Assured guaranty ltd (AGO)
CashFlow / Yearly
Dec'19Dec'18Dec'17Dec'16Dec'15Dec'14Dec'13Dec'12Dec'11Dec'10Dec'09Dec'08
Operating Activities:
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent

401,000

521,000

730,000

881,000

1,056,000

1,088,000

808,000

110,000

773,000

484,000

84,822

68,883

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows provided by operating activities:
Non-cash interest and operating expenses

-34,000

-36,000

-26,000

-39,000

-27,000

-23,000

-19,000

-18,000

20,000

24,000

16,250

16,328

Net amortization of premium (discount) on investments

35,000

31,000

46,000

34,000

25,000

16,000

8,000

-8,000

-23,000

-46,000

-21,997

-2,397

Provision (benefit) for deferred income taxes

65,000

74,000

250,000

19,000

300,000

347,000

177,000

-35,000

383,000

75,000

-185,143

43,116

Net realized investment losses (gains)

22,000

-32,000

40,000

-29,000

-17,000

-60,000

52,000

1,000

-18,000

-2,000

-32,662

-69,801

Net unrealized losses (gains) on credit derivatives

-

-

-

-

746,000

800,000

107,000

-477,000

554,000

-155,000

-337,810

38,034

Fair value losses (gains) on committed capital securities

-

-

-

-

27,000

-11,000

10,000

-18,000

35,000

9,000

-122,940

42,746

Bargain purchase gain and settlement of pre-existing relationships

0

0

58,000

259,000

214,000

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

Goodwill and settlements of pre-existing relationship

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

23,341

-

Non-cash items in other income

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-4,000

20,691

-

Change in deferred acquisition costs

-

-

-

-

-9,000

-3,000

8,000

-18,000

-18,000

-18,000

-31,646

29,318

Change in premiums receivable, net of premiums and commissions payable

388,000

6,000

69,000

-128,000

8,000

-108,000

-86,000

-48,000

-138,000

-376,000

-119,663

-12,059

Change in ceded unearned premium reserve

-20,000

-58,000

-90,000

-22,000

-79,000

-69,000

-109,000

-141,000

-102,000

-256,000

-203,063

5,326

Change in unearned premium reserve

224,000

39,000

-424,000

-777,000

-744,000

-332,000

-612,000

-749,000

-998,000

-1,278,000

-731,114

346,543

Change in loss and loss adjustment expense reserve, net

-528,000

-173,000

142,000

-105,000

244,000

182,000

136,000

258,000

-636,000

471,000

-1,186

-16,583

Change in current income tax

-

-

-

27,000

-45,000

-45,000

30,000

129,000

-182,000

-87,000

175,873

-22,046

Change in financial guaranty variable interest entities' assets and liabilities, net

27,000

5,000

15,000

24,000

6,000

170,000

295,000

7,000

-352,000

-541,000

-

-

Change in credit derivative assets and liabilities, net

1,000

62,000

144,000

43,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-15,802

-7,197

Purchases of securities

267,000

0

0

-

-

78,000

-16,000

-59,000

-6,000

0

-

-

Other changes in investment vehicles

0

21,000

9,000

35,000

-12,000

29,000

13,000

23,000

12,000

7,000

-29,063

18,448

Other changes in investment vehicles

15,000

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Net cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities

-509,000

462,000

433,000

-132,000

-71,000

577,000

244,000

-165,000

676,000

129,000

279,170

426,989

Investing activities
Fixed-maturity securities:
Purchases

873,000

1,881,000

2,552,000

1,646,000

2,577,000

2,801,000

1,886,000

1,649,000

2,308,000

2,462,000

2,287,668

1,272,024

Proceeds from Sale of Debt Securities, Available-for-sale

1,805,000

1,180,000

1,701,000

1,365,000

2,107,000

1,251,000

1,029,000

912,000

1,107,000

1,064,000

1,519,300

532,144

Maturities and paydowns

781,000

962,000

821,000

1,155,000

898,000

877,000

883,000

1,105,000

663,000

994,000

217,895

11,730

Short-term investments with maturities of over three months:
Short-term investments with maturities of over three months:
Purchases

229,000

243,000

255,000

190,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Sales

2,000

23,000

102,000

172,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Maturities and paydowns

316,000

207,000

191,000

134,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Net sales (purchases) of short-term investments with original maturities of less than three months

-623,000

-84,000

36,000

99,000

-897,000

-158,000

87,000

-29,000

-320,000

-613,000

397,100

-78,535

Net proceeds from paydowns on financial guaranty variable interest entities’ assets

139,000

116,000

147,000

629,000

400,000

408,000

663,000

545,000

760,000

424,000

-

-

Net proceeds from sales of financial guaranty variable interest entities’ assets

51,000

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired (see Note 2)

145,000

0

-95,000

435,000

800,000

0

0

91,000

0

0

458,998

-

Acquisition of MBIA UK Insurance Limited, net of cash acquired

-

-

-

-

-

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

Proceeds from maturity of other invested asset

0

0

85,000

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Proceeds from sales of other invested assets

36,000

38,000

2,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Purchases of other invested assets

88,000

20,000

23,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Other

3,000

1,000

5,000

9,000

-69,000

-11,000

-79,000

-92,000

-19,000

-20,000

-9,350

-

Net cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities

1,169,000

297,000

345,000

1,076,000

994,000

-96,000

681,000

943,000

561,000

653,000

-1,397,221

-649,615

Financing activities
Proceeds from issuances of common stock

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

173,000

0

0

1,022,096

248,967

Net proceeds from issuance of equity units

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

167,972

-

Dividends paid

74,000

71,000

70,000

69,000

72,000

76,000

75,000

69,000

33,000

33,000

22,332

16,015

Repurchases of common stock

500,000

500,000

501,000

306,000

555,000

590,000

264,000

24,000

23,000

10,000

3,676

-

Repurchases of common stock to pay withholding taxes

-

-

-

2,000

7,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Share activity under option and incentive plans

-

-

-

-

-

-1,000

1,000

3,000

1,000

2,000

667

3,632

Tax benefit for stock options exercised

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-16

16

Net paydowns of financial guaranty variable interest entities’ liabilities

181,000

116,000

157,000

611,000

214,000

396,000

511,000

724,000

1,053,000

651,000

-

-

Paydown of long-term debt

4,000

101,000

30,000

2,000

4,000

19,000

27,000

209,000

22,000

21,000

14,823

-

Proceeds from option exercises

-

-

-

12,000

5,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Other

-15,000

-7,000

-8,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Proceeds from issuance of collateralized loan obligations

482,000

0

0

-

-

495,000

0

0

-

-

-

-

Repayment of warehouse loans and equity

306,000

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Contributions from noncontrolling interests to investment vehicles

18,000

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Distributions to redeemable noncontrolling interests from investment vehicles

4,000

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Net cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities

-584,000

-795,000

-766,000

-978,000

-847,000

-585,000

-878,000

-856,000

-1,132,000

-717,000

1,148,554

229,336

Effect of foreign exchange rate changes

3,000

-4,000

5,000

-5,000

-4,000

-5,000

-1,000

1,000

2,000

-1,000

1,325

-2,453

Increase (decrease) in cash and restricted cash

79,000

-40,000

17,000

-39,000

72,000

-109,000

46,000

-77,000

107,000

64,000

31,828

4,257

Supplemental cash flow information
Income taxes

4,000

-4,000

10,000

74,000

103,000

122,000

110,000

-24,000

34,000

39,000

27,849

18,743

Interest on long-term debt

84,000

99,000

77,000

95,000

95,000

86,000

76,000

85,000

92,000

92,000

56,418

23,600

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Purchases of fixed-maturity investments

188,000

4,000

32,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Sales of fixed-maturity investments

44,000

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-