Record Per-Share and Equity Metrics
Reached new per-share highs at year-end 2025: adjusted book value $186.43, adjusted operating shareholders' equity $126.78, and shareholders' equity $125.32.
Strong Earnings Growth
Fourth quarter 2025 adjusted operating income of $109 million ($2.32 per share), an 83% increase on a per-share basis versus Q4 2024 ($66 million, $1.27). Full-year 2025 adjusted operating income of $445 million ($9.08 per share), a 28% increase on a per-share basis versus 2024 ($389 million, $7.10).
Robust New Business Production (PVP)
Present value of new business production (PVP) totaled $286 million in 2025, with $206 million from U.S. public finance and $80 million from non-U.S. public and global finance/structured transactions.
Market Leadership and Growth in Municipal Insurance
Wrapped more than $25 billion of new-issue insured municipal par (15-year high), capturing 58% of new-issue insured par sold. Guaranteed over $27 billion of municipal par in 2025, up 16% year-over-year, across more than 1,500 policies; new-issue deal count rose ~15% to over 900 transactions.
Secondary Market Expansion
U.S. public finance secondary insured par written increased more than 240% year-over-year to approximately $2 billion in 2025, generating $44 million of PVP; secondary market par more than tripled compared with prior year.
Higher-Quality Mix with AA Activity
Issued over 160 policies on underlying AA-rated credits totaling ~ $7 billion of insured par, an approximate 60% year-over-year increase in both policy count and par for AA-rated step-away transactions.
Alternative Investments Performing Well
Alternative investments fair value exceeded $1 billion (up from $884 million at 12/31/2024). Alternatives generated $160 million pretax adjusted operating income for the full year (33% year-over-year increase) and produced an inception-to-date IRR of ~13%.
Capital Return and Dividend Increase
Executed $500 million of share repurchases in 2025, buying 5.8 million shares (~12% of shares outstanding at 12/31/2024) at an average price of $85.92; remaining repurchase authorization $204 million. Distributed $69 million in dividends and approved a 12% increase in the quarterly dividend (from $0.34 to $0.38).
Litigation and Loss-Mitigation Gains
Realized a pretax gain of approximately $103 million from resolution of Lehman litigation and recorded additional pretax gains (including a $23 million Q4 loss mitigation gain). Loss mitigation actions reduced loss mitigation securities by over $400 million and removed problematic assets from the balance sheet.
Strategic Acquisition and New Business Platform
Completed acquisition of Warwick Re (renamed Assured Life Reinsurance) in January 2026 to launch an annuity reinsurance business focused on MYGAs and pension risk transfer annuities, diversifying revenue sources and creating potential synergies with existing capabilities.