for credit quality, correlation, liquidity and capital sensitivity within the insured portfolio. |
A key to our ongoing monitoring is early detection of deterioration in either obligor credit quality or macroeconomic or market factors that could adversely impact an insured credit. If deterioration is detected, analysts generally evaluate possible remedial actions and, in the event of significant stress, we may develop and implement a remediation strategy. The nature of any remedial action is based on the type of insured issue and the nature and scope of the event giving rise to the remediation. In most cases, as part of any such remedial activity, we work with the issuer, trustee, legal counsel, financial advisors, servicer, other creditors, underwriters and/or other related parties to reduce chances of default and the potential severity of loss if a default should occur.
We use an internal credit rating system to rank credits, with frequency of review based on risk type, internal rating, performance and credit quality. Credits with performance issues are designated as “Caution List-Low,” “Caution List-Medium” or “Caution List-High” based on the nature and extent of our concerns, but these categories do not require establishment of any case basis reserves. In the event we determine that a claim for payment is expected with respect to an insured issue using probability-weighted cash flows, we place the issue on the “Classified List” and establish a case basis loss reserve for that insured issue. See “Losses and Reserves” below for information on our loss reserving process.
Credit Risk Models
We use credit risk models to test qualitative judgments, to design appropriate structures and to understand sensitivity within transactions and across broader portfolio exposure concentrations. Models are updated to reflect changes in both portfolio and transaction data and also in expectations of stressed future outcomes. For portfolio monitoring we use internal and third-party models based on individual transaction attributes and customized structures and these models are also used to determine case basis loss reserves and, where applicable, to mark-to-market any insured obligations as may be required for financial reporting. When using third-party models, we generally perform the same review and analyses of the collateral, transaction structure, performance triggers and cash flow waterfalls as when using our internal models. See “Risk Factors—Insured Portfolio Loss Related Risk Factors—Financial modeling involves uncertainty over ultimate outcomes which makes it difficult to estimate liquidity, potential claims payments, loss reserves and fair values” in Part I, Item 1A of this Form 10-K.
Market Risk Assessment
We measure and assess market risk on a consolidated basis as well as at the holding company and subsidiaries on a stand-alone basis. Key market risks include changes in interest rates, credit spreads and foreign exchange rates. We use various models and methodologies to test exposure under market stress scenarios, including parallel and non-parallel shifts in the yield curve, changes in credit spreads, and changes in foreign exchange rates. See “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in Part II, Item 7A of this Form 10-K for additional information on our market risk exposure. We also analyze stressed liquidity scenarios and stressed counterparty exposures. The analyses are used in testing investment portfolio guidelines. The Risk Oversight Committee and the Finance and Risk Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors receive periodic reports on market risk.
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Operational Risk Assessment
The Operational Risk function assesses potential economic loss or reputational impact arising from processes and controls, systems, or staff actions and seeks to identify vulnerabilities to operational disruptions caused by external events. The Operational Risk framework is generally managed using a self-assessment process across our business units, with controls associated with the execution of key processes monitored through Internal Audit reviews. The Operational Risk function reports periodically to the Risk Oversight Committee and the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors. The Audit Committee reviews the Company’s operational risk profile, risk event activity and ongoing risk mitigation efforts.
Environmental & Social Responsibility Risk Management
MBIA recognizes and embraces its responsibilities to the environment and to the promotion of social welfare. The Company’s operations are analytical and administrative in nature and it has no other material locations or operations away from its headquarters in an Energy Star certified office complex in Purchase, New York. Thus, while we regularly assess the impact of environmental risk on our insured portfolios, and have demonstrated a strong commitment to environmental and social responsibility, we believe that the nature of our business, small size and current operations provide us with limited opportunities to improve upon that record. Our Risk Oversight Committee nevertheless regularly reviews and implements policies and decisions related to environmental and social governance risks.
As part of its Enterprise Risk Management framework, MBIA has identified climate change as an emerging risk to its insured portfolio of public finance credits. While the Company’s insurance subsidiaries are no longer writing new business and therefore do not need to assess climate risk in the context of underwriting decisions, its existing insured portfolios will take decades to run off and remain exposed to the impact of climate change.
The significant majority of MBIA’s outstanding insured exposure is to U.S. municipalities, which are subject to both direct and indirect effects of climate change including an increasing risk to severe weather events, flooding and droughts. The direct effects include costs to repair storm damage and flooding and to mitigate the impact of future events. Indirect impacts include potential deterioration of tax bases as populations move away from areas prone to severe weather and flooding. The impact of climate change on MBIA’s insured portfolio is real but likely to manifest itself over a long period of time. It is as yet unclear what impact attempts to reduce carbon emissions will have. The expense to municipalities of mitigating climate risk may result in financial strain depending upon the nature of the risk being mitigated and the availability of state and/or federal funding.
In response to these threats, MBIA’s risk management and insured portfolio management groups have identified the sectors of the insured portfolio that are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and factor these risks into internal ratings, frequency of review and potential remedial action. Sectors at increased risk to climate-driven events include water and sewer systems, single site/revenue generating assets, bridge and road infrastructure, electric utilities and housing.
MBIA is committed to promoting social welfare for its employees, the communities in which they live and work, and the citizens in the municipalities that benefit from its insurance. It is MBIA’s policy to ensure equal employment opportunity for all job applicants and employees with regard to all personnel-related matters, including, but not limited to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, compensation, benefits, transfers and training and all other terms and conditions of employment. In all such activities, MBIA prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment against any persons because of age, gender (including gender identity or gender expression), sex, race, color, religion, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, disability, national origin, alien or citizenship status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
MBIA’s Equal Employment Opportunity and Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy applies to all applicants and employees, and other non-employee third-parties and individuals working for or on behalf of MBIA. It prohibits harassment, discrimination and retaliation whether engaged in by, or directed toward, fellow employees, a supervisor or manager, or third-parties. MBIA prohibits retaliation or adverse employment action against any individual who, in good faith, reports discrimination or harassment or participates in an investigation of such reports.
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MBIA reasonably accommodates employees and applicants with disabilities (including temporary disabilities), those who are pregnant, nursing mothers, and those with sincerely held religious beliefs, in accordance with applicable law. If an employee suffers from a disability, is pregnant, or has a sincerely held religious belief that interferes with the employee’s ability to perform his or her job, the employee can contact Human Resources to inquire whether a reasonable accommodation may be available and appropriate under the circumstances.
All employees are subject to the Company’s Standard of Conduct, which serves as a critical guide for the manner in which it conducts business. All employees are required to read the Standard of Conduct and complete an on-line compliance training program annually.
MBIA offers its employees a comprehensive compensation and benefits package that includes a competitive salary and an annual cash performance bonus, paid time-off benefits, health and welfare voluntary benefits that include medical and dental insurance, a health savings account that includes a company match to employee contributions, and supplemental life insurance. Senior management also receives an annual long-term incentive award linked to shareholders’ interests. The Company also provides a qualified defined contribution pension, a qualified 401(k) plan and a voluntary non-qualified deferred compensation plan that accepts contributions that exceed limitations established by federal regulations. In addition, the Company provides paid and unpaid employee leave of absences such as Safe Time Leave, Family Medical Leave, Parental Leave, Bereavement Leave, Military and Jury Duty Leave.
MBIA‘s corporate mission has long included enhancing the strength and vitality of communities, whether through offering its insurance product, which reduces the borrowing cost of towns, cities and municipalities, or through the sponsorship of many diverse philanthropic efforts. In 2001, MBIA formed the MBIA Foundation, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, whose mission is to help improve the quality of life in the communities where the Company conducts business and where its employees live and work. Since inception, the MBIA Foundation has paid out over $23 million in matching gifts, almost $16 million in grants to community organizations and over $450,000 in service grants in support of employees’ volunteer efforts. The MBIA Foundation has also been active in supporting disaster relief efforts through direct donations from the Foundation and by increasing the customary match of 2:1 to 4:1 to further encourage employees donations. Additionally, MBIA promotes employee volunteerism through its annual company-wide days of service and various volunteer initiatives. The MBIA Foundation is expected to be legally wound down in 2023.
Losses and Reserves
Loss and loss adjustment expense (“LAE”) reserves are established by Loss Reserve Committees in each of our operating insurance companies and are reviewed by our executive Loss Reserve Committee, which consists of members of senior management. The Company’s loss and LAE reserves as of December 31, 2022 represent case basis reserves and estimates for LAE to be incurred. Case basis reserves represent the Company’s estimate of expected losses to be paid under its insurance contracts, net of potential recoveries and discounted using a current risk-free interest rate, for contracts where the estimated loss amount exceeds the unearned premium revenue on the related insurance contract. The Company estimates expected losses net of potential recoveries using the present value of probability-weighted estimated loss payments and recoveries, discounted at a rate equal to the risk-free rate applicable to the currency and weighted average remaining life of the insurance contract as required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for financial guarantee contracts. We record case basis loss reserves on insured obligations which have defaulted or are expected to default during the remaining life of the obligation.
For a further discussion of the methodology used by the Company for determining when a case basis reserve is established, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Estimates—Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves” in Part II, Item 7 and “Note 6: Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II Item 8 of this Form 10-K. Management believes that our reserves are adequate to cover the ultimate net cost of claims. However, because the reserves are based on management’s judgment and estimates, there can be no assurance that the ultimate liability will not exceed such estimates or that the timing of claims payments and the realization of recoveries will not create liquidity issues for the corresponding insurance company.
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Reinsurance
We currently have third-party reinsurance agreements in place covering 3% of our insured par outstanding. At this time we do not intend to utilize reinsurance to decrease the insured exposure in our portfolio; however, we may, from time to time, look to enter into transactions to reduce risks embedded in our insured portfolios on an individual and portfolio-wide basis.
Intercompany Reinsurance Arrangements
MBIA Corp. and National are parties to a reinsurance agreement pursuant to which National reinsures certain public finance financial guarantee policies originally written by MBIA Corp. In addition, National entered into a second-to-pay policy covering the reinsurance agreement.
MBIA Insurance Corporation maintains a reinsurance agreement and net worth maintenance agreement with MBIA Mexico pursuant to which MBIA Insurance Corporation reinsures 100% of the business underwritten by MBIA Mexico and agrees to maintain the amount of capital in MBIA Mexico required by applicable law or regulation, subject to certain New York State regulatory requirements as well as certain contract restrictions.
Insurance Regulation
National and MBIA Insurance Corporation are incorporated in and subject to primary insurance regulation and supervision by the State of New York. MBIA Corp.’s Spanish Branch is subject to local regulation in Spain. MBIA Mexico is organized and subject to primary regulation and supervision in Mexico. The Company’s insurance subsidiaries are also licensed to issue financial guarantee policies in multiple jurisdictions as needed to conduct their business activities.
The extent of state and national insurance regulation and supervision varies by jurisdiction, but New York, Spain, Mexico and most other jurisdictions have laws and regulations prescribing minimum standards of solvency, including minimum capital requirements, and business conduct which must be maintained by insurance companies, and if our insurance companies fail to meet such requirements our regulators may impose certain remedial actions. Among other regulated conduct, these laws and regulations prescribe permitted classes and concentrations of investments. In addition, some state laws and regulations require the approval or filing of policy forms and rates. MBIA Insurance Corporation and National each are required to file detailed annual financial statements with the NYSDFS and similar supervisory agencies in each of the other jurisdictions in which it is licensed. The operations and accounts of the insurance companies are subject to examination by regulatory agencies at regular intervals. In addition to being subject to the insurance laws in the jurisdictions in which we operate, as a condition to obtaining required insurance regulatory approvals to enter into certain transactions and take certain other corporate actions, including the release of excessive contingency reserves in MBIA Insurance Corporation described below under “Contingency Reserves” and entry into the asset swap between MBIA Inc. and National described under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Corporate Liquidity” in Part II, Item 7 of this Form 10-K, MBIA Inc. and its operating insurance subsidiaries have and may in the future agree to provide notice to the NYSDFS or other applicable regulators prior to entering into transactions or taking other corporate actions (such as paying dividends when applicable statutory tests are satisfied) that would not otherwise require regulatory approval.
New York Insurance Regulation
Our domestic insurance companies are licensed to provide financial guarantee insurance under Article 69 of the New York Insurance Law (the “NYIL”). Article 69 defines financial guarantee insurance to include any guarantee under which loss is payable upon proof of occurrence of financial loss to an insured as a result of certain events. These events include the failure of any obligor or any issuer of any debt instrument or other monetary obligation to pay principal, interest, premium, dividend or purchase price of or on such instrument or obligation when due. Under Article 69, our domestic insurance companies are permitted to transact financial guarantee insurance, surety insurance and credit insurance and such other kinds of business to the extent necessarily or properly incidental to the kinds of insurance which they are authorized to transact. In addition, they are empowered to assume or reinsure the kinds of insurance described above. Amendments to the statutes or regulations governing financial guarantee insurers are possible, but the adoption or timing of any such amendments is uncertain.
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New York State Dividend Limitations
The laws of New York regulate the payment of dividends by National and MBIA Insurance Corporation and provide that a New York domestic stock property/casualty insurance company may not declare or distribute dividends except out of statutory earned surplus. New York law provides that the sum of (i) the amount of dividends declared or distributed during the preceding 12-month period and (ii) the dividend to be declared may not exceed the lesser of (a) 10% of policyholders’ surplus, as shown by the most recent statutory financial statement on file with the NYSDFS, or (b) 100% of adjusted net investment income for such 12-month period (the net investment income for such 12-month period plus the excess, if any, of net investment income over dividends declared or distributed during the two-year period preceding such 12-month period), unless the Superintendent of Financial Services of the State of New York (the “Superintendent”) approves a greater dividend distribution based upon a finding that the insurer will retain sufficient surplus to support its obligations and writings.
Due to its significant earned surplus deficit, MBIA Insurance Corporation has not had the statutory capacity to pay dividends since December 31, 2009, is not expected to have any statutory capacity to pay dividends, and has agreed that it will not pay any dividends without receiving prior approval from the NYSDFS in connection with certain prior approvals to release excessive contingency reserves. The foregoing dividend limitations are determined in accordance with statutory accounting principles (“U.S. STAT”).
Contingency Reserves
As financial guarantee insurers, our domestic insurance companies are required by the laws and regulations of New York and other states to maintain, as applicable, contingency reserves on their municipal bond, asset-backed securities (“ABS”) or other financial guarantee liabilities. Under New York Insurance Law (the “NYIL”), a financial guarantee insurance company is required to contribute to contingency reserves 50% of premiums as they are earned on policies written prior to July 1, 1989 (net of reinsurance), and, with respect to policies written on and after July 1, 1989, such an insurer must make contributions over a period of 15 or 20 years (based on issue type), or until the contingency reserve for such insured issues equals the greater of 50% of premiums written for the relevant category of insurance or a percentage of the principal guaranteed, varying from 0.55% to 2.5%, depending upon the type of obligation guaranteed (net of collateral, reinsurance, refunding, refinancings and certain insured securities). Other states maintain similar requirements. The contribution to, and maintenance of, the contingency reserve limits the amount of earned surplus that might otherwise be available for the payment of dividends. In each state, our domestic insurance companies may apply for release of portions of their contingency reserves in certain circumstances.
Pursuant to a non-disapproval from the NYSDFS, and in accordance with the NYIL and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ statutory accounting principles, MBIA Insurance Corporation released to surplus $32 million of excess contingency reserves during 2022. In accordance with this contingency reserve release, MBIA Insurance Corporation will maintain a fixed $5 million contingency reserve.
Risk Limits
Insurance laws and regulations also limit both the aggregate and individual securities risks that our domestic insurance companies may insure on a net basis based on the type of obligations insured. The individual limits are generally on the amount of insured par and/or annual debt service for a given insured issue, entity or revenues source and stated as a percentage of the insurer’s policyholders’ surplus and contingency reserves. The aggregate risk limits limit the aggregate amount of insured par to a stated multiple of the insurer’s policyholders’ surplus and contingency reserves based on the types of obligations insured. The aggregate risk limits can range from 300:1 for certain municipal obligations to 50:1 for certain non-municipal obligations.
During 2022 and 2021, National and MBIA Insurance Corporation reported single risk limit overages to the NYSDFS due to changes in their statutory capital. National and MBIA Insurance Corporation were in compliance with their aggregate risk limits as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.
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Holding Company Regulation
MBIA Inc., National and MBIA Insurance Corporation also are subject to regulation under the insurance holding company statutes of New York. The requirements of holding company statutes vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction but generally require insurance companies that are part of an insurance holding company system to register and file certain reports describing, among other information, their capital structure, ownership and financial condition. The holding company statutes also generally require prior approval of changes in control, of certain dividends and other inter-corporate transfers of assets, and of certain transactions between insurance companies, their parents and affiliates. The holding company statutes impose standards on certain transactions with related companies, which include, among other requirements, that all transactions be fair and reasonable and those transactions not in the ordinary course of business exceeding specified limits receive prior regulatory approval.
Change of Control
Prior approval by the NYSDFS is required for any entity seeking to acquire, directly or indirectly, “control” of National or MBIA Insurance Corporation. In many states, including New York, “control” is presumed to exist if 10% or more of the voting securities of the insurer are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by an entity, although the insurance regulator may find that “control” in fact does or does not exist when an entity owns or controls either a lesser or greater amount of securities. MBIA Insurance Corporation would require the prior approval of MBIA Mexico’s regulator in order to transfer the shares it currently holds in MBIA Mexico.
Insurance Guarantee Funds
National and MBIA Insurance Corporation are exempt from assessments by the insurance guarantee funds in the majority of the states in which they do business. Guarantee fund laws in most states require insurers transacting business in the state to participate in guarantee associations, which pay claims of policyholders and third-party claimants against impaired or insolvent insurance companies doing business in the state. In most states, insurers licensed to write only municipal bond insurance, financial guarantee insurance and other forms of surety insurance are exempt from assessment by these funds and their policyholders are prohibited from making claims on these funds.
INVESTMENTS AND INVESTMENT POLICY
Investment objectives, policies and guidelines related to the Company’s businesses are generally subject to review and approval by the Finance and Risk Committee of the Board of Directors. Investment objectives, policies and guidelines related to investment activity on behalf of our insurance companies are also subject to review and approval by the respective Investment Committee of their Boards of Directors or similar body.
Insight North America, LLC manages the investment portfolios of the Company and its subsidiaries in accordance with the guidelines adopted for each such portfolio. The agreements with Insight Investment provide generally that Insight Investment will have the right to manage the fixed-income investment portfolios of the Company and its subsidiaries and guarantee certain minimum revenues thereunder. The agreements can be terminated with six-month notice by either party or as otherwise agreed to by the parties.
To continue to optimize capital resources and provide for claims-paying capabilities, the investment objectives and policies of our operations are tailored to reflect their various strategies and operating conditions. The investment objectives of National set preservation of capital as the primary objective, subject to an appropriate degree of liquidity, and optimization of after-tax income and total return as secondary objectives. The investment objectives of MBIA Corp. are primarily to maintain adequate liquidity to meet claims-paying and other corporate needs and secondarily to maximize after-tax income within defined investment risk limits. The investment objectives of the corporate segment are to provide sufficient liquidity to meet maturing liabilities and, in the case of the investment agreement business collateral posting obligations, while maximizing the total long-term return.
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RATING AGENCIES
The Company does not maintain a contractual relationship with Moody’s Investor Services (“Moody’s”), Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, or Kroll Bond Rating Agency, other than a required contract that MBIA Mexico maintains with Moody’s. Moody’s, at its discretion and in the absence of a contract with the Company, continues to maintain ratings on MBIA Inc. and its other subsidiaries.
CAPITAL FACILITIES
The Company does not currently maintain a capital facility. For a discussion of the Company’s capital resources refer to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations––Liquidity and Capital Resources” in Part II, Item 7 of this Form 10-K.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Refer to “Note 12: Business Segments” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K for information on the Company’s financial information by segment and premiums earned by geographic location.
EMPLOYEES AND HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
As of December 31, 2022, MBIA had 75 employees at our single corporate headquarters located at 1 Manhattanville Road, Purchase, New York, none of whom are covered by collective bargaining agreements. In recent years, we have experienced only modest employee turnover and consider our employee relations to be satisfactory. MBIA’s human capital focus has been on identifying and retaining key personnel as the Company runs off its portfolios. MBIA has a succession plan in place and has identified internal candidates that could fill senior management and mid-level management positions as the need arises. The Company’s senior management team and senior employee relations professionals work together on employee-related issues and initiatives, and on an annual basis conduct a full review of personnel to enable managers to provide meaningful feedback and growth opportunities, and to award promotions within the Company where warranted. The Company continues to rely on compensation components (such as salary, cash bonus awards and long-term incentive plan awards) to support employee retention. The Company incorporates performance metrics as part of the annual bonus offering with increased bonus potential for exceptional results. We utilize third-party benchmark data to establish market-based compensation levels. We believe that our current compensation and incentive levels reflect high performance expectations as part of our merit pay philosophy. The targeted use of long-term incentive plan awards for key talent is an important element of MBIA’s long-term retention strategy.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company maintains a website at www.mbia.com. The Company is not including the information on its website as a part of, nor is it incorporating such information by reference into, this Form 10-K. The Company makes available through its website under the “SEC Filings” tab, free of charge, all of its SEC filings, including annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly filings on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports as soon as is reasonably practicable after these materials have been filed with or furnished to the SEC.
As a courtesy, the Company posts on its website under the section “Legal Proceedings,” selected information and documents in reference to selected legal proceedings in which the Company is the plaintiff or the defendant. The Company will not necessarily post all documents for each proceeding and undertakes no obligation to revise or update them to reflect changes in events or expectations. The complete official court docket can be publicly accessed by contacting the clerk’s office of the respective court where each litigation matter is pending.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
The executive officers of the Company and their present ages and positions with the Company as of February 28, 2023 are set forth below:
| Name |
Age | Position and Term of Office | ||||
| William C. Fallon |
63 | Chief Executive Officer and Director (executive officer since July 2005) | ||||
| Anthony McKiernan |
53 | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (executive officer since August 2011) | ||||
| Jonathan C. Harris |
51 | General Counsel and Secretary (executive officer since September 2017) | ||||
| Daniel M. Avitabile |
49 | Assistant Vice President, and President and Chief Risk Officer of MBIA Corp. (executive officer since September 2017) | ||||
| Adam T. Bergonzi |
59 | Assistant Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of National (executive officer since September 2017) | ||||
| Christopher H. Young |
50 | Assistant Vice President, and Chief Financial Officer of National (executive officer since September 2017) | ||||
| Joseph R. Schachinger |
54 | Controller (executive officer since May 2017) | ||||
William C. Fallon was elected as a Director of the Company in May 2017, and appointed as Chief Executive Officer in September 15, 2017. Prior to being named Chief Executive Officer and Director, Mr. Fallon served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Vice President of the Company and head of the Global Structured Finance Division. Mr. Fallon also serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of National. From July of 2005 to March 1, 2007, Mr. Fallon was Vice President of the Company and head of Corporate and Strategic Planning. Prior to joining the Company in 2005, Mr. Fallon was a partner at McKinsey & Company and co-leader of that firm’s Corporate Finance and Strategy Practice.
Anthony McKiernan was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on May 1, 2012 and March 11, 2016, respectively. Immediately prior to those appointments Mr. McKiernan was Vice President and Chief Portfolio Officer of the Company. Mr. McKiernan is also Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of MBIA Corp. Mr. McKiernan joined MBIA in 2000 as a vice president in the Credit Analytics Group, and managed the Corporate Insured Portfolio Management Group prior to becoming the Head of the Structured Finance Insured Portfolio Management Group in 2007.
The Board of Directors of MBIA Inc. appointed Mr. Fallon to the office set forth opposite his name above on September 15, 2017 and appointed Mr. McKiernan to the offices set forth opposite his name above on May 1, 2012 and March 11, 2016.
Jonathan C. Harris is General Counsel and Secretary of the Company. Prior to being named General Counsel and Secretary, Mr. Harris served as Assistant Vice President and Head of Litigation. Mr. Harris joined the Company as Head of Litigation in 2009. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Harris was litigation counsel at Lehman Brothers, and practiced in the litigation department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher. The Board of Directors of MBIA Inc. appointed Mr. Harris to the offices set forth opposite his name above on May 3, 2017.
Daniel M. Avitabile is an Assistant Vice President of the Company and President and Chief Risk Officer of MBIA Corp. Prior to being named Chief Risk Officer in 2016, Mr. Avitabile managed MBIA Corp.’s Special Situations Group, which was responsible for remediation and commutation activity. Mr. Avitabile has worked at MBIA since 2000, where he has held positions in insured portfolio management, remediation, corporate strategy and structured finance new business. Prior to joining MBIA, he held positions at The Chase Manhattan Bank and State Street Bank. The Board of Directors of MBIA Inc. and MBIA Insurance Corporation appointed Mr. Avitabile to the offices set forth opposite his name above on February 13, 2018, September 15, 2017 and March 11, 2016, respectively.
Adam T. Bergonzi is an Assistant Vice President of the Company and Chief Risk Officer of National, overseeing all of National’s risk and insured portfolio management activities. Prior to being named Chief Risk Officer of National in 2010 when he rejoined the Company, Mr. Bergonzi was employed at Municipal and Infrastructure Assurance Corporation, which he co-founded and served as its Chief Risk Officer, from 2008 to 2010. The Board
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of Directors of MBIA Inc. and National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation appointed Mr. Bergonzi to the offices set forth opposite his name above on May 3, 2016 and November 15, 2010, respectively.
Christopher H. Young is an Assistant Vice President of the Company and Chief Financial Officer of National. Prior to being named National’s Chief Financial Officer in March of 2009, Mr. Young worked at MBIA Insurance Corporation, from 2001 to 2009, in a variety of Structured Finance positions and in Corporate Strategy. The Board of Directors of MBIA Inc. and National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation appointed Mr. Young to the offices set forth opposite his name above on February 13, 2018 and March 5, 2009, respectively.
Joseph R. Schachinger is the Company’s Controller. Prior to being named Controller in May of 2017, since 2009 Mr. Schachinger served as Deputy Controller. The Board of Directors of MBIA Inc. appointed Mr. Schachinger to the office set forth opposite his name above on May 3, 2017.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
References in the risk factors to the “Company” are to MBIA Inc., together with its domestic and international subsidiaries. References to “we,” “our” and “us” are to MBIA Inc. or the Company, as the context requires. Our risk factors are grouped into categories and are presented in the following order: “Insured Portfolio Loss Related Risk Factors”, “Legal, Regulatory and Other Risk Factors”, “Capital, Liquidity and Market Related Risk Factors”, “MBIA Corp. Risk Factors”, and “General Risk Factors”. Risk Factors are generally listed in order of significance within each category.
Insured Portfolio Loss Related Risk Factors
Some of the state, local and territorial governments and finance authorities and other providers of public services, located in the U.S. or abroad, that issued public finance obligations we insured are experiencing fiscal stress that could result in increased credit losses or impairments on those obligations.
Certain issuers are reporting fiscal stress that has resulted in a significant increase in taxes and/or a reduction in spending or other measures in efforts to satisfy their financial obligations. In particular, certain jurisdictions have significantly underfunded pension liabilities which are placing additional stress on their finances and are particularly challenging to restructure either through negotiation or under Chapter 9 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. If the issuers of the obligations in our public finance portfolio are unable to raise taxes, or increase other revenues, cut spending, reduce liabilities, and/or receive state or federal assistance, we may experience losses or impairments on those obligations, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. The financial stress experienced by certain municipal issuers could result in the filing of Chapter 9 proceedings in states where municipal issuers are permitted to seek bankruptcy protection. In these proceedings, which remain rare, the resolution of bondholder claims (and by extension, those of bond insurers) may be subject to legal challenge by other creditors.
In particular, while the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has completed its court-ordered restructuring pursuant to the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (“PROMESA”), the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (“PREPA”) currently remains in a bankruptcy-like proceeding under PROMESA in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
As of December 31, 2022, National had $1.0 billion of debt service outstanding related to Puerto Rico. During 2022, Puerto Rico defaulted on scheduled debt service for certain National insured bonds and National paid gross claims in the aggregate of $189 million. In addition, National made acceleration and commutation payments related to the GO PSA and HTA PSA of $277 million and $556 million, respectively, in 2022. On January 1, 2023, PREPA also defaulted on scheduled debt service for certain National insured bonds and National paid gross claims in the aggregate of $18 million. On January 31, 2023, National and the Oversight Board entered into a Plan Support Agreement, resolving National’s claims in the PREPA Title III case (the “PREPA PSA”), and on February 9, 2023, the Oversight Board filed its Amended Plan of Adjustment for PREPA (the “Amended Plan”), including the PREPA PSA. There is no assurance that the Amended Plan or a plan that is substantially similar in the treatment of National’s claims and rights will ultimately be confirmed and go effective.
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Refer to the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Results of Operations—U.S. Public Finance Insurance Puerto Rico Exposures” section in Part II, Item 7 of this Form 10-K for additional information on our Puerto Rico exposures.
Loss reserve estimates and credit impairments are subject to additional uncertainties and loss reserves may not be adequate to cover potential claims.
Our insurance companies issued financial guarantee policies that insure the financial performance of the obligations guaranteed over a long period of time which are unconditional and irrevocable. Under substantially all of our policies, we do not have a right to cancel the policy. We do not use actuarial approaches that are customarily used by other types of insurance companies to determine our loss reserves. The establishment of the appropriate level of loss reserves is an inherently uncertain process involving numerous assumptions, estimates and subjective judgments by management, and therefore, there can be no assurance that future net claims in our insured portfolio will not exceed our loss reserves. If our loss reserves are not adequate to cover actual losses, our results of operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected. We use financial models to project future net claims on our insured portfolio, including insured derivatives, and to establish loss reserves and estimate impairments and related recoveries. There can be no assurance that the future loss projection and impairments based on these models will ultimately reflect the actual losses and impairment and recovery that we experience. Additionally, small changes in the assumptions underlying these estimates could significantly impact loss expectations. For example, our loss reserves are discounted to a net present value reflecting our general obligation to pay claims over time and not on an accelerated basis. Risk-free rates are used to discount our loss reserves under accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S., and the yield-to-maturity of each insurer’s investment fixed-income portfolio (excluding cash and cash equivalents and other investments not intended to defease long-term liabilities) as of year-end is used to discount each insurer’s loss reserves under statutory accounting principles. Accordingly, changes in the risk-free rates or the yield in our insurance companies’ fixed-income investment portfolios may materially impact loss reserves.
Political and economic conditions in the United States and elsewhere may materially adversely affect our business and results of operations.
As a financial guarantee company, our insured exposures and our results of operations can be materially affected by general political and economic conditions, both in the U.S. and around the world. General global unrest, including fraud, terrorism, catastrophic events, natural disasters, pandemics such as the novel coronavirus COVID-19 (“COVID-19”), or similar events could disrupt the economy in the U.S. and other countries where we have insured exposure or operate our businesses. In certain jurisdictions outside the U.S., we face higher risks of governmental intervention through nationalization or expropriation of assets, changes in regulation, an inability to enforce our rights in court or otherwise and corruption, which may cause us to incur losses on the exposures we insure or reputational harm.
Budget deficits at all levels of government in the U.S., recessions, increases in corporate, municipal, sovereign, sub-sovereign or consumer default rates and other general economic conditions may adversely impact the performance of our insured portfolios and the Company’s investment portfolio. In addition, we are exposed to correlation risk as a result of the possibility that multiple credits will experience losses as a result of any such event or series of events, in particular exposures that are backed by revenues from business and personal travel, such as bonds backed by hotel taxes.
Financial modeling involves uncertainty over ultimate outcomes, which makes it difficult to estimate liquidity, potential claims payments, loss reserves and fair values.
The Company uses third-party and internal financial models to estimate liquidity, potential claims payments, loss reserves and fair values. We use internal financial models to conduct liquidity stress-scenario testing to ensure that we maintain cash and liquid securities sufficient to meet our payment requirements. These measurements are performed on a legal entity and operating segment basis. We also rely on financial models, generated internally and supplemented by models generated by third parties, to estimate factors relating to the highly complex securities we insure, including future credit performance of the underlying assets, and to evaluate structures, rights and our potential obligations over time. We also use internal models for ongoing insurance portfolio monitoring and to estimate case basis loss reserves and, where applicable, to report our obligations
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under our contracts at fair value. We may supplement such models with third-party models or use third-party experts to consult with our internal modeling specialists. Both internal and external models are subject to model risk and information risk, and there can be no assurance that the inputs into the models received from third parties will be accurate or that the models themselves are accurate or comprehensive in estimating our liquidity, potential future paid claims, related loss reserves and fair values or that they are similar to methodologies employed by our competitors, counterparties or other market participants. Estimates of our claims payments, in particular, may materially impact our liquidity position. We may make changes to our estimated claims payments, loss reserves or fair value models from time to time. These changes could materially impact our financial results.
Our risk management policies and procedures may not adequately detect or prevent future losses.
We assess our risk management policies and procedures on a periodic basis. As a result of such assessment, we may take steps to change our internal risk assessment capabilities and procedures, portfolio management policies, systems and processes and our policies and procedures for monitoring and assessing the performance of our insured portfolio in changing market conditions. There can be no assurance, however, that these steps will be adequate to avoid future losses. In some cases, losses can be substantial, particularly if a loss occurs on a transaction in which we have a large notional exposure or on a transaction structured with large, bullet-type maturities.
Legal, Regulatory and Other Risk Factors
Regulatory change could adversely affect our businesses, and regulations could limit investors’ ability to affect a takeover or business combination that shareholders might consider in their best interests.
The financial guarantee insurance industry has historically been and will continue to be subject to the direct and indirect effects of governmental regulation, including insurance laws, securities laws, tax laws, legal precedents and accounting rules affecting asset-backed and municipal obligations, as well as changes in those laws. Failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations could expose our insurance companies and/or their constituents, to fines, the loss of their insurance licenses, and the inability to engage in certain business activity, as the case may be. These laws also limit investors’ ability to affect a takeover or business combination without the approval of our insurance regulators.
Changes to laws and regulations, or the interpretation thereof could subject our insurance companies to increased loss reserves and capital requirements or more stringent regulation generally, which could materially adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. Finally, changes to accounting standards and regulations may require modifications to our accounting methodology, both prospectively and for prior periods; such changes could have an adverse impact on our reported financial results and/or make it more difficult for investors to understand the economics of our business and may thus influence the types or volume of business that we may choose to pursue.
Our insurance companies could become subject to regulatory action.
Our insurance companies are subject to various statutory and regulatory restrictions that require them to maintain qualifying investments to support their reserves and required minimum surplus. Furthermore, our insurance companies may be restricted from making commutation or other payments if doing so would cause them to fail to meet such requirements, and the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYSDFS”) may impose other remedial actions on us as described further below to the extent our insurance companies do not meet such requirements.
Under New York Insurance Law (“NYIL”), the Superintendent of Financial Services (the “Superintendent”) may apply for an order directing the rehabilitation or liquidation of a domestic insurance company under certain circumstances, including upon the insolvency of the company, if the company has willfully violated its charter or the NYIL, or if the company is found, after examination, to be in such condition that further transaction of business would be hazardous to its policyholders, creditors or the public. The Superintendent may also suspend an insurer’s license, restrict its license authority, or limit the amount of premiums written in New York if, after a hearing, the Superintendent determines that the insurer’s surplus to policyholders is not adequate in relation to its outstanding liabilities or financial needs. If the Superintendent were to take any such action as to National, it could result in the reduction or elimination of the payment of dividends to MBIA Inc.
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In addition to the Superintendent’s authority to commence a rehabilitation or liquidation proceeding, if the Superintendent finds that the liabilities of MBIA Insurance Corporation exceed its admitted assets, the Superintendent could use its authority under Section 1310 of the NYIL to order MBIA Insurance Corporation to cease making claims payments (a “1310 Order”). Continuing elevated loss payments and delay or failure in realizing expected recoveries as well as certain other factors may materially and adversely affect MBIA Insurance Corporation’s liquidity and its ability to timely meet its insurance obligations, and could cause the NYSDFS to put MBIA Insurance Corporation into a rehabilitation or liquidation proceeding, or issue a 1310 Order, if it does not believe MBIA Insurance Corporation will be able to pay expected claims. See Risk Factor “An MBIA Insurance Corporation rehabilitation or liquidation proceeding could accelerate certain of the Company’s other obligations and have other adverse consequences” under “MBIA Corp. Risk Factors” for the potential impacts of an MBIA Insurance Corporation rehabilitation or liquidation proceeding, or a 1310 Order.
Private litigation claims could materially adversely affect our reputation, business, results of operations and financial condition.
As further set forth in “Note 19: Commitments and Contingencies” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of MBIA Inc. and Subsidiaries in Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K, the Company and/or its subsidiaries are named as defendants in certain litigations, and in the ordinary course of business, may be a defendant in or party to a new or threatened legal action. Although the Company intends to vigorously defend against any current or future action, there can be no assurance that it will prevail in any such action, and any adverse ultimate outcome could result in a loss and/or have a material adverse effect on our reputation, business, results of operations or financial condition.
An ownership change under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code could have materially adverse tax consequences.
In connection with transactions in our shares from time to time, we may in the future experience an “ownership change” within the meaning of Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. In general terms, an ownership change may result from transactions increasing the aggregate ownership of certain stockholders in our stock by more than 50 percentage points over a testing period (generally three years). If an ownership change were to occur, our ability to use certain tax attributes, including certain losses, credits, deductions or tax basis, may be limited. On May 2, 2018, MBIA Inc.’s shareholders ratified an amendment to the Company’s By-Laws, which had been adopted earlier by MBIA Inc.’s Board of Directors. The amendment places restrictions on certain acquisitions of Company stock that otherwise may have increased the likelihood of an ownership change within the meaning of Section 382. The amendment generally prohibits a person from becoming a “Section 382 five-percent shareholder” by acquiring, directly or by attribution, 5% or more of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock and will generally restrict existing “Section 382 five-percent shareholders” from increasing their ownership interest under Section 382 by more than one percentage point over their percentage stock ownership immediately prior to the effective date of the amendment or, if lower, their percentage thereafter. Nevertheless, there can be no assurance that MBIA Inc. will not undergo an ownership change at a time when these limitations could have a materially adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition.
Changes in U.S. federal income tax law could materially adversely affect the value of the Company’s net deferred tax asset.
MBIA Inc. carries a net deferred tax asset whose value is calculated by application of the federal corporate taxation rates in effect at the time of determination. Changes in applicable U.S. tax laws and regulations, or their interpretation and application, including the possibility of retroactive effect, could affect our net deferred tax asset. As a result of the Company having established a full valuation allowance against its net deferred tax asset in 2017, any adjustment to the Company’s net deferred tax asset, will likely result in a corresponding change to the Company’s valuation allowance, resulting in no impact to the Company’s balance sheet or income statement.
Ineffective internal controls, including internal control over financial reporting, could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and reputation.
We cannot be certain that we will not identify control deficiencies or material weaknesses in the future. If we fail to remediate a material weakness or fail to otherwise maintain effective internal control over financial reporting in the
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future, such failure could result in a material misstatement of our annual or quarterly financial statements that would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis and which could cause investors and other users to lose confidence in our financial statements, limit our ability to raise capital and have a negative effect on the trading price of our common stock. Additionally, failure to remediate a material weakness or otherwise failing to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and reputation, and could impair our ability to timely file our periodic reports with the SEC, subject us to litigation and regulatory actions and cause us to incur substantial additional costs in future periods relating to the implementation of remedial measures.
Capital, Liquidity and Market Related Risk Factors
We are a holding company and rely to a significant degree on cash flow from National. A disruption in this cash flow or an inability to access third-party capital could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition and ultimately adversely affect liquidity.
As a holding company, MBIA Inc. is largely dependent on dividends from National to pay principal and interest on our indebtedness and operating expenses, among other items. We expect that for the foreseeable future, National alone will be the source of dividends to the Company, and it is subject to various statutory and regulatory restrictions applicable to insurance companies generally, that limit the amount of cash dividends, loans and advances that it may pay. See “New York State Dividend Limitations” in Part 1, Item 1 and “Note 14: Insurance Regulations and Dividends” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of MBIA Inc. and Subsidiaries in Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K for a further discussion of dividends.
We may also from time to time seek to raise capital from external sources. The Company’s access to external sources of financing, as well as the cost of such financing would be influenced by various factors, which could include (i) the long-term debt ratings of the Company, (ii) expected dividends from National, (iii) the financial condition and business prospects of our insurance companies and (iv) the perceptions of the financial strength of MBIA Inc. and our insurance companies. There can be no assurance that an inability to obtain adequate capital on favorable terms, or at all, would not adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.
Consequently, our inability to maintain access to capital on favorable terms could have an adverse impact on our ability to pay losses and debt obligations, to pay dividends on our capital stock, to pay principal and interest on our indebtedness, to pay our operating expenses and to make capital investments in our subsidiaries. In addition, future capital raises for equity or equity-linked securities could result in dilution to the Company’s shareholders. Also, some securities that the Company could issue, such as preferred stock or securities issued by the Company’s operating subsidiaries may have rights, preferences and privileges that are senior to those of its common shares.
MBIA Inc. has substantial indebtedness, and may incur additional indebtedness, which could adversely affect our financial condition, and/or our ability to obtain financing in the future, react to changes in our business and/or satisfy our obligations.
As of December 31, 2022, MBIA Inc. had $501 million of medium-term note liabilities, $277 million of Senior Notes liabilities and $233 million of investment agreement liabilities. Our substantial indebtedness and other liabilities could have material consequences because:
| • | we may be unable to obtain additional financing, should such a need arise, which may limit our ability to satisfy obligations with respect to our debt; |
| • | a large portion of MBIA Inc.’s financial resources must be dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on our debt, thereby reducing the funds available to use for other purposes; |
| • | it may be more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations to our creditors, resulting in possible defaults on, and acceleration of, such debt; |
| • | we may be more vulnerable to general adverse economic and industry conditions; |
| • | our ability to refinance debt may be limited or the associated costs may increase; |
| • | our flexibility to adjust to changing market conditions could be limited; and |
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| • | we are exposed to the risk of fluctuations in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates because a portion of our liabilities are at variable rates of interest or denominated in foreign currencies. |
Adverse developments in the credit markets may materially and adversely affect MBIA Inc.’s ability to post collateral and meet other liquidity needs.
Currently, a significant portion of the cash and securities of MBIA Inc. are pledged against investment agreement liabilities, intercompany financing arrangements and derivatives, which limit its ability to raise liquidity through asset sales. If the market value or rating eligibility of the assets which are pledged against MBIA Inc.’s obligations were to decline, we would be required to pledge additional eligible assets in order to meet minimum required collateral amounts against these liabilities. In such an event, we may sell assets, potentially with substantial losses, finance unencumbered assets through intercompany facilities, or use free cash or other assets, although there can be no assurance that these strategies will be available or adequate to meet liquidity requirements.
The level of interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, and the discontinuance of certain interbank offered rates, could materially and adversely affect our financial condition.
Increases in prevailing interest rate levels can adversely affect the value of our investment portfolios and, therefore, our financial condition. In the event that investments must be sold in order to make payments on insured exposures or other liabilities, such investments would likely be sold at discounted prices. Increases in interest rates also adversely affect the values of investments collateralizing our investment agreement liabilities in our corporate operations, which would require the Company to post additional collateral to its counterparties. In the insurance operations, with respect to credit risk, increasing interest rates could lead to increased stress on transactions in our insured portfolio with floating rate liabilities. Increasing interest rates could also result in a lower present value of salvage reserves while declining interest rates could result in a higher present value of future loss payments.
Lower interest rates can result in lower net interest income since a substantial amount of assets are now held in cash and cash equivalents given the increased focus on liquidity. Lower interest rates would also adversely impact the value of our interest rate swap contracts in our corporate operations, and would require the Company to post additional collateral to its counterparties.
Further, a number of our debt issuances, interest rate swap contracts and financial investments are indexed to an interbank offered rate, including the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), and the assets or liabilities related to insured credit transactions may be indexed to LIBOR, as the applicable reference rate. In July 2017, The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority announced that after 2021, it will no longer persuade or require banks to submit rates for LIBOR. Subsequently, on November 30, 2020, ICE Benchmark Administration, the administrator for LIBOR, announced plans to cease publication (i) immediately after December 31, 2021 of one week and two month USD LIBOR settings and (ii) immediately following the LIBOR publication on June 30, 2023 of the remaining USD LIBOR settings i.e., overnight and one, three, six and twelve month settings. On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed legislation into law that includes the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act (the “LIBOR Act”) to establish a clear and uniform process for replacing LIBOR in existing contracts and preclude litigation, among other things. As a general matter, the LIBOR Act provides that on the first London banking day after June 30, 2023, a benchmark replacement recommended by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”) will automatically replace the USD LIBOR benchmark in existing contracts that (after disregarding certain types of fallback provisions invalidated by the LIBOR Act) contain no LIBOR fallback provisions or contain LIBOR fallback provisions that identify neither a benchmark replacement nor a person with authority to determine a benchmark replacement. The Board-recommended benchmark replacement will be based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, including any recommended spread adjustment and benchmark replacement conforming changes. The Federal Reserve Board adopted a final rule in December 2022 that implements the LIBOR Act by identifying benchmark rates based on SOFR that will replace LIBOR in certain financial contracts after June 30, 2023. Pursuant to the LIBOR Act and the regulations, the Board has identified (i) the one-, three, six-, or 12-month CME Term SOFR plus (ii) the applicable tenor spread adjustment specified in the LIBOR Act, as the board selected benchmark replacement for references to the corresponding one-, three-, six-, and 12-month LIBOR in contracts governing a cash transaction that is not a consumer loan, an FHFA-regulated-entity contract or a FFELP ABS, as referenced in the LIBOR Regulations.
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These announcements, among other developments, about the discontinuance of LIBOR as a benchmark rate may adversely affect the value of, return on and trading market for our financial assets and liabilities that are based on or are linked to LIBOR. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that we and other market participants will be adequately prepared for the discontinuation of LIBOR which could have an unpredictable impact on contractual mechanics that could also produce an adverse economic impact.
In addition, the Company is exposed to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuation risk in respect of assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars. In addition to insured liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, some of the remaining liabilities in our corporate segment are denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars and the assets of our corporate segment are predominantly denominated in U.S. dollars. Accordingly, the weakening of the U.S. dollar versus foreign currencies could substantially increase our potential obligations and statutory capital exposure. Conversely, the Company makes investments denominated in a foreign currency and the weakening of the foreign currency versus the U.S. dollar will diminish the value of such non-U.S. dollar denominated asset. Exchange rates have fluctuated significantly in recent periods and may continue to do so in the future, which could adversely impact the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
MBIA Corp. Risk Factors
As described further and for the reasons stated herein, we believe that MBIA Corp. will not provide significant economic or shareholder value to MBIA Inc. For additional information on MBIA Corp., refer to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Results of Operations—International and Structured Finance Insurance” in Part II, Item 7 of this Form 10-K. Additionally, also as described further herein, given the separation of MBIA Inc. and MBIA Corp. as distinct legal entities, the absence of any cross defaults between the entities, and the lack of reliance by MBIA Inc. on MBIA Corp. for the receipt of dividends, we do not believe that a rehabilitation or liquidation proceeding of MBIA Insurance Corporation by the NYSDFS would have any material economic impact on the financial condition or liquidity of MBIA Inc. However, there can be no assurance that the financial condition or a rehabilitation or liquidation proceeding of MBIA Insurance Corporation would not have an adverse impact on MBIA Inc. The risk factors described below with respect to MBIA Corp. are set forth for that reason, as well as for an independent understanding of the risks to MBIA Corp.
Continuing elevated loss payments and delay or failure in realizing expected recoveries on insured transactions may materially and adversely affect MBIA Insurance Corporation’s statutory capital and its ability to meet liquidity needs and could cause the NYSDFS to put MBIA Insurance Corporation into a rehabilitation or liquidation proceeding if the NYSDFS concludes that MBIA Insurance Corporation will not be able to pay expected claims.
MBIA Insurance Corporation is particularly sensitive to the risk that it will not have sufficient capital or liquid resources to meet contractual payment obligations when due or to make settlement payments in order to terminate insured exposures to avoid losses. While management’s expected liquidity and capital forecasts for MBIA Insurance Corporation reflect adequate resources to pay expected claims, there are risks to the capital and liquidity forecasts as MBIA Insurance Corporation’s remaining insured exposures and its expected salvage recoveries are potentially volatile. Such volatility exists in salvage that MBIA Insurance Corporation may collect, including in particular recoveries on loans and equity interests related to the claims it paid in respect of the insured notes issued by Zohar collateralized debt obligation (“CDO”) 2003-1, Limited and Zohar II 2005-1 CDO (collectively, the “Zohar Recoveries”), and the exposure in its remaining insured portfolio, which could deteriorate and result in significant additional loss reserves and claim payments, including claims on insured exposures that in some cases may require large bullet payments.
While MBIA Insurance Corporation believes that it will receive a substantial recovery on the Zohar Recoveries, there still remains significant uncertainty with respect to the realizable value of these assets.
If the Zohar Recoveries fall below our expectations, MBIA Insurance Corporation would likely incur additional and potentially substantial losses, which could materially impair its statutory capital and liquidity. Further, MBIA Insurance Corporation believes that if the NYSDFS concludes at any time that MBIA Insurance Corporation will not be able to satisfy its obligations under its other issued policies, the NYSDFS would likely put MBIA Insurance Corporation into a rehabilitation or liquidation proceeding under Article 74 of the NYIL and/or take such other
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actions as the NYSDFS may deem necessary to protect the interests of MBIA Insurance Corporation’s policyholders. The determination to commence such a proceeding or take other such actions is within the exclusive control of the NYSDFS. The NYSDFS enjoys broad discretion in this regard, and any determination they may make would not be limited to consideration of the matters described above. As noted, however, given the separation of MBIA Inc. and MBIA Corp. as distinct legal entities, the absence of any cross defaults between the entities, and the lack of reliance by MBIA Inc. on MBIA Corp. for the receipt of dividends, we do not believe that a rehabilitation or liquidation proceeding of MBIA Insurance Corporation by the NYSDFS would have any material economic long-term liquidity impact on MBIA Inc.
MBIA Corp. insures certain transactions that continue to perform poorly and increased losses or a delay or failure in collecting expected recoveries may materially and adversely affect its financial condition and results of operations.
MBIA Corp. insures certain structured finance transactions that remain volatile and could result in additional losses, which could be substantial. MBIA Corp. has also recorded significant loss reserves on its residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”) and collateralized debt obligation (“CDO”) exposures, and there can be no assurance that these reserves will be sufficient, in particular if the economy deteriorates. These transactions are also subject to servicer risk, which relates to problems with the transaction’s servicer that could adversely affect performance of the underlying assets. As of December 31, 2022, MBIA Corp. recorded expected RMBS recoveries of $63 million, including recoveries related to consolidated VIEs, on our RMBS transactions, in reimbursement of our past and future expected claims. Of this amount, $23 million is included in “Insurance loss recoverable” and $40 million is included in “Loss and loss adjustment expense reserves” on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. RMBS recoveries relate to structural features within the trust structures that allow for the Company to be reimbursed for prior claims paid. These reimbursements for specific trusts include recoveries that are generated from the excess spread of the transactions. Excess spread within insured RMBS securitizations is the difference between interest inflows on mortgage loan collateral and interest outflows on the insured RMBS notes. There can be no assurance that this recovery will be received in its entirety or in the expected timeframe.
An MBIA Insurance Corporation rehabilitation or liquidation proceeding could accelerate certain of the Company’s other obligations and have other adverse consequences.
As noted above, MBIA Insurance Corporation continues to face a number of significant risks and contingencies, which could, if realized, result in MBIA Insurance Corporation being placed into a rehabilitation or liquidation proceeding by the NYSDFS. In the event of an MBIA Insurance Corporation rehabilitation or liquidation proceeding, the Company may be subject to, among other things, the following:
| • | MTNs issued by MBIA Global Funding LLC (“GFL”), which are insured by MBIA Insurance Corporation, would accelerate. To the extent GFL failed to pay the accelerated amounts under the GFL MTNs, the MTN holders would have policy claims against MBIA Insurance Corporation for scheduled payments of interest and principal; |
| • | An MBIA Insurance Corporation proceeding may accelerate certain investment agreements issued by MBIA Inc., including, in some cases, with make-whole payments. While the investment agreements are fully collateralized with high quality collateral, the settlements of these amounts could reduce MBIA Inc.’s liquidity resources, and to the extent MBIA Inc. fails to pay the accelerated amounts under these investment agreements or the collateral securing these investment agreements is deemed insufficient to pay the accelerated amounts due, the holders of the investment agreements would have policy claims against MBIA Insurance Corporation; |
| • | The payment of installment premiums due to National from MBIA Insurance Corporation under the reinsurance agreement between National and MBIA Insurance Corporation (Refer to Item 1, “Our Insurance Operations”, “Reinsurance” for a description of the agreement) could be disrupted, delayed or subordinated to the claims of policyholders of MBIA Insurance Corporation; |
| • | The rehabilitator or liquidator would replace the Board of Directors of MBIA Insurance Corporation and take control of the operations and assets of MBIA Insurance Corporation, which would result in the Company losing control of MBIA Insurance Corporation and possible changes to MBIA Insurance Corporation’s strategies and management; and |
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| • | Unplanned costs on MBIA Inc., as well as significant additional expenses for MBIA Insurance Corporation arising from the appointment of a rehabilitator or liquidator, as receiver, and payment of the fees and expenses of the advisors to such rehabilitator or liquidator. |
Revenues and liquidity would be adversely impacted by a decline in realization of installment premiums.
Due to the installment nature of a significant percentage of its premium income, MBIA Corp. has an embedded future revenue stream. The amount of installment premiums actually realized by MBIA Corp. could be reduced in the future due to factors such as early termination of insurance contracts, accelerated prepayments of underlying obligations, commutation of existing financial guarantee insurance policies or non-payment. Such a reduction would result in lower revenues and reduced liquidity.
General Risk Factors
Interruption in information technology and other operational systems, or a failure to maintain the security, confidentiality or privacy of sensitive data residing on such systems, could harm our business.
We depend heavily on our information technology and other operational systems and on the integrity and timeliness of data we use to run our businesses. These systems may fail to operate properly or become disabled as a result of events or circumstances wholly or partly beyond our control. Further, we face the risk of operational and technology failures by others, including various financial intermediaries, vendors and parties to which we outsource the provision of services or business operations. If this risk is realized, we may experience operational difficulties, increased costs and other adverse effects on our business.
Despite our implementation and maintenance of a cybersecurity program which includes a variety of security measures, our information technology systems, networks and data could be subject to cyber-attacks or physical break-ins, unauthorized tampering or other security breaches, resulting in a failure to maintain the security, confidentiality or privacy of sensitive information.
Interruption in information technology and other operational systems, or a failure to maintain the security, confidentiality or privacy of sensitive data residing on such systems, whether due to actions or inactions by us or others, could delay or disrupt our ability to do business, harm our reputation, subject us to regulatory sanctions and other claims, lead to a loss of revenues and/or otherwise adversely affect our business.
The Company is dependent on key executives and the loss of any of these executives, or its inability to retain other key personnel, could adversely affect its business.
The Company’s success substantially depends upon its human capital management including its ability to retain qualified employees and upon the ability of its senior management and other key employees to implement its business strategy. The Company believes there are only a limited number of available qualified executives in the business lines in which the Company operates. The Company relies substantially upon the services of William C. Fallon, Chief Executive Officer, and other senior executives. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to retain the services of key executives. While the Company has a succession plan for key executives and does not expect the departure of any key executives to have a material adverse effect on its operations, there can be no assurance that the loss of the services of any of these individuals or other key members of the Company’s management team would not adversely affect the implementation of its business strategy.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
The Company from time to time receives written comments from the staff of the SEC regarding its periodic or current reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. There are no comments that remain unresolved that the Company received more than 180 days before the end of the year to which this report relates.
Item 2. Properties
The Company maintains office space located in Purchase, New York, in which the Company, National, MBIA Corp., and MBIA Services Corporation have their headquarters. The Company also leases office space in Mexico City, Mexico. The Company generally believes that these facilities are adequate and suitable for its current needs.
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Item 3. Legal Proceedings
For a discussion of the Company’s litigation and related matters, see “Note 19: Commitments and Contingencies” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of MBIA Inc. and Subsidiaries in Part II, Item 8. In the normal course of operating its businesses, MBIA Inc. may be involved in various legal proceedings. As a courtesy, the Company posts on its website under the section “Legal Proceedings,” selected information and documents in reference to selected legal proceedings in which the Company is the plaintiff or the defendant. The Company will not necessarily post all documents for each proceeding and undertakes no obligation to revise or update them to reflect changes in events or expectations. The complete official court docket can be publicly accessed by contacting the clerk’s office of the respective court where each litigation is pending.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
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PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The Company’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “MBI.” As of February 21, 2023, there were 221 shareholders of record of the Company’s common stock. The Company did not pay cash dividends on its common stock during 2022 or 2021. For information on the ability for certain subsidiaries of the Company to transfer funds to the Company in the form of cash dividends or otherwise, refer to “Item 1. Business—Insurance Regulation” in this annual report.
During 2022 and 2021, the Company or National did not purchase or repurchase any shares. During 2020, the Company or National purchased or repurchased 26.4 million shares at a cost of $198 million under the repurchase authorization approved by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) in May 2020 and November 2017 and exhausted these share repurchase authorizations.
The table below presents repurchases made by the Company or National in each month during the fourth quarter of 2022. See “Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters” in Part III for a further discussion of securities authorized for issuance under long-term incentive plans.
| Month |
Total Number of Shares Purchased (1) |
Average Price Paid Per Share |
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plan |
Maximum Amount That May Be Purchased Under the Plan (in millions) |
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| October |
7,968 | 9.49 | — | $ | — | |||||||||||
| November |
98 | 12.11 | — | — | ||||||||||||
| December |
92 | 12.76 | — | — | ||||||||||||
(1) Represents 113 shares in October, 98 shares in November and 92 shares in December repurchased in open market transactions as investments in the Company’s non-qualified deferred compensation plan. In October, 7,855 shares were repurchased by the Company in open market transactions for settling awards under the Company’s long term incentive plan.
As of December 31, 2022, 283,186,115 shares of Common Stock of the Company, par value $1 per share, were issued and 54,852,671 shares were outstanding.
Stock Performance Graph The following graph compares the cumulative total shareholder return (rounded to the nearest whole dollar) of our common stock, the S&P 500 Index (“S&P 500 Index”) and the S&P 500 Financials Sector Index (“S&P Financials Index”) for the last five fiscal years. The graph assumes a $100 investment at the closing price on December 31, 2022 and reinvestment of dividends in the security/index on the respective dividend payment dates without commissions. This graph does not forecast future performance of our common stock.
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| Item 5. | Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities (continued) |
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
| MBIA Inc. Common Stock |
100.00 | 121.86 | 127.05 | 89.89 | 215.71 | 175.54 | ||||||||||||||||||
| S&P 500 Index |
100.00 | 95.61 | 125.71 | 148.83 | 191.51 | 156.79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| S&P Financials Index |
100.00 | 86.96 | 114.87 | 112.84 | 152.19 | 136.11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Source: Bloomberg Finance L.P.
Item 6. [Reserved]
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations of MBIA Inc. should be read in conjunction with the other sections of this Form 10-K. In addition, this discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations includes statements of the opinion of MBIA Inc.’s management which may be forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical earnings and those presently anticipated or projected. Refer to “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A and “Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements” and “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of this Form 10-K for a further discussion of risks and uncertainties.
This section of this Form 10-K generally discusses 2022 and 2021 items and year-to-year comparisons between 2022 and 2021 results. Discussions of 2020 items and year-to-year comparisons between 2021 and 2020 results not included in this Form 10-K can be found in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.
OVERVIEW
MBIA Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries, (collectively, “MBIA”, the “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) operates within the financial guarantee insurance industry. MBIA manages its business within three operating segments: 1) United States (“U.S.”) public finance insurance; 2) corporate; and 3) international and structured finance insurance. Our U.S. public finance insurance portfolio is managed through National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation (“National”), our corporate segment is managed through MBIA Inc. and several of its subsidiaries, including our service company, MBIA Services Corporation (“MBIA Services”), and our international and structured finance insurance business is primarily managed through MBIA Insurance Corporation and its subsidiaries (“MBIA Corp.”).
National’s primary objectives are to maximize the performance of its existing insured portfolio through effective surveillance and remediation activity and effectively manage its investment portfolio. Our corporate segment consists of general corporate activities, including providing support services to MBIA’s operating subsidiaries and asset and capital management. MBIA Corp.’s primary objectives are to satisfy all claims by its policyholders and to maximize future recoveries, if any, for its surplus note holders, and then its preferred stock holders. MBIA Corp. is executing this strategy by, among other things, taking steps to maximize the collection of recoveries and reducing and mitigating potential losses on its insurance exposures. We do not expect National or MBIA Corp. to write significant new business. The Company has also announced its retention of a financial advisor to assist in exploring strategic alternatives that could enhance shareholder value.
Economic Environment
U.S. economic activity indicators point to modest growth in spending and production, with robust job gains and a low unemployment rate. Inflation remains elevated. The Ukraine and Russia conflict continues to cause human and economic hardship, which is creating upward pressure on inflation and is weighing on global economic activity. With the Federal Open Market Committee (“FOMC”) seeking to achieve maximum employment and 2% inflation, the FOMC has increased its target range for the federal funds rate to 4.50% to 4.75% at its most recent meetings. Economic and financial market trends could impact the Company’s financial results. Economic improvement at the state and local level strengthens the credit quality of the issuers of our insured municipal bonds, improves the performance of our insured U.S. public finance portfolio and could reduce the amount of National’s potential incurred losses. Also, higher energy and oil prices could have an adverse impact on certain sales taxes to the extent consumer spending decreases as a result. Some states and municipalities may experience a decrease in revenues if their economies are reliant on the oil and gas industries. In addition, higher projected interest rates could adversely affect the values of our Company’s investment portfolio, but increase investment portfolio yield and income, increase the value of the Company’s interest rate swaps, and decrease the present value of loss reserves.
We do not insure any sovereign or sub-sovereign debt of Russia or Ukraine. Additionally, we have an immaterial amount of direct or indirect Russian or Ukraine debt holdings in our investment portfolios and have recorded realized and unrealized losses on these investments in 2022. Refer to the following “Results of Operations—U.S. Public Finance Insurance Segment” section for additional information on these credit losses.
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (continued)
OVERVIEW (continued)
2022 Business Developments
The following is a summary of 2022 business developments:
Puerto Rico
| • | During 2022, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and certain of its instrumentalities (“Puerto Rico”) defaulted on scheduled debt service for National insured bonds and National paid gross claims in the aggregate of $189 million. As of December 31, 2022, National had $1.0 billion of debt service outstanding related to Puerto Rico, of which $945 million related to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (“PREPA”). On January 1, 2023, PREPA defaulted on scheduled debt service for National insured bonds and National paid gross claims in the aggregate of $18 million. |
PREPA
| • | On March 8, 2022, the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (“AAFAF”) and PREPA terminated the pending restructuring support agreement. On April 8, 2022, the Court appointed a new panel of judges to commence mediation among the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico (the “Oversight Board”), the Ad Hoc creditor group of holders of PREPA Senior Bonds, Assured, National and Syncora. The mediation initially terminated on September 16, 2022; however on September 29, 2022 the Court entered an order restarting mediation through January 31, 2023. Mediation was further continued until April 28, 2023. On January 31, 2023, National entered into the PREPA Plan Support Agreement (“PREPA PSA”) with the Oversight Board, on behalf of itself and as the sole Title III representative of PREPA. An amended reorganization plan for PREPA and related disclosure statement, including the PREPA PSA, was filed on February 9, 2023. There is no assurance the amended plan of adjustment will ultimately be confirmed and go effective. |
| • | As of December 31, 2022, National had sold approximately 35% of its PREPA bankruptcy claims related to insurance claims paid on matured National-insured PREPA bonds. These sales monetized a portion of National’s salvage asset and reduced potential volatility and ongoing risk of remediation around the PREPA credit. |
GO and HTA
| • | On February 22, 2021, National agreed to join a plan support agreement, dated as of February 22, 2021 (the “GO PSA”), among the Oversight Board, certain holders of Puerto Rico Commonwealth GO (“GO”) Bonds and Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority (“PBA”) bonds, Assured Guaranty Corp. and Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp, and Syncora Guarantee Inc. in connection with the Puerto Rico Commonwealth GO (“GO”) and PBA Title III cases. The GO PSA went effective and was implemented on March 15, 2022; among other things, National received cash, including certain fees, newly issued General Obligation bonds (“GO Bonds”) and a contingent value instrument (“CVI”) totaling approximately $1.0 billion. The CVI is intended to provide creditors with additional recoveries based on potential outperformance of Puerto Rico 5.5% Sales and Use Tax receipts based on the projections in the 2020 certified fiscal plan, subject to certain caps. Subsequent to the GO PSA implementation, National made $277 million of acceleration and commutation payments pursuant to the GO PSA. Accordingly, National’s GO and PBA gross par outstanding and debt service outstanding have been reduced to zero from approximately $380 million and $495 million, respectively. |
| • | On April 12, 2021, National, Assured Guaranty Corp., Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. and the Oversight Board reached an agreement in principle settling certain clawback claims and providing for a distribution of cash, bonds and a CVI to Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority (“HTA”) bondholders subject to completing negotiations on a plan support agreement in respect of a plan of adjustment (the “HTA PSA”). On May 5, 2021, National, Assured Guaranty Corp., Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. and the Oversight Board entered into the HTA PSA. On May 2, 2022, the Oversight Board filed the Title III Plan of Adjustment for the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority (the “HTA Plan”), together with the Disclosure Statement and supporting documents. On June 22, 2022, the Disclosure Statement was approved by the Court. During July of 2022, National received $33 million of cash and $358 million face amount of CVI relating to HTA. The Court entered the HTA confirmation |
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OVERVIEW (continued)
| order on October 12, 2022, and the HTA Plan became effective on December 6, 2022. National received an additional $46 million of cash and $177 million face amount of newly issued HTA bonds. Subsequent to the HTA Plan effective date, National made $556 million of acceleration and commutation payments pursuant to the HTA PSA. Accordingly, National’s HTA gross par outstanding and debt service outstanding have been reduced to zero from approximately $581 million and $909 million, respectively. |
Refer to the following “U.S. Public Finance Insurance Puerto Rico Exposures” section for additional information on our Puerto Rico exposures.
Zohar CDOs
| • | Pursuant to a plan of liquidation that became effective in August of 2022, MBIA Corp.’s interest in the remaining collateral of the Zohar collateralized debt obligation (“CDO”) 2003-1, Limited (“Zohar I”) and Zohar II 2005-1, Limited (“Zohar II”) (collectively, the “Zohar CDOs”) was distributed to MBIA Corp. either directly or in the form of interests in certain asset recovery entities. Refer to “Note 1: Business Developments and Risks and Uncertainties” and “Note 6: Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a further discussion of the Zohar CDOs. |
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Summary of Consolidated Results
The following table presents a summary of our consolidated financial results for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020. Refer to the “Liquidity and Capital Resources—Capital Resources—Insurance Statutory Capital” section for a discussion of National’s and MBIA Insurance Corporation’s capital position under statutory accounting principles (“U.S. STAT”).
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| Total revenues |
$ | 154 | $ | 189 | $ | 282 | ||||||
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(149) | (445) | (578) | |||||||||
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(203) | (445) | (578) | |||||||||
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| Net income (loss) attributable to MBIA Inc. |
$ | (195) | $ | (445) | $ | (578) | ||||||
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| Net income (loss) per basic and diluted common share attributable to MBIA Inc. |
$ | (3.92) | $ | (8.99) | $ | (9.78) | ||||||
| Adjusted net income (loss)(1) |
$ | (145) | $ | (261) | $ | (173) | ||||||
| Adjusted net income (loss) per diluted share(1) |
$ | (2.90) | $ | (5.27) | $ | (2.93) | ||||||
| Weighted average basic and diluted common shares outstanding |
49,803,739 | 49,472,281 | 59,071,843 | |||||||||
(1)—Adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted net income (loss) per diluted share are non-GAAP measures. Refer to the following Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income (Loss) section for a discussion of adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted net income (loss) per diluted share and a reconciliation of GAAP net income (loss) to adjusted net income (loss) and GAAP net income (loss) per diluted share to adjusted net income (loss) per diluted share.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued)
2022 vs. 2021 GAAP Results
Income (loss) from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes
The decrease in consolidated total revenues was principally due to losses from fair valuing investments, sales of investments and impairing investments to fair value for investments we intend to sell, as well as lower gains from extinguishing debt and a decrease in net premiums earned. 2022 includes $51 million of losses from fair valuing investments, $41 million of net realized losses from investments sold and $21 million of impairments on investments as a result of our intent to sell these securities before they recover their cost bases. In addition, in 2021, revenues included $30 million of gains on the extinguishment of debt compared with $4 million in 2022 and net premiums earned decreased $21 million in 2022 primarily due to the acceleration of premium earnings from the termination of an international public finance insurance policy in 2021. These unfavorable changes in revenues were partially offset by fair value gains on interest rate swaps, an increase in net gains of consolidated variable interest entities (“VIEs”) and an increase in net investment income. Fair value gains on our interest rate swaps for 2022 was $89 million compared with gains of $36 million for 2021. The favorable variance was due to a larger increase in interest rates in 2022. Net gains on our consolidated VIEs for 2022 was $5 million compared with net losses of $23 million for 2021. The favorable change in VIE revenue was primarily due to gains in 2022 from the settlement of litigation and 2021 included $14 million of losses from the deconsolidation of VIEs with no comparable loss in 2022. Net investment income increased $33 million compared with 2021 primarily due to higher average asset balances and higher yields on investments in 2022.
Consolidated total expenses for 2022 and 2021 included net insurance losses and loss adjustment expense (“LAE”) of $38 million and $350 million, respectively. The decrease in losses and LAE was primarily due to favorable changes from insured CDOs, an incurred benefit from increases in risk-free interest rates on the present value of first-lien RMBS loss reserves in 2022 and a decrease in net losses and LAE on certain Puerto Rico insured credits to reflect actual and anticipated settlement. Refer to the following “Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses” sections in the Results of Operations of our U.S. Public Finance Insurance and International and Structured Finance Insurance segments for additional information on our insurance losses and LAE. Operating expense decreased in 2022 compared with 2021 primarily due to a decrease in compensation expense related to the Company’s deferred compensation plan and lower litigation expenses.
Provision for Income Taxes
For 2022 and 2021, our effective tax rate applied to our loss before income taxes was below the the U.S. statutory tax rate of 21% due to the full valuation allowance on the changes in our net deferred tax asset, which includes our net operating loss (“NOL”).
As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company’s valuation allowance against its net deferred tax asset was $1.2 billion and $1.1 billion, respectively. Notwithstanding the full valuation allowance on its net deferred tax asset, the Company believes that it may be able to use some of its net deferred tax asset before the expirations associated with that asset based upon expected earnings at National. Accordingly, the Company will continue to re-evaluate its net deferred tax asset on a quarterly basis. There is no assurance that the Company will reverse any of its valuation allowance on its net deferred tax asset in the future. Refer to “Note 11: Income Taxes” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a further discussion of income taxes, including the valuation allowance against the Company’s net deferred tax asset and its accounting for tax uncertainties.
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes
The Company classifies certain portfolio companies that the Company acquired from the Zohar CDOs bankruptcy distribution as discontinued operations. Included in this amount are the results of operations for the period from August 2, 2022 to December 31, 2022. In addition, during the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company received new information relating to the net value of a portfolio company which resulted in the Company recognizing a loss of $54 million on its net assets held for sale. Refer to “Note 1: Business Developments and Risks and Uncertainties” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a further discussion of our discontinued operations.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued)
Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income (Loss)
In addition to our results prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), we also analyze the operating performance of the Company using adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted net income (loss) per diluted common share, both non-GAAP measures. Since adjusted net income (loss) is used by management to assess performance and make business decisions, we consider adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted net income (loss) per diluted common share fundamental measures of periodic financial performance which are useful in understanding our results. Adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted net income (loss) per diluted common share are not substitutes for net income (loss) and net income (loss) per diluted common share determined in accordance with GAAP, and our definitions of adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted net income (loss) per diluted common share may differ from those used by other companies.
Adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted net income (loss) per diluted common share include the after-tax results of the Company and remove the after-tax results of our international and structured finance insurance segment, comprising the results of MBIA Corp. and its discontinued operations net of noncontrolling interest and income taxes, which given MBIA Corp.’s capital structure and business prospects, we do not expect its financial performance to have a material economic impact on MBIA Inc., as well as adjusting the following:
| • | Mark-to-market gains (losses) on financial instruments – We remove the impact of mark-to-market gains (losses) on financial instruments such as interest rate swaps, investment securities and hybrid financial instruments. These amounts fluctuate based on market interest rates, credit spreads and other market factors. |
| • | Foreign exchange gains (losses) – We remove foreign exchange gains (losses) on the remeasurement of certain assets and liabilities and transactions in non-functional currencies. Given the possibility of volatility in foreign exchange markets, we exclude the impact of foreign exchange gains (losses) to provide a measurement of comparability of adjusted net income (loss). |
| • | Net realized investment gains (losses), impaired securities and extinguishment of debt – We remove realized gains (losses) on the sale of investments, net investment losses related to impairment of securities and net gains (losses) on extinguishment of debt since the timing of these transactions are subject to management’s assessment of market opportunities and conditions and capital liquidity positions. |
| • | Income taxes – We apply a zero effective tax rate for federal income tax purposes to our pre-tax adjustments, if applicable, consistent with our consolidated effective tax rate. |
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued)
The following table presents our adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted net income (loss) per diluted common share and provides a reconciliation of GAAP net income (loss) to adjusted net income (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020:
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2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||
| Net income (loss) |
$ | (195) | $ | (445) | $ | (578) | ||||||
| Less: adjusted net income adjustments: |
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| Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes |
(46) | — | — | |||||||||
| Income (loss) before income taxes of our international and structured finance insurance segment and eliminations |
(20) | (283) | (391) | |||||||||
| Adjustments to income before income taxes of our U.S. public finance insurance and corporate segments: |
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| Mark-to-market gains (losses) on financial instruments(1) |
58 | 39 | (27) | |||||||||
| Foreign exchange gains (losses)(1) |
15 | 25 | (35) | |||||||||
| Net realized investment gains (losses) |
(40) | 5 | 48 | |||||||||
| Net gains (losses) on extinguishment of debt |
5 | 30 | — | |||||||||
| Net investment losses related to impairments of securities(2) |
(21) | — | — | |||||||||
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$ | (2.90) | $ | (5.27) | $ | (2.93) | ||||||
(1)—Reported within “Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange” on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.
(2)—Reported within “Other net realized gains (losses)” on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.
(3)—Adjusted net income (loss) per diluted common share is calculated by taking adjusted net income (loss) divided by GAAP weighted average number of diluted common shares outstanding.
Book Value Adjustments Per Share
In addition to GAAP book value per share, for internal purposes management also analyzes adjusted book value (“ABV”) per share, changes to which we view as an important indicator of financial performance. ABV is also used by management in certain components of management’s compensation. Since many of the Company’s investors and analysts continue to use ABV to evaluate MBIA’s share price and as the basis for their investment decisions, we present GAAP book value per share as well as the individual adjustments used by management to calculate its internal ABV metric.
Management adjusts GAAP book value to remove the book value of MBIA Corp., its discontinued operations, and for certain items which the Company believes will reverse from GAAP book value through GAAP earnings and comprehensive income, as well as add in the impact of certain items which the Company believes will be realized in GAAP book value in future periods. The Company has limited such adjustments to those items that it deems to be important to fundamental value and performance and for which the likelihood and amount can be reasonably estimated. The following provides a description of management’s adjustments to GAAP book value:
| • | Negative Book value of MBIA Corp. – We remove the negative book value of MBIA Corp., including its discontinued operations based on our view that given MBIA Corp.’s current financial condition, the regulatory regime in which it operates, the priority given to its policyholders, surplus note holders and preferred stock holders with respect to the distribution of assets, and its legal structure, it is not and will not likely be in a position to upstream any economic benefit to MBIA Inc. Further, MBIA Inc. does not face any material financial liability arising from MBIA Corp. |
| • | Net unrealized (gains) losses on available-for-sale (“AFS”) securities excluding MBIA Corp. – We remove net unrealized gains and losses on AFS securities recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income since they will reverse from GAAP book value when such securities mature. Gains and losses from sales and impairments of AFS securities are recorded in book value through earnings. |
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued)
| • | Net unearned premium revenue in excess of expected losses of National - We include net unearned premium revenue in excess of expected losses. Net unearned premium revenue in excess of expected losses consists of the financial guarantee unearned premium revenue of National in excess of expected insurance losses, net of reinsurance and deferred acquisition costs. In accordance with GAAP, a loss reserve on a financial guarantee policy is only recorded when expected losses exceed the amount of unearned premium revenue recorded for that policy. As a result, we only add to GAAP book value the amount of unearned premium revenue in excess of expected losses for each policy in order to reflect the full amount of our expected losses. The Company’s net unearned premium revenue will be recognized in GAAP book value in future periods, however, actual amounts could differ from estimated amounts due to such factors as credit defaults and policy terminations, among others. |
Since the Company has a full valuation allowance against its net deferred tax asset and a zero consolidated effective tax rate, the book value per share adjustments reflect a zero effective tax rate.
The following table provides the Company’s GAAP book value per share and management’s adjustments to book value per share used in our internal analysis:
| As of December 31, | As of December 31, | |||||||
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2022 | 2021 | ||||||
| Total shareholders’ equity of MBIA Inc. |
$ | (882) | $ | (313) | ||||
| Common shares outstanding |
54,852,671 | 54,556,112 | ||||||
| GAAP book value per share |
$ | (16.07) | $ | (5.73) | ||||
| Management’s adjustments described above: |
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(37.76) | (35.94) | ||||||
| Remove net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities included in other comprehensive income (loss) |
(3.96) | 2.02 | ||||||
| Include net unearned premium revenue in excess of expected losses |
3.08 | 3.58 | ||||||
U.S. Public Finance Insurance Segment
Our U.S. public finance insurance portfolio is managed through National. The financial guarantees issued by National provide unconditional and irrevocable guarantees of the payment of the principal of, and interest or other amounts owing on, insured obligations when due or, in the event National has exercised, at its discretion, the right to accelerate the payment under its policies upon the acceleration of the underlying insured obligations due to default or otherwise. National’s guarantees insure municipal bonds, including tax-exempt and taxable indebtedness of U.S. political subdivisions, as well as utility districts, airports, healthcare institutions, higher educational facilities, housing authorities and other similar agencies and obligations issued by private entities that finance projects that serve a substantial public purpose. Municipal bonds and privately issued bonds used for the financing of public purpose projects are generally supported by taxes, assessments, user fees or tariffs related to the use of these projects, lease payments or other similar types of revenue streams. As of December 31, 2022, National had total insured gross par outstanding of $31.7 billion.
National continues to monitor and remediate its existing insured portfolio and may also pursue strategic alternatives that could enhance shareholder value. Some state and local governments and territory obligors that National insures are experiencing financial and budgetary stress which could lead to an increase in defaults by such entities on the payment of their obligations and, while such has not yet occurred materially, losses or impairments on a greater number of the Company’s insured transactions. In particular, Puerto Rico had been experiencing significant fiscal stress and constrained liquidity. Refer to the “U.S. Public Finance Insurance Puerto Rico Exposures” section for additional information on our Puerto Rico exposures. We continue to monitor and analyze these situations and other stressed credits closely, and the overall extent and duration of stress affecting our insured credits remains uncertain.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued)
The following table presents our U.S. public finance insurance segment results for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020:
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$ | 47 | $ | 49 | $ | 57 | -4% | -14% | ||||||||||||
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81 | 58 | 70 | 40% | -17% | |||||||||||||||
| Net realized investment gains (losses) |
(30) | 2 | 37 | n/m | -95% | |||||||||||||||
| Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange |
(47) | (2) | 2 | n/m | n/m | |||||||||||||||
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3 | 3 | 3 | —% | —% | |||||||||||||||
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NET PREMIUMS EARNED Net premiums earned on financial guarantees represent gross premiums earned net of premiums ceded to reinsurers, and include scheduled premium earnings and premium earnings from refunded issues. Refunding activity over the past several years has accelerated premium earnings in prior years and reduced the amount of scheduled premiums that would have been earned in the current year. Refunding activity can vary significantly from period to period based on issuer refinancing behavior. For 2022 and 2021, scheduled premiums earned were $32 million and $36 million, respectively, and refunded premiums earned were $15 million and $13 million, respectively.
NET INVESTMENT INCOME The increase in net investment income for 2022 compared with 2021 was primarily due to a higher average invested asset base driven by proceeds from sales of the PREPA bankruptcy claims and the receipt of the cash and bonds from the GO PSA in the first quarter of 2022. In addition, higher yields on investments also contributed to the increase in net investment income in 2022 compared with 2021.
NET REALIZED INVESTMENT GAINS (LOSSES) Net realized investment losses in 2022 compared with gains in 2021 was primarily due to losses from the sales of securities from the ongoing management of our U.S. public finance investment portfolio, including to generate liquidity to pay claims.
NET GAINS (LOSSES) ON FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AT FAIR VALUE AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE For 2022, net losses on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange were driven by fair value losses on investments for which the fair value option was elected and investments designated as trading. The losses on the fair value option investments were driven by increases in interest rates and widening of credit spreads during 2022. The losses on the trading investments were driven by mark-to-market changes on the Puerto Rico GO and HTA CVI.
OTHER NET REALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) For 2022, other net realized losses were primarily related to impairments of certain investments with fair values below amortized cost and for which we intend to sell before recovery of their amortized cost.
LOSSES AND LOSS ADJUSTMENT EXPENSES Our U.S. public finance insured portfolio management group is responsible for monitoring our U.S. public finance segment’s insured obligations. The level and frequency of monitoring of any insured obligation depends on the type, size, rating and our assessed performance of the
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued)
insured issue. Refer to “Note 6: Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information related to the Company’s loss reserves.
For 2022, losses and LAE incurred primarily related to changes in our estimate of expected recoveries on National’s PREPA exposure, partially offset by benefits related to Puerto Rico HTA and GO recoveries. National’s expected recoveries on PREPA reflect assumptions based on the PREPA PSA agreed to in January of 2023. In addition, an increase in risk-free rates during 2022 contributed to the decrease in our estimated present value of expected PREPA recoveries. This was partially offset by loss incurred benefits on our HTA and GO recoveries to reflect the fair values of the consideration received as of the acquisition dates, which were higher than our previous estimates.
For 2021, losses and LAE incurred primarily related to changes in loss scenario assumptions on Puerto Rico HTA, PREPA and GO credits and the impact of an increase in risk-free rates used to discount net reserves. The loss and LAE incurred related to HTA was driven by changes in loss reserve scenario assumptions to reflect the most recent Plan of Adjustment including certain assumptions about recovery valuation on the date National expected to receive cash, bonds, and the CVI, which resulted in a decreased recovery value. Also in 2021, National modified its PREPA scenario assumptions to reflect actual and expected sales of recoverables on PREPA bankruptcy claims that had been fully satisfied by National’s insurance claim payments, which decreased its expected PREPA recoveries, partially offset by additional expected recoveries under the then PREPA RSA. In addition, during 2021, National modified its GO scenario assumptions to incorporate the final terms of the Plan of Adjustment. This included a commutation of 27% of National’s outstanding insured bonds and an acceleration of National’s remaining insured bonds. National also updated its GO loss reserve scenarios to include certain assumptions about recovery valuation on the date it expected to receive cash, bonds and the CVI, which resulted in an increased recovery value.
The following table presents information about our U.S. public finance insurance loss recoverable assets and loss and LAE reserves liabilities as of December 31, 2022 and 2021:
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$ | 107 | $ | 1,054 | -90% | |||||||
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(2)—Reported within “Other liabilities” on our consolidated balance sheets.
The insurance loss recoverable as of December 31, 2022 decreased compared with December 31, 2021, primarily due to the receipt of recoveries pursuant to the implemented GO PSA and the HTA settlement, whereby National received cash and new GO and HTA bonds and CVIs. In addition, the insurance loss recoverable declined due to the sale of PREPA bankruptcy claims as well as changes in assumptions related to the value of the remaining expected PREPA recoveries on paid claims. Loss and LAE reserves as of December 31, 2022 decreased compared with December 31, 2021 primarily due to the acceleration and commutation payments on National’s GO and HTA exposures, as well as claims payments made on the Company’s PREPA exposure during 2022. This was partially offset by a decrease in expected PREPA recoveries on claims not yet paid, which are netted in loss and LAE reserves.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued)
POLICY ACQUISITION COSTS AND OPERATING EXPENSES U.S. public finance insurance segment expenses for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 are presented in the following table:
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Gross expenses represent total insurance expenses before the deferral of any policy acquisition costs. Operating expenses decreased for 2022 compared with 2021 primarily due to a decrease in legal costs.
When an insured obligation refunds, we accelerate to expense any remaining deferred acquisition costs associated with the policy covering the refunded insured obligation. We did not defer a material amount of policy acquisition costs during 2022 or 2021 as we did not write any new insurance business in those years.
INSURED PORTFOLIO EXPOSURE Financial guarantee insurance companies use a variety of approaches to assess the underlying credit risk profile of their insured portfolios. National uses both an internally developed credit rating system as well as third-party rating sources in the analysis of credit quality measures of its insured portfolio. In evaluating credit risk, we obtain, when available, the underlying rating(s) of the insured obligation before the benefit of National’s insurance policy from nationally recognized rating agencies, Moody’s Investor Services (“Moody’s”) and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”). Other companies within the financial guarantee industry may report credit quality information based upon internal ratings that would not be comparable to our presentation. We maintain internal ratings on our entire portfolio, and our ratings may be higher or lower than the underlying ratings assigned by Moody’s or S&P.
The following table presents the credit quality distribution of National’s U.S. public finance outstanding gross par insured as of December 31, 2022 and 2021. Capital appreciation bonds (“CABs”) are reported at the par amount at the time of issuance of the insurance policy. All ratings are as of the period presented and represent S&P underlying ratings, where available. If transactions are not rated by S&P, a Moody’s equivalent rating is used. If transactions are not rated by either S&P or Moody’s, an internal equivalent rating is used.
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| In millions | December 31, 2022 | December 31, 2021 | ||||||||||||||
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Amount | % | Amount | % | ||||||||||||
| AAA |
$ | 1,433 | 4.5% | $ | 1,682 | 4.6% | ||||||||||
| AA |
13,448 | 42.5% | 14,874 | 40.8% | ||||||||||||
| A |
9,672 | 30.5% | 10,439 | 28.6% | ||||||||||||
| BBB |
5,055 | 16.0% | 6,187 | 17.0% | ||||||||||||
| Below investment grade |
2,044 | 6.5% | 3,269 | 9.0% | ||||||||||||
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$ | 31,652 | 100.0% | $ | 36,451 | 100.0% | ||||||||||
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U.S. Public Finance Insurance Puerto Rico Exposures
On May 3, 2017, the Oversight Board certified and filed a petition under Title III of PROMESA for Puerto Rico with the District Court of Puerto Rico thereby commencing a bankruptcy-like case for the Commonwealth GO. Under separate petitions, the Oversight Board subsequently commenced Title III proceedings for COFINA, PRHTA, PREPA and PBA on May 5, 2017, May 21, 2017, July 2, 2017 and September 27, 2019, respectively. On February 4, 2019, the District of Puerto Rico entered the order confirming the Third Amended Title III Plan of Adjustment for COFINA. The Title III cases for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and PBA were confirmed on January 18, 2022, and became effective on March 15, 2022. The confirmation hearing for the PRHTA Title III case was completed on August 17, 2022, and the confirmation order was entered on October 12, 2022, which became effective on December 6, 2022.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued)
As a result of prior defaults, various stays and the Title III cases, Puerto Rico failed to make certain scheduled debt service payments for National insured bonds. As a consequence, National has paid gross claims in the aggregate amount of $2.9 billion relating to GO bonds, PBA bonds, PREPA bonds and PRHTA bonds through December 31, 2022, inclusive of the commutation payment and the additional payment in the amount of $66 million in 2019 related to COFINA and the GO PSA and HTA PSA acceleration and commutation payments of $277 million and $556 million, respectively, in 2022.
Status of Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Plans
The Oversight Board certified fiscal plans for PREPA, University of Puerto Rico (the “University”) and PRHTA on June 28, 2022, May 27, 2022 and October 14, 2022, respectively. The Oversight Board also certified the fiscal year 2023 budgets for Commonwealth, PREPA, the University and PRHTA on June 30, 2022. The University is not a debtor in Title III and continues to be current on its debt service payment. However, the University is subject to a standstill agreement with its senior bondholders, which has been extended to May 31, 2023. National is not a party to the standstill agreement. As of December 31, 2022, National had $84 million of debt service outstanding related to the University.
PREPA
National’s largest remaining exposure to Puerto Rico, by gross par outstanding, is to PREPA.
On May 3, 2019, PREPA, the Oversight Board, the AAFAF, the Ad Hoc Group of PREPA bondholders (the “Ad Hoc Group”), and Assured Guaranty Corp. and Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. (“Assured”) entered into the a restructuring support agreement (“RSA”) which was amended on September 9, 2019 to include National and Syncora Guarantee, Inc. (“Syncora”) as supporting parties. On March 8, 2022, AAFAF and PREPA terminated the RSA. On April 8, 2022, the Court appointed a new panel of judges to commence mediation among the Oversight Board, the Ad Hoc creditor group of holders of PREPA Senior Bonds, Assured, National and Syncora. The mediation initially terminated on September 16, 2022; however on September 29, 2022, the Court entered an order of restarting mediation through January 31, 2023. Mediation will be further continued until April 28, 2023. On January 31, 2023, National entered into the PREPA PSA with the Oversight Board, on behalf of itself and as the sole Title III representative of PREPA. On February 9, 2023, the Oversight Board filed an amendment to the Plan of Adjustment originally filed with the Title III court on December 16, 2022 (the “Amended Plan”), that reflects the entry into the PREPA PSA and the settlement described therein. The PREPA PSA provides, among other things, for the consensual resolution of the treatment of claims held by National related to insured PREPA revenue bonds and the settlement of National’s participation in litigation related to such claims. The PREPA PSA provides that, upon the effective date of a plan of adjustment, National shall receive in exchange for its bond and reimbursement claims newly issued PREPA secured revenue bonds together with certain fees and expense reimbursement payments, including an interim payment subject to regulatory approval. The PREPA PSA also provides National with the potential to receive additional consideration. The PREPA PSA remains subject to a number of conditions, including (but not limited to) the Title III Court’s approval, and confirmation and effectiveness, of the Amended Plan. There is no assurance the Amended Plan or a substantially similar plan of adjustment will ultimately be confirmed and go effective.
On June 22, 2020, the Oversight Board and the Puerto Rico P3 Authority announced an agreement and contract with LUMA Energy, LLC (“LUMA”) which calls for LUMA to take full responsibility for the operation and maintenance of PREPA’s transmission and distribution system; the contract runs for 15-years following a transition period expected to take 12 months. PREPA retains ownership of the system as well as responsibility for the power generation system. LUMA assumed responsibility for operations on June 1, 2021.
On September 18, 2020, FEMA and the PR COR3 Authority announced the commitment by FEMA to provide approximately $11.6 billion (net of the required 10% cost share) to fund projects built by PREPA and the PR Department of Education; approximately $9.4 billion (net) of this amount is designated for PREPA. LUMA is now involved in the planning of the related projects as well as proceedings related thereto in front the PR Energy Bureau as well as PR-COR3.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued)
The following table presents our scheduled gross debt service due on our PREPA insured exposures as of December 31, 2022, for each of the subsequent five years ending December 31 and thereafter:
| In millions |
2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | Thereafter | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) |
$ | 137 | $ | 138 | $ | 105 | $ | 57 | $ | 20 | $ | 488 | $ | 945 | ||||||||||||||
Corporate Segment
Our corporate segment consists of general corporate activities, including providing support services to MBIA Inc.’s subsidiaries and asset and capital management. Support services are provided by our service company, MBIA Services, and include, among others, management, legal, accounting, treasury, information technology, and insurance portfolio surveillance, on a fee-for-service basis. Capital management includes activities related to servicing obligations issued by MBIA Inc. and its subsidiary, MBIA Global Funding, LLC (“GFL”). MBIA Inc. issued debt to finance the operations of the MBIA group. GFL raised funds through the issuance of medium-term notes (“MTNs”) with varying maturities, which were in turn guaranteed by MBIA Corp. GFL lent the proceeds of these MTN issuances to MBIA Inc. MBIA Inc. provided customized investment agreements, guaranteed by MBIA Corp., for bond proceeds and other public funds for such purposes as construction, loan origination, escrow and debt service or other reserve fund requirements. The Company ceased issuing new MTNs and investment agreements and the outstanding liability balances and corresponding asset balances have declined over time as liabilities matured, terminated, were called or repurchased. All of the debt within the corporate segment is managed collectively and is serviced by available liquidity.
The following table summarizes the consolidated results of our corporate segment for the years ended 2022, 2021 and 2020:
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2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2022 vs. 2021 | 2021 vs. 2020 | |||||||||||||||
| Net investment income |
$ | 22 | $ | 29 | $ | 30 | -24% | -3% | ||||||||||||
| Net realized investment gains (losses) |
(10) | 3 | 11 | n/m | -73% | |||||||||||||||
| Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange |
99 | 56 | (74) | 77% | n/m | |||||||||||||||
| Net gains (losses) on extinguishment of debt |
5 | 30 | — | -83% | n/m | |||||||||||||||
| Fees and reimbursements |
51 | 55 | 56 | -7% | -2% | |||||||||||||||
| Other net realized gains (losses) |
— | (7) | — | -100% | n/m | |||||||||||||||
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| Total revenues |
167 | 166 | 23 | 1% | n/m | |||||||||||||||
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| Operating |
58 | 74 | 72 | -22% | 3% | |||||||||||||||
| Interest |
76 | 75 | 84 | 1% | -11% | |||||||||||||||
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| Total expenses |
134 | 149 | 156 | -10% | -4% | |||||||||||||||
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| Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes |
$ | 33 | $ | 17 | $ | (133) | 94% | -113% | ||||||||||||
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NET REALIZED INVESTMENT GAINS (LOSSES) Net realized investment losses in 2022 compared with gains in 2021 was primarily due to losses from the sales of securities from the ongoing management of our corporate investment portfolio.
NET GAINS (LOSSES) ON FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AT FAIR VALUE AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange were primarily driven by changes in market values on interest rate swaps and investments and changes in the revaluation of euro-denominated liabilities.
2022 includes fair value net gains of $89 million on interest rate swaps compared with fair value net gains of $36 million on these swaps for 2021. This increase in net gains is due to the impact of larger increases in interest
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued)
rates in 2022 on swaps for which we receive floating rates. Fair value losses on investments was $11 million for 2022 compared with gains of $6 million for 2021. 2022 also includes foreign currency gains of $16 million on euro-denominated liabilities compared with foreign currency gains of $26 million on these liabilities for 2021. This decline was due to a smaller increase in the strength of the U.S. dollar against the euro in 2022 compared with 2021.
NET GAINS (LOSSES) ON EXTINGUISHMENT OF DEBT Net gains (losses) on extinguishment of debt for all periods include gains from purchases, at discounts, of MTNs issued by the Company.
OTHER NET REALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) Other net realized losses for 2021 related to settling litigation disputes.
OPERATING EXPENSE Operating expense decreased for 2022 compared with 2021 primarily due to a decrease in compensation expense related to the Company’s deferred compensation plan.
International and Structured Finance Insurance Segment
Our international and structured finance insurance portfolio is managed through MBIA Corp. The financial guarantees issued by MBIA Corp. generally provide unconditional and irrevocable guarantees of the payment of the principal of, and interest or other amounts owing on, non-U.S. public finance and global structured finance insured obligations when due or, in the event MBIA Corp. has the right, at its discretion, to accelerate insured obligations upon default or otherwise.
MBIA Corp. insures sovereign-related and sub-sovereign bonds, privately issued bonds used for the financing of utilities, toll roads, bridges, public transportation facilities, and other types of infrastructure projects serving a substantial public purpose. Global structured finance and asset-backed obligations typically are securities repayable from cash flows generated by a specified pool of assets, such as residential and commercial mortgages, structured settlements, consumer loans, and corporate loans and bonds. MBIA Insurance Corporation insures the investment agreements written by MBIA Inc., and if MBIA Inc. were to have insufficient assets to pay amounts due upon maturity or termination, MBIA Insurance Corporation would be required to make such payments under its insurance policies. MBIA Insurance Corporation also insures debt obligations of GFL and obligations under certain types of derivative contracts. MBIA Insurance Corporation provides 100% reinsurance to its subsidiary, MBIA Mexico S.A. de C.V. (“MBIA Mexico”). As of December 31, 2022, MBIA Corp.’s total insured gross par outstanding was $3.4 billion. In addition, MBIA Corp. consolidates insured transactions as VIEs if it determines it is the primary beneficiary, and deconsolidates such VIEs when it is no longer the primary beneficiary.
MBIA Corp. has contributed to the Company’s NOL carryforward, which is used in the calculation of our consolidated income taxes. If MBIA Corp. becomes profitable, it is not expected to make any tax payments under our tax sharing agreement. Based on MBIA Corp.’s current projected earnings and our expectation that it will not write significant new business, we believe it is unlikely that MBIA Corp. will generate significant income in the near future. As a result of MBIA Corp.’s capital structure and business prospects, we do not expect its financial performance to have a material economic impact on MBIA Inc.
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (continued)
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued)
The following table presents our international and structured finance insurance segment results for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020:
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| In millions |
2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2022 vs. 2021 | 2021 vs. 2020 | |||||||||||||||
| Net premiums earned |
$ | 11 | $ | 32 | $ | 24 | -66% | 33% | ||||||||||||
| Net investment income |
17 | 6 | 5 | n/m | 20% | |||||||||||||||
| Net realized investment gains (losses) |
(1) | — | — | n/m | n/m | |||||||||||||||
| Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange |
(7) | (14) | (8) | -50% | 75% | |||||||||||||||
| Fees and reimbursements |
14 | 17 | 12 | -18% | 42% | |||||||||||||||
| Other net realized gains (losses) |
7 | 1 | 1 | n/m | —% | |||||||||||||||
| Revenues of consolidated VIEs: |
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| Net investment income |
— | — | 18 | n/m | -100% | |||||||||||||||
| Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange |
(14) | (8) | 108 | 75% | -107% | |||||||||||||||
| Other net realized gains (losses) |
19 | (15) | 37 | n/m | -141% | |||||||||||||||
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| Losses and loss adjustment |
(105) | 123 | 367 | n/m | -66% | |||||||||||||||
| Amortization of deferred acquisition costs |
12 | 13 | 16 | -8% | -19% | |||||||||||||||
| Operating |
22 | 24 | 27 | -8% | -11% | |||||||||||||||
| Interest |
127 | 109 | 116 | 17% | -6% | |||||||||||||||
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8 | 6 | 5 | 33% | 20% | |||||||||||||||
| Interest |
3 | 26 | 57 | -88% | -54% | |||||||||||||||
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67 | 301 | 588 | -78% | -49% | |||||||||||||||
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$ | (21) | $ | (282) | $ | (391) | -93% | -28% | ||||||||||||
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NET PREMIUMS EARNED Our international and structured finance insurance segment generates net premiums from insurance policies accounted for as financial guarantee contracts. Certain premiums are eliminated in our consolidated financial statements as a result of the Company consolidating VIEs.
The following table provides net premiums earned from our financial guarantee contracts for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020:
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2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2022 vs. 2021 | 2021 vs. 2020 | |||||||||||||||
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| Non-U.S. |
$ | 9 | $ | 29 | $ | 18 | -69% | 61% | ||||||||||||
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2 | 3 | 6 | -33% | -50% | |||||||||||||||
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$ | 11 | $ | 32 | $ | 24 | -66% | 33% | ||||||||||||
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$ | — | $ | 3 | $ | (7) | -100% | -143% | ||||||||||||
Net premiums earned represent gross premiums earned net of premiums ceded to reinsurers, and include scheduled premium earnings and premium earnings from refunded issues. The decrease in net premiums earned for 2022 compared with 2021 was due to the acceleration of premium earnings related to the termination of an international public finance insurance policy during the third quarter of 2021. Net premiums earned will continue to decrease over time due to the maturity or termination of insurance contracts with no new business written.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued)
NET INVESTMENT INCOME The increase in net investment income for 2022 compared with 2021 was primarily due to higher yields on investment assets in 2022.
NET GAINS (LOSSES) ON FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AT FAIR VALUE AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE The net losses in 2022 and 2021 were primarily driven by foreign exchange losses on the revaluation of non-U.S. dollar insurance balances. The favorable change for 2022 compared with 2021 was primarily due to fair value net gains on investments in 2022.
REVENUES OF CONSOLIDATED VIEs The favorable change for 2022 compared with 2021 was principally due to a gain in 2022 from a litigation settlement by a litigation trust that we consolidated as a VIE and the reclassification of credit risk losses from AOCI to earnings in 2021 from the deconsolidation of VIEs.
LOSSES AND LOSS ADJUSTMENT EXPENSES Our international and structured finance insured portfolio management group is responsible for monitoring international and structured finance insured obligations. The level and frequency of monitoring of any insured obligation depends on the type, size, rating and our assessed performance of the insured issue. Refer to “Note 6: Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of the Company’s loss reserving policy and additional information related to its loss reserves.
For 2022, the losses and LAE benefit primarily related to an increase in risk free rates during 2022 which resulted in the value of expected future payments, net of future recoveries to decline, primarily on our first-lien RMBS portfolio and an increase in expected salvage collections from insured CDOs.
For 2021, losses and LAE incurred primarily related to a decrease in expected salvage collections from insured CDOs, partially offset by an increase in risk free rates during 2021, which caused the value of expected future payments, net of future recoveries to decline, primarily on our first-lien RMBS portfolio.
As a result of the consolidation of VIEs, loss and LAE excludes losses and LAE benefits of $9 million and $21 million for 2022 and 2021, respectively, as VIE losses and LAE activity is eliminated in consolidation.
Refer to “Note 6: Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information about our insurance loss recoverable and loss and LAE reserves. The following table presents information about our insurance loss recoverable and loss and LAE reserves as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
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$ | 30 | $ | 242 | -88% | |||||||
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4 | 5 | -20% | |||||||||
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The insurance loss recoverable primarily relates to reimbursement rights arising from the payment of claims on MBIA Corp.’s policies insuring certain CDOs and RMBS. Such payments also entitle MBIA Corp. to exercise certain rights and remedies to seek recovery of its reimbursement entitlements. The insurance loss recoverable decreased from 2021 primarily due to the distribution of the remaining collateral in the Zohar CDOs to MBIA Corp. As a result of this distribution, the insurance loss recoverable was replaced with the fair values of MBIA Corp.’s interests in entities comprising the collateral. These interests are now reported within various other asset and liability financial statement lines based on the nature of and the Company’s accounting policy for each interest, including within assets held for sale and liabilities held for sale classified as discontinued operations. Also contributing to the decline in the insurance loss recoverable was a decrease in RMBS recoveries due to an increase in risk-free interest rates used to discount future recoveries of paid claims, which lowered the present value of recoveries in 2022.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued)
The decline in loss and LAE reserves from 2021 is primarily due to the increase in risk-free rates, which caused the present value of case reserves, net of future recoveries, to decline.
Refer to “Note 1: Business Developments and Risks and Uncertainties” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding risks and uncertainties related to future collections of estimated recoveries. Refer to “Note 6: Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information about our loss reserving policy, loss reserves and recoverables.
POLICY ACQUISITION COSTS AND OPERATING EXPENSES International and structured finance insurance segment expenses for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 are presented in the following table:
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| Gross expenses |
$ | 22 | $ | 25 | $ | 28 | -12% | -11% | ||||||||||||
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$ | 12 | $ | 13 | $ | 16 | -8% | -19% | ||||||||||||
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Gross expenses represent total insurance expenses before the deferral of any policy acquisition costs. We did not defer a material amount of policy acquisition costs during 2022 or 2021 as no new business was written. Policy acquisition costs in these periods were primarily related to ceding commissions and premium taxes on installment policies written in prior periods.
INTEREST EXPENSE Interest expense relates to MBIA Corp.’s surplus notes which are indexed to the London Interbank Offered Rate (”LIBOR”). The increase in interest expense for 2022 compared with 2021 is due to an increase in LIBOR during 2022.
INTEREST EXPENSE OF CONSOLIDATED VIEs Interest expense of consolidated VIEs decreased for 2022 compared with 2021 primarily due to the repayment of the outstanding insured senior notes of MBIA Corp.’s financing facility between MZ Funding and certain purchasers in 2021 and of the subordinated notes between MZ Funding and MBIA Inc. in April of 2022 (“Refinanced Facility”).
International and Structured Finance Insurance Portfolio Exposures
Credit Quality
The credit quality of our international and structured finance insured portfolio is assessed in the same manner as our U.S. public finance insured portfolio. As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, 30% and 26%, respectively, of our international and structured finance insured portfolio was rated below investment grade, before giving effect to MBIA’s guarantees, based on MBIA’s internal ratings, which are generally more current than the underlying ratings provided by S&P and Moody’s for this subset of our insured portfolio. Below investment grade insurance policies primarily include our first-lien RMBS and CDO exposures.
Selected Portfolio Exposures
MBIA Corp. insures RMBS backed by residential mortgage loans, including first-lien alternative A-paper and subprime mortgage loans directly through RMBS securitizations. As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, MBIA Corp. had $802 million and $979 million, respectively, of first-lien RMBS gross par outstanding. These amounts include the gross par outstanding related to transactions that the Company consolidates under accounting guidance for VIEs and includes international exposure of $149 million and $238 million, as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.
In addition, as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, MBIA Corp. insured $201 million and $231 million, respectively, of CDOs and related instruments.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued)
We may experience considerable incurred losses in certain of these sectors. There can be no assurance that the loss reserves recorded in our financial statements will be sufficient or that we will not experience losses on transactions on which we currently have no loss reserves, in particular if the economy deteriorates. We may seek to purchase, directly or indirectly, obligations guaranteed by MBIA Corp. or seek to commute policies. The amount of insurance exposure reduced, if any, and the nature of any such actions will depend on market conditions, pricing levels from time to time, and other considerations. In some cases, these activities may result in a reduction of loss reserves, but in all cases they are intended to limit our ultimate losses and reduce the future volatility in loss development on the related policies. Our ability to purchase guaranteed obligations and to commute policies will depend on management’s assessment of available liquidity.
Effective in the first quarter of 2022, MBIA Corp. was granted a permitted practice by the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYSDFS”) related to the purchase of certain MBIA Corp.-insured securities with gross case base loss reserves (“Remediation Securities”). The Remediation Securities are being acquired with the intent to terminate or commute the related insurance policies. MBIA Corp. may elect to sell the Remediation Securities to facilitate a termination or commutation.
U.S. Public Finance and International and Structured Finance Reinsurance
Reinsurance enables the Company to cede exposure for purposes of syndicating risk. The Company generally retains the right to reassume the business ceded to reinsurers under certain circumstances, including a reinsurer’s rating downgrade below specified thresholds. Currently, we do not intend to use reinsurance to decrease the insured exposure in our portfolio. Refer to “Note 13: Insurance in Force” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Form 10-K for a further discussion about reinsurance agreements.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Liquidity
We use a liquidity risk management framework, the primary objective of which is to match liquidity resources to needs. We monitor our cash and liquid asset resources using cash forecasting and stress-scenario testing. Members of MBIA’s senior management meet regularly to review liquidity metrics, discuss contingency plans and establish target liquidity levels. We evaluate and manage liquidity on a legal-entity basis to take into account the legal, regulatory and other limitations on available liquidity resources within the enterprise.
Consolidated Cash Flows
Information about our consolidated cash flows by category is presented on our consolidated statements of cash flows. The following table summarizes our consolidated cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020:
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623 | (61) | 1,738 | n/m | -104% | |||||||||||||||
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(285) | (457) | (1,265) | -38% | -64% | |||||||||||||||
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Operating activities
Net cash provided by operating activities decreased for 2022 compared with 2021 primarily due to an increase of $765 million of losses and LAE paid in 2022 compared with 2021. This increase in losses and LAE paid was primarily due to the acceleration and commutation payments in connection with the GO and HTA PSAs. In addition, in 2021, we received proceeds of $600 million from loan repurchase commitments as a result of the settlement of the Credit Suisse litigation. These decreases in net cash provided by operating activities were partially offset by an increase in proceeds from recoveries and reinsurance of $412 million, primarily from the sale of certain PREPA bankruptcy claims and in connection with the GO and HTA PSAs, during 2022.
Investing activities
Net cash provided by investing activities increased for 2022 compared with 2021 primarily due to an increase of $503 million from the sale of AFS investments in 2022, which, to a large extent, was used to make the GO and HTA acceleration and termination payments.
Financing activities
Net cash used by financing activities decreased for 2022 compared with 2021 primarily due to a decrease of $234 million in principal paydowns of VIE debt primarily as a result of the repayment of the Refinanced Facility in 2021.
Consolidated Investments
The following discussion of investments, including references to consolidated investments, excludes investments reported under “Assets of consolidated variable interest entities” on our consolidated balance sheets. Investments of VIEs support the repayment of VIE obligations and are not available to settle obligations of MBIA. Fixed-maturity securities purchased by the Company are generally designated as AFS. Our AFS investments comprise high-quality fixed-income securities and short-term investments.
The credit quality distribution of the Company’s AFS fixed-maturity investment portfolios, excluding short-term investments, are based on ratings from Moody’s and alternate ratings sources, such as S&P or the best estimate of the ratings assigned by the Company, have been used for a small percentage of securities that are not rated by Moody’s. As of December 31, 2022, the weighted average credit quality rating of the Company’s AFS fixed-maturity investment portfolio, excluding short-term investments, was Aa and 92% of the investments were investment grade.
The fair values of securities in the Company’s AFS fixed-maturity investment portfolio are sensitive to changes in interest rates. Decreases in interest rates generally result in increases in the fair values of fixed-maturity securities and increases in interest rates generally result in decreases in the fair values of fixed-maturity securities.
As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had $233 million of unrealized losses and $139 million of unrealized gains, respectively, net of deferred taxes related to its investment portfolio recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income within equity. The unrealized losses during 2022 resulted from higher interest rates and wider credit spreads.
Refer to “Note 2: Significant Accounting Policies,” and “Note 8: Investments” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information about our accounting policies and investments.
Insured Investments
MBIA’s consolidated investment portfolio includes investments that are insured by various financial guarantee insurers (“Insured Investments”), including investments insured by National and MBIA Corp. (“Company-Insured Investments”). When purchasing Insured Investments, the Company’s third-party portfolio manager independently assesses the underlying credit quality, structure and liquidity of each investment, in addition to the
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creditworthiness of the insurer. Insured Investments are diverse by sector, issuer and size of holding. The third-party portfolio manager assigns underlying ratings to Insured Investments without giving effect to financial guarantees based on underlying ratings assigned by Moody’s, or S&P when a rating is not published by Moody’s. When a Moody’s or S&P underlying rating is not available, the underlying rating is based on the portfolio manager’s best estimate of the rating of such investment. If the Company determines that declines in the fair values of third-party Insured Investments are related to credit loss, the Company will establish an allowance for credit losses and recognize the credit component through earnings.
As of December 31, 2022, Insured Investments at fair value represented $198 million or 7% of consolidated investments, of which $173 million or 6% of consolidated investments were Company-Insured Investments. As of December 31, 2022, based on the actual or estimated underlying ratings of our consolidated investment portfolio, without giving effect to financial guarantees, the weighted average rating of only the Insured Investments in the investment portfolio would be in the below investment grade range. Without giving effect to the National and MBIA Corp. guarantees of the Company-Insured Investments in the consolidated investment portfolio, as of December 31, 2022, based on actual or estimated underlying ratings, the weighted average rating of the consolidated investment portfolio was in the Aa range. The weighted average rating of only the Company-Insured Investments was in the below investment grade range, and investments rated below investment grade in the Company-Insured Investments were 6% of the total consolidated investment portfolio.
National Liquidity
The primary sources of cash available to National are:
| • | principal and interest receipts on assets held in its investment portfolio, including proceeds from the sale of assets; |
| • | recoveries associated with insurance loss payments; and |
| • | installment premiums. |
The primary uses of cash by National are:
| • | loss payments and LAE on insured transactions; |
| • | payments of dividends; and |
| • | payments of operating expenses, taxes and investment portfolio asset purchases. |
As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, National held cash and investments of $2.1 billion and $2.0 billion, respectively, of which $230 million and $199 million, respectively, were cash and cash equivalents or short-term investments comprised of highly rated commercial paper, money market funds and municipal, U.S. agency and corporate bonds.
The insurance policies issued or reinsured by National provide unconditional and irrevocable guarantees of payments of the principal of, and interest or other amounts owing on, insured obligations when due. In the event of a default in payment of principal, interest or other insured amounts by an issuer, National generally promises to make funds available in the insured amount within one to three business days following notification. In some cases, the amount due can be substantial, particularly if the default occurs on a transaction to which National has a large notional exposure or on a transaction structured with large, bullet-type principal maturities. The U.S. public finance insurance segment’s financial guarantee contracts generally cannot be accelerated by a party other than the insurer which helps to mitigate liquidity risk in this segment.
Corporate Liquidity
The primary sources of cash available to MBIA Inc. are:
| • | dividends from National; |
| • | available cash and liquid assets not subject to collateral posting requirements; |
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| • | principal and interest receipts on assets held in its investment portfolio, including proceeds from the sale of assets; and |
| • | access to capital markets. |
The primary uses of cash by MBIA Inc. are:
| • | servicing outstanding unsecured corporate debt obligations and MTNs; |
| • | meeting collateral posting requirements under investment agreements and derivative arrangements; |
| • | payments related to interest rate swaps; |
| • | payments of operating expenses; and |
| • | funding share repurchases and debt buybacks. |
As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the liquidity positions of MBIA Inc. were $230 million and $239 million, respectively, and included cash and cash equivalents and other investments comprised of highly rated commercial paper and U.S. government and asset-backed bonds.
Based on our projections of National’s and MBIA Corp.’s future earnings and losses, we expect that for the foreseeable future National will be the primary source of payments to MBIA Inc. There can be no assurance as to the amount and timing of any future dividends from National. Also, absent a special dividend subject to the approval of the NYSDFS, we expect the declared and paid dividend amounts from National to be limited to the prior twelve months of adjusted net investment income as reported in its most recent statutory filings. Refer to the following “Liquidity and Capital Resources- Capital Resources” section for additional information on payments of dividends. We do not expect MBIA Inc. to receive dividends from MBIA Corp.
Currently, a significant portion of the cash and securities held by MBIA Inc. is pledged against investment agreement liabilities, the Asset Swap (simultaneous repurchase and reverse repurchase agreement) and derivatives, which limits its ability to raise liquidity through asset sales. As the market value or rating eligibility of the assets pledged against MBIA Inc.’s obligations declines, we are required to pledge additional eligible assets in order to meet minimum required collateral amounts against these liabilities. To mitigate these risks, we seek to maintain cash and liquidity resources that we believe will be sufficient to make all payments due on our obligations and to meet other financial requirements, such as posting collateral. Contingent liquidity resources include: (1) sales of invested assets exposed to credit spread stress risk, which may occur at losses; (2) termination and settlement of interest rate swap agreements; and (3) accessing the capital markets. These actions, if taken, are expected to result in either additional liquidity or reduced exposure to adverse credit spread movements. There can be no assurance that these actions will be sufficient to fully mitigate this risk.
MBIA Corp. Liquidity
The primary sources of cash available to MBIA Corp. are:
| • | recoveries associated with insurance loss payments; |
| • | installment premiums and fees; and |
| • | principal and interest receipts on assets held in its investment portfolio, including the proceeds from the sale of assets. |
The primary uses of cash by MBIA Corp. are:
| • | loss and LAE or commutation payments on insured transactions; and |
| • | payments of operating expenses. |
As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, MBIA Corp. held cash and investments of $386 million and $544 million, respectively, of which $41 million and $310 million, respectively, were cash and cash equivalents or
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liquid investments comprised of money market funds and municipal, U.S. Treasury and corporate bonds that were immediately available to MBIA Insurance Corporation.
Insured transactions that require payment of scheduled debt service payments insured when due or payment in full of the principal insured at maturity could present liquidity risk for MBIA Corp., as any salvage recoveries from such payments could be recovered over an extended period of time after the payment is made. MBIA Corp. is generally required to satisfy claims within one to three business days, and as a result seeks to identify potential claims in advance through our monitoring process. In order to monitor liquidity risk and maintain appropriate liquidity resources, we use the same methodology as we use to monitor credit quality and losses within our insured portfolio, including stress scenarios.
During the second quarter of 2022, MBIA Corp. repaid in full the outstanding amount of the subordinated notes between MZ Funding and MBIA Inc. of the Refinanced Facility. These subordinated notes and the related interest were eliminated in our consolidated financial statements.
Advances Agreement
MBIA Inc., National, MBIA Insurance Corporation and certain other affiliates are party to an intercompany advances agreement (the “MBIA Advances Agreement”). The MBIA Advances Agreement permits National to make advances to MBIA Inc. and other MBIA group companies that are party to the agreement at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus 0.25%. The agreement also permits other affiliates to make advances to National or MBIA Insurance Corporation at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR minus 0.10%. Advances by National cannot exceed 3% of its net admitted assets as of the last quarter end. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, there were no amounts drawn under the agreement.
Contractual Obligations
The following table summarizes the Company’s future estimated cash payments relating to contractual obligations as of December 31, 2022. Estimating these payments requires management to make estimates and assumptions regarding these obligations. The estimates and assumptions used by management are described below. Since these estimates and assumptions are subjective, actual payments in future periods may vary from those reported in the following table. Refer to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information about these contractual obligations, including “Note 6: Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves” and “Note 13: Insurance in Force” for additional information about our insurance claim obligations and exposures under our insurance contracts.
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Total | Due Within 1 Year |
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| Gross insurance claim obligations(1) |
$ | 821 | $ | 137 | ||||
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23 | 3 | ||||||
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| Long-term debt |
373 | 18 | ||||||
| Investment agreements |
311 | 25 | ||||||
| Medium-term notes |
730 | 18 | ||||||
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| Gross insurance claim obligations(1) |
828 | 96 | ||||||
| Surplus notes |
3,598 | 1,325 | ||||||
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(1)—Amounts exclude any recoveries the Company expects to receive related to these estimated payments or to prior paid claims.
Gross insurance claim obligations represent the future value of probability-weighted payments the Company’s insurance companies expect to make (before reinsurance and the consolidation of VIEs) under insurance policies
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for which the Company has recorded loss reserves. Certain probability-weighted payments incorporate commutation and/or acceleration of specific exposures and, therefore, expected payments may differ from those the Company is contractually obligated to make. Also, these amounts exclude any recoveries National or MBIA Corp. expect to receive related to these estimated payments or to claims paid in prior periods. For certain of our estimated future payments, the amount of recoveries expected to be received in the future will offset some or all of the payments.
Estimated potential insurance claim payments for obligations issued by VIEs consolidated in our international and structured finance insurance segment are included within “Gross insurance claim obligations” in the preceding table. Obligations of these VIEs are collateralized by assets held by the VIEs, and investors in such obligations do not have recourse to the general credit of MBIA. As of December 31, 2022, VIE notes issued by issuer-sponsored consolidated VIEs totaled $172 million and are not considered contractual obligations of MBIA beyond MBIA’s insurance claim obligation. The Company’s involvement with VIEs is continually reassessed as required by consolidation guidance, and may result in consolidation or deconsolidation of VIEs in future periods. As the Company consolidates and deconsolidates VIEs, the amount of VIE debt obligations recorded on its balance sheet may change significantly.
Long-term debt, investment agreements, MTNs and surplus notes include principal and interest and exclude premiums or discounts. Liabilities issued at discounts reflect principal due at maturity. Interest payments on floating rate obligations are estimated using applicable forward rates. Principal and interest on callable obligations or obligations that allow investors to withdraw funds prior to legal maturity are based on the expected call or withdrawal dates of such obligations. Liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are presented in U.S. dollars using applicable exchange rates as of December 31, 2022. Principal payments under investment agreements are based on contractual maturity and exclude puttable options. All other principal payments are based on contractual maturity dates. Refer to “Note 10: Debt” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for information about MBIA Inc.’s debt obligations.
Included in the international and structured finance insurance segment’s surplus notes due within one year is $1.2 billion of unpaid interest related to 2013 through 2022 interest payments for which MBIA Insurance Corporation’s requests for approval to pay was not approved by the NYSDFS. This deferred interest payment will be due on the first business day on or after which MBIA Insurance Corporation obtains approval to make such payment from NYSDFS. No interest will accrue on the deferred interest. There can be no assurance that the NYSDFS will approve any subsequent payments, or that it will approve any payment by its scheduled interest payment date. Refer to “MBIA Insurance Corporation – Capital and surplus” section below for additional information on MBIA Insurance Corporation’s surplus notes and statutory capital.
Capital Resources
The Company manages its capital resources to minimize its cost of capital while maintaining appropriate claims-paying resources (“CPR”) for National and MBIA Corp. The Company’s capital resources consist of total shareholders’ equity, total debt issued by MBIA Inc. for general corporate purposes and surplus notes issued by MBIA Corp. Total capital resources were $0.3 billion and $0.9 billion as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
In addition to scheduled debt maturities, from time to time, we reduce unsecured debt through calls or repurchases. Also, MBIA Inc. may repurchase or National may purchase outstanding MBIA Inc. common shares when we deem it beneficial to our shareholders. Purchases or repurchases of debt and common stock may be made from time to time in the open market or in private transactions as permitted by securities laws and other legal requirements. We may also choose to redeem debt obligations where permitted by the relevant agreements. MBIA Inc. or National may acquire or redeem outstanding common shares of MBIA Inc. and outstanding debt obligations at prices when we deem it beneficial to our shareholders. Refer to “Note 17: Common and Preferred Stock” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for information about MBIA Inc.’s share repurchases and National’s share purchases and “Note 10: Debt” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for information about debt repurchases or redemptions. We seek to maintain sufficient liquidity and capital resources
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to meet the Company’s general corporate needs and debt service. Based on MBIA Inc.’s debt service requirements and expected operating expenses, we expect that MBIA Inc. will have sufficient resources to satisfy its debt obligations and its general corporate needs over time from distributions from National; however, there can be no assurance that MBIA Inc. will have sufficient resources to do so. In addition, the Company may also consider raising third-party capital. Refer to “Capital, Liquidity and Market Related Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of this Form 10-K and the “Liquidity and Capital Resources—Liquidity—Corporate Liquidity” section included herein for additional information about MBIA Inc.’s liquidity.
Insurance Statutory Capital
National and MBIA Insurance Corporation are incorporated and licensed in, and are subject to primary insurance regulation and supervision by the NYSDFS. MBIA Mexico is regulated by the Comisión Nacional de Seguros y Fianzas in Mexico. MBIA Corp.’s Spanish Branch is subject to local regulation in Spain. National and MBIA Insurance Corporation each are required to file detailed annual financial statements, as well as interim financial statements, with the NYSDFS and similar supervisory agencies in each of the other jurisdictions in which it is licensed. These financial statements are prepared in accordance with New York State and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ statements of statutory accounting principles and assist our regulators in evaluating minimum standards of solvency, including minimum capital requirements, and business conduct.
National – Statutory Capital and Surplus
National had statutory capital of $1.9 billion as of December 31, 2022 compared with $2.0 billion as of December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2022, National’s unassigned surplus was $955 million. For the year ended December 31, 2022, National had statutory net income of $75 million. Refer to the “National—Claims-Paying Resources (Statutory Basis)” section below for additional information on National’s statutory capital.
In order to maintain its New York State financial guarantee insurance license, National is required to maintain a minimum of $65 million of policyholders’ surplus. National is also required to maintain contingency reserves to provide protection to policyholders in the event of extreme losses in adverse economic events. As of December 31, 2022, National was in compliance with its aggregate risk limits under New York Insurance Law (“NYIL”), but was not in compliance with certain of its single risk limits. Since National does not comply with certain of its single risk limits, the NYSDFS could prevent National from transacting any new financial guarantee insurance business.
NYIL regulates the payment of dividends by financial guarantee insurance companies and provides that such companies may not declare or distribute dividends except out of statutory earned surplus. Under NYIL, the sum of (i) the amount of dividends declared or distributed during the preceding 12-month period and (ii) the dividend to be declared may not exceed the lesser of (a) 10% of policyholders’ surplus, as reported in the latest statutory financial statements or (b) 100% of adjusted net investment income for such 12-month period (the net investment income for such 12-month period plus the excess, if any, of net investment income over dividends declared or distributed during the two-year period preceding such 12-month period), unless the Superintendent of the NYSDFS approves a greater dividend distribution based upon a finding that the insurer will retain sufficient surplus to support its obligations.
National had positive earned surplus as of December 31, 2022 from which it may pay dividends, subject to the limitations described above. During 2022 and 2021, National declared and paid a dividend of $72 million and $60 million, respectively, to its ultimate parent, MBIA Inc. We expect the as-of-right declared and paid dividend amounts from National to be limited to prior year adjusted net investment income for the foreseeable future.
National—Claims-Paying Resources (Statutory Basis)
CPR is a key measure of the resources available to National to pay claims under its insurance policies. CPR consists of total financial resources and reserves calculated on a statutory basis. CPR has been a common measure used by financial guarantee insurance companies to report and compare resources and continues to be
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used by MBIA’s management to evaluate changes in such resources. We have provided CPR to allow investors and analysts to evaluate National using the same measure that MBIA’s management uses to evaluate National’s resources to pay claims under its insurance policies. There is no directly comparable GAAP measure. Our calculation of CPR may differ from the calculation of CPR reported by other companies.
National’s CPR and components thereto, as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 are presented in the following table:
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As of December 31, 2022 |
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$ | 1,545 | $ | 1,569 | ||||
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$ | 2,444 | $ | 2,961 | ||||
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(1)—Calculated using a discount rate of 4.29% and 3.65% as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
(2)—Includes financial guarantee and insured derivative related premiums.
MBIA Insurance Corporation – Statutory Capital and Surplus
MBIA Insurance Corporation had statutory capital of $169 million as of December 31, 2022 compared with $134 million as of December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2022, MBIA Insurance Corporation’s negative unassigned surplus was $1.9 billion. For the year ended December 31, 2022, MBIA Insurance Corporation had statutory net income of $46 million. Refer to the “MBIA Insurance Corporation—Claims-Paying Resources (Statutory Basis)” section below for additional information on MBIA Insurance Corporation’s statutory capital.
In order to maintain its New York State financial guarantee insurance license, MBIA Insurance Corporation is required to maintain a minimum of $65 million of policyholders’ surplus. In addition, under NYIL, MBIA Insurance Corporation is required to invest its minimum surplus and contingency reserves and 50% of its loss reserves and unearned premium reserves in certain qualifying assets. As of December 31, 2022, MBIA Insurance Corporation maintained its minimum requirement of policyholders’ surplus but did not have enough qualifying assets to support its contingency reserves and 50% of its loss reserves and unearned premium reserves. As of December 31, 2022, MBIA Insurance Corporation was in compliance with its aggregate risk limits under the NYIL, but was not in compliance with certain of its single risk limits. Since MBIA Insurance Corporation does not comply with its single risk limits, the NYSDFS could prevent MBIA Insurance Corporation from transacting any new financial guarantee insurance business.
MBIA Insurance Corporation is also required to maintain contingency reserves to provide protection to policyholders in the event of extreme losses in adverse economic events. Pursuant to a non-disapproval by the NYSDFS, and in accordance with NYIL, MBIA Insurance Corporation released to surplus $32 million of excessive contingency reserves during 2022. In accordance with this contingency reserve release, MBIA Corp. will maintain a fixed $5 million of contingency reserves.
Due to its significant earned surplus deficit, MBIA Insurance Corporation has not had the statutory capacity to pay dividends since December 31, 2009. Based on estimated future income, MBIA Insurance Corporation is not expected to have any statutory capacity to pay dividends.
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The NYSDFS has not approved MBIA Insurance Corporation’s requests to make interest payments on MBIA Insurance Corporation’s Surplus Notes due January 15, 2033 (the “Surplus Notes”) since, and including, the January 15, 2013 interest payment. The NYSDFS has cited both MBIA Insurance Corporation’s liquidity and financial condition as well as the availability of “free and divisible surplus” as the basis for such non-approvals. As of January 15, 2023, the most recent scheduled interest payment date, there was $1.2 billion of unpaid interest on the par amount outstanding of $953 million of the Surplus Notes. Under Section 1307 of the NYIL and the Fiscal Agency Agreement governing the surplus notes, Surplus Note payments may be made only with the prior approval by the NYSDFS and if MBIA Insurance Corporation has sufficient “Eligible Surplus”, or as we believe, “free and divisible surplus” as an appropriate calculation of “Eligible Surplus.” As of December 31, 2022, MBIA Insurance Corporation had “free and divisible surplus” of $146 million. There is no assurance the NYSDFS will approve Surplus Note payments, notwithstanding the sufficiency of MBIA Insurance Corporation’s liquidity and financial condition. The unpaid interest on the Surplus Notes will become due on the first business day on or after which MBIA Insurance Corporation obtains approval to pay some or all of such unpaid interest. No interest has been accrued or will accrue on the deferred interest.
MBIA Insurance Corporation—Claims-Paying Resources (Statutory Basis)
CPR is a key measure of the resources available to MBIA Corp. to pay claims under its insurance policies. CPR consists of total financial resources and reserves calculated on a statutory basis. CPR has been a common measure used by financial guarantee insurance companies to report and compare resources, and continues to be used by MBIA’s management to evaluate changes in such resources. We have provided CPR to allow investors and analysts to evaluate MBIA Corp., using the same measure that MBIA’s management uses to evaluate MBIA Corp.’s resources to pay claims under its insurance policies. There is no directly comparable GAAP measure. Our calculation of CPR may differ from the calculation of CPR reported by other companies.
MBIA Corp.’s CPR and components thereto, as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 are presented in the following table:
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(2)—Includes financial guarantee and insured derivative related premiums.
(3)—This amount primarily consists of expected recoveries related to the payment of claims on insured CDOs and RMBS. In addition, the 2022 balance includes salvage related to a permitted practice granted by NYSDFS.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
We prepare our consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP, which requires the use of estimates and assumptions. Refer to “Note 2: Significant Accounting Policies” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of our significant accounting policies and methods used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.
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The following accounting estimates are viewed by management to be critical because they require significant judgment on the part of management. Management has discussed and reviewed the development, selection, and disclosure of critical accounting estimates with the Company’s Audit Committee. Financial results could be materially different if other methodologies were used or if management modified its assumptions.
Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves
Loss and LAE reserves are established by loss reserve committees in each of our major operating insurance companies (National and MBIA Insurance Corporation) and reviewed by our executive Loss Reserve Committee, which consists of members of senior management. Loss and LAE reserves include case basis reserves and accruals for LAE incurred with respect to non-derivative financial guarantees. Case basis reserves represent our estimate of expected losses to be paid under insurance contracts, net of expected recoveries, on insured obligations that have defaulted or are expected to default. These reserves require the use of judgment and estimates with respect to the occurrence, timing and amount of paid losses and recoveries on insured obligations. Given that the reserves are based on such estimates and assumptions, there can be no assurance that the actual ultimate losses will not be greater than or less than such estimates, resulting in the Company recognizing additional or reversing excess loss and LAE reserves through earnings.
We take into account a number of variables in establishing specific case basis reserves for individual policies that depend primarily on the nature of the underlying insured obligation. These variables include the nature and creditworthiness of the issuers of the insured obligations, expected recovery rates on unsecured obligations, the projected cash flow or market value of any assets pledged as collateral on secured obligations, and the expected rates of recovery, cash flow or market values on such obligations or other expected consideration. Factors that may affect the actual ultimate realized losses for any policy include economic conditions and trends, political developments, levels of interest rates, borrower behavior, the default rate and salvage values of specific collateral or other expected consideration, and our ability to enforce contractual rights through litigation and otherwise. Also, any adverse developments on macroeconomic factors could result in new or additional losses on insured obligations. Our remediation strategy for an insured obligation that has defaulted or is expected to default may also have an impact on our loss reserves.
In establishing case basis loss reserves, we calculate the present value of probability-weighted estimated loss payments, net of estimated recoveries, using a discount rate equal to the risk-free rate applicable to the currency and the weighted average remaining life of the insurance contract. Yields on U.S. Treasury offerings are used to discount loss reserves denominated in U.S. dollars, which represent the majority of our loss reserves. Similarly, yields on foreign government offerings are used to discount loss reserves denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.
Refer to “Note 6: Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on our loss reserves and recoveries, including critical accounting estimates used in the determination of these amounts.
Valuation of Financial Instruments
We have categorized our financial instruments measured at fair value into the three-level hierarchy according to accounting guidance for fair value measurements and disclosures based on the significance of pricing inputs to the measurement in its entirety. Fair value measurements of financial instruments that use quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities are generally categorized as Level 1, fair value measurements of financial instruments that use quoted prices in markets that are not active where significant inputs are observable are generally categorized as Level 2, and fair value measurements of financial instruments where significant inputs are not observable are generally categorized as Level 3. We categorize our financial instruments based on the lowest level category at which we can generate reliable fair values. The determination of reliability requires management to exercise judgment. The degree of judgment used to determine the fair values of financial instruments generally correlates to the degree that pricing is not observable.
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (continued)
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES (continued)
The fair value measurements of financial instruments held or issued by the Company are determined through the use of observable market data when available. Market data is obtained from a variety of third-party sources, including dealer quotes. If dealer quotes are not available for an instrument that is infrequently traded, we use alternate valuation methods, including either dealer quotes for similar contracts or modeling using market data inputs. The use of alternate valuation methods generally requires considerable judgment in the application of estimates and assumptions and changes to these variables may produce materially different values.
The fair value pricing of assets and liabilities is a function of many components which include interest rate risk, market risk, liquidity risk and credit risk. For financial instruments that are internally valued by the Company, as well as those for which the Company uses broker quotes or pricing services, credit risk is typically incorporated by using appropriate credit spreads or discount rates as inputs. Substantially all of the Company’s investments carried and reported at fair value are priced by independent third parties, including pricing services and brokers.
Instruments that trade infrequently and, therefore, have little or no price transparency are classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. Also included in Level 3 are financial instruments that have significant unobservable inputs deemed significant to the instrument’s overall fair value. Level 3 assets represented approximately 7% and 3% of total assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Level 3 liabilities represented approximately 82% and 75% of total liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Refer to “Note 7: Fair Value of Financial Instruments” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information about our financial assets and liabilities that are accounted for at fair value, including valuation techniques and significant inputs used to estimate fair values.
Refer to “Note 3: Recent Accounting Pronouncements” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of accounting guidance recently adopted by the Company.
Interbank Offered Rates Transition
In July 2017, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority announced that after 2021, it will no longer persuade or require banks to submit rates for LIBOR. Subsequently, on November 30, 2020, ICE Benchmark Administration, the administrator for LIBOR, announced plans to cease publication (i) immediately after December 31, 2021 of one week and two month USD LIBOR settings and (ii) immediately following the LIBOR publication on June 30, 2023 of the remaining USD LIBOR settings i.e., overnight and one, three, six and twelve month settings. On March 15, 2022, the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act (the “LIBOR Act”) was enacted to establish a clear and uniform process for replacing LIBOR in existing contracts and preclude litigation, among other things. As a general matter, the LIBOR Act provides that on the first London banking day after June 30, 2023, a benchmark replacement recommended by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”) will automatically replace the USD LIBOR benchmark in existing contracts that (after disregarding certain types of fallback provisions invalidated by the LIBOR Act) contain no LIBOR fallback provisions or contain LIBOR fallback provisions that identify neither a benchmark replacement nor a person with authority to determine a benchmark replacement. The Board-recommended benchmark replacement will be based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, including any recommended spread adjustment and benchmark replacement conforming changes. Pursuant to the LIBOR Act and the regulations, the Board has identified (i) the one-, three, six-, or 12-month CME Term SOFR plus (ii) the applicable tenor spread adjustment specified in the LIBOR Act, as the board selected benchmark replacement for references to the corresponding one-, three-, six-, and 12-month LIBOR in contracts governing a cash transaction that is not a consumer loan, an FHFA-regulated-entity contract or a FFELP ABS, as referenced in the LIBOR Regulations.
The Company has identified LIBOR transition risk related to its insurance portfolio exposures that reference or are indexed to LIBOR, insured interest rate swaps referencing LIBOR, financial investments indexed to an interbank offered rate, including LIBOR, and MBIA Corp.’s surplus notes. Currently, the Company is evaluating the impact of such changes on existing exposures, transactions and debt and developing the processes and protocols to execute the upcoming LIBOR transition.
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (continued)
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES (continued)
These announcements, among other developments, about the discontinuance of LIBOR as a benchmark rate may adversely affect the value of, return on and trading market for our financial assets and liabilities that are based on or are linked to LIBOR. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that we and other market participants will be adequately prepared for the discontinuation of LIBOR which could have an unpredictable impact on contractual mechanics that could also produce an adverse economic impact.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
The Company’s market risk exposures relate to changes in interest rates, foreign exchange rates and credit spreads that affect the fair value of its financial instruments, primarily investment securities, MTNs and investment agreement liabilities. The Company’s investments are primarily U.S. dollar-denominated fixed-income securities including municipal bonds, U.S. government bonds, corporate bonds, MBS and asset-backed securities. In periods of rising and/or volatile interest rates, foreign exchange rates and credit spreads, profitability could be adversely affected should the Company have to liquidate these securities. The Company minimizes its exposure to interest rate risk, foreign exchange risk and credit spread movement through active portfolio management to ensure a proper mix of the types of securities held and to stagger the maturities of its fixed-income securities.
INTEREST RATE SENSITIVITY
Interest rate sensitivity can be estimated by projecting a hypothetical instantaneous increase or decrease in interest rates. The following table presents the estimated pre-tax change in fair value of the Company’s financial instruments as of December 31, 2022 from instantaneous shifts in interest rates:
| Change in Interest Rates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In millions |
300 Basis Point Decrease |
200 Basis Point Decrease |
100 Basis Point Decrease |
100 Basis Point Increase |
200 Basis Point Increase |
300 Basis Point Increase |
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| Estimated change in fair value |
$ | 260 | $ | 154 | $ | 69 | $ | (56) | $ | (102) | $ | (139) | ||||||||||||
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE SENSITIVITY
The Company is exposed to foreign exchange rate risk in respect of liabilities denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars. Certain liabilities included in our corporate segment are denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars. The majority of the Company’s foreign exchange rate risks is with the Euro. Foreign exchange rate sensitivity can be estimated by projecting a hypothetical instantaneous increase or decrease in foreign exchange rates. The following table presents the estimated pre-tax change in fair value of the Company’s financial instruments as of December 31, 2022 from instantaneous shifts in foreign exchange rates:
| Change in Foreign Exchange Rates | ||||||||||||||||
| Dollar Weakens | Dollar Strengthens | |||||||||||||||
| In millions |
20% | 10% | 10% | 20% | ||||||||||||
| Estimated change in fair value |
$ | (17) | $ | (9) | $ | 9 | $ | 17 | ||||||||
CREDIT SPREAD SENSITIVITY
Credit spread sensitivity can be estimated by projecting a hypothetical instantaneous increase or decrease in credit spreads. The following table presents the estimated pre-tax change in fair value of the Company’s financial instruments as of December 31, 2022 from instantaneous shifts in credit spread curves. It was assumed that all credit spreads move by the same amount. It is more likely that the actual changes in credit spreads will vary by security. The changes in fair value reflect partially offsetting effects as the value of the investment portfolios generally changes in an opposite direction from the liability portfolio:
| Change in Credit Spreads | ||||||||||||
| In millions |
50 Basis Point Decrease |
50 Basis Point Increase |
200 Basis Point Increase |
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| Estimated change in fair value |
$ | 71 | $ | (65) | $ | (222) | ||||||
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118 |
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| Liabilities: |
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| Long-term debt |
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| Medium-term notes (includes financial instruments carried at fair value of $ |
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| Liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities: |
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| Commitments and contingencies (Refer to Note 19) |
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| Preferred stock, par value $ -- |
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| Common stock, par value $ -- -- |
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| Additional paid-in capital |
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| Retained earnings (deficit) |
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| Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax of $ |
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| Treasury stock, at cost -- |
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| Total shareholders’ equity of MBIA Inc. |
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| Preferred stock of subsidiary and noncontrolling interest held for sale |
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| Total liabilities and equity |
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2020 |
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| Net realized investment gains (losses) |
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| Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange |
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| Net gains (losses) on extinguishment of debt |
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| Fees and reimbursements |
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| Other net realized gains (losses) |
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| Revenues of consolidated variable interest entities: |
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| Net investment income |
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| Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange |
( |
( |
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| Other net realized gains (losses) |
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| Total revenues |
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| Expenses: |
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| Amortization of deferred acquisition costs |
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| Operating |
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| Interest |
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| Expenses of consolidated variable interest entities: |
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| Total expenses |
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| Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes |
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( |
( |
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| Provision (benefit) for income taxes |
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| Income (loss) from continuing operations |
( |
( |
( |
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| Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes |
( |
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| Net income (loss) |
( |
( |
( |
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| Less: Net income (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interests |
( |
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| Net income (loss) attributable to MBIA Inc. |
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$ |
( ) |
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$ |
( ) |
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$ |
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| Net income (loss) per common share attributable to MBIA Inc.—basic and diluted |
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| Continuing operations |
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$ | ( |
$ | ( |
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| Discontinued operations |
( ) |
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| Net income (loss) per common share attributable to MBIA Inc.—basic and diluted |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
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| Weighted average number of common shares outstanding: |
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Years Ended December 31, |
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2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
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| Net income (loss) attributable to MBIA Inc. |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
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| Other comprehensive income (loss): |
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| Available-for-sale securities with no credit losses: |
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| Unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period |
( |
( |
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| Reclassification adjustments for (gains) losses included in net income (loss) |
( |
( |
( |
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| Foreign currency translation: |
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| Foreign currency translation gains (losses) |
( |
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| Instrument-specific credit risk of liabilities measured at fair value: |
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| Unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period |
( |
( |
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| Reclassification adjustments for (gains) losses included in net income (loss) |
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| Total other comprehensive income (loss) |
( |
( |
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| |
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| Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to MBIA Inc. |
$ |
( |
$ |
( |
$ |
( |
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2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
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| Common shares |
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| Balance at beginning of year |
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| Common shares issued (cancelled), net |
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| Balance at end of year |
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| Common stock amount |
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| Balance at beginning and end of year |
$ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital |
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| Balance at beginning of year |
$ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Share-based compensation |
( |
( |
( |
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| Balance at end of year |
$ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Retained earnings (deficit) |
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| Balance at beginning of year |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
$ | |||||||
| ASU 2016-13 transition adjustment |
( |
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| Net income (loss) attributable to MBIA Inc. |
( |
( |
( |
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| Balance at end of year |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
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| Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) |
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| Balance at beginning of year |
$ | $ | $ | ( |
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| Other comprehensive income (loss) |
( |
( |
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| Balance at end of year |
$ | ( |
$ | $ | ||||||||
| Treasury shares |
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| Balance at beginning of year |
( |
( |
( |
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| Treasury shares acquired under share repurchase program |
( |
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| Share-based compensation |
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| Balance at end of year |
( |
( |
( |
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| Treasury stock amount |
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| Balance at beginning of year |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
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| Treasury shares acquired under share repurchase program |
( |
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| Share-based compensation |
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| Balance at end of year |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
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| Total shareholders’ equity of MBIA Inc. |
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| Balance at beginning of year |
$ | ( |
$ | $ | ||||||||
| Period change |
( |
( |
( |
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| Balance at end of year |
$ |
( |
$ |
( |
$ |
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| Preferred stock of subsidiary shares |
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| Balance at beginning and end of year |
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| Preferred stock of subsidiary amount |
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| Balance at beginning of year |
$ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Period change |
( |
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| Balance at end of year |
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| Total equity |
$ |
( |
$ |
( |
$ |
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Years Ended December 31, |
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2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
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| Cash flows from operating activities: |
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| Premiums, fees and reimbursements received |
$ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Investment income received |
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| Proceeds from litigation settlement |
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| Financial guarantee losses and loss adjustment expenses paid |
( |
( |
( |
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| Proceeds from recoveries and reinsurance, net of salvage paid to reinsurers |
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| Proceeds from loan repurchase commitments |
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| Operating expenses paid and other operating |
( |
( |
( |
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| Interest paid, net of interest converted to principal |
( |
( |
( |
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| Income taxes (paid) received |
( |
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| Cash provided by discontinued operations |
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| Net cash provided (used) by operating activities |
( |
( |
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| Cash flows from investing activities: |
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| Purchases of available-for-sale investments |
( |
( |
( |
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| Sales of available-for-sale investments |
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| Paydowns and maturities of available-for-sale investments |
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| Purchases of investments at fair value |
( |
( |
( |
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| Sales, paydowns and maturities of investments at fair value |
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| Sales, paydowns and maturities (purchases) of short-term investments, net |
( |
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| Sales, paydowns and maturities of held-to-maturity investments |
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| Paydowns and maturities of loans receivable and other instruments at fair value |
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| Consolidation of variable interest entities |
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| (Payments) proceeds for derivative settlements |
( |
( |
( |
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| Capital expenditures |
( |
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| Proceeds from receipt of discontinued operations |
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| Net cash provided (used) by investing activities |
( |
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| Cash flows from financing activities: |
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| Proceeds from investment agreements |
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| Principal paydowns of investment agreements |
( |
( |
( |
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| Principal paydowns of medium-term notes |
( |
( |
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| Proceeds from variable interest debt |
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| Principal paydowns of variable interest entity deb t |
( |
( |
( |
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| Principal paydowns of long-term debt |
( |
( |
( |
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| Purchases of treasury stock |
( |
( |
( |
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| |
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| Net cash provided (used) by financing activities |
( |
( |
( |
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| |
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| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents |
( |
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| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
( |
( |
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| Cash and cash equivalents—beginning of year |
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| |
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| Cash and cash equivalents—end of year |
$ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| |
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|
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| Reconciliation of net income (loss) to net cash provided (used) by operating activities: |
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| Net income (loss) |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
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| Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes |
( |
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| |
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|
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| Income (loss) from continuing operations |
( |
( |
( |
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| Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) from continuing operations to net cash provided (used) by operating activities: |
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| Premiums receivable |
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| Deferred acquisition costs |
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| Accrued investment income |
( |
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| Unearned premium revenue |
( |
( |
( |
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| Loss and loss adjustment expense reserves |
( |
( |
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| Insurance loss recoverable |
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| Accrued interest payable |
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| Supplementary Disclosure of Non-Cash Consolidated Cash Flow Information: |
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| Fixed-maturity securities held as available-for-sale, received as salvage |
$ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Investments carried at fair value, received as salvage |
$ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| In millions |
As of December 31, 2022 |
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| Assets held for sale |
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| Net income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes |
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| • | Level 1—Valuations based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company can access at the measurement date. An active market is a market in which transactions occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. |
| • | Level 2—Valuations based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 assets include debt securities with quoted prices that are traded less frequently than exchange-traded instruments, securities which are priced using observable inputs and derivative contracts whose values are determined using a pricing model with inputs that are observable in the market or can be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. |
| • | Level 3—Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable or supported by little or no market activity, and that are significant to the overall fair value measurement. Level 3 assets and liabilities include financial instruments whose value is determined using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies, or similar techniques where significant inputs are unobservable, as well as instruments for which the determination of fair value requires significant management judgment or estimation. |
December 31, 2022 |
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Carrying Value of Assets |
Carrying Value of Liabilities |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
In millions |
Maximum Exposure to Loss |
Investments |
Premiums Receivable |
Insurance Loss Recoverable |
Unearned Premium Revenue |
Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves |
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Insurance: |
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Global structured finance: |
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Mortgage-backed residential |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Consumer asset-backed |
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Corporate asset-backed |
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Total global structured finance |
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Global public finance |
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Total insurance |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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December 31, 2021 |
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Carrying Value of Liabilities |
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In millions |
Maximum Exposure to Loss |
Investments |
Premiums Receivable |
Insurance Loss Recoverable |
Unearned Premium Revenue |
Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves |
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Insurance: |
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Global structured finance: |
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Mortgage-backed residential |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Consumer asset-backed |
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Corporate asset-backed |
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Total global structured finance |
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Global public finance |
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Total insurance |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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| In millions |
Adjustments |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Premiums Receivable as of December 31, 2021 |
Premium Payments Received |
Premiums from New Business Written |
Changes in Expected Term of Policies |
Accretion of Premiums Receivable Discount (1) |
Other (2) |
Premiums Receivable as of December 31, 2022 |
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| $ |
$ | ( |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||
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| In millions |
Adjustments |
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| Premiums Receivable as of December 31, 2020 |
Premium Payments Received |
Premiums from New Business Written |
Changes in Expected Term of Policies |
Accretion of Premiums Receivable Discount (1) |
Other (2) |
Premiums Receivable as of December 31, 2021 |
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| $ |
$ | ( |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | ||||||||||||||||
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| In millions |
Expected Collection of Premiums |
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| Three months ending: |
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| March 31, 2023 |
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| June 30, 2023 |
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| September 30, 2023 |
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| December 31, 2023 |
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| December 31, 2024 |
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| December 31, 2025 |
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| December 31, 2026 |
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| December 31, 2027 |
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| Five years ending: |
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| December 31, 2032 |
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| December 31, 2037 |
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| December 31, 2042 and thereafter |
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| |
|
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| Total |
$ | |||
| |
|
|||
| In millions |
Unearned Premium Revenue |
Expected Future Premium Earnings |
Accretion |
Total Expected Future Premium Earnings |
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Upfront |
Installments |
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| December 31, 2022 |
$ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Three months ending: |
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| March 31, 2023 |
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$ |
$ | ||||||||||||||||
| June 30, 2023 |
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| September 30, 2023 |
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| December 31, 2023 |
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| Twelve months ending: |
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| December 31, 2024 |
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| December 31, 2025 |
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| December 31, 2026 |
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| December 31, 2027 |
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| Five years ending: |
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| December 31, 2032 |
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| December 31, 2037 |
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| December 31, 2042 and thereafter |
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| Total |
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As of December 31, 2022 |
As of December 31, 2021 |
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| In millions - |
Balance Sheet Line Item |
Balance Sheet Line Item |
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Insurance loss recoverable |
Loss and LAE reserves (1) |
Insurance loss recoverable |
Loss and LAE reserves (1) |
|||||||||||||
| U.S. Public Finance Insurance |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| International and Structured Finance Insurance: |
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| Before VIE eliminations |
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| VIE eliminations |
( |
( |
( |
( |
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| Total international and structured finance insurance |
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| Total |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| |
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| In millions |
Changes in Loss and LAE Reserves for the Year Ended December 31, 2022 |
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| Gross Loss and LAE Reserves as of December 31, 2021 |
Net Loss and LAE Payments (1) |
Accretion of Claim Liability Discount |
Changes in Discount Rates |
Changes in Assumptions (2) |
Changes in Unearned Premium Revenue |
Gross Loss and LAE Reserves as of December 31, 2022 |
||||||||||||||||||
| $ |
$ | ( |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||
| |
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| In millions |
Changes in Loss and LAE Reserves for the Year Ended December 31, 2021 |
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| Gross Loss and LAE Reserves as of December 31, 2020 |
Loss Payments |
Accretion of Claim Liability Discount |
Changes in Discount Rates |
Changes in Assumptions (1) |
Changes in Unearned Premium Revenue |
Gross Loss and LAE Reserves as of December 31, 2021 |
||||||||||||||||||
| $ |
$ | ( |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||
| |
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Changes in Insurance Loss Recoverable for the Year Ended December 31, 2022 |
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| In millions |
Gross Recoverable as of December 31, 2021 |
Collections for Cases |
Accretion of Recoveries |
Changes in Discount Rates |
Changes in Assumptions |
Gross Recoverable as of December 31, 2022 |
||||||||||||||||||
| Insurance loss recoverable |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | ||||||||||||||||
| |
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|
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Changes in Insurance Loss Recoverable for the Year Ended December 31, 2021 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In millions |
Gross Recoverable as of December 31, 2020 |
Collections for Cases |
Accretion of Recoveries |
Changes in Discount Rates |
Changes in Assumptions |
Gross Recoverable as of December 31, 2021 |
||||||||||||||||||
| Insurance loss recoverable |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | ||||||||||||||||
| |
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Surveillance Categories |
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Caution |
Caution |
Caution |
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List |
List |
List |
Classified |
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| $ in millions |
Low |
Medium |
High |
List |
Total |
|||||||||||||||
| Number of policies |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of issues (1) |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Remaining weighted average contract period (in ) |
— | |||||||||||||||||||
| Gross insured contractual payments outstanding: (2) |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Principal |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||
| Interest |
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| |
|
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|
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|
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|
|||||||||||
| Total |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
|||||||||||
| Gross Claim Liability (3) |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||
| Less: |
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| Gross Potential Recoveries (4) |
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| Discount, net (5) |
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| |
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|
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| Net claim liability (recoverable) |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
|||||||||||
| Unearned premium revenue |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||
| Reinsurance recoverable on paid and unpaid losses (6) |
$ | |||||||||||||||||||
Surveillance Categories |
||||||||||||||||||||
| $ in millions |
Caution List Low |
Caution List Medium |
Caution List High |
Classified List |
Total |
|||||||||||||||
| Number of policies |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of issues (1) |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Remaining weighted average contract period (in ) |
— | |||||||||||||||||||
| Gross insured contractual payments outstanding: (2) |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Principal |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||
| Interest |
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| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| Total |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| Gross Claim Liability (3) |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||
| Less: |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross Potential Recoveries (4) |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Discount, net (5) |
( |
( |
||||||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| Net claim liability (recoverable) |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | ( |
|||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| Unearned premium revenue |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||
| Reinsurance recoverable on paid and unpaid losses (6) |
$ | |||||||||||||||||||
In millions |
Fair Value as of December 31, 2022 |
Valuation Techniques |
Unobservable Input |
Range (Weighted Average) | ||||||
Assets: |
||||||||||
Equity Investments |
$ | Discounted cash flow Sum of the parts | EBITDA multiples (1) Discount rate(1) Hard asset values(1) Type certificate values(1) |
|||||||
Assets of consolidated VIEs: |
||||||||||
Loans receivable at fair value |
Market prices of similar liabilities or internal cash flow models adjusted for financial guarantees provided to VIE obligations | Impact of financial guarantee | (2) | |||||||
Liabilities of consolidated VIEs: |
||||||||||
Variable interest entity notes |
Market prices of VIE assets adjusted for financial guarantees provided or market prices of similar liabilities | Impact of financial guarantee | (2) | |||||||
In millions |
Fair Value as of December 31, 2021 |
Valuation Techniques |
Unobservable Input |
Range (Weighted Average) | ||||||
Assets of consolidated VIEs: |
||||||||||
Loans receivable at fair value |
$ | Market prices of similar liabilities adjusted for financial guarantees provided to VIE obligations | Impact of financial guarantee | (1) | ||||||
Liabilities of consolidated VIEs: |
||||||||||
Variable interest entity notes |
Market prices of VIE assets adjusted for financial guarantees provided or market prices of similar liabilities | Impact of financial guarantee | (1) | |||||||
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using |
||||||||||||||||
| In millions |
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
Balance as of December 31, 2022 |
||||||||||||
| Assets: |
||||||||||||||||
| Fixed-maturity investments: |
||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury and government agency |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| State and municipal bonds |
||||||||||||||||
| Foreign governments |
||||||||||||||||
| Corporate obligations |
||||||||||||||||
| Mortgage-backed securities: |
||||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage-backed agency |
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| Residential mortgage-backed non-agency |
||||||||||||||||
| Commercial mortgage-backed |
||||||||||||||||
| Asset-backed securities: |
||||||||||||||||
| Collateralized debt obligations |
||||||||||||||||
| Other asset-backed |
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| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
| Total fixed-maturity investments |
||||||||||||||||
| Money market securities |
||||||||||||||||
| Equity investments |
||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents |
||||||||||||||||
| Assets of consolidated VIEs: |
||||||||||||||||
| Corporate obligations |
||||||||||||||||
| Mortgage-backed securities: |
||||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage-backed non-agency |
||||||||||||||||
| Commercial mortgage-backed |
||||||||||||||||
| Asset-backed securities: |
||||||||||||||||
| Collateralized debt obligations |
||||||||||||||||
| Other asset-backed |
||||||||||||||||
| Cash |
||||||||||||||||
| Loans receivable at fair value: |
||||||||||||||||
| Residential loans receivable |
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| Other assets: |
||||||||||||||||
| Other |
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| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
| Total assets |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
| Liabilities: |
||||||||||||||||
| Medium-term notes |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Derivative liabilities: |
||||||||||||||||
| Non-insured interest rate derivatives |
||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities of consolidated VIEs: |
||||||||||||||||
| Variable interest entity notes |
||||||||||||||||
| Currency derivatives |
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| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
| Total liabilities |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using |
||||||||||||||||
In millions |
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
Balance as of December 31, 2021 |
||||||||||||
Assets: |
||||||||||||||||
Fixed-maturity investments: |
||||||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury and government agency |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
State and municipal bonds |
||||||||||||||||
Foreign governments |
||||||||||||||||
Corporate obligations |
||||||||||||||||
Mortgage-backed securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Residential mortgage-backed agency |
||||||||||||||||
Residential mortgage-backed non-agency |
||||||||||||||||
Commercial mortgage-backed |
||||||||||||||||
Asset-backed securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
||||||||||||||||
Other asset-backed |
||||||||||||||||
Total fixed-maturity investments |
||||||||||||||||
Money market securities |
||||||||||||||||
Equity investments |
||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
||||||||||||||||
Derivative assets: |
||||||||||||||||
Non-insured interest rate derivatives |
||||||||||||||||
Assets of consolidated VIEs: |
||||||||||||||||
Corporate obligations |
||||||||||||||||
Mortgage-backed securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Residential mortgage-backed non-agency |
||||||||||||||||
Commercial mortgage-backed |
||||||||||||||||
Asset-backed securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
||||||||||||||||
Other asset-backed |
||||||||||||||||
Cash |
||||||||||||||||
Loans receivable at fair value: |
||||||||||||||||
Residential loans receivable |
||||||||||||||||
Other assets: |
||||||||||||||||
Currency derivatives |
||||||||||||||||
Other |
||||||||||||||||
Total assets |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
Liabilities: |
||||||||||||||||
Medium-term notes |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
Derivative liabilities: |
||||||||||||||||
Insured credit derivatives |
||||||||||||||||
Non-insured interest rate derivatives |
||||||||||||||||
Liabilities of consolidated VIEs: |
||||||||||||||||
Variable interest entity notes |
||||||||||||||||
Total liabilities |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using |
||||||||||||||||||||
In millions |
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
Fair Value Balance as of December 31, 2022 |
Carry Value Balance as of December 31, 2022 |
|||||||||||||||
Liabilities: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Long-term debt |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||
Medium-term notes |
||||||||||||||||||||
Investment agreements |
||||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities of consolidated VIEs: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Variable interest entity loans payable |
||||||||||||||||||||
Total liabilities |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||
Financial Guarantees: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Gross liability (recoverable) |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||
Ceded recoverable (liability) |
||||||||||||||||||||
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using |
||||||||||||||||||||
In millions |
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
Fair Value Balance as of December 31, 2021 |
Carry Value Balance as of December 31, 2021 |
|||||||||||||||
Liabilities: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Long-term debt |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||
Medium-term notes |
||||||||||||||||||||
Investment agreements |
||||||||||||||||||||
Total liabilities |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||
Financial Guarantees: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Gross liability (recoverable) |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
||||||||||||||
Ceded recoverable (liability) |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
In millions |
Balance, Beginning of Year |
Total Gains / (Losses) Included in Earnings |
Unrealized Gains / (Losses) Included in OCI (1) |
Purchases |
Issuances |
Settlements |
Sales |
Transfers into Level 3 |
Transfers out of Level 3 |
Ending Balance |
Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) for the Period Included in Earnings for Assets still held as of December 31, 2022 |
Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) for the Period Included in OCI for Assets still held as of December 31, 2022 (1) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential mortgage- backed non-agency |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | ( |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity investments |
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Assets of consolidated VIEs: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loans receivable -residential |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Currency derivatives |
( |
( |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total assets |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | ( |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In millions |
Balance, Beginning of Year |
Total (Gains) / Losses Included in Earnings |
Unrealized (Gains) / Losses Included in Credit Risk in OCI (2) |
Purchases |
Issuances |
Settlements |
Sales |
Transfers into Level 3 |
Transfers out of Level 3 |
Ending Balance |
Change in Unrealized (Gains) Losses for the Period Included in Earnings for Liabilities still held as of December 31, 2022 |
Change in Unrealized (Gains) Losses for the Period Included in OCI for Liabilities still held as of December 31, 2022 (2) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium-term notes |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities of consolidated VIEs: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VIE notes |
( |
( |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Currency derivatives |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total liabilities |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1)—Reported | within the “Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale |
| (2)—Reported | within the “Instrument-specific credit risk of liabilities measured at fair value” on MBIA’s Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income/Loss. |
In millions |
Balance, Beginning of Year |
Total Gains / (Losses) Included in Earnings |
Unrealized Gains / (Losses) Included in OCI (1) |
Purchases |
Issuances |
Settlements |
Sales |
Transfers into Level 3 |
Transfers out of Level 3 |
Ending Balance |
Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) for the Period Included in Earnings for Assets still held as of December 31, 2021 |
Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) for the Period Included in Earnings for Assets still held as of December 31, 2021 (1) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets of consolidated VIEs: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial mortgage-backed |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- residential |
( |
( |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loan repurchase commitments |
( |
( |
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Currency derivatives |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total assets |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | ( |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In millions |
Balance, Beginning of Year |
Total (Gains) / Losses Included in Earnings |
Unrealized (Gains) / Losses Included in OCI (2) |
Purchases |
Issuances |
Settlements |
Sales |
Transfers into Level 3 |
Transfers out of Level 3 |
Ending Balance |
Change in Unrealized (Gains) Losses for the Period Included in Earnings for Liabilities still held as of December 31, 2021 |
Change in Unrealized (Gains) Losses for the Period Included in OCI for Liabilities still held as of December 31, 2021 (2) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium-term notes |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other derivatives |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities of consolidated VIEs: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VIE notes |
( |
( |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | ( |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1)—Reported | within the “Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale |
| (2)—Reported | within the “Instrument-specific credit risk of liabilities measured at fair value” on MBIA’s Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income/Loss. |
In millions |
Total Gains (Losses) Included in Earnings |
Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) for the Period Included in Earnings for Assets and Liabilities still held as of December 31, |
||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
|||||||||||||||||||
Revenues: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange |
$ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | $ | ( |
||||||||||||||||
Revenues of consolidated VIEs: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange |
( |
( |
||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
Years Ended December 31, |
||||||||||||
| In millions |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
|||||||||
| Investments carried at fair value (1) |
$ | ( |
$ | $ | ||||||||
| Fixed-maturity securities held at fair value-VIE (2) |
( |
|||||||||||
| Loans receivable and other instruments at fair value: |
||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage loans (2) |
||||||||||||
| Loan repurchase commitments (2) |
( |
|||||||||||
| Other assets-VIE (2) |
( |
|||||||||||
| Medium-term notes (1) |
( |
|||||||||||
| Variable interest entity notes (2) |
( |
( |
( |
|||||||||
As of December 31, 2022 |
As of December 31, 2021 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| In millions |
Contractual Outstanding Principal |
Fair Value |
Difference |
Contractual Outstanding Principal |
Fair Value |
Difference |
||||||||||||||||||
| Loans receivable at fair value: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage loans—current |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage loans (90 days or more past due) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
| Total loans receivable and other instruments at fair value |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Variable interest entity notes |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Medium-term notes |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
December 31, 2022 |
||||||||||||||||||||
| In millions |
Amortized Cost |
Allowance for Credit Losses |
Gross Unrealized Gains |
Gross Unrealized Losses |
Fair Value |
|||||||||||||||
| AFS Investments |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Fixed-maturity investments: |
||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury and government agency |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | ||||||||||||||
| State and municipal bonds |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign governments |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate obligations |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Mortgage-backed securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage-backed agency |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage-backed non-agency |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial mortgage-backed |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Asset-backed securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Collateralized debt obligations |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Other asset-backed |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| Total AFS investments |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | ||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
December 31, 2021 |
||||||||||||||||||||
| In millions |
Amortized Cost |
Allowance for Credit Losses |
Gross Unrealized Gains |
Gross Unrealized Losses |
Fair Value |
|||||||||||||||
| AFS Investments |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Fixed-maturity investments: |
||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury and government agency |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | ||||||||||||||
| State and municipal bonds |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign governments |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate obligations |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Mortgage-backed securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage-backed agency |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage-backed non-agency |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial mortgage-backed |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Asset-backed securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Collateralized debt obligations |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Other asset-backed |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| Total AFS investments |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | ||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
AFS Securities |
||||||||
| In millions |
Net Amortized Cost |
Fair Value |
||||||
| Due in one year or less |
$ | $ | ||||||
| Due after one year through five years |
||||||||
| Due after five years through ten years |
||||||||
| Due after ten years |
||||||||
| Mortgage-backed and asset-backed |
||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|||||
| Total fixed-maturity investments |
$ | $ | ||||||
| |
|
|
|
|||||
December 31, 2022 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less than 12 Months |
12 Months or Longer |
Total |
||||||||||||||||||||||
| In millions |
Fair Value |
Unrealized Losses |
Fair Value |
Unrealized Losses |
Fair Value |
Unrealized Losses |
||||||||||||||||||
| AFS Investments |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fixed-maturity investments: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury and government agency |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | ( |
|||||||||||||||
| State and municipal bonds |
( |
( |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign governments |
( |
( |
||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate obligations |
( |
( |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Mortgage-backed securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage-backed agency |
( |
( |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage-backed non-agency |
( |
( |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial mortgage-backed |
( |
( |
||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asset-backed securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collateralized debt obligations |
( |
( |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Other asset-backed |
( |
( |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
| Total AFS investments |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | ( |
|||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
December 31, 2021 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less than 12 Months |
12 Months or Longer |
Total |
||||||||||||||||||||||
In millions |
Fair Value |
Unrealized Losses |
Fair Value |
Unrealized Losses |
Fair Value |
Unrealized Losses |
||||||||||||||||||
AFS Investments |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fixed-maturity investments: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury and government agency |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | ( |
|||||||||||||||
State and municipal bonds |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign governments |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Corporate obligations |
( |
( |
||||||||||||||||||||||
Mortgage-backed securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential mortgage-backed agency |
( |
( |
||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential mortgage-backed non-agency |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial mortgage-backed |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asset-backed securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other asset-backed |
( |
( |
||||||||||||||||||||||
Total AFS investments |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | ( |
|||||||||||||||
AFS Securities |
||||||||||||
Percentage of Fair Value Below Book Value |
Number of Securities |
Book Value (in millions) |
Fair Value (in millions) |
|||||||||
> |
$ | $ | ||||||||||
> |
||||||||||||
> |
||||||||||||
> |
||||||||||||
Total |
$ | $ | ||||||||||
In millions |
Fair Value |
Unrealized Loss |
Insurance Loss Reserve (1) |
|||||||||
Mortgage-backed |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | ||||||||
Corporate obligations |
( |
|||||||||||
Total |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | ||||||||
Years Ended December 31, 2022 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In millions |
Balance as of December 31, 2021 |
Additions not previously recorded |
Additions arising from PCD Assets |
Reductions from Securities Sold |
Reductions- Intent to sell or MLTN |
Change in Allowance Previously Recorded |
Write Offs |
Recoveries |
Balance as of December 31, 2022 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AFS Investments |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fixed-maturity investments: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate obligations |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| Total Allowance on AFS investments |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Years Ended December 31, |
||||||||||||
| In millions |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
|||||||||
| Proceeds from sales |
$ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Gross realized gains |
$ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Gross realized losses |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
||||||
Years Ended December 31, |
||||||||||||
| In millions |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
|||||||||
| Net gains and (losses) recognized during the period on equity securities |
$ | ( |
$ | $ | ||||||||
| Less: |
||||||||||||
| Net gains and (losses) recognized during the period on equity securities sold during the period |
( |
( |
||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Unrealized gains and (losses) recognized during the period on equity securities still held at the reporting date |
$ | ( |
$ | $ | ||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| $ in millions |
As of December 31, 2022 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit Derivatives Sold |
Weighted Average Remaining Expected Maturity |
AAA |
AA |
A |
BBB |
Below Investment Grade |
Total Notional |
Fair Value Asset (Liability) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Insured swaps |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total fair value |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | — |
$ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
| $ in millions |
As of December 31, 2021 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit Derivatives Sold |
Weighted Average Remaining Expected Maturity |
AAA |
AA |
A |
BBB |
Below Investment Grade |
Total Notional |
Fair Value Asset (Liability) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Insured swaps |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total fair value |
$ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | $ | ( |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
December 31, 2022 |
||||||||||||||||||||
In millions |
Derivative Assets (1) |
Derivative Liabilities (1) |
||||||||||||||||||
Derivative Instruments |
Notional Amount Outstanding |
Balance Sheet Location |
Fair Value |
Balance Sheet Location |
Fair Value |
|||||||||||||||
Not designated as hedging instruments: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Insured swaps |
$ | Other assets | $ | Derivative liabilities | $ | |||||||||||||||
Interest rate swaps |
Other assets | Derivative liabilities | ( |
|||||||||||||||||
Interest rate swaps-embedded |
Medium-term notes |
Medium-term notes | ( |
|||||||||||||||||
Currency swaps-VIE |
Other assets-VIE |
Derivative liabilities-VIE |
( |
|||||||||||||||||
Total non-designated derivatives |
$ | $ | $ | ( |
||||||||||||||||
December 31, 2021 |
||||||||||||||||||||
In millions |
Derivative Assets (1) |
Derivative Liabilities (1) |
||||||||||||||||||
Derivative Instruments |
Notional Amount Outstanding |
Balance Sheet Location |
Fair Value |
Balance Sheet Location |
Fair Value |
|||||||||||||||
Not designated as hedging instruments: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Insured swaps |
$ | Other assets | $ | Derivative liabilities | $ | ( |
||||||||||||||
Interest rate swaps |
Other assets | Derivative liabilities | ( |
|||||||||||||||||
Interest rate swaps-embedded |
Medium-term notes |
Medium-term notes | ( |
|||||||||||||||||
Currency swaps-VIE |
Other assets-VIE |
Derivative liabilities-VIE |
||||||||||||||||||
Total non-designated derivatives |
$ | $ | $ | ( |
||||||||||||||||
In millions |
Years Ended December 31, |
|||||||||||||
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments |
Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative | |||||||||||||
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
||||||||||||
Insured credit default swaps |
Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange |
$ | $ | $ | ||||||||||
Insured swaps |
Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange |
|||||||||||||
Interest rate swaps |
Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange |
( |
||||||||||||
Currency swaps-VIE |
Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange-VIE |
( |
( |
|||||||||||
All other |
Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange |
( |
||||||||||||
| $ | $ | $ | ( |
|||||||||||
As of December 31, |
||||||||
In millions |
2022 |
2021 |
||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
(1) |
||||||||
Surplus Notes due (2) |
||||||||
Accrued interest |
||||||||
Debt issuance costs |
( |
( |
||||||
Total |
$ | $ | ||||||
In millions |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
2027 |
Thereafter |
Total |
|||||||||||||||||||||
Corporate debt |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Surplus Notes due 2033 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total debt obligations due |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
In millions |
Principal Amount |
|||
Maturity date: |
||||
2023 |
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2024 |
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2025 |
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2026 |
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2027 |
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Thereafter (through |
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Total expected principal payments (1) |
$ | |||
Less discount and other adjustments (2) |
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Total |
$ | |||
In millions |
Principal Amount |
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Maturity date: |
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2023 |
$ | |||
2024 |
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2025 |
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2026 |
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2027 |
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Thereafter (through |
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Total expected principal payments (1) |
$ | |||
Less discount and other adjustments (2) |
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Total |
$ | |||
In millions |
Insured Principal Amount |
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Maturity date: |
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2023 |
$ | |||
2024 |
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2025 |
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2026 |
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2027 |
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Thereafter (through |
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Total |
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Years Ended December 31, |
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In millions |
2022 |
202 1 |
202 0 |
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Domestic |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
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Foreign |
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Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
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Years Ended December 31, |
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In millions |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
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Current taxes: |
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Federal |
$ | $ | $ | |||||||||
State |
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Foreign |
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Deferred taxes: |
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Foreign |
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Provision (benefit) for income taxes |
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Income taxes charged (credited) to shareholders’ equity related to: |
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Change in unrealized gains (losses) on AFS securities |
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Change in AFS securities with OTTI |
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Change in foreign currency translation |
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Total income taxes charged (credited) to shareholders’ equity |
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Total effect of income taxes |
$ | $ | $ | |||||||||
Years Ended December 31, |
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2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
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Federal income tax computed at the statutory rate |
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Increase (reduction) in taxes resulting from: |
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Change in valuation allowance |
( |
( |
( |
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Deferred inventory adjustments |
( |
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Excessive Remuneration Sec. 162(m) |
( |
( |
( |
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Other |
( |
( |
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Effective tax rate |
( )% |
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As of |
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In millions |
December 31, 2022 |
December 31, 2021 |
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Deferred tax liabilities: |
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Unearned premium revenue |
$ | $ | ||||||
Deferred acquisition costs |
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Net gains on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange |
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Net unrealized gains and losses in accumulated other comprehensive income |
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Net deferred taxes on VIEs |
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Total gross deferred tax liabilities |
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Deferred tax assets: |
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Compensation and employee benefits |
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Accrued interest |
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Loss and loss adjustment expense reserves |
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Net operating loss |
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Foreign tax credits |
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Other-than-temporary impairments and capital loss carryforward |
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Net gains and losses on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange |
||||||||
Net unrealized gains and losses in accumulated other comprehensive income |
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Other |
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Total gross deferred tax assets |
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Valuation allowance |
||||||||
Net deferred tax asset |
$ | $ | ||||||
Year Ended December 31, 2022 |
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| In millions |
U.S. Public Finance Insurance |
Corporate |
International and Structured Finance Insurance |
Eliminations |
Consolidated |
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| Revenues (1) |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||
| Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange |
( |
( |
||||||||||||||||||
| Net gains (losses) on extinguishment of debt |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Revenues of consolidated VIEs |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Inter-segment revenues (2) |
( |
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|
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| Total revenues |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Losses and loss adjustment |
( |
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| Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and operating |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Expenses of consolidated VIEs |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Inter-segment expenses (2) |
( |
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| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| Total expenses |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes |
$ | ( |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | $ | ( |
||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| Identifiable assets per segment |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
(3) |
$ | |||||||||||||
| Assets held for sale |
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| |
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|
|
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|
|||||||||||
| Total identifiable assets |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
$ | ||||||||||||||
| |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Year Ended December 31, 2021 |
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| In millions |
U.S. Public Finance Insurance |
Corporate |
International and Structured Finance Insurance |
Eliminations |
Consolidated |
|||||||||||||||
| Revenues (1) |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||
| Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and |
||||||||||||||||||||
| foreign exchange |
( |
( |
||||||||||||||||||
| Net gains (losses) on extinguishment of debt |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenues of consolidated VIEs |
( |
( |
||||||||||||||||||
| Inter-segment revenues (2) |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| Total revenues |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Losses and loss adjustment |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and operating |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Expenses of consolidated VIEs |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Inter-segment expenses (2) |
( |
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| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| Total expenses |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes |
$ | ( |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
|||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| Identifiable assets |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
(3) |
$ | |||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Year Ended December 31, 2020 |
||||||||||||||||||||
In millions |
U.S. Public Finance Insurance |
Corporate |
International and Structured Finance Insurance |
Eliminations |
Consolidated |
|||||||||||||||
Revenues (1) |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||
Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange |
( |
( |
( |
|||||||||||||||||
Revenues of consolidated VIEs |
||||||||||||||||||||
Inter-segment revenues (2) |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
Total revenues |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
Losses and loss adjustment |
||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and operating |
||||||||||||||||||||
Interest |
||||||||||||||||||||
Expenses of consolidated VIEs |
||||||||||||||||||||
Inter-segment expenses (2) |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
Total expenses |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
$ | $ | ( |
|||||||||||
Years Ended December 31, |
||||||||||||
In millions |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
|||||||||
Total premiums earned: |
||||||||||||
United States |
$ | $ | $ | |||||||||
Other Americas |
||||||||||||
Other |
||||||||||||
Total |
$ | $ | $ | |||||||||
As of December 31, |
||||||||||||||||
$ in billions |
2022 |
2021 |
||||||||||||||
Geographic Location |
Insurance in Force |
% of Insurance in Force |
Insurance in Force |
% of Insurance in Force |
||||||||||||
California |
$ | $ | ||||||||||||||
Illinois |
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New Jersey |
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Hawaii |
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Virginia |
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Texas |
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Oregon |
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New York |
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Colorado |
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Georgia |
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Subtotal |
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Nationally Diversified |
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Other states |
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Total United States |
||||||||||||||||
Internationally Diversified |
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Country specific |
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Total non-United States |
||||||||||||||||
Total |
$ | $ | ||||||||||||||
As of December 31, |
||||||||||||||||
$ in billions |
2022 |
2021 |
||||||||||||||
Bond type |
Insurance in Force |
Gross Par Amount |
Insurance in Force |
Gross Par Amount |
||||||||||||
Global public finance—United States: |
||||||||||||||||
General obligation (1) |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
Military housing |
||||||||||||||||
Tax-backed |
||||||||||||||||
Municipal utilities |
||||||||||||||||
Transportation |
||||||||||||||||
General obligation—lease |
||||||||||||||||
Higher education |
||||||||||||||||
Health care |
||||||||||||||||
Investor-owned utilities (2) |
||||||||||||||||
Other (3) |
||||||||||||||||
Total United States |
||||||||||||||||
Global public finance—non-United States: |
||||||||||||||||
Sovereign-related and sub-sovereign (4) |
||||||||||||||||
Transportation |
||||||||||||||||
International utilities |
||||||||||||||||
Other (5) |
||||||||||||||||
Total non-United States |
||||||||||||||||
Total global public finance |
||||||||||||||||
Global structured finance: |
||||||||||||||||
Mortgage-backed residential |
||||||||||||||||
Corporate asset-backed |
||||||||||||||||
Mortgage-backed commercial |
||||||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
||||||||||||||||
Consumer asset-backed |
||||||||||||||||
Total global structured finance |
||||||||||||||||
Total |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
In millions |
||||||||||||||||||||
Reinsurers |
Standard & Poor’s Rating (Status) |
Moody’s Rating (Status) |
Ceded Par Outstanding |
Letters of Credit/Trust Accounts |
Reinsurance Recoverable/ (Payable) (1) |
|||||||||||||||
Assured Guaranty Re Ltd. |
AA | WR (2) |
$ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||
| (Stable Outlook) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Assured Guaranty Corp. |
AA | A2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (Stable Outlook) | (Stable Outlook) | |||||||||||||||||||
Others |
A+ or above | WR (2) |
||||||||||||||||||
Total |
$ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||
Restricted Share Activity |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of Shares |
Weighted Average Price Per Share |
Number of Shares |
Weighted Average Price Per Share |
Number of Shares |
Weighted Average Price Per Share |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Outstanding at beginning of year |
$ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Granted |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vested |
( |
( |
( |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Forfeited |
( |
( |
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|
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|||||||||||||
| Outstanding at end of year |
$ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| |
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|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Years Ended December 31, |
||||||||||||
| In millions except per share amounts |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
|||||||||
| Basic and diluted earnings per share: |
||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) from continuing operations available to common shareholders |
$ |
( |
$ |
( |
$ |
( |
||||||
| Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes |
( |
|||||||||||
| Net income (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interests |
( |
|||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Net income (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to MBIA Inc. |
( |
|||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Net income (loss) attributable to MBIA Inc. |
$ |
( |
$ |
( |
$ |
( |
||||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average shares (1) |
||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) per common share attributable to MBIA Inc.—basic and diluted |
||||||||||||
| Continuing operations |
$ |
( |
$ |
( |
$ |
( |
||||||
| Discontinued operations |
( |
|||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Net income (loss) per share attributable to MBIA Inc.—basic and diluted |
$ |
( |
$ |
( |
$ |
( |
||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Potentially dilutive securities excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS because of antidilutive affect |
||||||||||||
| In millions |
Unrealized Gains (Losses) on AFS Securities, Net |
Foreign Currency Translation, Net |
Instrument-Specific Credit Risk of Liabilities Measured at Fair Value, Net |
Total |
||||||||||||
| Balance, January 1, 2020 |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
|||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications |
( |
|||||||||||||||
| Amounts reclassified from AOCI |
( |
( |
||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
| Net period other comprehensive income (loss) |
( |
|||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2020 |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | ( |
$ | ||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications |
( |
( |
( |
|||||||||||||
| Amounts reclassified from AOCI |
( |
|||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
| Net period other comprehensive income (loss) |
( |
( |
||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2021 |
$ | $ | ( |
$ | ( |
$ | ||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications |
( |
( |
( |
|||||||||||||
| Amounts reclassified from AOCI |
( |
|||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
| Net period other comprehensive income (loss) |
( |
( |
( |
|||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2022 |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
$ | ( |
||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
| In millions |
Amounts Reclassified from AOCI Years Ended December 31, |
|||||||||||||
| Details about AOCI Components |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
Affected Line Item on the Consolidated Statements of Operations | ||||||||||
| Unrealized gains (losses) on AFS securities: |
||||||||||||||
| Realized gain (loss) on sale of securities |
$ | $ | $ | Net realized investment gains (losses) | ||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
| Income (loss) before income taxes | ||||||||||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
| Net income (loss) | ||||||||||||||
| Instrument-specific credit risk of liabilities: |
||||||||||||||
| Settlement of liabilities |
( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange | |||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
| Total reclassifications for the period |
$ | ( |
) | $ | ( |
) | $ | Net income (loss) | ||||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
$ in millions |
As of December 31, 2022 |
Balance Sheet Location |
||||||
Right-of-use |
$ |
|||||||
Lease liability |
$ |
|||||||
Weighted average remaining lease term (years) |
||||||||
Discount rate used for operating leases |
||||||||
Total future minimum lease payments |
$ |
|||||||
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s senior management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2022, the end of the period covered by this report.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Management of MBIA Inc. and its subsidiaries is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed under the supervision of the Company’s principal executive and principal financial officers to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
MBIA’s internal control over financial reporting includes policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect transactions and dispositions of assets; (2) provide reasonable assurances that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and the directors of the Company; and, (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Management has assessed the effectiveness of MBIA Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022. In making its assessment, management used the criteria described in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on this assessment and those criteria, management has determined that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022 was effective.
The effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022 has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report, which is included in Item 8, “Financial Statements.”
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
As required by Rule 13a-15(d) under the Exchange Act, the Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the Company’s internal control over financial reporting to determine whether any changes occurred during the fourth fiscal quarter covered by this annual report that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Based on that evaluation, there has been no such change during the fourth fiscal quarter of 2022.
Item 9B. Other Information
None.
Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections
None.
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Part III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Information regarding directors will be set forth under “Proposals for Shareholder Approval Recommended by the Board—Proposal 1: Election of Directors” and “Board of Directors Corporate Governance—The Board of Directors and its Committees” in the Company’s Proxy Statement to be filed within 120 days of the end of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 (the “Proxy Statement”) and is incorporated by reference.
Information regarding executive officers is set forth under Part I, Item 1, “Business—Executive Officers of the Registrant,” included in this annual report.
Information regarding Section 16(a) beneficial ownership reporting compliance will be set forth in the section “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated by reference.
Information regarding the Company’s Audit Committee will be set forth under “Board of Directors Corporate Governance—The Board of Directors and its Committees” in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated by reference.
The Company has adopted a code of ethics that applies to all employees of the Company including its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and its controller. A copy of such code of ethics can be found on the Company’s internet website at www.mbia.com. The Company intends to satisfy the disclosure requirements under Item 10 of Form 8-K regarding an amendment to, or waiver from, a provision of its code of ethics and that relates to a substantive amendment or material departure from a provision of the Code by posting such information on its internet website at www.mbia.com.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
Information regarding compensation of the Company’s directors and executive officers will be set forth under “Board of Directors Corporate Governance—The Board of Directors and its Committees,” “Compensation and Governance Committee Report,” “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” and “Executive Compensation Tables” in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated by reference.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
Information regarding security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management will be set forth under “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners” and “Security Ownership of Directors and Executive Officers” in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated by reference.
The following table provides information as of December 31, 2022, regarding securities authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans. All outstanding awards relate to our common stock. For additional information about our equity compensation plans refer to “Note 15: Benefit Plans” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
| (a) | (b) | (c) | ||||||||||
| Plan category |
Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (1) |
Weighted average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights |
Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (2) |
|||||||||
| Equity compensation plans approved by security holders |
20,781 | $ | 10.56 | 2,582,517 | ||||||||
| Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders |
— | — | — | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Total |
20,781 | $ | 10.56 | 2,582,517 | ||||||||
(1)—Represents phantom shares granted under the Deferred Compensation and Stock Ownership Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
(2)—Includes 2,424,656 shares of common stock available for future grants under the MBIA Inc. 2005 Omnibus Incentive Plan and 157,861 shares of common stock available for future grants under the Deferred Compensation and Stock Ownership Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
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Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
Information regarding certain relationships and related transactions will be set forth under “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated by reference. Information regarding director independence will be set forth under “Proposals for Shareholder Approval Recommended by the Board—Proposal 1: Election of Directors—Director Independence” in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated by reference.
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services
Information regarding principal accounting fees and services will be set forth under “Principal Accountant Fees and Services” in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated by reference.
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Part IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
| (a) | Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules and Exhibits |
1. Financial Statements
The following financial statements of MBIA Inc. have been included in Part II, Item 8 hereof:
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
Consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.
Consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020.
Consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020.
Consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020.
Consolidated statements of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020.
Notes to consolidated financial statements.
2. Financial Statement Schedules
The following financial statement schedules are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
| Schedule | Title | |
| I. | Summary of investments, other than investments in related parties, as of December 31, 2022. | |
| II. | Condensed financial information of Registrant: | |
| Condensed balance sheets as of December 31, 2022 and 2021. | ||
| Condensed statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020. | ||
| Condensed statements of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020. | ||
| Notes to condensed financial statements. | ||
| IV. | Reinsurance for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020. |
The report of the Registrant’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm with respect to the above listed financial statement schedules is included within the report listed under Item 15.1 above.
All other schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is shown in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.
3. Exhibits
An exhibit index immediately preceding the Exhibits indicates the exhibit number where each exhibit filed as part of this report can be found.
(Note Regarding Reliance on Statements in Our Contracts: In reviewing the agreements included as exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, please remember that they are included to provide you with information regarding their terms and are not intended to provide any other factual or disclosure information about MBIA Inc., its subsidiaries or the other parties to the agreements. The agreements contain representations and warranties by each of the parties to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties have been made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement and (i) should not in all instances be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate; (ii) have been qualified by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable agreement, which disclosures are not necessarily reflected in the agreement; (iii) may apply standards of materiality in a way that is different from what may be viewed as material to investors; and (iv) were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in the agreement and are subject to more recent developments. Accordingly, these representations and warranties may not describe the actual state of affairs as of the date they were made or at any other time.)
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Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules (continued)
3. Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws.
4. Instruments Defining the Rights of Security Holders, including Indentures.
In accordance with Item 601(b)(4)(iii) of Regulation S-K, certain instruments defining the rights of holders of long term debt of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries pursuant to which the total amount of securities authorized thereunder does not exceed 10% of the total assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis are not filed herewith. The Company hereby agrees to furnish a copy of any such instrument to the SEC upon request.
10. Material Contracts
Executive Compensation Plans and Arrangements
The following Exhibits identify all existing executive compensation plans and arrangements:
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Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules (continued)
23. Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
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Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules (continued)
101.INS. XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because iXBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
101.SCH. XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL. XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF. XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB. XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE. XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
104. Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| MBIA Inc. (Registrant) | ||||||
| Dated: February 28, 2023 | By | /s/ William C. Fallon | ||||
| Name: | William C. Fallon | |||||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| /s/ William C. Fallon William C. Fallon |
Director and Chief Executive Officer | February 28, 2023 | ||
| /s/ Anthony McKiernan Anthony McKiernan |
Chief Financial Officer | February 28, 2023 | ||
| /s/ Joseph R. Schachinger Joseph R. Schachinger |
Assistant Vice President and Controller (Chief Accounting Officer) | February 28, 2023 | ||
| /s/ Charles R. Rinehart Charles R. Rinehart |
Chairman and Director | February 28, 2023 | ||
| /s/ Diane L. Dewbrey Diane L. Dewbrey |
Director | February 28, 2023 | ||
| /s/ Steven J. Gilbert Steven J. Gilbert |
Director | February 28, 2023 | ||
| /s/ Janice L. Innis-Thompson Janice L. Innis-Thompson |
Director | February 28, 2023 | ||
| /s/ Theodore Shasta Theodore Shasta |
Director | February 28, 2023 | ||
| /s/ Richard C. Vaughan Richard C. Vaughan |
Director | February 28, 2023 | ||
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