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Title of each class
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Name of each exchange on which registered
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Common shares, par value $0.0125 per share
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New York Stock Exchange
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6.875% Series C preferred shares
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New York Stock Exchange
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5.50% Series D preferred shares
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New York Stock Exchange
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Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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PART I
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Item 1.
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Business
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Item 1A.
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Risk Factors
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Item 1B.
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Unresolved Staff Comments
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Item 2.
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Properties
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Item 3.
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Legal Proceedings
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Item 4.
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Mine Safety Disclosures
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PART II
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Item 5.
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Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
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Item 6.
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Selected Financial Data
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Item 7.
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
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Item 7A.
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Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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Item 8.
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Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
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Item 9.
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Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosures
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Item 9A.
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Controls and Procedures
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Item 9B.
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Other Information
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PART III
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Item 10.
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Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
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Item 11.
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Executive Compensation
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Item 12.
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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
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Item 13.
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Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
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Item 14.
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Principal Accounting Fees and Services
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PART IV
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Item 15.
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Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
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ITEM 1.
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BUSINESS
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Year ended December 31,
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2013
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2012
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2011
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||||||
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Insurance
|
$
|
2,559,138
|
|
|
$
|
2,309,481
|
|
|
$
|
2,121,829
|
|
|
|
Reinsurance
|
2,137,903
|
|
|
1,830,162
|
|
|
1,974,324
|
|
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|||
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Total
|
$
|
4,697,041
|
|
|
$
|
4,139,643
|
|
|
$
|
4,096,153
|
|
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•
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Property
: provides physical loss or damage, business interruption and machinery breakdown coverage for virtually all types of property, including commercial buildings, residential premises, construction projects and onshore energy installations. This line of business consists of both primary and excess risks, some of which are catastrophe-exposed.
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•
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Marine
: provides coverage for traditional marine classes, including offshore energy, cargo, liability, recreational marine, fine art, specie, hull and war. Offshore energy coverage includes physical damage, business interruption, operators extra expense and liability coverage for all aspects of offshore upstream energy, from exploration and construction through the operation and distribution phases.
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•
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Terrorism
: provides coverage for physical damage and business interruption of an insured following an act of terrorism.
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•
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Aviation
: provides hull and liability and specific war coverage primarily for passenger airlines but also for cargo operations, general aviation operations, airports, aviation authorities, security firms and product manufacturers.
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•
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Credit and political risk:
provides credit and political risk insurance products for banks and corporations. Coverage is provided for a range of risks including sovereign default, credit default, political violence, currency inconvertibility and non-transfer, expropriation, aircraft non-repossession and contract frustration due to political events. The credit insurance coverage is primarily for lenders seeking to mitigate the risk of non-payment from their borrowers in emerging markets. For the credit insurance contracts, it is necessary for the buyer of the insurance (most often a bank) to hold an insured asset (most often an underlying loan) in order to claim compensation under the insurance contract.
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•
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Professional lines
: provides coverage for directors’ and officers’ liability, errors and omissions liability, employment practices liability, fiduciary liability, crime, professional indemnity and other financial insurance related coverages for commercial enterprises, financial institutions and not-for-profit organizations. This business is predominantly written on a claims-made basis.
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•
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Liability:
primarily targets primary and low/mid-level excess and umbrella commercial liability risks in the U.S. excess and surplus lines markets. Target industry sectors include construction, manufacturing, transportation and trucking and other services. We also target middle to high excess liability business in the London and Bermuda wholesale markets and primary and excess business in the Canadian marketplace.
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•
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Accident & health:
includes accidental death, travel insurance and specialty health products for employer and affinity groups, as well as accident & health reinsurance for catastrophic or per life events on a quota share and/or excess of loss basis, with aggregate and/or per person deductibles.
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Year ended December 31,
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2013
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2012
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2011
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Aon
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$
|
451,158
|
|
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18
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%
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|
$
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413,471
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|
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18
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%
|
|
$
|
397,189
|
|
|
19
|
%
|
|
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Marsh
|
422,627
|
|
|
17
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%
|
|
427,565
|
|
|
19
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%
|
|
388,834
|
|
|
18
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%
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|||
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Willis
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223,131
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|
|
9
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%
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|
217,631
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|
|
9
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%
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|
203,011
|
|
|
10
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%
|
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|||
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Other brokers
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1,230,165
|
|
|
48
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%
|
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1,060,864
|
|
|
46
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%
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|
881,285
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|
41
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%
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Managing general agencies and underwriters
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232,057
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|
|
8
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%
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189,950
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8
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%
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251,510
|
|
|
12
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%
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|||
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Total
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$
|
2,559,138
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
$
|
2,309,481
|
|
|
100
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%
|
|
$
|
2,121,829
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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•
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Catastrophe:
provides protection for most catastrophic losses that are covered in the underlying insurance policies written by our cedants. The exposure in the underlying policies is principally property exposure but also covers other exposures including workers compensation and personal accident. The principal perils in this portfolio are hurricane and windstorm, earthquake, flood, tornado, hail and fire. In some instances, terrorism may be a covered peril or the only peril. We underwrite catastrophe reinsurance principally on an excess of loss basis.
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•
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Property:
provides coverage for property damage and related losses resulting from natural and man-made perils contained in underlying personal and commercial policies. While our predominant exposure is to property damage, other risks, including business interruption and other non-property losses, may also be covered when arising from a covered peril. While our most significant exposures typically relate to losses from windstorms, tornadoes and earthquakes, we are exposed to other perils such as freezes, riots, floods, industrial explosions, fires, hail and a number of other loss events. We assume business on both a proportional and excess of loss basis.
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•
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Professional Lines:
covers directors' and officers' liability, employment practices liability, medical malpractice, professional indemnity, environmental liability and miscellaneous errors and omissions insurance risks. The underlying business is predominantly written on a claims-made basis. Business is written on both a proportional and excess of loss basis.
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•
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Credit and Surety:
consists of reinsurance of trade credit insurance products and includes both proportional and excess of loss structures. The underlying insurance indemnifies sellers of goods and services in the event of a payment default by the buyer of those goods and services. Also included in this line of business is coverage for losses arising from a broad array of surety bonds issued by insurers to satisfy regulatory demands or contract obligation in a variety of jurisdictions around the world. Bonding is also known as surety insurance.
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•
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Motor:
provides coverage to cedants for motor liability and property damage losses arising out of any one occurrence. The occurrence can involve one or many claimants where the ceding insurer aggregates the claims from the occurrence.
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•
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Liability:
provides coverage to insurers of standard casualty business, excess and surplus casualty business and specialty casualty programs. The primary focus of the underlying business is general liability, although workers compensation and auto liability are also written.
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•
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Engineering:
provides coverage for all types of construction risks and risks associated with erection, testing and commissioning of machinery and plants during the construction stage. This line of business also includes coverage for losses arising from operational failures of machinery, plant and equipment and electronic equipment as well as business interruption.
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•
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Agriculture:
provides coverage for risks associated with the production of food and fiber on a global basis for primary insurance companies writing multi-peril crop insurance, crop hail, and named peril covers, as well as custom risk transfer mechanisms for agricultural dependent industries with exposures to crop yield and/or price deviations. We provide both proportional and aggregate stop loss reinsurance.
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•
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Other:
includes aviation, marine, and personal accident reinsurance.
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Year ended December 31,
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2013
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2012
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2011
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|||||||||
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Aon
|
$
|
749,751
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|
|
35
|
%
|
|
$
|
712,588
|
|
|
39
|
%
|
|
$
|
727,102
|
|
|
37
|
%
|
|
|
Marsh
|
643,292
|
|
|
30
|
%
|
|
468,993
|
|
|
26
|
%
|
|
566,451
|
|
|
29
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Willis
|
339,761
|
|
|
16
|
%
|
|
299,097
|
|
|
16
|
%
|
|
311,241
|
|
|
16
|
%
|
|
|||
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Other brokers
|
271,458
|
|
|
13
|
%
|
|
212,941
|
|
|
12
|
%
|
|
185,632
|
|
|
9
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Direct
|
133,641
|
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
136,543
|
|
|
7
|
%
|
|
183,898
|
|
|
9
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Total
|
$
|
2,137,903
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,830,162
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,974,324
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Year ended December 31,
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2003
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2004
|
|
2005
|
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2006
|
|
2007
|
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2008
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2009
|
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2010
|
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2011
|
|
2012
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2013
|
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||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gross reserves for losses and loss expenses
|
$
|
992,846
|
|
|
$
|
2,404,560
|
|
|
$
|
4,743,338
|
|
|
$
|
5,015,113
|
|
|
$
|
5,587,311
|
|
|
$
|
6,244,783
|
|
|
$
|
6,564,133
|
|
|
$
|
7,032,375
|
|
|
$
|
8,425,045
|
|
|
$
|
9,058,731
|
|
|
$
|
9,582,140
|
|
|
|
Reinsurance recoverable
|
(124,899
|
)
|
|
(564,314
|
)
|
|
(1,473,241
|
)
|
|
(1,310,904
|
)
|
|
(1,297,539
|
)
|
|
(1,314,551
|
)
|
|
(1,381,058
|
)
|
|
(1,540,633
|
)
|
|
(1,736,823
|
)
|
|
(1,825,617
|
)
|
|
(1,900,112
|
)
|
|
|||||||||||
|
Net reserves for unpaid losses and loss expenses
|
867,947
|
|
|
1,840,246
|
|
|
3,270,097
|
|
|
3,704,209
|
|
|
4,289,772
|
|
|
4,930,232
|
|
|
5,183,075
|
|
|
5,491,742
|
|
|
6,688,222
|
|
|
7,233,114
|
|
|
7,682,028
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
Net reserves re-estimated as of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 Year later
|
$
|
686,235
|
|
|
$
|
1,457,250
|
|
|
$
|
3,053,561
|
|
|
$
|
3,367,232
|
|
|
$
|
3,913,485
|
|
|
$
|
4,507,061
|
|
|
$
|
4,870,020
|
|
|
$
|
5,234,281
|
|
|
$
|
6,443,382
|
|
|
$
|
7,013,678
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
2 Years later
|
539,110
|
|
|
1,179,851
|
|
|
2,938,734
|
|
|
3,076,025
|
|
|
3,533,313
|
|
|
4,235,219
|
|
|
4,623,109
|
|
|
5,018,121
|
|
|
6,226,591
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
3 Years later
|
434,221
|
|
|
1,080,083
|
|
|
2,750,476
|
|
|
2,773,158
|
|
|
3,281,011
|
|
|
4,007,046
|
|
|
4,440,229
|
|
|
4,797,981
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||
|
4 Years later
|
386,029
|
|
|
962,910
|
|
|
2,529,259
|
|
|
2,576,226
|
|
|
3,074,010
|
|
|
3,841,717
|
|
|
4,285,709
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
5 Years later
|
347,544
|
|
|
889,190
|
|
|
2,429,724
|
|
|
2,445,150
|
|
|
2,957,939
|
|
|
3,685,823
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
6 Years later
|
326,729
|
|
|
863,225
|
|
|
2,365,515
|
|
|
2,376,807
|
|
|
2,820,852
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|||||||||||||||||
|
7 Years later
|
315,548
|
|
|
839,214
|
|
|
2,328,729
|
|
|
2,290,277
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
8 Years later
|
312,628
|
|
|
823,131
|
|
|
2,278,338
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
9 Years later
|
303,022
|
|
|
799,502
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
10 Years later
|
299,957
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Cumulative redundancy on net reserves
|
$
|
567,990
|
|
|
$
|
1,040,744
|
|
|
$
|
991,759
|
|
|
$
|
1,413,932
|
|
|
$
|
1,468,920
|
|
|
$
|
1,244,409
|
|
|
$
|
897,366
|
|
|
$
|
693,761
|
|
|
$
|
461,631
|
|
|
$
|
219,436
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Cumulative net paid losses as of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
1 Year later
|
$
|
108,547
|
|
|
$
|
291,695
|
|
|
$
|
880,120
|
|
|
$
|
636,266
|
|
|
$
|
615,717
|
|
|
$
|
982,036
|
|
|
$
|
1,042,890
|
|
|
$
|
953,035
|
|
|
$
|
1,299,384
|
|
|
$
|
1,373,459
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
2 Years later
|
169,853
|
|
|
432,963
|
|
|
1,292,738
|
|
|
999,280
|
|
|
1,147,990
|
|
|
1,539,713
|
|
|
1,592,741
|
|
|
1,601,082
|
|
|
2,187,024
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
3 Years later
|
202,136
|
|
|
511,325
|
|
|
1,500,652
|
|
|
1,355,821
|
|
|
1,461,494
|
|
|
1,936,555
|
|
|
2,002,373
|
|
|
2,061,667
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||
|
4 Years later
|
221,644
|
|
|
574,874
|
|
|
1,771,039
|
|
|
1,513,350
|
|
|
1,655,688
|
|
|
2,221,221
|
|
|
2,301,915
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
5 Years later
|
245,978
|
|
|
615,920
|
|
|
1,873,052
|
|
|
1,625,423
|
|
|
1,807,075
|
|
|
2,424,791
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
6 Years later
|
254,676
|
|
|
650,110
|
|
|
1,930,682
|
|
|
1,705,987
|
|
|
1,928,489
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
7 Years later
|
263,412
|
|
|
677,351
|
|
|
1,979,439
|
|
|
1,772,037
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
8 Years later
|
269,909
|
|
|
698,846
|
|
|
2,026,100
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
9 Years later
|
276,406
|
|
|
706,010
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
10 Years later
|
276,614
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Impact of foreign exchange and other
|
$
|
3,240
|
|
|
$
|
4,664
|
|
|
$
|
(13,329
|
)
|
|
$
|
23,581
|
|
|
$
|
28,588
|
|
|
$
|
(133,345
|
)
|
|
$
|
82,018
|
|
|
$
|
(25,282
|
)
|
|
$
|
(16,462
|
)
|
|
$
|
71,084
|
|
|
$
|
6,184
|
|
|
|
Gross reserve for losses and loss expenses re-estimated
|
$
|
399,394
|
|
|
$
|
1,309,725
|
|
|
$
|
3,624,917
|
|
|
$
|
3,384,444
|
|
|
$
|
3,840,572
|
|
|
$
|
4,826,626
|
|
|
$
|
5,555,183
|
|
|
$
|
6,208,102
|
|
|
$
|
7,808,233
|
|
|
$
|
8,788,740
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Reinsurance recoverable re-estimated
|
(99,437
|
)
|
|
(510,223
|
)
|
|
(1,346,579
|
)
|
|
(1,094,167
|
)
|
|
(1,019,720
|
)
|
|
(1,140,803
|
)
|
|
(1,269,474
|
)
|
|
(1,410,121
|
)
|
|
(1,581,642
|
)
|
|
(1,775,062
|
)
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Net reserve for unpaid losses and loss expenses re-estimated
|
299,957
|
|
|
799,502
|
|
|
2,278,338
|
|
|
2,290,277
|
|
|
2,820,852
|
|
|
3,685,823
|
|
|
4,285,709
|
|
|
4,797,981
|
|
|
6,226,591
|
|
|
7,013,678
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Cumulative redundancy on gross reserve
|
$
|
593,452
|
|
|
$
|
1,094,835
|
|
|
$
|
1,118,421
|
|
|
$
|
1,630,669
|
|
|
$
|
1,746,739
|
|
|
$
|
1,418,157
|
|
|
$
|
1,008,950
|
|
|
$
|
824,273
|
|
|
$
|
616,812
|
|
|
$
|
269,991
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
•
|
Protect our capital base and earnings by monitoring our risks against our stated risk tolerances;
|
•
|
Promote a sound risk management culture through disciplined and informed risk taking;
|
•
|
Enhance value creation and contribute to an optimal risk-return profile by providing the basis for efficient capital deployment;
|
•
|
Support our group-wide decision making process by providing reliable and timely risk information; and
|
•
|
Safeguard AXIS’s reputation.
|
•
|
Our Risk Management Committee (RMC) has responsibility for reviewing the allocation of capital, approving individual risk limits and determining changes to our internal risk capital methodology. The RMC also reviews new business plans in the context of our risk framework and defined risk appetite. Further, the RMC reviews and advises management with respect to certain individual transactions in accordance with the quantitative and qualitative criteria outlined in our business referral guidelines.
|
•
|
Our Investment & Finance Committee oversees the Group’s investment activities by, among other things, monitoring market risks, the performance of our investment managers and the Group’s asset-liability management, liquidity positions and investment policies and guidelines. The Investment & Finance Committee also prepares the Group’s strategic asset allocation and presents it to the Finance Committee of the Board for approval.
|
•
|
Our Reinsurance Security Committee (RSC) sets out the financial security requirements of our reinsurance counterparties and recommends tolerance levels for different types of ceded business.
|
•
|
Excess of loss per risk – the reinsurer indemnifies us for loss amounts of all individual policies effected, defined in the treaty terms and conditions. Per risk treaties are an effective means of risk mitigation against large single losses (e.g. a large fire claim).
|
•
|
Catastrophe excess of loss – provides aggregate loss cover for our insurance portfolio against the accumulation of losses incurred from a single event (e.g. windstorm).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
At January 1,
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
|
2014
|
|
2013
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Single zone/single event
|
|
Perils
|
50 Year
Return
Period
|
|
100 Year
Return
Period
|
|
250 Year
Return
Period
|
|
50 Year
Return
Period
|
|
100 Year
Return
Period
|
|
250 Year
Return
Period
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Southeast
|
|
U.S. Hurricane
|
$
|
502
|
|
|
$
|
705
|
|
|
$
|
887
|
|
|
$
|
500
|
|
|
$
|
714
|
|
|
$
|
955
|
|
|
|
Northeast
|
|
U.S. Hurricane
|
60
|
|
|
206
|
|
|
403
|
|
|
53
|
|
|
200
|
|
|
446
|
|
|
||||||
|
Mid-Atlantic
|
|
U.S. Hurricane
|
107
|
|
|
361
|
|
|
772
|
|
|
123
|
|
|
400
|
|
|
875
|
|
|
||||||
|
Gulf of Mexico
|
|
U.S. Hurricane
|
338
|
|
|
507
|
|
|
786
|
|
|
336
|
|
|
500
|
|
|
831
|
|
|
||||||
|
California
|
|
Earthquake
|
352
|
|
|
479
|
|
|
558
|
|
|
412
|
|
|
590
|
|
|
889
|
|
|
||||||
|
Europe
|
|
Windstorm
|
264
|
|
|
371
|
|
|
479
|
|
|
308
|
|
|
414
|
|
|
520
|
|
|
||||||
|
Japan
|
|
Earthquake
|
216
|
|
|
284
|
|
|
482
|
|
|
246
|
|
|
336
|
|
|
547
|
|
|
||||||
|
Japan
|
|
Windstorm
|
68
|
|
|
126
|
|
|
172
|
|
|
75
|
|
|
144
|
|
|
201
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
•
|
Major failures and disasters which could cause a severe disruption to working environments, facilities and personnel, represent a significant operational risk to us. Our Business Continuity Management framework strives to protect critical business functions from these effects to enable us to carry out our core tasks in time and at the quality required. During
2013
, we continued to review our Business Continuity Planning procedures through cyclical planned tests.
|
•
|
We have developed a number of IT platforms, applications and security controls to support our business activities worldwide. Dedicated security standards are in place for our IT systems to ensure the proper use, availability and protection of our information assets.
|
•
|
Our use of third party vendors exposes us to a number of increased operational risks, including the risk of security breaches, fraud, non-compliance with laws and regulations or internal guidelines and inadequate service. We manage material third party vendor risk, by, among other things, performing a thorough risk assessment on potential large vendors, reviewing a vendor’s financial stability, ability to provide ongoing service and business continuity planning.
|
•
|
We maintain cash and cash equivalents and high quality, liquid investment portfolios to meet expected outflows, as well as those that could result from a range of potential stress events. We place internal limits on the maximum percentage of cash and investments which may be in a restricted form as well as a minimum percentage of our investment portfolio to mature within a defined timeframe.
|
•
|
We maintain committed borrowing facilities, as well as access to diverse funding sources to cover contingencies. Funding sources include asset sales, external debt issuances and lines of credit.
|
ITEM 1A.
|
RISK FACTORS
|
•
|
$201 million, in aggregate, relating to various worldwide natural catastrophe and weather-related events in 2013;
|
•
|
$331 million in relation to Storm Sandy in 2012;
|
•
|
$789 million, in aggregate, in relation to the February and June earthquakes near Christchurch, New Zealand, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, first quarter Australian weather events and the Thai floods in 2011;
|
•
|
$256 million, in aggregate, in relation to the Chilean and September New Zealand earthquakes in 2010; and
|
•
|
$408 million, in aggregate, in relation to Hurricanes Ike and Gustav in 2008.
|
•
|
Providing reinsurance capacity in markets and to consumers that we target;
|
•
|
Requiring our further participation in industry pools and guaranty associations;
|
•
|
Expanding the scope of coverage under existing policies; e.g., following large disasters;
|
•
|
Further regulating the terms of (re)insurance contracts; or
|
•
|
Disproportionately benefiting the companies of one country over those of another.
|
•
|
actual or anticipated variations in our quarterly results, including as a result of catastrophes or our investment performance;
|
•
|
our share repurchase program;
|
•
|
changes in market valuation of companies in the insurance and reinsurance industry;
|
•
|
changes in expectations of future financial performance or changes in estimates of securities analysts;
|
•
|
fluctuations in stock market processes and volumes;
|
•
|
issuances or sales of common shares or other securities in the future;
|
•
|
the addition or departure of key personnel; and
|
•
|
announcements by us or our competitors of acquisitions, investments or strategic alliances.
|
ITEM 1B.
|
UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
|
ITEM 2.
|
PROPERTIES
|
ITEM 3.
|
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
|
ITEM 4.
|
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
|
ITEM 5.
|
MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
High
|
|
Low
|
|
Dividends
Declared
|
|
High
|
|
Low
|
|
Dividends
Declared
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
1st Quarter
|
$
|
41.98
|
|
|
$
|
34.95
|
|
|
$
|
0.25
|
|
|
$
|
33.52
|
|
|
$
|
30.35
|
|
|
$
|
0.24
|
|
|
|
2nd Quarter
|
$
|
46.88
|
|
|
$
|
41.29
|
|
|
$
|
0.25
|
|
|
$
|
35.12
|
|
|
$
|
30.60
|
|
|
$
|
0.24
|
|
|
|
3rd Quarter
|
$
|
48.39
|
|
|
$
|
41.87
|
|
|
$
|
0.25
|
|
|
$
|
36.45
|
|
|
$
|
32.03
|
|
|
$
|
0.24
|
|
|
|
4th Quarter
|
$
|
49.75
|
|
|
$
|
43.42
|
|
|
$
|
0.27
|
|
|
$
|
38.80
|
|
|
$
|
33.65
|
|
|
$
|
0.25
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Period
|
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased
|
Average
Price Paid
Per Share
|
Total Number of Shares
Purchased as Part of
Publicly Announced
Plans or Programs
(a)
|
Maximum Number (or Approximate
Dollar Value) of Shares That
May Yet Be Purchased Under the
Announced Plans
or Programs
(b)
|
||||||
October 1-31, 2013
|
1,678
|
|
|
$44.99
|
|
—
|
|
|
$408.9
|
million
|
November 1-30, 2013
|
1,572,891
|
|
|
$48.56
|
|
1,564,889
|
|
|
$332.9
|
million
|
December 1-31, 2013
|
753,670
|
|
|
$48.15
|
|
749,101
|
|
|
$750.0
|
million
|
Total
|
2,328,239
|
|
|
2,313,990
|
|
|
$750.0
|
million
|
(a)
|
From time to time, we purchase shares in connection with the vesting of restricted stock awards granted to our employees under our 2007 Long-Term Equity Compensation Plan. The purchase of these shares is separately authorized and is not part of our Board-authorized share repurchase program, described below.
|
(b)
|
On September 24, 2010, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase plan to repurchase up to $750 million of our common shares until December 31, 2012. On December 17, 2012, our Board of Directors authorized a new share repurchase plan to repurchase $750 million of our common shares through to December 31, 2014. On December 9, 2013, our Board of Directors authorized a new share repurchase plan for up to
$750 million
of our common shares through December 31, 2015. The new share repurchase authorization, effective January 1, 2014, replaced the previous plan which had $308.9 million available until the end of 2013. Share repurchases may be effected from time to time in open market or privately negotiated transactions, depending on market conditions.
|
ITEM 6.
|
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
At and For the year Ended December 31,
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
2010
|
|
2009
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Selected Statement of Operations Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Gross premiums written
|
$
|
4,697,041
|
|
|
$
|
4,139,643
|
|
|
$
|
4,096,153
|
|
|
$
|
3,750,536
|
|
|
$
|
3,587,295
|
|
|
|
Net premiums earned
|
3,707,065
|
|
|
3,415,463
|
|
|
3,314,961
|
|
|
2,947,410
|
|
|
2,791,764
|
|
|
|||||
|
Net investment income
|
409,312
|
|
|
380,957
|
|
|
362,430
|
|
|
406,892
|
|
|
464,478
|
|
|
|||||
|
Net realized investment gains (losses)
|
75,564
|
|
|
127,469
|
|
|
121,439
|
|
|
195,098
|
|
|
(311,584
|
)
|
|
|||||
|
Net losses and loss expenses
|
2,134,195
|
|
|
2,096,028
|
|
|
2,675,052
|
|
|
1,677,132
|
|
|
1,423,872
|
|
|
|||||
|
Acquisition costs
|
664,191
|
|
|
627,653
|
|
|
587,469
|
|
|
488,712
|
|
|
420,495
|
|
|
|||||
|
General and administrative expenses
|
575,390
|
|
|
560,981
|
|
|
459,151
|
|
|
449,885
|
|
|
370,157
|
|
|
|||||
|
Interest expense and financing costs
|
61,979
|
|
|
61,863
|
|
|
62,598
|
|
|
55,876
|
|
|
32,031
|
|
|
|||||
|
Preferred share dividends
|
40,474
|
|
|
38,228
|
|
|
36,875
|
|
|
36,875
|
|
|
36,875
|
|
|
|||||
|
Net income available to common shareholders
|
$
|
683,910
|
|
|
$
|
495,004
|
|
|
$
|
9,430
|
|
|
$
|
819,848
|
|
|
$
|
461,011
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Per Common Share Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Basic earnings per common share
|
$
|
6.02
|
|
|
$
|
4.05
|
|
|
$
|
0.08
|
|
|
$
|
6.74
|
|
|
$
|
3.36
|
|
|
|
Diluted earnings per common share
|
5.93
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
|
0.07
|
|
|
6.02
|
|
|
3.07
|
|
|
|||||
|
Cash dividends declared per common share
|
$
|
1.02
|
|
|
$
|
0.97
|
|
|
$
|
0.93
|
|
|
$
|
0.86
|
|
|
$
|
0.81
|
|
|
|
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding
|
113,636
|
|
|
122,148
|
|
|
122,499
|
|
|
121,728
|
|
|
137,279
|
|
|
|||||
|
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding
|
115,328
|
|
|
123,654
|
|
|
128,122
|
|
|
136,199
|
|
|
150,371
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Operating Ratios:
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Net loss and loss expense ratio
|
57.6
|
%
|
|
61.4
|
%
|
|
80.7
|
%
|
|
56.9
|
%
|
|
51.0
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
Acquisition cost ratio
|
17.9
|
%
|
|
18.4
|
%
|
|
17.7
|
%
|
|
16.6
|
%
|
|
15.1
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
General and administrative expense ratio
|
15.5
|
%
|
|
16.4
|
%
|
|
13.9
|
%
|
|
15.2
|
%
|
|
13.2
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
Combined ratio
|
91.0
|
%
|
|
96.2
|
%
|
|
112.3
|
%
|
|
88.7
|
%
|
|
79.3
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Selected Balance Sheet Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Investments
|
$
|
13,780,336
|
|
|
$
|
13,546,894
|
|
|
$
|
12,466,889
|
|
|
$
|
11,524,166
|
|
|
$
|
10,622,104
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
987,876
|
|
|
850,550
|
|
|
1,082,838
|
|
|
1,045,355
|
|
|
864,054
|
|
|
|||||
|
Reinsurance recoverable on unpaid and paid losses
|
1,929,988
|
|
|
1,863,819
|
|
|
1,770,329
|
|
|
1,577,547
|
|
|
1,424,172
|
|
|
|||||
|
Total assets
|
19,634,784
|
|
|
18,852,344
|
|
|
17,806,059
|
|
|
16,445,731
|
|
|
15,306,524
|
|
|
|||||
|
Reserve for losses and loss expenses
|
9,582,140
|
|
|
9,058,731
|
|
|
8,425,045
|
|
|
7,032,375
|
|
|
6,564,133
|
|
|
|||||
|
Unearned premiums
|
2,683,849
|
|
|
2,454,692
|
|
|
2,454,462
|
|
|
2,333,676
|
|
|
2,209,397
|
|
|
|||||
|
Senior notes
|
995,855
|
|
|
995,245
|
|
|
994,664
|
|
|
994,110
|
|
|
499,476
|
|
|
|||||
|
Total shareholders’ equity attributable to AXIS Capital
|
$
|
5,817,962
|
|
|
$
|
5,779,761
|
|
|
$
|
5,444,079
|
|
|
$
|
5,624,970
|
|
|
$
|
5,500,244
|
|
|
|
Book value per common share
(2)
|
$
|
47.40
|
|
|
$
|
44.75
|
|
|
$
|
39.37
|
|
|
$
|
45.60
|
|
|
$
|
37.84
|
|
|
|
Diluted book value per common share
(2)
|
$
|
45.80
|
|
|
$
|
42.97
|
|
|
$
|
38.08
|
|
|
$
|
39.37
|
|
|
$
|
33.65
|
|
|
|
Common shares outstanding
|
109,485
|
|
|
117,920
|
|
|
125,588
|
|
|
112,393
|
|
|
132,140
|
|
|
|||||
|
Common shares outstanding - diluted
|
113,325
|
|
|
122,793
|
|
|
129,818
|
|
|
130,189
|
|
|
148,596
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Operating ratios are calculated by dividing the respective operating expenses by net premiums earned.
|
(2)
|
Book value per common share and diluted book value per common share are based on total common shareholders’ equity divided by common shares and diluted common share equivalents outstanding, respectively.
|
ITEM 7.
|
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
|
•
|
Net income available to common shareholders of
$684 million
, or
$6.02
per common share and
$5.93
per diluted common share
|
•
|
Operating income
of
$633 million
, or
$5.49
per diluted common share
(1)
|
•
|
Gross premiums written of
$4.7 billion
|
•
|
Net premiums written of
$3.9 billion
|
•
|
Net premiums earned of
$3.7 billion
|
•
|
Net favorable prior year reserve development of
$219 million
|
•
|
Estimated aggregate natural catastrophe and weather-related pre-tax net losses (net of related reinstatement premiums)
|
•
|
Underwriting income of
$428 million
and combined ratio of
91.0%
|
•
|
Net investment income of
$409 million
|
•
|
Net realized investment gains of
$76 million
|
•
|
Total cash and investments of
$14.8 billion
; fixed maturities, cash and short-term securities comprise
88%
of total cash and investments and have an average credit rating of
AA-
|
•
|
Total assets of
$19.6 billion
|
•
|
Reserve for losses and loss expenses of
$9.6 billion
and reinsurance recoverable of
$1.9 billion
|
•
|
Total debt of
$996 million
and a debt to total capital ratio of
14.6%
|
•
|
Repurchased
10.8 million
common shares for total cost of
$472 million
; remaining authorization under the repurchase program approved by our Board of Directors of $723 million at
February 20, 2014
|
•
|
Common shareholders’ equity of
$5.2 billion
; diluted book value per common share of
$45.80
|
(1)
|
Operating income (loss) is a non-GAAP financial measure as defined in SEC Regulation G. See
‘Non-GAAP Financial Measures’
for reconciliation to nearest GAAP financial measure (net income available to common shareholders).
|
•
|
expansion of our agriculture reinsurance business;
|
•
|
continued expansion of our accident and health line, which launched in 2010 and is focused on specialty accident and health products;
|
•
|
the addition of a number of underwriting and support staff, including growth in specialized areas such as surety, primary casualty, weather and commodity markets and third party capital, as we continue to build-out the Company's global platform, explore opportunities in new and existing lines of business and grow our business internationally;
|
•
|
the expansion of the Company’s global underwriting platform, facilitated through the establishment of a new syndicate at Lloyd's which commenced operations on January 1, 2014 and provides us with access to Lloyd’s worldwide licenses and an extensive distribution network; and
|
•
|
the continued focus on lines of business with attractive rates.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
% Change
|
|
2012
|
|
% Change
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Underwriting income (loss):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Insurance
|
$
|
84,749
|
|
|
29%
|
|
$
|
65,477
|
|
|
87%
|
|
$
|
35,034
|
|
|
|
Reinsurance
|
343,220
|
|
|
74%
|
|
197,660
|
|
|
nm
|
|
(362,260
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Net investment income
|
409,312
|
|
|
7%
|
|
380,957
|
|
|
5%
|
|
362,430
|
|
|
|||
|
Net realized investment gains
|
75,564
|
|
|
(41%)
|
|
127,469
|
|
|
5%
|
|
121,439
|
|
|
|||
|
Other expenses, net
|
(185,380
|
)
|
|
(17%)
|
|
(224,322
|
)
|
|
103%
|
|
(110,338
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Net income
|
727,465
|
|
|
33%
|
|
547,241
|
|
|
nm
|
|
46,305
|
|
|
|||
|
Preferred share dividends
|
(40,474
|
)
|
|
6%
|
|
(38,228
|
)
|
|
4%
|
|
(36,875
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Loss on repurchase of preferred shares
|
(3,081
|
)
|
|
(78%)
|
|
(14,009
|
)
|
|
—%
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||
|
Net income available to common shareholders
|
$
|
683,910
|
|
|
38%
|
|
$
|
495,004
|
|
|
nm
|
|
$
|
9,430
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Operating income (loss)
|
$
|
633,072
|
|
|
50%
|
|
$
|
421,523
|
|
|
nm
|
|
$
|
(153,912
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended and at December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
ROACE
(1)
|
13.1
|
%
|
|
9.7
|
%
|
|
0.2
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Operating ROACE
(2)
|
12.1
|
%
|
|
8.2
|
%
|
|
(3.1
|
%)
|
|
|||
|
Diluted book value per common share
(3)
|
$
|
45.80
|
|
|
$
|
42.97
|
|
|
$
|
38.08
|
|
|
|
Cash dividends declared per common share
|
1.02
|
|
|
0.97
|
|
|
0.93
|
|
|
|||
|
Increase (decrease) in diluted book value per common share adjusted for dividends
|
$
|
3.85
|
|
|
$
|
5.86
|
|
|
$
|
(0.36
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Return on average common equity (“ROACE”) is calculated by dividing net income available to common shareholders for the period by the average shareholders’ equity determined by using the common shareholders’ equity balances at the beginning and end of the period.
|
(2)
|
Operating ROACE is calculated by dividing operating income (loss) for the period by the average common shareholders’ equity determined by using the common shareholders’ equity balances at the beginning and end of the period. Operating ROACE is a non-GAAP financial measure, as defined in SEC Regulation G. See
‘Non-GAAP Financial Measures’
for additional information and a reconciliation to the nearest GAAP financial measure (ROACE).
|
(3)
|
Diluted book value per common share represents total common shareholders’ equity divided by the number of common shares and diluted common share equivalents outstanding, determined using the treasury stock method.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
2013
|
|
% Change
|
|
2012
|
|
% Change
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Gross premiums written
|
|
$
|
4,697,041
|
|
|
13%
|
|
$
|
4,139,643
|
|
|
1%
|
|
$
|
4,096,153
|
|
|
|
Net premiums written
|
|
3,928,200
|
|
|
18%
|
|
3,337,456
|
|
|
(2%)
|
|
3,419,434
|
|
|
|||
|
Net premiums earned
|
|
3,707,065
|
|
|
9%
|
|
3,415,463
|
|
|
3%
|
|
3,314,961
|
|
|
|||
|
Other insurance related income
|
|
4,424
|
|
|
|
|
2,676
|
|
|
|
|
2,396
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Current year net losses and loss expenses
|
|
(2,353,631
|
)
|
|
|
|
(2,340,868
|
)
|
|
|
|
(2,932,513
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Prior year reserve development
|
|
219,436
|
|
|
|
|
244,840
|
|
|
|
|
257,461
|
|
|
|||
|
Acquisition costs
|
|
(664,191
|
)
|
|
|
|
(627,653
|
)
|
|
|
|
(587,469
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Underwriting-related general and administrative expenses
(1)
|
|
(485,134
|
)
|
|
|
|
(431,321
|
)
|
|
|
|
(382,062
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Underwriting income (loss)
(2)
|
|
$
|
427,969
|
|
|
63%
|
|
$
|
263,137
|
|
|
nm
|
|
$
|
(327,226
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
General and administrative expenses
(1)
|
|
$
|
575,390
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
560,981
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
459,151
|
|
|
|
Income before income taxes
(2)
|
|
$
|
734,467
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
550,528
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
61,538
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Underwriting-related general and administrative expenses is a non-GAAP measure as defined in SEC Regulation G. Our total general and administrative expenses also included
$90,256
,
$129,660
and
$77,089
of corporate expenses for
2013
,
2012
and
2011
, respectively; refer to '
Other Expenses, Net
' for additional information related to these corporate expenses. Also, refer to
'Non-GAAP Financial Measures'
for further information.
|
(2)
|
Group (or consolidated) underwriting income (loss) is a non-GAAP financial measure as defined in SEC Regulation G. See Item 8, Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, for a reconciliation of consolidated underwriting income (loss) to the nearest GAAP financial measures (income before income taxes) for the periods indicated above. Also, refer to
'Non-GAAP Financial Measures'
for additional information related to the presentation of consolidated underwriting income (loss).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
|
Gross Premiums Written
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
% Change
|
|
2012
|
|
% Change
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Insurance
|
$
|
2,559,138
|
|
|
11%
|
|
$
|
2,309,481
|
|
|
9%
|
|
$
|
2,121,829
|
|
|
||||
|
Reinsurance
|
2,137,903
|
|
|
17%
|
|
1,830,162
|
|
|
(7%)
|
|
1,974,324
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Total
|
$
|
4,697,041
|
|
|
13%
|
|
$
|
4,139,643
|
|
|
1%
|
|
$
|
4,096,153
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
% ceded
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Insurance
|
29
|
%
|
|
(5
|
)
|
pts
|
|
34
|
%
|
|
3
|
|
pts
|
|
31
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Reinsurance
|
1
|
%
|
|
—
|
|
pts
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
—
|
|
pts
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Total
|
16
|
%
|
|
(3
|
)
|
pts
|
|
19
|
%
|
|
2
|
|
pts
|
|
17
|
%
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
|
Net Premiums Written
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
2013
|
|
% Change
|
|
2012
|
|
% Change
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Insurance
|
$
|
1,813,538
|
|
|
19%
|
|
$
|
1,522,245
|
|
|
4%
|
|
$
|
1,466,134
|
|
|
||||
|
Reinsurance
|
2,114,662
|
|
|
16%
|
|
1,815,211
|
|
|
(7%)
|
|
1,953,300
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Total
|
$
|
3,928,200
|
|
|
18%
|
|
$
|
3,337,456
|
|
|
(2%)
|
|
$
|
3,419,434
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
12 to 13
|
|
11 to 12
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
Insurance
|
$
|
1,722,762
|
|
|
46
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,558,058
|
|
|
46
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,429,687
|
|
|
43
|
%
|
|
11
|
%
|
|
9
|
%
|
|
|
Reinsurance
|
1,984,303
|
|
|
54
|
%
|
|
1,857,405
|
|
|
54
|
%
|
|
1,885,274
|
|
|
57
|
%
|
|
7
|
%
|
|
(1
|
%)
|
|
|||
|
Total
|
$
|
3,707,065
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
$
|
3,415,463
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
$
|
3,314,961
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
9
|
%
|
|
3
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
% Point
Change
|
|
2012
|
|
% Point
Change
|
|
2011
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Current accident year loss ratio
|
63.5
|
%
|
|
(5.0
|
)
|
|
68.5
|
%
|
|
(20.0
|
)
|
|
88.5
|
%
|
|
|
Prior year reserve development
|
(5.9
|
%)
|
|
1.2
|
|
|
(7.1
|
%)
|
|
0.7
|
|
|
(7.8
|
%)
|
|
|
Acquisition cost ratio
|
17.9
|
%
|
|
(0.5
|
)
|
|
18.4
|
%
|
|
0.7
|
|
|
17.7
|
%
|
|
|
General and administrative expense ratio
(1)
|
15.5
|
%
|
|
(0.9
|
)
|
|
16.4
|
%
|
|
2.5
|
|
|
13.9
|
%
|
|
|
Combined ratio
|
91.0
|
%
|
|
(5.2
|
)
|
|
96.2
|
%
|
|
(16.1
|
)
|
|
112.3
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
The general and administration expense ratio includes corporate expenses not allocated to underwriting segments of
2.4%
,
3.8%
and
2.4%
for
2013
,
2012
and
2011
, respectively. These costs are further discussed in the ‘
Other Expenses, Net
’ section.
|
•
|
Reduced exposure and loss experience related to aggregate property reinsurance of regional insurance companies in the U.S. drove an improvement in the reinsurance segment, though this was partially offset by a higher ratio for the trade credit and bond reinsurance business and business mix changes; and
|
•
|
A lower level of loss activity in our property and marine lines of business and a reduction in the ratio for our credit and political risk business were the primary drivers of the improvement in our insurance segment.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Insurance
|
$
|
50,355
|
|
|
$
|
122,209
|
|
|
$
|
103,014
|
|
|
|
Reinsurance
|
169,081
|
|
|
122,631
|
|
|
154,447
|
|
|
|||
|
Total
|
$
|
219,436
|
|
|
$
|
244,840
|
|
|
$
|
257,461
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Property and other
|
$
|
47,780
|
|
|
$
|
63,919
|
|
|
$
|
55,779
|
|
|
|
Marine
|
48,482
|
|
|
37,322
|
|
|
21,910
|
|
|
|||
|
Aviation
|
15,349
|
|
|
5,017
|
|
|
9,842
|
|
|
|||
|
Credit and political risk
|
13,136
|
|
|
(143
|
)
|
|
(13,764
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Professional lines
|
(50,882
|
)
|
|
19,458
|
|
|
49,868
|
|
|
|||
|
Liability
|
(23,510
|
)
|
|
(3,364
|
)
|
|
(20,621
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Total
|
$
|
50,355
|
|
|
$
|
122,209
|
|
|
$
|
103,014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
•
|
$48 million
of net favorable prior year reserve development on our property and other business, largely related to the 2010 and 2011 accident years and driven by better than expected loss emergence.
|
•
|
$48 million
of net favorable prior year reserve development on marine business, spanning a number of accident years and largely related to better than expected loss emergence.
|
•
|
$15 million
of net favorable prior year reserve development on aviation business, spanning a number of accident years and largely related to better than expected loss emergence.
|
•
|
$13 million
of net favorable prior year reserve development on our credit and political risk business, largely related to the 2012 accident year and driven by better than expected loss emergence.
|
•
|
$51 million
of net adverse prior year reserve development on professional lines business, primarily related to strengthening of certain parts of our U.S. D&O lines in the 2011 and 2012 accident years and development on global financial crisis-related claims in our 2008 and 2009 accident years, as discussed in the overview.
|
•
|
$24 million
of net adverse prior year reserve development on liability business, related to developments on two particular claims and pertained to the 2009 and 2011 accident years.
|
•
|
$64 million
of net favorable prior year reserve development on our property and other business, the majority of which related to the 2009 through 2011 accident years ($42 million) and the 2008 accident year ($17 million). While development was primarily driven by better than expected loss emergence, $7 million of the 2008 accident year amount was due to the final settlement of two Hurricane Ike claims.
|
•
|
$37 million
of net favorable prior year reserve development on marine business, spanning a number of accident years and largely related to better than expected loss emergence. The majority of this, $21 million, related to offshore energy business.
|
•
|
$19 million
of net favorable prior year reserve development on professional lines business, primarily related to the 2006 through 2008 accident years for the reasons discussed in the overview.
|
•
|
$56 million
of net favorable prior year reserve development on our property and other business, the majority of which related to the 2010 ($27 million), 2009 ($9 million) and 2008 ($10 million) accident years. While the 2010 and 2009 amounts primarily related to better than expected loss emergence, the 2008 amount largely related to updated information from a client with respect to one large loss event.
|
•
|
$22 million
of net favorable prior year reserve development on marine business, spanning a number of accident years and related to better than expected loss emergence. The majority of this, $21 million, related to offshore energy business.
|
•
|
$10 million
of net favorable prior year reserve development on aviation business, spanning a number of accident years and driven by better than expected loss emergence.
|
•
|
$14 million
of net adverse prior year reserve development on credit and political risk business, primarily driven by $21 million in adverse development on the 2009 accident year as we reduced our recovery estimates based on the latest available information. Partially offsetting this amount was $8 million in net favorable development on the 2007 and 2008 accident years.
|
•
|
$50 million
of net favorable prior year reserve development on professional lines business. We recognized a total of $60 million of net favorable development for 2004 through 2007 accident years, largely due to the reasons discussed in the overview. Partially offsetting this was the recognition of $8 million of net adverse development on the 2010 accident year.
|
•
|
$21 million
of net adverse prior year reserve development on liability business, primarily emanating from the 2010 accident year and related to the receipt of two notable claims.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Property and other
|
$
|
50,017
|
|
|
$
|
79,802
|
|
|
$
|
90,437
|
|
|
|
Credit and surety
|
6,328
|
|
|
12,254
|
|
|
39,806
|
|
|
|||
|
Professional lines
|
21,845
|
|
|
34,291
|
|
|
55,628
|
|
|
|||
|
Motor
|
6,260
|
|
|
(4,328
|
)
|
|
(31,802
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Liability
|
84,631
|
|
|
612
|
|
|
378
|
|
|
|||
|
Total
|
$
|
169,081
|
|
|
$
|
122,631
|
|
|
$
|
154,447
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
•
|
$50 million
of net favorable prior year reserve development on property and other business, largely driven by better than expected loss emergence on the 2006 through 2009 and the 2012 accident years.
|
•
|
$22 million
of net favorable prior year reserve development on professional lines reinsurance business, primarily related to the 2007 through 2009 accident years and driven by better than expected loss emergence, for the reasons discussed in the overview.
|
•
|
$85 million
of net favorable prior year reserve development on liability reinsurance business for the reasons discussed in the overview.
|
•
|
$80 million
of net favorable prior year reserve development on property and other business largely consisting of:
|
•
|
$63 million of net favorable prior year reserve development on catastrophe and property business. Net favorable development was evident across all accident years, with the exception of 2011, and was largely due to better than expected loss emergence. We recognized net adverse development of $18 million on the 2011 accident year, driven by the revision in our estimates for the New Zealand earthquakes.
|
•
|
$16 million of net favorable prior year reserve development on crop business, largely related to the 2011 accident year and due to better than expected loss emergence. Of this amount, $6 million related to updated information for one particular claim; the remainder was due to better than expected loss emergence.
|
•
|
$12 million
of net favorable prior year reserve development on trade credit and bond reinsurance business, primarily related to the 2010 and 2011 accident years, in recognition of better than expected loss emergence and updated information from our cedants.
|
•
|
$34 million
of net favorable prior year reserve development on professional lines reinsurance business, primarily related to the 2007, and to a lesser extent 2006, accident years for the reasons discussed in the overview.
|
•
|
$90 million
of net favorable prior year reserve development on property and other business largely consisting of:
|
•
|
$71 million of net favorable prior year reserve development on catastrophe and property business. This development primarily related to the 2007 through 2009 accident years and reflected better than expected loss emergence.
|
•
|
$11 million of net favorable prior year reserve development on crop business, largely related to the 2010 accident year and due to better than expected loss emergence.
|
•
|
$8 million in net favorable prior year reserve development on engineering business, primarily related to the 2007 through 2009 accident years and due to better than expected loss emergence.
|
•
|
$40 million
of net favorable prior year reserve development on trade credit and bond reinsurance business, largely related to the 2009 and 2010 accident years, in recognition of better than expected loss emergence and updated information from our cedants.
|
•
|
$56 million
of net favorable prior year reserve development on professional lines reinsurance business, primarily related to the 2005 through 2007 accident years for the reasons discussed in the overview.
|
•
|
$32 million
of net adverse prior year reserve development on motor reinsurance business, primarily related to 2008 through 2010 accident year non-proportional business and due to changes in assumptions relating to settlement practices in the U.K. motor market (namely, Periodic Payment Orders, or “PPOs”).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
% Change
|
|
2012
|
|
% Change
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Gross premiums written
|
$
|
2,559,138
|
|
|
11%
|
|
$
|
2,309,481
|
|
|
9%
|
|
$
|
2,121,829
|
|
|
|
Net premiums written
|
1,813,538
|
|
|
19%
|
|
1,522,245
|
|
|
4%
|
|
1,466,134
|
|
|
|||
|
Net premiums earned
|
1,722,762
|
|
|
11%
|
|
1,558,058
|
|
|
9%
|
|
1,429,687
|
|
|
|||
|
Other insurance related income
|
2,436
|
|
|
|
|
2,676
|
|
|
|
|
2,396
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Current year net losses and loss expenses
|
(1,100,757
|
)
|
|
|
|
(1,075,773
|
)
|
|
|
|
(1,022,333
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Prior year reserve development
|
50,355
|
|
|
|
|
122,209
|
|
|
|
|
103,014
|
|
|
|||
|
Acquisition costs
|
(242,363
|
)
|
|
|
|
(226,859
|
)
|
|
|
|
(199,583
|
)
|
|
|||
|
General and administrative expenses
|
(347,684
|
)
|
|
|
|
(314,834
|
)
|
|
|
|
(278,147
|
)
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Underwriting income
|
$
|
84,749
|
|
|
29%
|
|
$
|
65,477
|
|
|
87%
|
|
$
|
35,034
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
% Point
Change
|
|
|
|
% Point
Change
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Ratios:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Current year loss ratio
|
63.9
|
%
|
|
(5.1)
|
|
69.0
|
%
|
|
(2.5)
|
|
71.5
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Prior year reserve development
|
(2.9
|
%)
|
|
4.9
|
|
(7.8
|
%)
|
|
(0.6)
|
|
(7.2
|
%)
|
|
|||
|
Acquisition cost ratio
|
14.1
|
%
|
|
(0.5)
|
|
14.6
|
%
|
|
0.6
|
|
14.0
|
%
|
|
|||
|
General and administrative expense ratio
|
20.1
|
%
|
|
(0.1)
|
|
20.2
|
%
|
|
0.8
|
|
19.4
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Combined ratio
|
95.2
|
%
|
|
(0.8)
|
|
96.0
|
%
|
|
(1.7)
|
|
97.7
|
%
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
12 to 13
|
|
11 to 12
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
Property
|
$
|
671,970
|
|
|
27
|
%
|
|
$
|
651,188
|
|
|
27
|
%
|
|
$
|
635,278
|
|
|
30
|
%
|
|
3
|
%
|
|
3
|
%
|
|
|
Marine
|
229,493
|
|
|
9
|
%
|
|
252,434
|
|
|
11
|
%
|
|
240,481
|
|
|
11
|
%
|
|
(9
|
%)
|
|
5
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Terrorism
|
38,373
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
37,186
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
34,313
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
3
|
%
|
|
8
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Aviation
|
43,326
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
65,143
|
|
|
3
|
%
|
|
70,792
|
|
|
3
|
%
|
|
(33
|
%)
|
|
(8
|
%)
|
|
|||
|
Credit and political risk
|
60,203
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
39,405
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
35,734
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
53
|
%
|
|
10
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Professional lines
|
900,071
|
|
|
35
|
%
|
|
836,634
|
|
|
36
|
%
|
|
764,205
|
|
|
36
|
%
|
|
8
|
%
|
|
9
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Liability
|
347,227
|
|
|
14
|
%
|
|
266,696
|
|
|
12
|
%
|
|
213,256
|
|
|
10
|
%
|
|
30
|
%
|
|
25
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Accident & health
|
268,475
|
|
|
10
|
%
|
|
160,795
|
|
|
7
|
%
|
|
127,770
|
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
67
|
%
|
|
26
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Total
|
$
|
2,559,138
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
$
|
2,309,481
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
$
|
2,121,829
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
11
|
%
|
|
9
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
12 to 13
|
|
11 to 12
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
Property
|
$
|
462,364
|
|
|
28
|
%
|
|
$
|
408,943
|
|
|
26
|
%
|
|
$
|
385,291
|
|
|
27
|
%
|
|
13
|
%
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
|
Marine
|
179,057
|
|
|
10
|
%
|
|
171,165
|
|
|
11
|
%
|
|
152,123
|
|
|
11
|
%
|
|
5
|
%
|
|
13
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Terrorism
|
39,298
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
38,605
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
35,213
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
10
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Aviation
|
48,489
|
|
|
3
|
%
|
|
60,363
|
|
|
4
|
%
|
|
70,681
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
|
(20
|
%)
|
|
(15
|
%)
|
|
|||
|
Credit and political risk
|
68,192
|
|
|
4
|
%
|
|
87,103
|
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
97,680
|
|
|
7
|
%
|
|
(22
|
%)
|
|
(11
|
%)
|
|
|||
|
Professional lines
|
586,200
|
|
|
34
|
%
|
|
563,500
|
|
|
36
|
%
|
|
536,238
|
|
|
38
|
%
|
|
4
|
%
|
|
5
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Liability
|
110,623
|
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
86,873
|
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
89,555
|
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
27
|
%
|
|
(3
|
%)
|
|
|||
|
Accident & health
|
228,539
|
|
|
13
|
%
|
|
141,506
|
|
|
9
|
%
|
|
62,906
|
|
|
4
|
%
|
|
62
|
%
|
|
125
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Total
|
$
|
1,722,762
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,558,058
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,429,687
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
11
|
%
|
|
9
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
•
|
strengthening in our professional lines, relating to certain parts of our D&O business written in the United States, following recent loss experience; and
|
•
|
a change in the business mix.
|
•
|
a lower level of loss activity in our property and marine lines of business; and
|
•
|
a reduction in the loss ratio for our credit & political risk line of business.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
% Change
|
|
2012
|
|
% Change
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Gross premiums written
|
$
|
2,137,903
|
|
|
17%
|
|
$
|
1,830,162
|
|
|
(7%)
|
|
$
|
1,974,324
|
|
|
|
Net premiums written
|
2,114,662
|
|
|
16%
|
|
1,815,211
|
|
|
(7%)
|
|
1,953,300
|
|
|
|||
|
Net premiums earned
|
1,984,303
|
|
|
7%
|
|
1,857,405
|
|
|
(1%)
|
|
1,885,274
|
|
|
|||
|
Other insurance related income
|
1,988
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Current year net losses and loss expenses
|
(1,252,874
|
)
|
|
|
|
(1,265,095
|
)
|
|
|
|
(1,910,180
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Prior year reserve development
|
169,081
|
|
|
|
|
122,631
|
|
|
|
|
154,447
|
|
|
|||
|
Acquisition costs
|
(421,828
|
)
|
|
|
|
(400,794
|
)
|
|
|
|
(387,886
|
)
|
|
|||
|
General and administrative expenses
|
(137,450
|
)
|
|
|
|
(116,487
|
)
|
|
|
|
(103,915
|
)
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Underwriting income (loss)
|
$
|
343,220
|
|
|
74%
|
|
$
|
197,660
|
|
|
nm
|
|
$
|
(362,260
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
% Point
Change
|
|
|
|
% Point
Change
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Ratios:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Current year loss ratio
|
63.1
|
%
|
|
(5.0)
|
|
68.1
|
%
|
|
(33.2)
|
|
101.3
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Prior year reserve development
|
(8.5
|
%)
|
|
(1.9)
|
|
(6.6
|
%)
|
|
1.6
|
|
(8.2
|
%)
|
|
|||
|
Acquisition cost ratio
|
21.3
|
%
|
|
(0.3)
|
|
21.6
|
%
|
|
1.0
|
|
20.6
|
%
|
|
|||
|
General and administrative expense ratio
|
6.9
|
%
|
|
0.6
|
|
6.3
|
%
|
|
0.8
|
|
5.5
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Combined ratio
|
82.8
|
%
|
|
(6.6)
|
|
89.4
|
%
|
|
(29.8)
|
|
119.2
|
%
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
12 to 13
|
|
11 to 12
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
Catastrophe
|
$
|
393,652
|
|
|
18
|
%
|
|
$
|
368,314
|
|
|
21
|
%
|
|
$
|
471,822
|
|
|
24
|
%
|
|
7
|
%
|
|
(22
|
%)
|
|
|
Property
|
364,315
|
|
|
17
|
%
|
|
315,758
|
|
|
17
|
%
|
|
359,987
|
|
|
18
|
%
|
|
15
|
%
|
|
(12
|
%)
|
|
|||
|
Professional lines
|
380,355
|
|
|
18
|
%
|
|
301,863
|
|
|
16
|
%
|
|
281,394
|
|
|
14
|
%
|
|
26
|
%
|
|
7
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Credit and surety
|
268,494
|
|
|
13
|
%
|
|
264,572
|
|
|
14
|
%
|
|
299,923
|
|
|
15
|
%
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
(12
|
%)
|
|
|||
|
Motor
|
242,046
|
|
|
11
|
%
|
|
235,648
|
|
|
13
|
%
|
|
238,365
|
|
|
12
|
%
|
|
3
|
%
|
|
(1
|
%)
|
|
|||
|
Liability
|
268,673
|
|
|
13
|
%
|
|
242,817
|
|
|
13
|
%
|
|
229,728
|
|
|
12
|
%
|
|
11
|
%
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Agriculture
|
132,780
|
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
19,326
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
15,201
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
nm
|
|
|
27
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Engineering
|
64,258
|
|
|
3
|
%
|
|
70,597
|
|
|
4
|
%
|
|
65,219
|
|
|
3
|
%
|
|
(9
|
%)
|
|
8
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Other
|
23,330
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
11,267
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
12,685
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
107
|
%
|
|
(11
|
%)
|
|
|||
|
Total
|
$
|
2,137,903
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,830,162
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,974,324
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
17
|
%
|
|
(7
|
%)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
12 to 13
|
|
11 to 12
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
Catastrophe
|
$
|
380,199
|
|
|
20
|
%
|
|
$
|
375,088
|
|
|
19
|
%
|
|
$
|
456,858
|
|
|
24
|
%
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
(18
|
%)
|
|
|
Property
|
350,970
|
|
|
18
|
%
|
|
351,470
|
|
|
19
|
%
|
|
356,022
|
|
|
19
|
%
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
(1
|
%)
|
|
|||
|
Professional lines
|
304,754
|
|
|
15
|
%
|
|
297,726
|
|
|
16
|
%
|
|
281,025
|
|
|
15
|
%
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Credit and surety
|
279,943
|
|
|
14
|
%
|
|
277,185
|
|
|
15
|
%
|
|
263,912
|
|
|
14
|
%
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
5
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Motor
|
221,844
|
|
|
11
|
%
|
|
237,006
|
|
|
13
|
%
|
|
202,830
|
|
|
11
|
%
|
|
(6
|
%)
|
|
17
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Liability
|
234,736
|
|
|
12
|
%
|
|
220,874
|
|
|
12
|
%
|
|
230,872
|
|
|
12
|
%
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
(4
|
%)
|
|
|||
|
Agriculture
|
126,490
|
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
17,116
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
15,031
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
nm
|
|
|
14
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Engineering
|
66,243
|
|
|
3
|
%
|
|
68,402
|
|
|
4
|
%
|
|
65,727
|
|
|
3
|
%
|
|
(3
|
%)
|
|
4
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Other
|
19,124
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
12,538
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
12,997
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
53
|
%
|
|
(4
|
%)
|
|
|||
|
Total
|
$
|
1,984,303
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,857,405
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,885,274
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
7
|
%
|
|
(1
|
%)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
2013
|
|
% Point
Change
|
|
2012
|
|
% Point
Change
|
|
2011
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Current accident year
|
|
63.1
|
%
|
|
(5.0
|
)
|
|
68.1
|
%
|
|
(33.2
|
)
|
|
101.3
|
%
|
|
|
Prior year reserve development
|
|
(8.5
|
%)
|
|
(1.9
|
)
|
|
(6.6
|
%)
|
|
1.6
|
|
|
(8.2
|
%)
|
|
|
Loss ratio
|
|
54.6
|
%
|
|
(6.9
|
)
|
|
61.5
|
%
|
|
(31.6
|
)
|
|
93.1
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
% Change
|
|
2012
|
|
% Change
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Corporate expenses
|
$
|
90,256
|
|
|
(30%)
|
|
$
|
129,660
|
|
|
68%
|
|
$
|
77,089
|
|
|
|
Foreign exchange losses (gains)
|
26,143
|
|
|
(11%)
|
|
29,512
|
|
|
nm
|
|
(44,582
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Interest expense and financing costs
|
61,979
|
|
|
—%
|
|
61,863
|
|
|
(1%)
|
|
62,598
|
|
|
|||
|
Income tax expense
|
7,002
|
|
|
113%
|
|
3,287
|
|
|
(78%)
|
|
15,233
|
|
|
|||
|
Total
|
$
|
185,380
|
|
|
(17%)
|
|
$
|
224,322
|
|
|
103%
|
|
$
|
110,338
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
% Change
|
|
2012
|
|
% Change
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Fixed maturities
|
$
|
293,609
|
|
|
(4
|
%)
|
|
$
|
304,400
|
|
|
(10
|
%)
|
|
$
|
337,616
|
|
|
|
Other investments
|
128,814
|
|
|
47
|
%
|
|
87,660
|
|
|
175
|
%
|
|
31,856
|
|
|
|||
|
Equities
|
10,897
|
|
|
(8
|
%)
|
|
11,904
|
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
11,186
|
|
|
|||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
6,337
|
|
|
40
|
%
|
|
4,528
|
|
|
(21
|
%)
|
|
5,697
|
|
|
|||
|
Short-term investments
|
1,181
|
|
|
98
|
%
|
|
596
|
|
|
(63
|
%)
|
|
1,592
|
|
|
|||
|
Gross investment income
|
440,838
|
|
|
8
|
%
|
|
409,088
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
|
387,947
|
|
|
|||
|
Investment expense
|
(31,526
|
)
|
|
12
|
%
|
|
(28,131
|
)
|
|
10
|
%
|
|
(25,517
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Net investment income
|
$
|
409,312
|
|
|
7
|
%
|
|
$
|
380,957
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
|
$
|
362,430
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Pre-tax yield:
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Fixed maturities
|
2.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
2.7
|
%
|
|
|
|
3.2
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Pre-tax yield is annualized and calculated as net investment income divided by the average month-end amortized cost balances for the periods indicated.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Hedge funds
|
$
|
100,915
|
|
|
$
|
56,551
|
|
|
$
|
(13,015
|
)
|
|
|
CLO - Equities
|
27,899
|
|
|
31,109
|
|
|
44,871
|
|
|
|||
|
Total net investment income from other investments
|
$
|
128,814
|
|
|
$
|
87,660
|
|
|
$
|
31,856
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Pre-tax return on other investments
(1)
|
13.3
|
%
|
|
11.1
|
%
|
|
5.3
|
%
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
The pre-tax return on other investments is calculated by dividing total income from other investments by the average month-end fair value balances held for the periods indicated.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
On sale of investments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Fixed maturities and short-term investments
|
$
|
33,038
|
|
|
$
|
140,238
|
|
|
$
|
134,804
|
|
|
|
Equities
|
44,157
|
|
|
12,881
|
|
|
2,468
|
|
|
|||
|
|
77,195
|
|
|
153,119
|
|
|
137,272
|
|
|
|||
|
OTTI charges recognized in earnings
|
(9,362
|
)
|
|
(24,234
|
)
|
|
(15,861
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Change in fair value of investment derivatives
|
7,731
|
|
|
(9,170
|
)
|
|
4,431
|
|
|
|||
|
Fair value hedges
|
—
|
|
|
7,754
|
|
|
(4,403
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Net realized investment gains
|
$
|
75,564
|
|
|
$
|
127,469
|
|
|
$
|
121,439
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Fixed maturities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Non-U.S. government
|
$
|
120
|
|
|
$
|
3,281
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
|
Corporate debt
|
5,802
|
|
|
1,821
|
|
|
1,954
|
|
|
|||
|
Non-Agency RMBS
|
57
|
|
|
2,016
|
|
|
717
|
|
|
|||
|
ABS
|
129
|
|
|
795
|
|
|
61
|
|
|
|||
|
Municipals
|
639
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
483
|
|
|
|||
|
|
6,747
|
|
|
7,913
|
|
|
3,215
|
|
|
|||
|
Equities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Common stocks
|
2,092
|
|
|
7,318
|
|
|
12,646
|
|
|
|||
|
Exchange traded funds
|
523
|
|
|
9,003
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||
|
|
2,615
|
|
|
16,321
|
|
|
12,646
|
|
|
|||
|
Total OTTI recognized in earnings
|
$
|
9,362
|
|
|
$
|
24,234
|
|
|
$
|
15,861
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Net investment income
|
$
|
409,312
|
|
|
$
|
380,957
|
|
|
$
|
362,430
|
|
|
|
Net realized investments gains
|
75,564
|
|
|
127,469
|
|
|
121,439
|
|
|
|||
|
Change in net unrealized gains/losses, net of currency hedges
|
(245,429
|
)
|
|
250,212
|
|
|
(34,320
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Total
|
$
|
239,447
|
|
|
$
|
758,638
|
|
|
$
|
449,549
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Average cash and investments
(1)
|
$
|
14,660,012
|
|
|
$
|
14,098,888
|
|
|
$
|
13,309,143
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Total return on average cash and investments, pre-tax
(2)
|
1.6
|
%
|
|
5.4
|
%
|
|
3.4
|
%
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
The average cash and investments balance is calculated by taking the average of the month-end fair value balances held for the periods indicated.
|
(2)
|
Excluding the impact of foreign currencies due to matching with foreign denominated insurance liabilities, the total return would be 1.6% for 2013 (2012: 4.9%, 2011: 3.7%).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
|
December 31, 2013
|
|
December 31, 2012
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
Amortized Cost
or Cost
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
Amortized Cost
or Cost
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Fixed maturities
|
$
|
11,987,146
|
|
|
$
|
11,986,327
|
|
|
$
|
11,605,672
|
|
|
$
|
11,928,049
|
|
|
|
Equities
|
566,219
|
|
|
701,987
|
|
|
608,306
|
|
|
666,548
|
|
|
||||
|
Other investments
|
839,177
|
|
|
1,045,810
|
|
|
730,101
|
|
|
843,437
|
|
|
||||
|
Short-term investments
|
46,212
|
|
|
46,212
|
|
|
108,860
|
|
|
108,860
|
|
|
||||
|
Total investments
|
$
|
13,438,754
|
|
|
$
|
13,780,336
|
|
|
$
|
13,052,939
|
|
|
$
|
13,546,894
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
(1)
|
$
|
987,876
|
|
|
$
|
987,876
|
|
|
$
|
850,550
|
|
|
$
|
850,550
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Includes restricted cash and cash equivalents of
$65 million
and $91 million for 2013 and 2012, respectively.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
December 31, 2013
|
|
December 31, 2012
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
% of Total
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
% of Total
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Fixed maturities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
U.S. government and agency
|
$
|
1,388,698
|
|
|
11
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,422,885
|
|
|
13
|
%
|
|
|
Non-U.S. government
|
1,176,382
|
|
|
10
|
%
|
|
1,104,576
|
|
|
9
|
%
|
|
||
|
Corporate debt
|
3,608,238
|
|
|
30
|
%
|
|
3,876,382
|
|
|
32
|
%
|
|
||
|
Agency RMBS
|
2,448,827
|
|
|
20
|
%
|
|
2,659,908
|
|
|
22
|
%
|
|
||
|
CMBS
|
797,414
|
|
|
7
|
%
|
|
840,084
|
|
|
7
|
%
|
|
||
|
Non-Agency RMBS
|
67,567
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
95,199
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
||
|
ABS
|
953,451
|
|
|
8
|
%
|
|
643,206
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
|
||
|
Municipals
(1)
|
1,545,750
|
|
|
13
|
%
|
|
1,285,809
|
|
|
11
|
%
|
|
||
|
Total
|
$
|
11,986,327
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
$
|
11,928,049
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Credit ratings:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
U.S. government and agency
|
$
|
1,388,698
|
|
|
11
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,422,885
|
|
|
13
|
%
|
|
|
AAA
(2)
|
4,160,744
|
|
|
35
|
%
|
|
4,791,455
|
|
|
39
|
%
|
|
||
|
AA
|
1,795,291
|
|
|
15
|
%
|
|
1,175,205
|
|
|
10
|
%
|
|
||
|
A
|
2,220,263
|
|
|
19
|
%
|
|
2,215,326
|
|
|
19
|
%
|
|
||
|
BBB
|
1,468,669
|
|
|
12
|
%
|
|
1,473,388
|
|
|
12
|
%
|
|
||
|
Below BBB
(3)
|
952,662
|
|
|
8
|
%
|
|
849,790
|
|
|
7
|
%
|
|
||
|
Total
|
$
|
11,986,327
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
$
|
11,928,049
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Includes bonds issued by states, municipalities, and political subdivisions.
|
(2)
|
Includes U.S. government-sponsored agency RMBS and CMBS.
|
(3)
|
Non-investment grade and non-rated securities.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
Non-U.S.
Government
|
|
Corporate
|
|
Non-Agency
RMBS
|
|
ABS
|
|
Total
|
|
% of Total
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
At December 31, 2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
Eurozone countries:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
Germany
|
$
|
22,833
|
|
|
$
|
90,916
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
5,176
|
|
|
$
|
118,925
|
|
|
28
|
%
|
|
|
Supranationals
(1)
|
115,777
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
115,777
|
|
|
28
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
Netherlands
|
20,776
|
|
|
50,472
|
|
|
227
|
|
|
4,838
|
|
|
76,313
|
|
|
18
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
France
|
—
|
|
|
45,366
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
3,225
|
|
|
48,591
|
|
|
11
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
Luxembourg
|
—
|
|
|
17,494
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
17,494
|
|
|
4
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
Spain
|
—
|
|
|
17,255
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
17,255
|
|
|
4
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
Ireland
|
—
|
|
|
4,065
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
5,668
|
|
|
9,733
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
Italy
|
—
|
|
|
8,112
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
8,112
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
Belgium
|
—
|
|
|
6,454
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
6,454
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
Austria
|
1,272
|
|
|
2,922
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
4,194
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
Total eurozone
|
$
|
160,658
|
|
|
$
|
243,056
|
|
|
$
|
227
|
|
|
$
|
18,907
|
|
|
$
|
422,848
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
At December 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
Eurozone countries:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
Germany
|
$
|
107,291
|
|
|
$
|
105,712
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
11,585
|
|
|
$
|
224,588
|
|
|
42
|
%
|
|
|
Netherlands
|
23,988
|
|
|
62,170
|
|
|
1,866
|
|
|
22,497
|
|
|
110,521
|
|
|
20
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
Supranationals
(1)
|
79,534
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
79,534
|
|
|
15
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
France
|
—
|
|
|
40,693
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
8,567
|
|
|
49,260
|
|
|
9
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
Luxembourg
|
—
|
|
|
30,352
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
30,352
|
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
Belgium
|
—
|
|
|
24,950
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
24,950
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
Ireland
|
—
|
|
|
7,989
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
7,989
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
Spain
|
—
|
|
|
7,627
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
7,627
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
Austria
|
6,108
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
6,108
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
Italy
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
|||||
|
Total eurozone
|
$
|
216,921
|
|
|
$
|
279,493
|
|
|
$
|
1,866
|
|
|
$
|
42,649
|
|
|
$
|
540,929
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Includes supranationals only within the eurozone.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
December 31, 2013
|
|
December 31, 2012
|
|
||||||||||||||
|
Country
|
Fair Value
|
|
% of Total
|
|
Weighted
Average
Credit Rating
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
% of Total
|
|
Weighted
Average
Credit Rating
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Eurozone countries:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Supranationals
(1)
|
$
|
115,777
|
|
|
10
|
%
|
|
AAA
|
|
$
|
79,534
|
|
|
7
|
%
|
|
AAA
|
|
|
Germany
|
22,833
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
AAA
|
|
107,291
|
|
|
10
|
%
|
|
AAA
|
|
||
|
Netherlands
|
20,776
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
AAA
|
|
23,988
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
AAA
|
|
||
|
Austria
|
1,272
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
AAA
|
|
6,108
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
AAA
|
|
||
|
Total eurozone
|
$
|
160,658
|
|
|
14
|
%
|
|
AAA
|
|
$
|
216,921
|
|
|
20
|
%
|
|
AAA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Other concentrations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
United Kingdom
|
$
|
182,230
|
|
|
15
|
%
|
|
AA+
|
|
$
|
201,658
|
|
|
18
|
%
|
|
AAA
|
|
|
Canada
|
165,013
|
|
|
14
|
%
|
|
AAA
|
|
132,938
|
|
|
12
|
%
|
|
AA+
|
|
||
|
Australia
|
158,056
|
|
|
13
|
%
|
|
AAA
|
|
193,259
|
|
|
17
|
%
|
|
AAA
|
|
||
|
Brazil
|
94,796
|
|
|
8
|
%
|
|
BBB
|
|
49,987
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
|
BBB
|
|
||
|
Mexico
|
66,987
|
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
A-
|
|
35,656
|
|
|
3
|
%
|
|
BBB+
|
|
||
|
Other
|
348,642
|
|
|
30
|
%
|
|
A-
|
|
274,157
|
|
|
25
|
%
|
|
A-
|
|
||
|
Total other concentrations
|
$
|
1,015,724
|
|
|
86
|
%
|
|
AA-
|
|
$
|
887,655
|
|
|
80
|
%
|
|
AA-
|
|
|
Total non-U.S. government
|
$
|
1,176,382
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
AA-
|
|
$
|
1,104,576
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
AA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Includes supranationals only within the eurozone.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
December 31, 2013
|
|
December 31, 2012
|
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
% of Total
|
|
Weighted
Average
Credit Rating
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
% of Total
|
|
Weighted
Average
Credit Rating
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Financial institutions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
U.S. banking
|
$
|
942,437
|
|
|
26
|
%
|
|
A-
|
|
$
|
986,723
|
|
|
25
|
%
|
|
A-
|
|
|
Corporate/commercial finance
|
209,074
|
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
BBB
|
|
247,633
|
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
BBB+
|
|
||
|
Insurance
|
166,987
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
|
A
|
|
208,149
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
|
A
|
|
||
|
Foreign banking
|
45,320
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
A+
|
|
31,924
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
A-
|
|
||
|
Consumer finance
|
16,345
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
BB
|
|
25,522
|
|
|
1
|
%
|
|
BBB-
|
|
||
|
Investment brokerage
|
15,750
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
BB
|
|
10,110
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
BB+
|
|
||
|
Total financial institutions
|
1,395,913
|
|
|
38
|
%
|
|
A-
|
|
1,510,061
|
|
|
38
|
%
|
|
A-
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Communications
|
450,490
|
|
|
12
|
%
|
|
BBB-
|
|
470,013
|
|
|
12
|
%
|
|
BBB-
|
|
||
|
Consumer cyclical
|
400,798
|
|
|
11
|
%
|
|
BBB-
|
|
414,058
|
|
|
11
|
%
|
|
BBB-
|
|
||
|
Consumer non-cyclicals
|
345,114
|
|
|
10
|
%
|
|
BBB-
|
|
355,117
|
|
|
9
|
%
|
|
BBB-
|
|
||
|
Industrials
|
298,159
|
|
|
8
|
%
|
|
BB+
|
|
335,017
|
|
|
9
|
%
|
|
BB+
|
|
||
|
Utilities
|
263,615
|
|
|
7
|
%
|
|
BBB
|
|
287,693
|
|
|
7
|
%
|
|
BBB
|
|
||
|
Energy
|
196,991
|
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
BB+
|
|
207,881
|
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
BBB-
|
|
||
|
Non-U.S. government guaranteed
|
64,982
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
AA+
|
|
94,987
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
AAA
|
|
||
|
Other
|
192,176
|
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
BBB-
|
|
201,555
|
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
BBB-
|
|
||
|
Total
|
$
|
3,608,238
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
BBB
|
|
$
|
3,876,382
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
BBB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Credit quality summary:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Investment grade
|
$
|
2,707,591
|
|
|
75
|
%
|
|
A-
|
|
$
|
3,094,744
|
|
|
80
|
%
|
|
A-
|
|
|
Non-investment grade
|
900,647
|
|
|
25
|
%
|
|
B+
|
|
781,638
|
|
|
20
|
%
|
|
B+
|
|
||
|
Total
|
$
|
3,608,238
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
BBB
|
|
$
|
3,876,382
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
BBB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
|
December 31, 2013
|
|
December 31, 2012
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
RMBS
|
|
CMBS
|
|
RMBS
|
|
CMBS
|
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Government agency
|
$
|
2,448,827
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
2,659,908
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
|
AAA
|
12,261
|
|
|
411,811
|
|
|
27,266
|
|
|
603,001
|
|
|
||||
|
AA
|
370
|
|
|
233,360
|
|
|
5,631
|
|
|
150,508
|
|
|
||||
|
A
|
5,891
|
|
|
73,932
|
|
|
6,687
|
|
|
65,520
|
|
|
||||
|
BBB
|
8,095
|
|
|
76,493
|
|
|
7,638
|
|
|
21,055
|
|
|
||||
|
Below BBB
(1)
|
40,950
|
|
|
1,818
|
|
|
47,977
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||||
|
Total
|
$
|
2,516,394
|
|
|
$
|
797,414
|
|
|
$
|
2,755,107
|
|
|
$
|
840,084
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Non-investment grade securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
Asset-backed securities
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
AAA
|
|
AA
|
|
A
|
|
BBB
|
|
Below BBB
(3)
|
|
Total
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
At December 31, 2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
CLO - debt tranches
|
$
|
399,736
|
|
|
$
|
179,318
|
|
|
$
|
5,575
|
|
|
$
|
8,902
|
|
|
$
|
484
|
|
|
$
|
594,015
|
|
|
|
Auto
|
82,982
|
|
|
41,911
|
|
|
29,828
|
|
|
23,394
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
178,115
|
|
|
||||||
|
Student loan
|
67,767
|
|
|
15,156
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
82,923
|
|
|
||||||
|
Credit card
|
7,110
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
7,110
|
|
|
||||||
|
Other
|
79,316
|
|
|
1,496
|
|
|
2,979
|
|
|
4,756
|
|
|
2,741
|
|
|
91,288
|
|
|
||||||
|
Total
|
$
|
636,911
|
|
|
$
|
237,881
|
|
|
$
|
38,382
|
|
|
$
|
37,052
|
|
|
$
|
3,225
|
|
|
$
|
953,451
|
|
|
|
% of total
|
67%
|
|
25%
|
|
4%
|
|
4%
|
|
—%
|
|
100%
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
At December 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Auto
|
$
|
157,932
|
|
|
$
|
5,221
|
|
|
$
|
30,743
|
|
|
$
|
28,402
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
222,298
|
|
|
|
Student loan
|
152,653
|
|
|
6,862
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
159,515
|
|
|
||||||
|
Credit card
|
52,984
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
52,984
|
|
|
||||||
|
CLO - debt tranches
|
37,774
|
|
|
17,222
|
|
|
8,853
|
|
|
14,749
|
|
|
12,648
|
|
|
91,246
|
|
|
||||||
|
Other
|
99,876
|
|
|
4,237
|
|
|
5,487
|
|
|
4,860
|
|
|
2,703
|
|
|
117,163
|
|
|
||||||
|
Total
|
$
|
501,219
|
|
|
$
|
33,542
|
|
|
$
|
45,083
|
|
|
$
|
48,011
|
|
|
$
|
15,351
|
|
|
$
|
643,206
|
|
|
|
% of total
|
78%
|
|
5%
|
|
7%
|
|
8%
|
|
2%
|
|
100%
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
G.O.
|
|
Revenue
|
|
Total
|
|
% of Total
Fair Value
|
|
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
|
|
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
|
|
Weighted
Average
Credit Rating
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
At December 31, 2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
New York
|
$
|
68,633
|
|
|
$
|
199,160
|
|
|
$
|
267,793
|
|
|
17%
|
|
$
|
4,973
|
|
|
$
|
(3,406
|
)
|
|
AA
|
|
|
California
|
70,302
|
|
|
134,786
|
|
|
205,088
|
|
|
13%
|
|
7,390
|
|
|
(1,871
|
)
|
|
AA-
|
|
|||||
|
Texas
|
50,685
|
|
|
125,201
|
|
|
175,886
|
|
|
11%
|
|
2,707
|
|
|
(1,690
|
)
|
|
AA
|
|
|||||
|
Florida
|
13,307
|
|
|
78,903
|
|
|
92,210
|
|
|
6%
|
|
2,982
|
|
|
(170
|
)
|
|
AA-
|
|
|||||
|
Illinois
|
15,523
|
|
|
68,095
|
|
|
83,618
|
|
|
5%
|
|
1,947
|
|
|
(533
|
)
|
|
A
|
|
|||||
|
Other
|
162,231
|
|
|
558,924
|
|
|
721,155
|
|
|
48%
|
|
12,433
|
|
|
(6,846
|
)
|
|
A
|
|
|||||
|
|
$
|
380,681
|
|
|
$
|
1,165,069
|
|
|
$
|
1,545,750
|
|
|
100%
|
|
$
|
32,432
|
|
|
$
|
(14,516
|
)
|
|
AA-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
At December 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
New York
|
$
|
46,597
|
|
|
$
|
163,859
|
|
|
$
|
210,456
|
|
|
16%
|
|
$
|
10,644
|
|
|
$
|
(301
|
)
|
|
AA
|
|
|
California
|
65,477
|
|
|
139,239
|
|
|
204,716
|
|
|
16%
|
|
11,929
|
|
|
(250
|
)
|
|
A+
|
|
|||||
|
Texas
|
37,576
|
|
|
86,795
|
|
|
124,371
|
|
|
10%
|
|
5,584
|
|
|
(8
|
)
|
|
AA
|
|
|||||
|
Florida
|
7,797
|
|
|
70,000
|
|
|
77,797
|
|
|
6%
|
|
4,444
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
AA-
|
|
|||||
|
Illinois
|
19,572
|
|
|
55,116
|
|
|
74,688
|
|
|
6%
|
|
3,267
|
|
|
(33
|
)
|
|
A+
|
|
|||||
|
Other
|
154,958
|
|
|
438,823
|
|
|
593,781
|
|
|
46%
|
|
22,902
|
|
|
(133
|
)
|
|
AA
|
|
|||||
|
|
$
|
331,977
|
|
|
$
|
953,832
|
|
|
$
|
1,285,809
|
|
|
100%
|
|
$
|
58,770
|
|
|
$
|
(725
|
)
|
|
AA-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
December 31, 2013
|
|
December 31, 2012
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Severity of
Unrealized Loss
|
Fair Value
|
|
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
|
|
% of
Total Gross
Unrealized
Losses
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
|
|
% of
Total Gross
Unrealized
Losses
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
0-10%
|
$
|
4,689,773
|
|
|
$
|
(117,975
|
)
|
|
66
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,547,790
|
|
|
$
|
(13,192
|
)
|
|
92
|
%
|
|
|
10-20%
|
290,477
|
|
|
(40,494
|
)
|
|
23
|
%
|
|
9,533
|
|
|
(1,171
|
)
|
|
8
|
%
|
|
||||
|
20-30%
|
35,503
|
|
|
(10,713
|
)
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
||||
|
30-40%
|
17,317
|
|
|
(8,673
|
)
|
|
5
|
%
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
||||
|
40-50%
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
||||
|
> 50%
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
||||
|
Total
|
$
|
5,033,070
|
|
|
$
|
(177,855
|
)
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,557,323
|
|
|
$
|
(14,363
|
)
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
December 31, 2013
|
|
December 31, 2012
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Severity of
Unrealized Loss
|
Fair
Value
|
|
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
|
|
% of
Total Gross
Unrealized
Losses
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
|
|
% of
Total Gross
Unrealized
Losses
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
0-10%
|
$
|
125,663
|
|
|
$
|
(1,880
|
)
|
|
86
|
%
|
|
$
|
143,396
|
|
|
$
|
(3,223
|
)
|
|
79
|
%
|
|
|
10-20%
|
2,349
|
|
|
(302
|
)
|
|
14
|
%
|
|
4,302
|
|
|
(714
|
)
|
|
17
|
%
|
|
||||
|
20-30%
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
583
|
|
|
(185
|
)
|
|
4
|
%
|
|
||||
|
30-40%
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
||||
|
40-50%
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
||||
|
> 50%
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
||||
|
Total
|
$
|
128,012
|
|
|
$
|
(2,182
|
)
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
$
|
148,281
|
|
|
$
|
(4,122
|
)
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
December 31, 2013
|
|
December 31, 2012
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Hedge funds
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Long/short equity funds
|
$
|
425,444
|
|
|
41
|
%
|
|
$
|
302,680
|
|
|
36
|
%
|
|
|
Multi-strategy funds
|
285,155
|
|
|
27
|
%
|
|
244,075
|
|
|
29
|
%
|
|
||
|
Event-driven funds
|
190,458
|
|
|
18
|
%
|
|
171,479
|
|
|
20
|
%
|
|
||
|
Leveraged bank loan funds
|
48,753
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
|
62,768
|
|
|
8
|
%
|
|
||
|
Total hedge funds
|
949,810
|
|
|
91
|
%
|
|
781,002
|
|
|
93
|
%
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Direct lending funds
|
$
|
22,134
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Total hedge and direct lending funds
|
971,944
|
|
|
93
|
%
|
|
781,002
|
|
|
93
|
%
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
CLO - Equities
|
73,866
|
|
|
7
|
%
|
|
62,435
|
|
|
7
|
%
|
|
||
|
Total other investments
|
$
|
1,045,810
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
$
|
843,437
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
At December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Collateral in Trust for inter-company agreements
|
$
|
2,261,081
|
|
|
$
|
2,134,931
|
|
|
|
Collateral for secured letter of credit facility
|
777,828
|
|
|
470,062
|
|
|
||
|
Collateral in Trust for third party agreements
|
276,839
|
|
|
245,539
|
|
|
||
|
Securities on deposit with regulatory authorities
|
58,327
|
|
|
59,456
|
|
|
||
|
Total restricted investments
|
$
|
3,374,075
|
|
|
$
|
2,909,988
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Total cash provided by (used in)
(1)
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Operating activities
|
$
|
1,096,968
|
|
|
$
|
1,120,617
|
|
|
$
|
1,190,142
|
|
|
|
Investing activities
|
(489,287
|
)
|
|
(862,381
|
)
|
|
(832,718
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Financing activities
|
(441,094
|
)
|
|
(481,811
|
)
|
|
(302,480
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
|
(3,078
|
)
|
|
1,543
|
|
|
(2,610
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
163,509
|
|
|
$
|
(222,032
|
)
|
|
$
|
52,334
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
See Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows included in Item 8, ‘
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
’, of this report for additional information.
|
•
|
Net cash provided by operating activities was
$1.1 billion
in
2013
and
2012
compared to
$1.2 billion
in
2011
. The Company's insurance and reinsurance operations typically receive principal cash inflows from premiums and reinsurance recoverables. Our principal cash outflows are for the payment of claims and loss adjustment expenses, premium payments to reinsurers, policy acquisition costs and operating expenses. Cash provided by operating activities can fluctuate due to timing differences in the collection of premium receivable and reinsurance recoverables and the payment of losses and premiums payable. The small reductions in cash flows in 2013 and 2012 were driven by an
|
•
|
The cash outflows from investing activities for
2013
related principally to the net purchase of fixed maturities of
$0.6 billion
(
2012
:
$0.9 billion
,
2011
:
$0.3 billion
). This was a result of reinvesting net investment income across a variety of fixed income asset classes. The decrease in the investing cash flows compared to prior years relates to an increased allocation to cash and cash equivalents during the year. During 2012, fixed income purchases included increased allocations to TIPS, short duration high yield corporate debt and CMBS. During 2011, we increased our allocation to global equities and hedge funds, driving combined net purchases of equities and other investments of $0.5 billion.
|
•
|
Dividends paid to common and preferred shareholders are the primary source of recurring cash flows used in financial activities and totaled
$158 million
in
2013
(
2012
:
$159 million
,
2011
:
$243 million
); this amount was higher for 2011 relative to the succeeding years largely due to the payment of deferred dividends to certain warrant holders upon exercise (refer to Item 8, Note 13 to our Consolidated Financial Statements). Financing cash outflows also included common share repurchases totaling
$472 million
,
$318 million
and
$66 million
in
2013
,
2012
and
2011
, respectively. We note that market share repurchases are completely discretionary; the timing and amount of the additional repurchase transactions will depend on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, global (re)insurance and financial market conditions and opportunities, capital management and regulatory considerations (see
‘Capital Resources – Share Repurchases’
below). During 2013 and 2012, financing cash flows also included a net $118 million inflow and $11 million outflow, respectively, related to the preferred share transactions discussed under
'Capital Resources - Preferred Shares'
below. During 2013, cash outflows were partially offset by a $50 million third party investment in shares issued by Ventures Re (See noncontrolling interests discussion in Item 8, Note 14 of the Consolidated Financial Statements).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
At December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Long-term debt
|
$
|
995,855
|
|
|
$
|
995,245
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Preferred shares
|
627,843
|
|
|
502,843
|
|
|
||
|
Common equity
|
5,190,119
|
|
|
5,276,918
|
|
|
||
|
Shareholders’ equity attributable to AXIS Capital
|
5,817,962
|
|
|
5,779,761
|
|
|
||
|
Total capital
|
$
|
6,813,817
|
|
|
$
|
6,775,006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Ratio of debt to total capital
|
14.6
|
%
|
|
14.7
|
%
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Ratio of debt and preferred equity to total capital
|
23.8
|
%
|
|
22.1
|
%
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Common equity - opening
|
|
$
|
5,276,918
|
|
|
$
|
4,944,079
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
727,465
|
|
|
547,241
|
|
|
||
|
Change in unrealized appreciation on available for sale investments, net of tax
|
|
(223,383
|
)
|
|
232,232
|
|
|
||
|
Share repurchases
|
|
(472,263
|
)
|
|
(317,687
|
)
|
|
||
|
Common share dividends
(1)
|
|
(118,993
|
)
|
|
(152,607
|
)
|
|
||
|
Preferred share dividends
|
|
(40,474
|
)
|
|
(38,228
|
)
|
|
||
|
Share-based compensation
|
|
48,475
|
|
|
67,912
|
|
|
||
|
Premium on repurchase of Series B preferred shares
|
|
—
|
|
|
(6,916
|
)
|
|
||
|
Series C and D preferred share issue costs (included in additional paid-in capital)
|
|
(6,551
|
)
|
|
(6,456
|
)
|
|
||
|
Other
|
|
(1,075
|
)
|
|
7,348
|
|
|
||
|
Common equity - closing
|
|
$
|
5,190,119
|
|
|
$
|
5,276,918
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Common share dividends were historically recognized as a reduction of retained earnings when paid. During the fourth quarter of 2012, we recognized a $31 million adjustment in order to recognize dividends when declared. See Item 8, Note 13(c) of the Consolidated Financial Statements for further details.
|
(i)
|
Maintenance of a minimum consolidated net worth, with the minimum being equal to the sum of $3.802 billion plus 25% of consolidated net income (if positive) for each semi-annual fiscal period ending on or after June 30, 2013 plus 25% of the net cash proceeds received by AXIS Capital from the issuance of its capital stock during each such semi-annual fiscal period. For the purposes of this covenant, consolidated net worth excludes unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on our available for sale investments.
|
(ii)
|
Maintenance of a maximum debt to total capital ratio of 0.35 to 1. For the purposes of this covenant, unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on our available for sale investments is excluded from total capital.
|
(iii)
|
Maintenance of an A.M. Best Company, Inc. (“A.M. Best”) financial strength rating of at least B++ for each of AXIS Capital’s material insurance/reinsurance subsidiaries that are party to the Credit Facility.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rating agency
|
|
Agency’s description of rating
|
|
Rating
|
|
Agency’s rating
definition
|
|
Ranking of rating
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Standard & Poor’s
|
|
An “opinion about the financial security characteristics of an insurance organization, with respect to its ability to pay under its insurance policies and contracts, in accordance with their terms”.
|
|
A+ (Stable)
|
|
“Strong financial security characteristics”
|
|
The ‘A’ grouping is the third highest out of ten major rating categories. The first seven major rating categories may be modified by the addition of a plus or minus sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
A.M. Best
|
|
An “opinion of an insurer’s financial strength and ability to meet its ongoing insurance policy and contract obligations”.
|
|
A+ (Stable)
|
|
“Superior ability to meet ongoing insurance obligations”
|
|
The ‘A+’ grouping is the second highest ratings category out of fifteen. Ratings outlooks (‘Positive’, ‘Negative’ and ‘Stable’) are assigned to indicate a rating’s potential direction over an intermediate term, generally defined as 12 - 36 months.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Moody’s Investors Service
|
|
“Opinions of the ability of insurance companies to pay punctually senior policyholder claims and obligations.”
|
|
A2 (Stable)
|
|
“Upper-medium grade and subject to low credit risk”
|
|
The ‘A’ grouping is the third highest out of nine rating categories. Each of the second through seventh categories are subdivided into three subcategories, as indicated by an appended numerical modifier of ‘1’, ‘2’ and ‘3’. The ‘1’ modifier indicates that the obligation ranks in the higher end of the rating category, the ‘2’ modifier indicates a mid-category ranking and the ‘3’ modifier indicates a ranking in the lower end of the rating category.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
Payment Due By Period
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
|
|
Total
|
|
Less than 1
year
|
|
1-3 years
|
|
3-5 years
|
|
More than
5 years
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Operating activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Estimated gross loss and loss expense payments
(1)
|
|
$
|
9,582,140
|
|
|
$
|
2,725,390
|
|
|
$
|
3,018,142
|
|
|
$
|
1,549,959
|
|
|
$
|
2,288,649
|
|
|
|
Operating lease obligations
(2)
|
|
174,308
|
|
|
31,207
|
|
|
51,216
|
|
|
38,836
|
|
|
53,049
|
|
|
|||||
|
Reinsurance purchase commitments
(3)
|
|
79,501
|
|
|
64,330
|
|
|
15,171
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||||
|
Investing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Unfunded investment commitments
(4)
|
|
168,165
|
|
|
168,165
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||||
|
Financing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Senior notes (including interest payments)
(5)
|
|
1,219,688
|
|
|
558,125
|
|
|
58,750
|
|
|
58,750
|
|
|
544,063
|
|
|
|||||
|
Total
|
|
$
|
11,223,802
|
|
|
$
|
3,547,217
|
|
|
$
|
3,143,279
|
|
|
$
|
1,647,545
|
|
|
$
|
2,885,761
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
We are obligated to pay claims for specified loss events covered by the (re)insurance contracts we write. Such loss payments represent our most significant future payment obligation. In contrast to our other contractual obligations, our cash payments are not determinable from the terms specified within the underlying contracts. The total amount in the table above reflects our best estimate of our reserve for losses and loss expenses. However, the actual amounts and timing may differ materially; refer to the ‘
Critical Accounting Estimates – Reserve for Losses and Loss Expenses
’ for further information. We have not taken into account corresponding reinsurance recoverable amounts that would be due to us. Given the limited loss development pattern information specific to our experience, we have generally estimated the timing of payment by applying industry benchmark payout patterns to each underlying reserving class.
|
(2)
|
We lease office space under operating leases which expire at various dates. We renew and enter into new leases in the ordinary course of business, as required.
|
(3)
|
We purchase reinsurance protection for our insurance lines of business. The minimum premiums are contractually due in advance on a quarterly basis.
|
(4)
|
We have unfunded investment commitments related to our investments in hedge and credit funds, which are callable by our investment managers. We have assumed that such investments will be called in the next year but such funding may occur over a longer period of time, due to market conditions and other factors. For further details, see Item 8, Note 5(b) to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
|
(5)
|
For further details on the terms of our senior unsecured debt, see Item 8, Note 10(a) to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
|
•
|
reserves for losses and loss expenses;
|
•
|
reinsurance recoverable balances;
|
•
|
premiums;
|
•
|
fair value measurements for our financial assets and liabilities; and
|
•
|
assessments of other-than-temporary impairments.
|
•
|
Expected Loss Ratio Method (“ELR”): This method estimates ultimate losses for an accident year by applying an expected loss ratio to the earned premium for that accident year. Generally, expected loss ratios are based on one or more of (a) an analysis of historical loss experience to date, (b) pricing information and (c) industry data, adjusted as appropriate, to reflect changes in rates and terms and conditions. This method is insensitive to actual incurred losses for the accident year in question and is, therefore, often useful in the early stages of development when very few losses have been incurred. Conversely, the lack of sensitivity to incurred/paid losses for the accident year in question means that this method is usually inappropriate in later stages of an accident year’s development.
|
•
|
Loss Development Method (also referred to as the Chain Ladder Method or Link Ratio Method): This method assumes that the losses incurred/paid for each accident year at a particular development stage follow a relatively similar pattern. It assumes that on average, every accident year will display the same percentage of ultimate losses incurred/paid at the same point in time after the inception of the accident year. The percentages incurred/paid are established for each development stage (e.g. 12 months, 24 months, etc.) after examining historical averages from historical loss development data and/or external industry benchmark information. Ultimate losses are then estimated by multiplying the actual incurred/paid losses by the reciprocal of the established incurred/paid percentage. The strengths of this method are that it reacts to loss emergence/payments and that it makes full use of historical claim emergence/payment experience. However, this method has weaknesses when the underlying assumption of stable loss development/payment patterns is not valid. This could be the consequence of changes in business mix, claim inflation trends or claim reporting practices and/or the presence of large claims, amongst other things. Furthermore, this method tends to produce volatile estimates of ultimate losses where there is volatility in the underlying incurred/paid patterns. In particular, where the expected percentage of incurred/paid losses is low, small deviations between actual and expected claims can lead to very volatile estimates of ultimate losses. As a result, this method is often unsuitable at early development stages for an accident year.
|
•
|
Bornhuetter-Ferguson Method (“BF”): This method can be seen as a combination of the ELR and Loss Development Methods, under which the Loss Development Method is given progressively more weight as an accident year matures. The main advantage of the BF Method is that it provides a more stable estimate of ultimate losses than the Loss Development Method at earlier stages of development, while remaining more sensitive to emerging loss development than the ELR Method. In addition, the BF Method allows for the incorporation of external market information through the use of expected loss ratios, whereas the Loss Development Method does not incorporate such information.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
At December 31,
|
Case Reserves
|
|
IBNR
|
|
Total
|
|
Case Reserves
|
|
IBNR
|
|
Total
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Insurance segment:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Property and other
|
$
|
565,930
|
|
|
$
|
292,067
|
|
|
$
|
857,997
|
|
|
$
|
551,831
|
|
|
$
|
297,389
|
|
|
$
|
849,220
|
|
|
|
Marine
|
143,126
|
|
|
136,452
|
|
|
279,578
|
|
|
218,523
|
|
|
174,780
|
|
|
393,303
|
|
|
||||||
|
Aviation
|
16,159
|
|
|
31,940
|
|
|
48,099
|
|
|
18,511
|
|
|
40,775
|
|
|
59,286
|
|
|
||||||
|
Credit and political risk
|
(59,101
|
)
|
|
72,860
|
|
|
13,759
|
|
|
(82,006
|
)
|
|
84,811
|
|
|
2,805
|
|
|
||||||
|
Professional lines
|
716,279
|
|
|
1,796,205
|
|
|
2,512,484
|
|
|
489,662
|
|
|
1,641,635
|
|
|
2,131,297
|
|
|
||||||
|
Liability
|
171,923
|
|
|
989,344
|
|
|
1,161,267
|
|
|
190,464
|
|
|
866,178
|
|
|
1,056,642
|
|
|
||||||
|
Total Insurance
|
1,554,316
|
|
|
3,318,868
|
|
|
4,873,184
|
|
|
1,386,985
|
|
|
3,105,568
|
|
|
4,492,553
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Reinsurance segment:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Property and other
|
809,384
|
|
|
496,881
|
|
|
1,306,265
|
|
|
917,614
|
|
|
449,056
|
|
|
1,366,670
|
|
|
||||||
|
Credit and surety
|
141,255
|
|
|
209,485
|
|
|
350,740
|
|
|
104,537
|
|
|
173,259
|
|
|
277,796
|
|
|
||||||
|
Professional lines
|
314,827
|
|
|
840,683
|
|
|
1,155,510
|
|
|
280,386
|
|
|
802,605
|
|
|
1,082,991
|
|
|
||||||
|
Motor
|
428,453
|
|
|
464,048
|
|
|
892,501
|
|
|
386,528
|
|
|
407,610
|
|
|
794,138
|
|
|
||||||
|
Liability
|
251,582
|
|
|
752,358
|
|
|
1,003,940
|
|
|
196,632
|
|
|
847,951
|
|
|
1,044,583
|
|
|
||||||
|
Total Reinsurance
|
1,945,501
|
|
|
2,763,455
|
|
|
4,708,956
|
|
|
1,885,697
|
|
|
2,680,481
|
|
|
4,566,178
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Total
|
$
|
3,499,817
|
|
|
$
|
6,082,323
|
|
|
$
|
9,582,140
|
|
|
$
|
3,272,682
|
|
|
$
|
5,786,049
|
|
|
$
|
9,058,731
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
•
|
The more significant weight given to industry benchmarks in forming our key actuarial assumptions;
|
•
|
The potential volatility of actuarial estimates, given the number of years of development it takes to produce a meaningful incurred loss as a percentage of ultimate losses;
|
•
|
Inherent uncertainties about loss trends, claims inflation (e.g. medical, judicial, social) and general economic conditions; and
|
•
|
The possibility of future litigation, legislative or judicial change that may impact future loss experience relative to the prior industry loss experience relied upon in reserve estimation.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
INSURANCE
|
|
|||||||||||
|
Development Pattern
|
Expected Loss Ratio
|
|
||||||||||
|
Property and Other
|
5% lower
|
|
Unchanged
|
|
5% higher
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
3 months shorter
|
$
|
(48,498
|
)
|
|
$
|
(23,626
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,247
|
|
|
|
Unchanged
|
(26,054
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
26,054
|
|
|
|||
|
3 months longer
|
12,480
|
|
|
40,563
|
|
|
68,645
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Marine
|
5% lower
|
|
Unchanged
|
|
5% higher
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
3 months shorter
|
$
|
(25,954
|
)
|
|
$
|
(17,127
|
)
|
|
$
|
(8,299
|
)
|
|
|
Unchanged
|
(9,671
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
9,698
|
|
|
|||
|
3 months longer
|
10,235
|
|
|
20,967
|
|
|
31,700
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Aviation
|
5% lower
|
|
Unchanged
|
|
5% higher
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
3 months shorter
|
$
|
(4,603
|
)
|
|
$
|
(3,305
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,007
|
)
|
|
|
Unchanged
|
(1,463
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,463
|
|
|
|||
|
3 months longer
|
2,841
|
|
|
4,531
|
|
|
6,221
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Credit and Political Risk
|
10% lower
|
|
Unchanged
|
|
10% higher
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
3 months shorter
|
$
|
(12,236
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
12,236
|
|
|
|
Unchanged
|
(12,236
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
12,236
|
|
|
|||
|
3 months longer
|
(12,236
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
12,236
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Professional Lines
|
10% lower
|
|
Unchanged
|
|
10% higher
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
6 months shorter
|
$
|
(331,415
|
)
|
|
$
|
(104,559
|
)
|
|
$
|
123,631
|
|
|
|
Unchanged
|
(242,679
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
242,704
|
|
|
|||
|
6 months longer
|
(147,592
|
)
|
|
105,553
|
|
|
362,931
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Liability
|
10% lower
|
|
Unchanged
|
|
10% higher
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
6 months shorter
|
$
|
(133,474
|
)
|
|
$
|
(18,305
|
)
|
|
$
|
96,865
|
|
|
|
Unchanged
|
(117,000
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
117,000
|
|
|
|||
|
6 months longer
|
(96,370
|
)
|
|
22,923
|
|
|
142,215
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
REINSURANCE
|
|
|||||||||||
|
Development Pattern
|
Expected Loss Ratio
|
|
||||||||||
|
Property and Other
|
5% lower
|
|
Unchanged
|
|
5% higher
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
3 months shorter
|
$
|
(89,597
|
)
|
|
$
|
(36,748
|
)
|
|
$
|
27,280
|
|
|
|
Unchanged
|
(60,103
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
60,103
|
|
|
|||
|
3 months longer
|
(21,373
|
)
|
|
40,880
|
|
|
103,133
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Credit and Surety
|
10% lower
|
|
Unchanged
|
|
10% higher
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
6 months shorter
|
$
|
(55,698
|
)
|
|
$
|
(15,932
|
)
|
|
$
|
23,833
|
|
|
|
Unchanged
|
(41,724
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
41,724
|
|
|
|||
|
6 months longer
|
(17,712
|
)
|
|
26,720
|
|
|
71,151
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Professional Lines
|
10% lower
|
|
Unchanged
|
|
10% higher
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
6 months shorter
|
$
|
(107,356
|
)
|
|
$
|
(23,928
|
)
|
|
$
|
59,501
|
|
|
|
Unchanged
|
(83,966
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
83,966
|
|
|
|||
|
6 months longer
|
(59,960
|
)
|
|
24,691
|
|
|
109,342
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Motor
|
10% lower
|
|
Unchanged
|
|
10% higher
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
6 months shorter
|
$
|
(107,002
|
)
|
|
$
|
(16,427
|
)
|
|
$
|
74,148
|
|
|
|
Unchanged
|
(92,218
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
92,218
|
|
|
|||
|
6 months longer
|
(68,394
|
)
|
|
26,471
|
|
|
121,336
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Liability
|
10% lower
|
|
Unchanged
|
|
10% higher
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
6 months shorter
|
$
|
(141,487
|
)
|
|
$
|
(13,471
|
)
|
|
$
|
114,546
|
|
|
|
Unchanged
|
(129,437
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
129,437
|
|
|
|||
|
6 months longer
|
(116,743
|
)
|
|
14,191
|
|
|
145,124
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
At December 31,
|
Case
Reserves
|
|
IBNR
|
|
Total
|
|
Case
Reserves
|
|
IBNR
|
|
Total
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Insurance segment:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Property and other
|
$
|
163,228
|
|
|
$
|
80,175
|
|
|
$
|
243,403
|
|
|
$
|
146,478
|
|
|
$
|
77,535
|
|
|
$
|
224,013
|
|
|
|
Marine
|
63,097
|
|
|
36,830
|
|
|
99,927
|
|
|
116,806
|
|
|
49,535
|
|
|
166,341
|
|
|
||||||
|
Aviation
|
264
|
|
|
1,311
|
|
|
1,575
|
|
|
243
|
|
|
861
|
|
|
1,104
|
|
|
||||||
|
Credit and political risk
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||||||
|
Professional lines
|
268,318
|
|
|
575,625
|
|
|
843,943
|
|
|
197,308
|
|
|
534,332
|
|
|
731,640
|
|
|
||||||
|
Liability
|
92,036
|
|
|
609,948
|
|
|
701,984
|
|
|
100,708
|
|
|
537,231
|
|
|
637,939
|
|
|
||||||
|
Total Insurance
|
586,943
|
|
|
1,303,889
|
|
|
1,890,832
|
|
|
561,543
|
|
|
1,199,494
|
|
|
1,761,037
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Reinsurance segment:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Property and other
|
—
|
|
|
4,543
|
|
|
4,543
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||||||
|
Credit and surety
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||||||
|
Professional lines
|
—
|
|
|
231
|
|
|
231
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
329
|
|
|
329
|
|
|
||||||
|
Motor
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||||||
|
Liability
|
—
|
|
|
4,506
|
|
|
4,506
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
64,251
|
|
|
64,251
|
|
|
||||||
|
Total Reinsurance
|
—
|
|
|
9,280
|
|
|
9,280
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
64,580
|
|
|
64,580
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Total
|
$
|
586,943
|
|
|
$
|
1,313,169
|
|
|
$
|
1,900,112
|
|
|
$
|
561,543
|
|
|
$
|
1,264,074
|
|
|
$
|
1,825,617
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
•
|
changes in renewal rates or rates of new business accepted by cedants (such changes could result from changes in the relevant insurance market that could affect more than one of our cedants or could be a consequence of changes in the marketing strategy or risk appetite of an individual cedant);
|
•
|
changes in underlying exposure values; and/or
|
•
|
changes in rates being charged by cedants.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Catastrophe
|
$
|
3,896
|
|
|
$
|
2,264
|
|
|
$
|
4,595
|
|
|
|
Property
|
195,435
|
|
|
169,214
|
|
|
200,823
|
|
|
|||
|
Professional lines
|
280,242
|
|
|
199,732
|
|
|
165,297
|
|
|
|||
|
Credit and surety
|
222,486
|
|
|
232,998
|
|
|
254,548
|
|
|
|||
|
Motor
|
177,834
|
|
|
158,230
|
|
|
128,164
|
|
|
|||
|
Liability
|
152,790
|
|
|
116,208
|
|
|
111,454
|
|
|
|||
|
Agriculture
|
103,869
|
|
|
3,800
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||
|
Engineering
|
47,295
|
|
|
55,846
|
|
|
60,576
|
|
|
|||
|
Other
|
11,582
|
|
|
7,118
|
|
|
8,405
|
|
|
|||
|
Total estimated premiums
|
$
|
1,195,429
|
|
|
$
|
945,410
|
|
|
$
|
933,862
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Gross premiums written (reinsurance segment)
|
2,137,903
|
|
|
1,830,162
|
|
|
1,974,324
|
|
|
|||
|
As a % of total gross premiums written
|
56
|
%
|
|
52
|
%
|
|
47
|
%
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
•
|
Level 1 – Valuations based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that we have the ability to access. Valuation adjustments and block discounts are not applied to Level 1 instruments.
|
•
|
Level 2 – Valuations based on quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets, or for which significant inputs are observable (e.g. interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, default rates, loss severities, etc.) or can be corroborated by observable market data.
|
•
|
Level 3 – Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. The unobservable inputs reflect our own assumptions about assumptions that market participants might use.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Default rates
|
4.0% - 5.0%
|
|
4.0% - 5.0%
|
|
|
Loss severity rate
|
53.5%
|
|
53.5%
|
|
|
Collateral spreads
|
2.6% - 3.4%
|
|
2.6% - 4.2%
|
|
|
Estimated maturity dates
|
2.1 - 4.6 years
|
|
1.8 - 5.7 years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
•
|
The length of time and extent to which the fair value has been less than the amortized cost for fixed maturities or cost for equity securities.
|
•
|
The financial condition, near-term and long-term prospects for the issuer of the security, including the relevant industry conditions and trends, and implications of rating agency actions and offering prices.
|
•
|
The historical and implied volatility of the fair value.
|
•
|
The collateral structure and credit support.
|
1)
|
have the intent to sell the security,
|
2)
|
more likely than not will be required to sell the security before its anticipated recovery, or
|
3)
|
do not anticipate to recover fully the amortized cost based on projected cash flows to be collected (i.e. a credit loss exists).
|
•
|
declines in value greater than 20% for nine consecutive months, and
|
•
|
declines in value greater than 10% for twelve consecutive months.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Net income available to common shareholders
|
$
|
683,910
|
|
|
$
|
495,004
|
|
|
$
|
9,430
|
|
|
|
Net realized investment gains, net of tax
(1)
|
(77,603
|
)
|
|
(115,854
|
)
|
|
(119,736
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Foreign exchange losses (gains), net of tax
(2)
|
23,684
|
|
|
28,364
|
|
|
(43,606
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Loss on repurchase of preferred shares, net of tax
(3)
|
3,081
|
|
|
14,009
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||
|
Operating income (loss)
|
$
|
633,072
|
|
|
$
|
421,523
|
|
|
$
|
(153,912
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Earnings per common share - diluted
|
$
|
5.93
|
|
|
$
|
4.00
|
|
|
$
|
0.07
|
|
|
|
Net realized investment gains, net of tax
|
(0.68
|
)
|
|
(0.94
|
)
|
|
(0.93
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Foreign exchange losses (gains), net of tax
|
0.21
|
|
|
0.24
|
|
|
(0.34
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Loss on repurchase of preferred shares, net of tax
|
0.03
|
|
|
0.11
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||
|
Adjustment for anti-dilutive securities
(4)
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(0.06
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Operating income (loss) per common share - diluted
|
$
|
5.49
|
|
|
$
|
3.41
|
|
|
$
|
(1.26
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Weighted average common shares and common share equivalents - diluted, for net income
(5)
|
115,328
|
|
|
123,654
|
|
|
128,122
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Weighted average common shares and common share equivalents - diluted, for operating income (loss)
|
115,328
|
|
|
123,654
|
|
|
122,499
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Average common shareholders’ equity
|
$
|
5,233,519
|
|
|
$
|
5,110,449
|
|
|
$
|
5,034,525
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
ROACE
|
13.1
|
%
|
|
9.7
|
%
|
|
0.2
|
%
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Operating ROACE
|
12.1
|
%
|
|
8.2
|
%
|
|
(3.1
|
%)
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Tax cost (benefit) of (
$2,039
),
$11,615
and
$1,703
for
2013
,
2012
and
2011
, respectively. Tax impact is estimated by applying the statutory rates of applicable jurisdictions, after consideration of other relevant factors including the ability to utilize capital losses.
|
(2)
|
Tax benefit (cost) of
$2,459
,
$1,148
and (
$976
) for
2013
,
2012
and
2011
, respectively. Tax impact is estimated by applying the statutory rates of applicable jurisdictions, after consideration of other relevant factors including the tax status of specific foreign exchange transactions.
|
(3)
|
Tax impact is nil.
|
(4)
|
For operating loss per share purposes, we have excluded the impact of otherwise anti-dilutive securities.
|
(5)
|
Refer to Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further details on the dilution calculation.
|
ITEM 7A.
|
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
Potential Adverse Change in Fair Value
|
|
||||||||||||
Increase in
interest rate
by 100
basis points
|
|
Widening of
credit spreads
by 100
basis points
|
|
Total
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
At December 31, 2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
U.S. government and agency
|
$
|
1,388,698
|
|
|
$
|
(56,590
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(56,590
|
)
|
|
|
Non-U.S. government
|
1,176,382
|
|
|
(37,274
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(37,274
|
)
|
|
||||
|
Agency MBS
|
2,448,827
|
|
|
(119,533
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(119,533
|
)
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Securities exposed to credit spreads:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Corporate debt
|
3,608,238
|
|
|
(87,210
|
)
|
|
(96,590
|
)
|
|
(183,800
|
)
|
|
||||
|
CMBS
|
797,414
|
|
|
(19,710
|
)
|
|
(19,931
|
)
|
|
(39,641
|
)
|
|
||||
|
Non agency RMBS
|
67,567
|
|
|
(343
|
)
|
|
(2,398
|
)
|
|
(2,741
|
)
|
|
||||
|
ABS
|
953,451
|
|
|
(5,827
|
)
|
|
(34,255
|
)
|
|
(40,082
|
)
|
|
||||
|
Municipals
|
1,545,750
|
|
|
(68,785
|
)
|
|
(69,610
|
)
|
|
(138,395
|
)
|
|
||||
|
|
$
|
11,986,327
|
|
|
$
|
(395,272
|
)
|
|
$
|
(222,784
|
)
|
|
$
|
(618,056
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
At December 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
U.S. government and agency
|
$
|
1,422,885
|
|
|
$
|
(55,856
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(55,856
|
)
|
|
|
Non-U.S. government
|
1,104,576
|
|
|
(34,088
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(34,088
|
)
|
|
||||
|
Agency MBS
|
2,659,908
|
|
|
(68,821
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(68,821
|
)
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Securities exposed to credit spreads:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Corporate debt
|
3,876,382
|
|
|
(111,035
|
)
|
|
(116,763
|
)
|
|
(227,798
|
)
|
|
||||
|
CMBS
|
840,084
|
|
|
(23,773
|
)
|
|
(24,037
|
)
|
|
(47,810
|
)
|
|
||||
|
Non agency RMBS
|
95,199
|
|
|
(1,897
|
)
|
|
(2,959
|
)
|
|
(4,856
|
)
|
|
||||
|
ABS
|
643,206
|
|
|
(5,525
|
)
|
|
(14,331
|
)
|
|
(19,856
|
)
|
|
||||
|
Municipals
|
1,285,809
|
|
|
(54,567
|
)
|
|
(55,134
|
)
|
|
(109,701
|
)
|
|
||||
|
|
$
|
11,928,049
|
|
|
$
|
(355,562
|
)
|
|
$
|
(213,224
|
)
|
|
$
|
(568,786
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
AUD
|
|
NZD
|
|
CAD
|
|
EUR
|
|
GBP
|
|
JPY
|
|
Other
|
|
Total
|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
At December 31, 2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Net managed assets (liabilities), excluding derivatives
|
$
|
(6,661
|
)
|
|
$
|
(195,714
|
)
|
|
$
|
72,846
|
|
|
$
|
(99,409
|
)
|
|
$
|
(132,980
|
)
|
|
$
|
35,115
|
|
|
$
|
(41,504
|
)
|
|
$
|
(368,307
|
)
|
|
|
Foreign currency derivatives, net
|
(22,315
|
)
|
|
172,144
|
|
|
(56,455
|
)
|
|
42,735
|
|
|
16,567
|
|
|
(32,301
|
)
|
|
(4,011
|
)
|
|
116,364
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Net managed foreign currency exposure
|
(28,976
|
)
|
|
(23,570
|
)
|
|
16,391
|
|
|
(56,674
|
)
|
|
(116,413
|
)
|
|
2,814
|
|
|
(45,515
|
)
|
|
(251,943
|
)
|
|
||||||||
|
Other net foreign currency exposure
|
4,203
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
779
|
|
|
31,225
|
|
|
12,497
|
|
|
12,838
|
|
|
308,446
|
|
|
369,988
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Total net foreign currency exposure
|
$
|
(24,773
|
)
|
|
$
|
(23,570
|
)
|
|
$
|
17,170
|
|
|
$
|
(25,449
|
)
|
|
$
|
(103,916
|
)
|
|
$
|
15,652
|
|
|
$
|
262,931
|
|
|
$
|
118,045
|
|
|
|
Net foreign currency exposure as a percentage of total shareholders’ equity
|
(0.4
|
%)
|
|
(0.4
|
%)
|
|
0.3
|
%
|
|
(0.4
|
%)
|
|
(1.8
|
%)
|
|
0.3
|
%
|
|
4.5
|
%
|
|
2.0
|
%
|
|
||||||||
|
Pre-tax impact of net foreign currency exposure on shareholders’ equity given a hypothetical 10% rate movement
(1)
|
$
|
(2,477
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,357
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,717
|
|
|
$
|
(2,545
|
)
|
|
$
|
(10,392
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,565
|
|
|
$
|
26,293
|
|
|
$
|
11,804
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
At December 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Net managed assets (liabilities), excluding derivatives
|
$
|
(51,247
|
)
|
|
$
|
(278,388
|
)
|
|
$
|
78,242
|
|
|
$
|
(25,315
|
)
|
|
$
|
(21,525
|
)
|
|
$
|
(8,387
|
)
|
|
$
|
(15,020
|
)
|
|
$
|
(321,640
|
)
|
|
|
Foreign currency derivatives, net
|
25,961
|
|
|
245,801
|
|
|
(58,297
|
)
|
|
39,588
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
15,329
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
268,382
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Net managed foreign currency exposure
|
(25,286
|
)
|
|
(32,587
|
)
|
|
19,945
|
|
|
14,273
|
|
|
(21,525
|
)
|
|
6,942
|
|
|
(15,020
|
)
|
|
(53,258
|
)
|
|
||||||||
|
Other net foreign currency exposure
|
5,454
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
211
|
|
|
22,257
|
|
|
15,199
|
|
|
14,224
|
|
|
201,062
|
|
|
258,407
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Total net foreign currency exposure
|
$
|
(19,832
|
)
|
|
$
|
(32,587
|
)
|
|
$
|
20,156
|
|
|
$
|
36,530
|
|
|
$
|
(6,326
|
)
|
|
$
|
21,166
|
|
|
$
|
186,042
|
|
|
$
|
205,149
|
|
|
|
Net foreign currency exposure as a percentage of total shareholders’ equity
|
(0.3
|
%)
|
|
(0.6
|
%)
|
|
0.3
|
%
|
|
0.6
|
%
|
|
(0.1
|
%)
|
|
0.4
|
%
|
|
3.2
|
%
|
|
3.5
|
%
|
|
||||||||
|
Pre-tax impact of net foreign currency exposure on shareholders’ equity given a hypothetical 10% rate movement
(1)
|
$
|
(1,983
|
)
|
|
$
|
(3,259
|
)
|
|
$
|
2,016
|
|
|
$
|
3,653
|
|
|
$
|
(633
|
)
|
|
$
|
2,117
|
|
|
$
|
18,604
|
|
|
$
|
20,515
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Assumes 10% change in underlying currencies relative to the U.S. dollar.
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ITEM 8.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
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Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Related Notes
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Page
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2013 and 2012
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Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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Note 1 – History
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Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies
|
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Note 3 – Segment Information
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Note 4 – Goodwill and Intangible Assets
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Note 5 – Investments
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Note 6 – Fair Value Measurements
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Note 7 – Derivative Instruments
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Note 8 – Reserves for Losses and Loss Expenses
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Note 9 – Reinsurance
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Note 10 – Debt and Financing Arrangements
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Note 11 – Commitments and Contingencies
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Note 12 – Earnings Per Common Share
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Note 13 – Shareholders’ Equity
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Note 14 – Noncontrolling Interest
|
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Note 15 – Retirement Plans
|
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|
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Note 16 – Share-Based Compensation
|
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|
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Note 17 – Related Party Transactions
|
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Note 18 – Income Taxes
|
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|
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Note 19 – Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
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Note 20 – Statutory Financial Information
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Note 21 – Unaudited Condensed Quarterly Financial Data
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/s/ Deloitte & Touche Ltd.
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Hamilton, Bermuda
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February 21, 2014
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2013
|
|
2012
|
||||
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(in thousands)
|
||||||
Assets
|
|
||||||
Investments:
|
|
|
|
||||
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value
(Amortized cost 2013: $11,987,146; 2012: $11,605,672)
|
$
|
11,986,327
|
|
|
$
|
11,928,049
|
|
Equity securities, available for sale, at fair value
(Cost 2013: $566,219; 2012: $608,306)
|
701,987
|
|
|
666,548
|
|
||
Other investments, at fair value
|
1,045,810
|
|
|
843,437
|
|
||
Short-term investments, at fair value and amortized cost
|
46,212
|
|
|
108,860
|
|
||
Total investments
|
13,780,336
|
|
|
13,546,894
|
|
||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
923,326
|
|
|
759,817
|
|
||
Restricted cash and cash equivalents
|
64,550
|
|
|
90,733
|
|
||
Accrued interest receivable
|
97,132
|
|
|
97,220
|
|
||
Insurance and reinsurance premium balances receivable
|
1,688,957
|
|
|
1,474,821
|
|
||
Reinsurance recoverable on unpaid and paid losses
|
1,929,988
|
|
|
1,863,819
|
|
||
Deferred acquisition costs
|
456,122
|
|
|
389,248
|
|
||
Prepaid reinsurance premiums
|
330,261
|
|
|
315,676
|
|
||
Receivable for investments sold
|
1,199
|
|
|
1,254
|
|
||
Goodwill and intangible assets
|
89,528
|
|
|
97,493
|
|
||
Other assets
|
273,385
|
|
|
215,369
|
|
||
Total assets
|
$
|
19,634,784
|
|
|
$
|
18,852,344
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
||||
Reserve for losses and loss expenses
|
$
|
9,582,140
|
|
|
$
|
9,058,731
|
|
Unearned premiums
|
2,683,849
|
|
|
2,454,692
|
|
||
Insurance and reinsurance balances payable
|
234,412
|
|
|
270,739
|
|
||
Senior notes
|
995,855
|
|
|
995,245
|
|
||
Payable for investments purchased
|
21,744
|
|
|
64,553
|
|
||
Other liabilities
|
248,822
|
|
|
228,623
|
|
||
Total liabilities
|
13,766,822
|
|
|
13,072,583
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
||||
Commitments and Contingencies
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
||||
Shareholders’ equity
|
|
|
|
||||
Preferred shares
|
627,843
|
|
|
502,843
|
|
||
Common shares
(2013: 174,134; 2012: 171,867 shares issued
and 2013: 109,485; 2012: 117,920 shares outstanding)
|
2,174
|
|
|
2,146
|
|
||
Additional paid-in capital
|
2,240,125
|
|
|
2,179,034
|
|
||
Accumulated other comprehensive income
|
117,825
|
|
|
362,622
|
|
||
Retained earnings
|
5,062,706
|
|
|
4,497,789
|
|
||
Treasury shares, at cost
(2013: 64,649; 2012: 53,947 shares)
|
(2,232,711
|
)
|
|
(1,764,673
|
)
|
||
Total shareholders’ equity attributable to AXIS Capital
|
5,817,962
|
|
|
5,779,761
|
|
||
Noncontrolling interests
|
50,000
|
|
|
—
|
|
||
Total shareholders’ equity
|
5,867,962
|
|
|
5,779,761
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
||||
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
|
$
|
19,634,784
|
|
|
$
|
18,852,344
|
|
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2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
||||||
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(in thousands, except for per share data)
|
||||||||||
Revenues
|
|
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|
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|
||||||
Net premiums earned
|
$
|
3,707,065
|
|
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$
|
3,415,463
|
|
|
$
|
3,314,961
|
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Net investment income
|
409,312
|
|
|
380,957
|
|
|
362,430
|
|
|||
Other insurance related income
|
4,424
|
|
|
2,676
|
|
|
2,396
|
|
|||
Net realized investment gains
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI) losses
|
(9,362
|
)
|
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(24,234
|
)
|
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(16,446
|
)
|
|||
Non-credit portion of OTTI losses recognized in other comprehensive income
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
585
|
|
|||
Other net realized investment gains
|
84,926
|
|
|
151,703
|
|
|
137,300
|
|
|||
Total net realized investment gains
|
75,564
|
|
|
127,469
|
|
|
121,439
|
|
|||
Total revenues
|
4,196,365
|
|
|
3,926,565
|
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|
3,801,226
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Net losses and loss expenses
|
2,134,195
|
|
|
2,096,028
|
|
|
2,675,052
|
|
|||
Acquisition costs
|
664,191
|
|
|
627,653
|
|
|
587,469
|
|
|||
General and administrative expenses
|
575,390
|
|
|
560,981
|
|
|
459,151
|
|
|||
Foreign exchange losses (gains)
|
26,143
|
|
|
29,512
|
|
|
(44,582
|
)
|
|||
Interest expense and financing costs
|
61,979
|
|
|
61,863
|
|
|
62,598
|
|
|||
Total expenses
|
3,461,898
|
|
|
3,376,037
|
|
|
3,739,688
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Income before income taxes
|
734,467
|
|
|
550,528
|
|
|
61,538
|
|
|||
Income tax expense
|
7,002
|
|
|
3,287
|
|
|
15,233
|
|
|||
Net income
|
727,465
|
|
|
547,241
|
|
|
46,305
|
|
|||
Preferred share dividends
|
40,474
|
|
|
38,228
|
|
|
36,875
|
|
|||
Loss on repurchase of preferred shares
|
3,081
|
|
|
14,009
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Net income available to common shareholders
|
$
|
683,910
|
|
|
$
|
495,004
|
|
|
$
|
9,430
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Per share data
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Net income per common share
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Basic net income
|
$
|
6.02
|
|
|
$
|
4.05
|
|
|
$
|
0.08
|
|
Diluted net income
|
$
|
5.93
|
|
|
$
|
4.00
|
|
|
$
|
0.07
|
|
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic
|
113,636
|
|
|
122,148
|
|
|
122,499
|
|
|||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - diluted
|
115,328
|
|
|
123,654
|
|
|
128,122
|
|
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
||||||
|
(in thousands)
|
||||||||||
Net income
|
$
|
727,465
|
|
|
$
|
547,241
|
|
|
$
|
46,305
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Available for sale investments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Unrealized investment gains (losses) arising during the period
|
(161,832
|
)
|
|
348,510
|
|
|
74,297
|
|
|||
Adjustment for re-classification of net realized investment gains and OTTI losses recognized in net income
|
(61,551
|
)
|
|
(116,278
|
)
|
|
(119,548
|
)
|
|||
Unrealized investment gains (losses) arising during the period, net of reclassification adjustment
|
(223,383
|
)
|
|
232,232
|
|
|
(45,251
|
)
|
|||
Non-credit portion of OTTI losses
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(455
|
)
|
|||
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
(21,414
|
)
|
|
510
|
|
|
(3,045
|
)
|
|||
Net change in benefit plan assets and obligations recognized in equity and
reclassification adjustment
|
—
|
|
|
1,718
|
|
|
92
|
|
|||
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
|
(244,797
|
)
|
|
234,460
|
|
|
(48,659
|
)
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Comprehensive income (loss)
|
$
|
482,668
|
|
|
$
|
781,701
|
|
|
$
|
(2,354
|
)
|
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
||||||
|
(in thousands)
|
||||||||||
Preferred shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Balance at beginning of period
|
$
|
502,843
|
|
|
$
|
500,000
|
|
|
$
|
500,000
|
|
Shares issued
|
225,000
|
|
|
400,000
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Shares repurchased
|
(100,000
|
)
|
|
(397,157
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Balance at end of period
|
627,843
|
|
|
502,843
|
|
|
500,000
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Common shares (par value)
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Balance at beginning of period
|
2,146
|
|
|
2,125
|
|
|
1,934
|
|
|||
Shares issued
|
28
|
|
|
21
|
|
|
191
|
|
|||
Balance at end of period
|
2,174
|
|
|
2,146
|
|
|
2,125
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Additional paid-in capital
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Balance at beginning of period
|
2,179,034
|
|
|
2,105,386
|
|
|
2,059,708
|
|
|||
Shares issued - common shares
|
3,422
|
|
|
2,582
|
|
|
1,769
|
|
|||
Treasury stock reissued
|
(4,225
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Issue costs on newly issued preferred shares
|
(6,551
|
)
|
|
(6,456
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Reversal of issue costs on repurchase of preferred shares
|
3,081
|
|
|
7,093
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Stock options exercised
|
16,889
|
|
|
2,517
|
|
|
4,775
|
|
|||
Share-based compensation expense
|
48,475
|
|
|
67,912
|
|
|
39,134
|
|
|||
Balance at end of period
|
2,240,125
|
|
|
2,179,034
|
|
|
2,105,386
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Balance at beginning of period
|
362,622
|
|
|
128,162
|
|
|
176,821
|
|
|||
Unrealized appreciation on available for sale investments, net of tax:
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Balance at beginning of period
|
348,328
|
|
|
116,096
|
|
|
161,802
|
|
|||
Unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period, net of reclassification adjustment
|
(223,383
|
)
|
|
232,232
|
|
|
(45,251
|
)
|
|||
Non-credit portion of OTTI losses
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(455
|
)
|
|||
Balance at end of period
|
124,945
|
|
|
348,328
|
|
|
116,096
|
|
|||
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax:
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Balance at beginning of period
|
14,294
|
|
|
13,784
|
|
|
16,829
|
|
|||
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
(21,414
|
)
|
|
510
|
|
|
(3,045
|
)
|
|||
Balance at end of period
|
(7,120
|
)
|
|
14,294
|
|
|
13,784
|
|
|||
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans (SERPs):
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Balance at beginning of period
|
—
|
|
|
(1,718
|
)
|
|
(1,810
|
)
|
|||
Net change in benefit plan assets and obligations recognized in equity
|
—
|
|
|
1,718
|
|
|
92
|
|
|||
Balance at end of period
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1,718
|
)
|
|||
Balance at end of period
|
117,825
|
|
|
362,622
|
|
|
128,162
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Retained earnings
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Balance at beginning of period
|
4,497,789
|
|
|
4,155,392
|
|
|
4,267,608
|
|
|||
Net income
|
727,465
|
|
|
547,241
|
|
|
46,305
|
|
|||
Preferred share dividends
|
(40,474
|
)
|
|
(38,228
|
)
|
|
(36,875
|
)
|
|||
Loss on repurchase of preferred shares
|
(3,081
|
)
|
|
(14,009
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Common share dividends
|
(118,993
|
)
|
|
(152,607
|
)
|
|
(121,646
|
)
|
|||
Balance at end of period
|
5,062,706
|
|
|
4,497,789
|
|
|
4,155,392
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Treasury shares, at cost
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Balance at beginning of period
|
(1,764,673
|
)
|
|
(1,446,986
|
)
|
|
(1,381,101
|
)
|
|||
Shares repurchased for treasury
|
(472,263
|
)
|
|
(317,687
|
)
|
|
(65,885
|
)
|
|||
Treasury shares reissued
|
4,225
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Balance at end of period
|
(2,232,711
|
)
|
|
(1,764,673
|
)
|
|
(1,446,986
|
)
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Total shareholders’ equity attributable to AXIS Capital
|
5,817,962
|
|
|
5,779,761
|
|
|
5,444,079
|
|
|||
Noncontrolling interests
|
50,000
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Total shareholders' equity
|
$
|
5,867,962
|
|
|
$
|
5,779,761
|
|
|
$
|
5,444,079
|
|
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
||||||
|
(in thousands)
|
||||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Net income
|
$
|
727,465
|
|
|
$
|
547,241
|
|
|
$
|
46,305
|
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Net realized investment gains
|
(75,564
|
)
|
|
(127,469
|
)
|
|
(121,439
|
)
|
|||
Net realized and unrealized gains on other investments
|
(128,814
|
)
|
|
(87,623
|
)
|
|
(31,013
|
)
|
|||
Amortization of fixed maturities
|
139,667
|
|
|
135,297
|
|
|
93,356
|
|
|||
Other amortization and depreciation
|
23,272
|
|
|
13,821
|
|
|
16,905
|
|
|||
Share-based compensation expense
|
57,168
|
|
|
67,912
|
|
|
39,134
|
|
|||
Changes in:
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Accrued interest receivable
|
88
|
|
|
1,126
|
|
|
(1,982
|
)
|
|||
Reinsurance recoverable balances
|
(66,169
|
)
|
|
(93,490
|
)
|
|
(192,782
|
)
|
|||
Deferred acquisition costs
|
(66,874
|
)
|
|
18,279
|
|
|
(48,227
|
)
|
|||
Prepaid reinsurance premiums
|
(14,585
|
)
|
|
(77,053
|
)
|
|
(17,227
|
)
|
|||
Reserve for loss and loss expenses
|
523,409
|
|
|
633,686
|
|
|
1,392,670
|
|
|||
Unearned premiums
|
229,157
|
|
|
230
|
|
|
120,786
|
|
|||
Insurance and reinsurance balances, net
|
(250,463
|
)
|
|
3,218
|
|
|
(28,562
|
)
|
|||
Other items
|
(789
|
)
|
|
85,442
|
|
|
(77,782
|
)
|
|||
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
1,096,968
|
|
|
1,120,617
|
|
|
1,190,142
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Cash flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Purchases of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Fixed maturities
|
(12,230,274
|
)
|
|
(13,513,143
|
)
|
|
(15,472,001
|
)
|
|||
Equity securities
|
(240,926
|
)
|
|
(377,749
|
)
|
|
(603,746
|
)
|
|||
Other investments
|
(166,835
|
)
|
|
(110,084
|
)
|
|
(220,000
|
)
|
|||
Short-term investments
|
(198,168
|
)
|
|
(383,981
|
)
|
|
(841,124
|
)
|
|||
Proceeds from the sale of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Fixed maturities
|
10,261,256
|
|
|
11,144,351
|
|
|
13,754,436
|
|
|||
Equity securities
|
323,423
|
|
|
468,473
|
|
|
222,506
|
|
|||
Other investments
|
93,277
|
|
|
53,590
|
|
|
70,988
|
|
|||
Short-term investments
|
197,690
|
|
|
354,924
|
|
|
710,178
|
|
|||
Proceeds from redemption of fixed maturities
|
1,407,676
|
|
|
1,456,553
|
|
|
1,422,171
|
|
|||
Proceeds from redemption of short-term investments
|
61,715
|
|
|
69,751
|
|
|
151,216
|
|
|||
Purchase of other assets
|
(24,304
|
)
|
|
(35,322
|
)
|
|
(42,193
|
)
|
|||
Change in restricted cash and cash equivalents
|
26,183
|
|
|
10,256
|
|
|
14,851
|
|
|||
Net cash used in investing activities
|
(489,287
|
)
|
|
(862,381
|
)
|
|
(832,718
|
)
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Net proceeds from issuance of preferred shares
|
218,449
|
|
|
393,544
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Repurchase of preferred shares
|
(100,000
|
)
|
|
(404,073
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Repurchase of common shares
|
(472,263
|
)
|
|
(317,687
|
)
|
|
(65,885
|
)
|
|||
Dividends paid - common shares
|
(118,426
|
)
|
|
(120,487
|
)
|
|
(206,455
|
)
|
|||
Dividends paid - preferred shares
|
(39,193
|
)
|
|
(38,228
|
)
|
|
(36,875
|
)
|
|||
Proceeds from issuance of common shares
|
20,339
|
|
|
5,120
|
|
|
6,735
|
|
|||
Sale of shares to noncontrolling interests
|
50,000
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Net cash used in financing activities
|
(441,094
|
)
|
|
(481,811
|
)
|
|
(302,480
|
)
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on foreign currency cash and cash equivalents
|
(3,078
|
)
|
|
1,543
|
|
|
(2,610
|
)
|
|||
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
163,509
|
|
|
(222,032
|
)
|
|
52,334
|
|
|||
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period
|
759,817
|
|
|
981,849
|
|
|
929,515
|
|
|||
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period
|
$
|
923,326
|
|
|
$
|
759,817
|
|
|
$
|
981,849
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Income taxes paid
|
$
|
22,472
|
|
|
$
|
10,897
|
|
|
$
|
23,853
|
|
Interest paid
|
$
|
58,125
|
|
|
$
|
58,125
|
|
|
$
|
58,125
|
|
1.
|
HISTORY
|
2.
|
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
|
•
|
reserve for losses and loss expenses;
|
•
|
reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses, including the provision for uncollectible amounts;
|
•
|
gross and net premiums written and net premiums earned;
|
•
|
other-than-temporary impairments (“OTTI”) in the carrying value of available-for-sale investment securities; and
|
•
|
fair value measurements for our financial assets and liabilities.
|
2.
|
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|
a)
|
Investments
|
2.
|
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|
b)
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
c)
|
Premiums and Acquisition Costs
|
2.
|
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|
d)
|
Losses and Loss Expenses
|
e)
|
Reinsurance
|
f)
|
Foreign Exchange
|
2.
|
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|
g)
|
Share-Based Compensation
|
h)
|
Derivative Instruments
|
2.
|
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|
i)
|
Goodwill and Intangible Assets
|
j)
|
Income Taxes
|
2.
|
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|
k)
|
Treasury Shares
|
l)
|
New Accounting Standards Adopted in 2013
|
3.
|
SEGMENT INFORMATION
|
3.
|
SEGMENT INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
At and year ended December 31, 2013
|
Insurance
|
|
Reinsurance
|
|
Total
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Gross premiums written
|
$
|
2,559,138
|
|
|
$
|
2,137,903
|
|
|
$
|
4,697,041
|
|
|
|
Net premiums written
|
1,813,538
|
|
|
2,114,662
|
|
|
3,928,200
|
|
|
|||
|
Net premiums earned
|
1,722,762
|
|
|
1,984,303
|
|
|
3,707,065
|
|
|
|||
|
Other insurance related income
|
2,436
|
|
|
1,988
|
|
|
4,424
|
|
|
|||
|
Net losses and loss expenses
|
(1,050,402
|
)
|
|
(1,083,793
|
)
|
|
(2,134,195
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Acquisition costs
|
(242,363
|
)
|
|
(421,828
|
)
|
|
(664,191
|
)
|
|
|||
|
General and administrative expenses
|
(347,684
|
)
|
|
(137,450
|
)
|
|
(485,134
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Underwriting income
|
$
|
84,749
|
|
|
$
|
343,220
|
|
|
427,969
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Corporate expenses
|
|
|
|
|
(90,256
|
)
|
|
|||||
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
|
|
409,312
|
|
|
|||||
|
Net realized investment gains
|
|
|
|
|
75,564
|
|
|
|||||
|
Foreign exchange losses
|
|
|
|
|
(26,143
|
)
|
|
|||||
|
Interest expense and financing costs
|
|
|
|
|
(61,979
|
)
|
|
|||||
|
Income before income taxes
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
734,467
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Net loss and loss expense ratio
|
61.0
|
%
|
|
54.6
|
%
|
|
57.6
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Acquisition cost ratio
|
14.1
|
%
|
|
21.3
|
%
|
|
17.9
|
%
|
|
|||
|
General and administrative expense ratio
|
20.1
|
%
|
|
6.9
|
%
|
|
15.5
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Combined ratio
|
95.2
|
%
|
|
82.8
|
%
|
|
91.0
|
%
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Goodwill and intangible assets
|
$
|
89,528
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
89,528
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.
|
SEGMENT INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
At and year ended December 31, 2012
|
Insurance
|
|
Reinsurance
|
|
Total
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Gross premiums written
|
$
|
2,309,481
|
|
|
$
|
1,830,162
|
|
|
$
|
4,139,643
|
|
|
|
Net premiums written
|
1,522,245
|
|
|
1,815,211
|
|
|
3,337,456
|
|
|
|||
|
Net premiums earned
|
1,558,058
|
|
|
1,857,405
|
|
|
3,415,463
|
|
|
|||
|
Other insurance related income
|
2,676
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2,676
|
|
|
|||
|
Net losses and loss expenses
|
(953,564
|
)
|
|
(1,142,464
|
)
|
|
(2,096,028
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Acquisition costs
|
(226,859
|
)
|
|
(400,794
|
)
|
|
(627,653
|
)
|
|
|||
|
General and administrative expenses
|
(314,834
|
)
|
|
(116,487
|
)
|
|
(431,321
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Underwriting income
|
$
|
65,477
|
|
|
$
|
197,660
|
|
|
263,137
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Corporate expenses
|
|
|
|
|
(129,660
|
)
|
|
|||||
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
|
|
380,957
|
|
|
|||||
|
Net realized investment gains
|
|
|
|
|
127,469
|
|
|
|||||
|
Foreign exchange losses
|
|
|
|
|
(29,512
|
)
|
|
|||||
|
Interest expense and financing costs
|
|
|
|
|
(61,863
|
)
|
|
|||||
|
Income before income taxes
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
550,528
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Net loss and loss expense ratio
|
61.2
|
%
|
|
61.5
|
%
|
|
61.4
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Acquisition cost ratio
|
14.6
|
%
|
|
21.6
|
%
|
|
18.4
|
%
|
|
|||
|
General and administrative expense ratio
|
20.2
|
%
|
|
6.3
|
%
|
|
16.4
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Combined ratio
|
96.0
|
%
|
|
89.4
|
%
|
|
96.2
|
%
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Goodwill and intangible assets
|
$
|
97,493
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
97,493
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.
|
SEGMENT INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
At and year ended December 31, 2011
|
Insurance
|
|
Reinsurance
|
|
Total
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Gross premiums written
|
$
|
2,121,829
|
|
|
$
|
1,974,324
|
|
|
$
|
4,096,153
|
|
|
|
Net premiums written
|
1,466,134
|
|
|
1,953,300
|
|
|
3,419,434
|
|
|
|||
|
Net premiums earned
|
1,429,687
|
|
|
1,885,274
|
|
|
3,314,961
|
|
|
|||
|
Other insurance related income
|
2,396
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2,396
|
|
|
|||
|
Net losses and loss expenses
|
(919,319
|
)
|
|
(1,755,733
|
)
|
|
(2,675,052
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Acquisition costs
|
(199,583
|
)
|
|
(387,886
|
)
|
|
(587,469
|
)
|
|
|||
|
General and administrative expenses
|
(278,147
|
)
|
|
(103,915
|
)
|
|
(382,062
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Underwriting income (loss)
|
$
|
35,034
|
|
|
$
|
(362,260
|
)
|
|
(327,226
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Corporate expenses
|
|
|
|
|
(77,089
|
)
|
|
|||||
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
|
|
362,430
|
|
|
|||||
|
Net realized investment gains
|
|
|
|
|
121,439
|
|
|
|||||
|
Foreign exchange gains
|
|
|
|
|
44,582
|
|
|
|||||
|
Interest expense and financing costs
|
|
|
|
|
(62,598
|
)
|
|
|||||
|
Income before income taxes
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
61,538
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Net loss and loss expense ratio
|
64.3
|
%
|
|
93.1
|
%
|
|
80.7
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Acquisition cost ratio
|
14.0
|
%
|
|
20.6
|
%
|
|
17.7
|
%
|
|
|||
|
General and administrative expense ratio
|
19.4
|
%
|
|
5.5
|
%
|
|
13.9
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Combined ratio
|
97.7
|
%
|
|
119.2
|
%
|
|
112.3
|
%
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Goodwill and intangible assets
|
$
|
99,590
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
99,590
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.
|
SEGMENT INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Bermuda
|
$
|
718,904
|
|
|
$
|
684,588
|
|
|
$
|
822,237
|
|
|
|
Europe
|
1,699,748
|
|
|
1,561,701
|
|
|
1,493,692
|
|
|
|||
|
United States
|
2,278,389
|
|
|
1,893,354
|
|
|
1,780,224
|
|
|
|||
|
Total gross premium written
|
$
|
4,697,041
|
|
|
$
|
4,139,643
|
|
|
$
|
4,096,153
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Insurance
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Property
|
$
|
462,364
|
|
|
$
|
408,943
|
|
|
$
|
385,291
|
|
|
|
Marine
|
179,057
|
|
|
171,165
|
|
|
152,123
|
|
|
|||
|
Terrorism
|
39,298
|
|
|
38,605
|
|
|
35,213
|
|
|
|||
|
Aviation
|
48,489
|
|
|
60,363
|
|
|
70,681
|
|
|
|||
|
Credit and political risk
|
68,192
|
|
|
87,103
|
|
|
97,680
|
|
|
|||
|
Professional lines
|
586,200
|
|
|
563,500
|
|
|
536,238
|
|
|
|||
|
Liability
|
110,623
|
|
|
86,873
|
|
|
89,555
|
|
|
|||
|
Accident & health
|
228,539
|
|
|
141,506
|
|
|
62,906
|
|
|
|||
|
Total Insurance
|
1,722,762
|
|
|
1,558,058
|
|
|
1,429,687
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Reinsurance
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Catastrophe
|
380,199
|
|
|
375,088
|
|
|
456,858
|
|
|
|||
|
Property
|
350,970
|
|
|
351,470
|
|
|
356,022
|
|
|
|||
|
Professional lines
|
304,754
|
|
|
297,726
|
|
|
281,025
|
|
|
|||
|
Credit and surety
|
279,943
|
|
|
277,185
|
|
|
263,912
|
|
|
|||
|
Motor
|
221,844
|
|
|
237,006
|
|
|
202,830
|
|
|
|||
|
Liability
|
234,736
|
|
|
220,874
|
|
|
230,872
|
|
|
|||
|
Agriculture
|
126,490
|
|
|
17,116
|
|
|
15,031
|
|
|
|||
|
Engineering
|
66,243
|
|
|
68,402
|
|
|
65,727
|
|
|
|||
|
Other
|
19,124
|
|
|
12,538
|
|
|
12,997
|
|
|
|||
|
Total Reinsurance
|
1,984,303
|
|
|
1,857,405
|
|
|
1,885,274
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Total
|
$
|
3,707,065
|
|
|
$
|
3,415,463
|
|
|
$
|
3,314,961
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.
|
GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
Intangible
assets with an
indefinite life
|
|
Intangible
assets with a
finite life
|
|
Total
|
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Net balance at December 31, 2011
|
$
|
49,350
|
|
|
$
|
26,036
|
|
|
$
|
24,204
|
|
|
$
|
99,590
|
|
|
|
Amortization
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(2,618
|
)
|
|
(2,618
|
)
|
|
||||
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
285
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
236
|
|
|
521
|
|
|
||||
|
Net balance at December 31, 2012
|
49,635
|
|
|
26,036
|
|
|
21,822
|
|
|
97,493
|
|
|
||||
|
Amortization
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(2,233
|
)
|
|
(2,233
|
)
|
|
||||
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
(3,213
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(2,519
|
)
|
|
(5,732
|
)
|
|
||||
|
Net balance at December 31, 2013
|
$
|
46,422
|
|
|
$
|
26,036
|
|
|
$
|
17,070
|
|
|
$
|
89,528
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Gross balance at December 31, 2013
|
$
|
42,237
|
|
|
$
|
26,036
|
|
|
$
|
35,596
|
|
|
$
|
103,869
|
|
|
|
Accumulated amortization
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(23,601
|
)
|
|
(23,601
|
)
|
|
||||
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
4,185
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
5,075
|
|
|
9,260
|
|
|
||||
|
Net balance at December 31, 2013
|
$
|
46,422
|
|
|
$
|
26,036
|
|
|
$
|
17,070
|
|
|
$
|
89,528
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.
|
INVESTMENTS
|
a)
|
Fixed Maturities and Equities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
Amortized
Cost or
Cost
|
|
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
|
|
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
Non-credit
OTTI
in AOCI
(5)
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
At December 31, 2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Fixed maturities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
U.S. government and agency
|
$
|
1,421,245
|
|
|
$
|
1,405
|
|
|
$
|
(33,952
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,388,698
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
|
Non-U.S. government
|
1,208,384
|
|
|
17,990
|
|
|
(49,992
|
)
|
|
1,176,382
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||||
|
Corporate debt
|
3,533,585
|
|
|
84,881
|
|
|
(10,228
|
)
|
|
3,608,238
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||||
|
Agency RMBS
(1)
|
2,485,139
|
|
|
21,979
|
|
|
(58,291
|
)
|
|
2,448,827
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||||
|
CMBS
(2)
|
790,095
|
|
|
11,285
|
|
|
(3,966
|
)
|
|
797,414
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||||
|
Non-Agency RMBS
|
65,590
|
|
|
2,375
|
|
|
(398
|
)
|
|
67,567
|
|
|
(868
|
)
|
|
|||||
|
ABS
(3)
|
955,274
|
|
|
6,871
|
|
|
(8,694
|
)
|
|
953,451
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||||
|
Municipals
(4)
|
1,527,834
|
|
|
32,432
|
|
|
(14,516
|
)
|
|
1,545,750
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||||
|
Total fixed maturities
|
$
|
11,987,146
|
|
|
$
|
179,218
|
|
|
$
|
(180,037
|
)
|
|
$
|
11,986,327
|
|
|
$
|
(868
|
)
|
|
|
Equity securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Common stocks
|
345,759
|
|
|
98,742
|
|
|
(6,183
|
)
|
|
438,318
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Exchange-traded funds
|
106,762
|
|
|
32,085
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
138,847
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Non-U.S. bond mutual funds
|
113,698
|
|
|
11,124
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
124,822
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Total equity securities
|
$
|
566,219
|
|
|
$
|
141,951
|
|
|
$
|
(6,183
|
)
|
|
$
|
701,987
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
At December 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Fixed maturities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
U.S. government and agency
|
$
|
1,413,520
|
|
|
$
|
9,484
|
|
|
$
|
(119
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,422,885
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
|
Non-U.S. government
|
1,076,501
|
|
|
30,276
|
|
|
(2,201
|
)
|
|
1,104,576
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||||
|
Corporate debt
|
3,746,616
|
|
|
135,658
|
|
|
(5,892
|
)
|
|
3,876,382
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||||
|
Agency RMBS
(1)
|
2,594,180
|
|
|
67,398
|
|
|
(1,670
|
)
|
|
2,659,908
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||||
|
CMBS
(2)
|
814,211
|
|
|
25,999
|
|
|
(126
|
)
|
|
840,084
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||||
|
Non-Agency RMBS
|
93,266
|
|
|
2,503
|
|
|
(570
|
)
|
|
95,199
|
|
|
(884
|
)
|
|
|||||
|
ABS
(3)
|
639,614
|
|
|
10,774
|
|
|
(7,182
|
)
|
|
643,206
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||||
|
Municipals
(4)
|
1,227,764
|
|
|
58,770
|
|
|
(725
|
)
|
|
1,285,809
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||||
|
Total fixed maturities
|
$
|
11,605,672
|
|
|
$
|
340,862
|
|
|
$
|
(18,485
|
)
|
|
$
|
11,928,049
|
|
|
$
|
(884
|
)
|
|
|
Equity securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Common stocks
|
398,975
|
|
|
51,821
|
|
|
(7,398
|
)
|
|
443,398
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Exchange-traded funds
|
109,434
|
|
|
9,727
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
119,161
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Non-U.S. bond mutual funds
|
99,897
|
|
|
4,092
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
103,989
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Total equity securities
|
$
|
608,306
|
|
|
$
|
65,640
|
|
|
$
|
(7,398
|
)
|
|
$
|
666,548
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) originated by U.S. agencies.
|
(2)
|
Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS).
|
(3)
|
Asset-backed securities (ABS) include debt tranched securities collateralized primarily by auto loans, student loans, credit cards, and other asset types. This asset class also includes collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) and collateralized debt obligations (CDOs).
|
(4)
|
Municipals include bonds issued by states, municipalities and political subdivisions.
|
(5)
|
Represents the non-credit component of the other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI) losses, adjusted for subsequent sales of securities. It does not include the change in fair value subsequent to the impairment measurement date.
|
5.
|
INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
Amortized
Cost
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
% of Total
Fair Value
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
At December 31, 2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Maturity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Due in one year or less
|
$
|
710,079
|
|
|
$
|
717,052
|
|
|
5.9
|
%
|
|
|
Due after one year through five years
|
5,030,728
|
|
|
5,116,060
|
|
|
42.7
|
%
|
|
||
|
Due after five years through ten years
|
1,852,877
|
|
|
1,791,835
|
|
|
14.9
|
%
|
|
||
|
Due after ten years
|
97,364
|
|
|
94,121
|
|
|
0.8
|
%
|
|
||
|
|
7,691,048
|
|
|
7,719,068
|
|
|
64.3
|
%
|
|
||
|
Agency RMBS
|
2,485,139
|
|
|
2,448,827
|
|
|
20.4
|
%
|
|
||
|
CMBS
|
790,095
|
|
|
797,414
|
|
|
6.7
|
%
|
|
||
|
Non-Agency RMBS
|
65,590
|
|
|
67,567
|
|
|
0.6
|
%
|
|
||
|
ABS
|
955,274
|
|
|
953,451
|
|
|
8.0
|
%
|
|
||
|
Total
|
$
|
11,987,146
|
|
|
$
|
11,986,327
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
At December 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Maturity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Due in one year or less
|
$
|
651,111
|
|
|
$
|
657,045
|
|
|
5.5
|
%
|
|
|
Due after one year through five years
|
4,880,039
|
|
|
4,989,151
|
|
|
41.8
|
%
|
|
||
|
Due after five years through ten years
|
1,847,295
|
|
|
1,951,569
|
|
|
16.4
|
%
|
|
||
|
Due after ten years
|
85,956
|
|
|
91,887
|
|
|
0.8
|
%
|
|
||
|
|
7,464,401
|
|
|
7,689,652
|
|
|
64.5
|
%
|
|
||
|
Agency RMBS
|
2,594,180
|
|
|
2,659,908
|
|
|
22.3
|
%
|
|
||
|
CMBS
|
814,211
|
|
|
840,084
|
|
|
7.0
|
%
|
|
||
|
Non-Agency RMBS
|
93,266
|
|
|
95,199
|
|
|
0.8
|
%
|
|
||
|
ABS
|
639,614
|
|
|
643,206
|
|
|
5.4
|
%
|
|
||
|
Total
|
$
|
11,605,672
|
|
|
$
|
11,928,049
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.
|
INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
12 months or greater
|
|
Less than 12 months
|
|
Total
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
Unrealized
Losses
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
Unrealized
Losses
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
Unrealized
Losses
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
At December 31, 2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Fixed maturities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
U.S. government and agency
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
982,307
|
|
|
$
|
(33,952
|
)
|
|
$
|
982,307
|
|
|
$
|
(33,952
|
)
|
|
|
Non-U.S. government
|
35,577
|
|
|
(3,430
|
)
|
|
420,622
|
|
|
(46,562
|
)
|
|
456,199
|
|
|
(49,992
|
)
|
|
||||||
|
Corporate debt
|
27,696
|
|
|
(802
|
)
|
|
606,592
|
|
|
(9,426
|
)
|
|
634,288
|
|
|
(10,228
|
)
|
|
||||||
|
Agency RMBS
|
144,468
|
|
|
(5,247
|
)
|
|
1,478,527
|
|
|
(53,044
|
)
|
|
1,622,995
|
|
|
(58,291
|
)
|
|
||||||
|
CMBS
|
13,319
|
|
|
(116
|
)
|
|
298,863
|
|
|
(3,850
|
)
|
|
312,182
|
|
|
(3,966
|
)
|
|
||||||
|
Non-Agency RMBS
|
4,287
|
|
|
(315
|
)
|
|
5,319
|
|
|
(83
|
)
|
|
9,606
|
|
|
(398
|
)
|
|
||||||
|
ABS
|
37,765
|
|
|
(2,941
|
)
|
|
553,803
|
|
|
(5,753
|
)
|
|
591,568
|
|
|
(8,694
|
)
|
|
||||||
|
Municipals
|
8,408
|
|
|
(615
|
)
|
|
543,474
|
|
|
(13,901
|
)
|
|
551,882
|
|
|
(14,516
|
)
|
|
||||||
|
Total fixed maturities
|
$
|
271,520
|
|
|
$
|
(13,466
|
)
|
|
$
|
4,889,507
|
|
|
$
|
(166,571
|
)
|
|
$
|
5,161,027
|
|
|
$
|
(180,037
|
)
|
|
|
Equity securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Common stocks
|
$
|
3,499
|
|
|
$
|
(398
|
)
|
|
$
|
48,828
|
|
|
$
|
(5,785
|
)
|
|
$
|
52,327
|
|
|
$
|
(6,183
|
)
|
|
|
Total equity securities
|
$
|
3,499
|
|
|
$
|
(398
|
)
|
|
$
|
48,828
|
|
|
$
|
(5,785
|
)
|
|
$
|
52,327
|
|
|
$
|
(6,183
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
At December 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Fixed maturities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
U.S. government and agency
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
119,730
|
|
|
$
|
(119
|
)
|
|
$
|
119,730
|
|
|
$
|
(119
|
)
|
|
|
Non-U.S. government
|
44,568
|
|
|
(1,453
|
)
|
|
153,134
|
|
|
(748
|
)
|
|
197,702
|
|
|
(2,201
|
)
|
|
||||||
|
Corporate debt
|
95,511
|
|
|
(2,947
|
)
|
|
451,651
|
|
|
(2,945
|
)
|
|
547,162
|
|
|
(5,892
|
)
|
|
||||||
|
Agency RMBS
|
9,557
|
|
|
(148
|
)
|
|
521,400
|
|
|
(1,522
|
)
|
|
530,957
|
|
|
(1,670
|
)
|
|
||||||
|
CMBS
|
1,749
|
|
|
(16
|
)
|
|
69,615
|
|
|
(110
|
)
|
|
71,364
|
|
|
(126
|
)
|
|
||||||
|
Non-Agency RMBS
|
11,026
|
|
|
(537
|
)
|
|
115
|
|
|
(33
|
)
|
|
11,141
|
|
|
(570
|
)
|
|
||||||
|
ABS
|
99,514
|
|
|
(7,034
|
)
|
|
39,296
|
|
|
(148
|
)
|
|
138,810
|
|
|
(7,182
|
)
|
|
||||||
|
Municipals
|
6,386
|
|
|
(270
|
)
|
|
77,766
|
|
|
(455
|
)
|
|
84,152
|
|
|
(725
|
)
|
|
||||||
|
Total fixed maturities
|
$
|
268,311
|
|
|
$
|
(12,405
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,432,707
|
|
|
$
|
(6,080
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,701,018
|
|
|
$
|
(18,485
|
)
|
|
|
Equity securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Common stocks
|
$
|
11,554
|
|
|
$
|
(1,793
|
)
|
|
$
|
95,697
|
|
|
$
|
(5,605
|
)
|
|
$
|
107,251
|
|
|
$
|
(7,398
|
)
|
|
|
Total equity securities
|
$
|
11,554
|
|
|
$
|
(1,793
|
)
|
|
$
|
95,697
|
|
|
$
|
(5,605
|
)
|
|
$
|
107,251
|
|
|
$
|
(7,398
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.
|
INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
|
b)
|
Other Investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
Redemption Frequency
(if currently eligible)
|
|
Redemption
Notice Period
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
At December 31, 2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Long/short equity funds
|
$
|
425,444
|
|
|
41
|
%
|
|
Monthly, Quarterly, Semi-annually
|
|
30-60 days
|
|
|
Multi-strategy funds
|
285,155
|
|
|
27
|
%
|
|
Quarterly, Semi-annually
|
|
60-95 days
|
|
|
|
Event-driven funds
|
190,458
|
|
|
18
|
%
|
|
Quarterly, Annually
|
|
45-60 days
|
|
|
|
Leveraged bank loan funds
|
48,753
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
|
Quarterly
|
|
65 days
|
|
|
|
Direct lending funds
|
22,134
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
n/a
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
CLO - Equities
|
73,866
|
|
|
7
|
%
|
|
n/a
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
Total other investments
|
$
|
1,045,810
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
At December 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Long/short equity funds
|
$
|
302,680
|
|
|
36
|
%
|
|
Monthly, Quarterly, Semi-annually
|
|
30-60 days
|
|
|
Multi-strategy funds
|
244,075
|
|
|
29
|
%
|
|
Quarterly, Semi-annually
|
|
60-95 days
|
|
|
|
Event-driven funds
|
171,479
|
|
|
20
|
%
|
|
Quarterly, Annually
|
|
45-95 days
|
|
|
|
Leveraged bank loan funds
|
62,768
|
|
|
8
|
%
|
|
Quarterly
|
|
65 days
|
|
|
|
Direct lending funds
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
n/a
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
CLO - Equities
|
62,435
|
|
|
7
|
%
|
|
n/a
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
Total other investments
|
$
|
843,437
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
•
|
Long/short equity funds
: Seek to achieve attractive returns by executing an equity trading strategy involving both long and short investments in publicly-traded equities.
|
•
|
Multi-strategy funds
: Seek to achieve above-market returns by pursuing multiple investment strategies to diversify risks and reduce volatility. This category includes funds of hedge funds which invest in a large pool of hedge funds across a diversified range of hedge fund strategies.
|
5.
|
INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
|
•
|
Event-driven funds
: Seek to achieve attractive returns by exploiting situations where announced or anticipated events create opportunities.
|
•
|
Leveraged bank loan funds
: Seek to achieve attractive returns by investing primarily in bank loan collateral that has limited interest rate risk exposure.
|
•
|
Direct lending funds
: Seek to achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns, including current income generation, by investing in funds which provide financing directly to borrowers.
|
5.
|
INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
|
c)
|
Net Investment Income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Fixed maturities
|
$
|
293,609
|
|
|
$
|
304,400
|
|
|
$
|
337,616
|
|
|
|
Other investments
|
128,814
|
|
|
87,660
|
|
|
31,856
|
|
|
|||
|
Equity securities
|
10,897
|
|
|
11,904
|
|
|
11,186
|
|
|
|||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
6,337
|
|
|
4,528
|
|
|
5,697
|
|
|
|||
|
Short-term investments
|
1,181
|
|
|
596
|
|
|
1,592
|
|
|
|||
|
Gross investment income
|
440,838
|
|
|
409,088
|
|
|
387,947
|
|
|
|||
|
Investment expenses
|
(31,526
|
)
|
|
(28,131
|
)
|
|
(25,517
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Net investment income
|
$
|
409,312
|
|
|
$
|
380,957
|
|
|
$
|
362,430
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
d)
|
Net Realized Investment Gains
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Gross realized gains
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Fixed maturities and short-term investments
(1)
|
$
|
120,932
|
|
|
$
|
242,082
|
|
|
$
|
243,296
|
|
|
|
Equities
|
54,564
|
|
|
36,411
|
|
|
16,992
|
|
|
|||
|
Gross realized gains
|
175,496
|
|
|
278,493
|
|
|
260,288
|
|
|
|||
|
Gross realized losses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Fixed maturities and short-term investments
(1)
|
(87,894
|
)
|
|
(101,844
|
)
|
|
(108,490
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Equities
|
(10,407
|
)
|
|
(23,530
|
)
|
|
(14,526
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Gross realized losses
|
(98,301
|
)
|
|
(125,374
|
)
|
|
(123,016
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Net OTTI recognized in earnings
|
(9,362
|
)
|
|
(24,234
|
)
|
|
(15,861
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Change in fair value of investment derivatives
(2)
|
7,731
|
|
|
(9,170
|
)
|
|
4,431
|
|
|
|||
|
Fair value hedges
(2)
|
—
|
|
|
7,754
|
|
|
(4,403
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Net realized investment gains
|
$
|
75,564
|
|
|
$
|
127,469
|
|
|
$
|
121,439
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Includes
$37 million
of gains in 2012 and
$11 million
of losses in 2011 relating to previously unrealized foreign exchange currency amounts on the hedged fixed maturity portfolios. The hedged portfolio was sold and all associated foreign exchange contracts were fully settled during 2012 so there is no impact on the 2013 figures.
|
(2)
|
Refer to Note 7 – Derivative Instruments
|
5.
|
INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Fixed maturities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Non-U.S. government
|
$
|
120
|
|
|
$
|
3,281
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
|
Corporate debt
|
5,802
|
|
|
1,821
|
|
|
1,954
|
|
|
|||
|
Non-Agency RMBS
|
57
|
|
|
2,016
|
|
|
717
|
|
|
|||
|
ABS
|
129
|
|
|
795
|
|
|
61
|
|
|
|||
|
Municipals
|
639
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
483
|
|
|
|||
|
|
6,747
|
|
|
7,913
|
|
|
3,215
|
|
|
|||
|
Equity Securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Common stocks
|
2,092
|
|
|
7,318
|
|
|
12,646
|
|
|
|||
|
Exchange-traded funds
|
523
|
|
|
9,003
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||
|
|
2,615
|
|
|
16,321
|
|
|
12,646
|
|
|
|||
|
Total OTTI recognized in earnings
|
$
|
9,362
|
|
|
$
|
24,234
|
|
|
$
|
15,861
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Balance at beginning of period
|
$
|
1,809
|
|
|
$
|
2,061
|
|
|
|
Credit impairments recognized on securities not previously impaired
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||
|
Additional credit impairments recognized on securities previously impaired
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||
|
Change in timing of future cash flows on securities previously impaired
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||
|
Intent to sell of securities previously impaired
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||
|
Securities sold/redeemed/matured
|
(215
|
)
|
|
(252
|
)
|
|
||
|
Balance at end of period
|
$
|
1,594
|
|
|
$
|
1,809
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.
|
INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Default rate
|
4.0%
|
|
4.0%
|
|
|
Loss severity rate
|
53.5%
|
|
53.5%
|
|
|
Collateral spreads
|
2.7% - 3.5%
|
|
2.5% - 3.7%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.
|
INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
|
e)
|
Restricted Investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
At December 31,
|
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Collateral in Trust for inter-company agreements
|
|
$
|
2,261,081
|
|
|
$
|
2,134,931
|
|
|
|
Collateral for secured letter of credit facility
|
|
777,828
|
|
|
470,062
|
|
|
||
|
Collateral in Trust for third party agreements
|
|
276,839
|
|
|
245,539
|
|
|
||
|
Securities on deposit with regulatory authorities
|
|
58,327
|
|
|
59,456
|
|
|
||
|
Total restricted investments
|
|
$
|
3,374,075
|
|
|
$
|
2,909,988
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
f)
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreements
|
6.
|
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
|
•
|
Level 1 - Valuations based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that we have the ability to access.
|
•
|
Level 2 - Valuations based on quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets, or for which significant inputs are observable (e.g. interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, default rates, loss severities, etc.) or can be corroborated by observable market data.
|
6.
|
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (CONTINUED)
|
•
|
Level 3 - Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. The unobservable inputs reflect our own judgments about assumptions that market participants might use.
|
6.
|
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (CONTINUED)
|
6.
|
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (CONTINUED)
|
6.
|
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (CONTINUED)
|
|
|
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
|
|
Significant
Other Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
|
|
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
|
|
Total Fair
Value
|
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
At December 31, 2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Fixed maturities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
U.S. government and agency
|
$
|
1,119,632
|
|
|
$
|
269,066
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1,388,698
|
|
|
|
Non-U.S. government
|
—
|
|
|
1,176,382
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,176,382
|
|
|
||||
|
Corporate debt
|
—
|
|
|
3,608,238
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
3,608,238
|
|
|
||||
|
Agency RMBS
|
—
|
|
|
2,448,827
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2,448,827
|
|
|
||||
|
CMBS
|
—
|
|
|
793,396
|
|
|
4,018
|
|
|
797,414
|
|
|
||||
|
Non-Agency RMBS
|
—
|
|
|
67,567
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
67,567
|
|
|
||||
|
ABS
|
—
|
|
|
922,652
|
|
|
30,799
|
|
|
953,451
|
|
|
||||
|
Municipals
|
—
|
|
|
1,545,750
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,545,750
|
|
|
||||
|
|
1,119,632
|
|
|
10,831,878
|
|
|
34,817
|
|
|
11,986,327
|
|
|
||||
|
Equity securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Common stocks
|
438,318
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
438,318
|
|
|
||||
|
Exchange-traded funds
|
138,847
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
138,847
|
|
|
||||
|
Non-U.S. bond mutual funds
|
—
|
|
|
124,822
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
124,822
|
|
|
||||
|
|
577,165
|
|
|
124,822
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
701,987
|
|
|
||||
|
Other investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Hedge funds
|
—
|
|
|
488,755
|
|
|
461,055
|
|
|
949,810
|
|
|
||||
|
Direct lending funds
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
22,134
|
|
|
22,134
|
|
|
||||
|
CLO-Equities
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
73,866
|
|
|
73,866
|
|
|
||||
|
|
—
|
|
|
488,755
|
|
|
557,055
|
|
|
1,045,810
|
|
|
||||
|
Short-term investments
|
—
|
|
|
46,212
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
46,212
|
|
|
||||
|
Derivative instruments (see Note 7)
|
—
|
|
|
6,824
|
|
|
984
|
|
|
7,808
|
|
|
||||
|
Total Assets
|
$
|
1,696,797
|
|
|
$
|
11,498,491
|
|
|
$
|
592,856
|
|
|
$
|
13,788,144
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Derivative instruments (see Note 7)
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1,152
|
|
|
$
|
815
|
|
|
$
|
1,967
|
|
|
|
Cash settled awards (see Note 16)
|
—
|
|
|
8,693
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
8,693
|
|
|
||||
|
Total Liabilities
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
9,845
|
|
|
$
|
815
|
|
|
$
|
10,660
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
At December 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Fixed maturities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
U.S. government and agency
|
$
|
1,094,220
|
|
|
$
|
328,665
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1,422,885
|
|
|
|
Non-U.S. government
|
—
|
|
|
1,104,576
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,104,576
|
|
|
||||
|
Corporate debt
|
—
|
|
|
3,874,832
|
|
|
1,550
|
|
|
3,876,382
|
|
|
||||
|
Agency RMBS
|
—
|
|
|
2,659,908
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2,659,908
|
|
|
||||
|
CMBS
|
—
|
|
|
835,788
|
|
|
4,296
|
|
|
840,084
|
|
|
||||
|
Non-Agency RMBS
|
—
|
|
|
94,089
|
|
|
1,110
|
|
|
95,199
|
|
|
||||
|
ABS
|
—
|
|
|
579,231
|
|
|
63,975
|
|
|
643,206
|
|
|
||||
|
Municipals
|
—
|
|
|
1,285,809
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,285,809
|
|
|
||||
|
|
1,094,220
|
|
|
10,762,898
|
|
|
70,931
|
|
|
11,928,049
|
|
|
||||
|
Equity securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Common stocks
|
443,398
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
443,398
|
|
|
||||
|
Exchange-traded funds
|
119,161
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
119,161
|
|
|
||||
|
Non-U.S. bond mutual funds
|
—
|
|
|
103,989
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
103,989
|
|
|
||||
|
|
562,559
|
|
|
103,989
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
666,548
|
|
|
||||
|
Other investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Hedge funds
|
—
|
|
|
421,006
|
|
|
359,996
|
|
|
781,002
|
|
|
||||
|
Direct lending funds
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||||
|
CLO-Equities
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
62,435
|
|
|
62,435
|
|
|
||||
|
|
—
|
|
|
421,006
|
|
|
422,431
|
|
|
843,437
|
|
|
||||
|
Short-term investments
|
—
|
|
|
108,860
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
108,860
|
|
|
||||
|
Derivative instruments (see Note 7)
|
—
|
|
|
5,838
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
5,838
|
|
|
||||
|
Total Assets
|
$
|
1,656,779
|
|
|
$
|
11,402,591
|
|
|
$
|
493,362
|
|
|
$
|
13,552,732
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Derivative instruments (see Note 7)
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
3,737
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
3,737
|
|
|
|
Cash settled awards (see Note 16)
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||||
|
Total Liabilities
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
3,737
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
3,737
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.
|
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (CONTINUED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
Fair Value
|
Valuation Technique
|
Unobservable Input
|
Range
|
Weighted
Average
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
ABS - CLO Debt
|
$
|
29,944
|
|
Discounted cash flow
|
Credit spreads
|
3.3% - 4.6%
|
3.7%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Illiquidity discount
(1)
|
5%
|
5%
|
|
||
|
|
855
|
|
Broker-dealer quote
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
30,799
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Other investments - CLO Equities
|
$
|
39,706
|
|
Discounted cash flow
|
Default rates
|
4.0% - 5.0%
|
4.4%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss severity rate
|
53.5%
|
53.5%
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
Collateral spreads
|
2.6% - 3.4%
|
3.3%
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
Estimated maturity dates
|
2.1 - 4.6 years
|
4.2 years
|
|
||
|
|
34,160
|
|
Net asset value
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
73,866
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Derivatives - Weather derivatives, net
|
$
|
169
|
|
Simulation model
|
Weather curve
|
525 - 4,750
(2)
|
n/a
(3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weather standard deviation
|
94 - 290
(2)
|
n/a
(3)
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3)
|
Due to the diversity of the portfolio, the range of unobservable inputs is widespread; therefore, presentation of a weighted average is not useful. Weather parameters may include various temperature and/or precipitation measures that will naturally vary by geographic location of each counterparty's operations.
|
6.
|
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (CONTINUED)
|
•
|
Observable inputs: market prices for similar instruments, notional, option strike, term to expiry, contractual limits;
|
•
|
Unobservable inputs: correlation; and
|
•
|
Both observable and unobservable inputs: weather curves, weather standard deviation.
|
6.
|
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (CONTINUED)
|
|
|
Opening
Balance
|
|
Transfers
into
Level 3
|
|
Transfers
out of
Level 3
|
|
Included in
earnings
(1)
|
|
Included
in OCI
(2)
|
|
Purchases
|
|
Sales
|
|
Settlements/
Distributions
|
|
Closing
Balance
|
|
Change in
unrealized
investment
gain/loss
(3)
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Year ended December 31, 2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Fixed maturities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Corporate debt
|
$
|
1,550
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1,550
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(3,100
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
|
Non-Agency RMBS
|
1,110
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1,222
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
135
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(23
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
CMBS
|
4,296
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(278
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
4,018
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
ABS
|
63,975
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(111
|
)
|
|
1,794
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(34,859
|
)
|
|
30,799
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
70,931
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1,222
|
)
|
|
1,439
|
|
|
1,651
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(37,982
|
)
|
|
34,817
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Other investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Hedge funds
|
359,996
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
58,293
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
86,138
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(43,372
|
)
|
|
461,055
|
|
|
58,293
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Direct lending funds
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(125
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
22,317
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(58
|
)
|
|
22,134
|
|
|
(125
|
)
|
|
||||||||||
|
CLO-Equities
|
62,435
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
27,898
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
34,016
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(50,483
|
)
|
|
73,866
|
|
|
27,898
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
422,431
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
86,066
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
142,471
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(93,913
|
)
|
|
557,055
|
|
|
86,066
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Other assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Derivative instruments
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2,084
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1,100
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
984
|
|
|
2,084
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2,084
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1,100
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
984
|
|
|
2,084
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Total assets
|
$
|
493,362
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(1,222
|
)
|
|
$
|
89,589
|
|
|
$
|
1,651
|
|
|
$
|
141,371
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(131,895
|
)
|
|
$
|
592,856
|
|
|
$
|
88,150
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Derivative instruments
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
98
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
717
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
815
|
|
|
98
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Total liabilities
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
98
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
717
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
815
|
|
|
$
|
98
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Year ended December 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Fixed maturities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Corporate debt
|
$
|
1,550
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1,550
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
|
Non-Agency RMBS
|
—
|
|
|
1,110
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,110
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
CMBS
|
—
|
|
|
4,296
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
4,296
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
ABS
|
49,328
|
|
|
10,539
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
5,112
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1,004
|
)
|
|
63,975
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
50,878
|
|
|
15,945
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
5,112
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1,004
|
)
|
|
70,931
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Other investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Hedge funds
|
346,244
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(9,435
|
)
|
|
33,301
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(2,835
|
)
|
|
(7,279
|
)
|
|
359,996
|
|
|
33,301
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Direct lending funds
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
CLO-Equities
|
66,560
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
31,108
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(35,233
|
)
|
|
62,435
|
|
|
31,108
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
412,804
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(9,435
|
)
|
|
64,409
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(2,835
|
)
|
|
(42,512
|
)
|
|
422,431
|
|
|
64,409
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Other assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Derivative instruments
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Total assets
|
$
|
463,682
|
|
|
$
|
15,945
|
|
|
$
|
(9,435
|
)
|
|
$
|
64,409
|
|
|
$
|
5,112
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(2,835
|
)
|
|
$
|
(43,516
|
)
|
|
$
|
493,362
|
|
|
$
|
64,409
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Derivative instruments
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Total liabilities
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Gains and losses included in earnings on fixed maturities are included in net realized investment gains (losses). Gains and (losses) included in earnings on other investments are included in net investment income. Gains (losses) on weather derivatives included in earnings are included in other insurance-related income.
|
(2)
|
Gains and losses included in other comprehensive income (“OCI”) on fixed maturities are included in unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period.
|
(3)
|
Change in unrealized investment gain/(loss) relating to assets held at the reporting date.
|
6.
|
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (CONTINUED)
|
7.
|
DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
At December 31, 2013
|
|
At December 31, 2012
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Derivative
Notional
Amount
|
|
Asset
Derivative
Fair
Value
(1)
|
|
Liability
Derivative
Fair
Value
(1)
|
|
Derivative
Notional
Amount
|
|
Asset
Derivative
Fair
Value
(1)
|
|
Liability
Derivative
Fair
Value
(1)
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Relating to investment portfolio:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Foreign exchange forward contracts
|
$
|
254,023
|
|
|
1,214
|
|
|
1,032
|
|
|
$
|
287,819
|
|
|
1,067
|
|
|
2,733
|
|
|
||||
|
Interest rate swaps
|
281,250
|
|
|
873
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Relating to underwriting portfolio:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Foreign exchange forward contracts
|
390,663
|
|
|
4,737
|
|
|
120
|
|
|
476,191
|
|
|
4,771
|
|
|
1,004
|
|
|
||||||
|
Weather-related contracts
|
24,451
|
|
|
984
|
|
|
815
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||||||
|
Total derivatives
|
|
|
$
|
7,808
|
|
|
$
|
1,967
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
5,838
|
|
|
$
|
3,737
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Asset and liability derivatives are classified within other assets and other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
|
|
|
December 31, 2013
|
|
December 31, 2012
|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
Gross Amounts
|
Gross Amounts Offset
|
Net
Amounts
(1)
|
|
Gross Amounts
|
Gross Amounts Offset
|
Net
Amounts
(1)
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Derivative assets
|
$
|
9,796
|
|
$
|
(1,988
|
)
|
$
|
7,808
|
|
|
$
|
6,476
|
|
$
|
(639
|
)
|
$
|
5,838
|
|
|
|
Derivative liabilities
|
3,955
|
|
(1,988
|
)
|
1,967
|
|
|
4,376
|
|
(639
|
)
|
3,737
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Net asset and liability derivatives are classified within other assets and other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
|
7.
|
DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS (CONTINUED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Foreign exchange forward contracts
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
10,853
|
|
|
$
|
11,682
|
|
|
|
Hedged investment portfolio
|
—
|
|
|
(3,099
|
)
|
|
(16,085
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Hedge ineffectiveness recognized in earnings
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
7,754
|
|
|
$
|
(4,403
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.
|
DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS (CONTINUED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized
in Income on Derivative
|
Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in
Income on Derivative
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Relating to investment portfolio:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Foreign exchange forward contracts
|
Net realized investment gains
|
$
|
10,843
|
|
|
$
|
(9,170
|
)
|
|
$
|
4,431
|
|
|
|
Interest rate swaps
|
Net realized investment gains
|
(3,112
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||
|
Relating to underwriting portfolio:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Foreign exchange forward contracts
|
Foreign exchange gains (losses)
|
1,690
|
|
|
26,612
|
|
|
33,893
|
|
|
|||
|
Currency collar options
|
Foreign exchange gains (losses)
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
267
|
|
|
|||
|
Weather-related contracts
|
Other insurance related income
|
1,987
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||
|
Total
|
|
$
|
11,408
|
|
|
$
|
17,442
|
|
|
$
|
38,591
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.
|
RESERVE FOR LOSSES AND LOSS EXPENSES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
As of December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Reserve for reported losses and loss expenses
|
$
|
3,499,817
|
|
|
$
|
3,272,682
|
|
|
|
Reserve for losses incurred but not reported
|
6,082,323
|
|
|
5,786,049
|
|
|
||
|
Reserve for losses and loss expenses
|
$
|
9,582,140
|
|
|
$
|
9,058,731
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.
|
RESERVE FOR LOSSES AND LOSS EXPENSES (CONTINUED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Gross reserve for losses and loss expenses, beginning of period
|
$
|
9,058,731
|
|
|
$
|
8,425,045
|
|
|
$
|
7,032,375
|
|
|
|
Less reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses, beginning of period
|
(1,825,617
|
)
|
|
(1,736,823
|
)
|
|
(1,540,633
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Net reserve for unpaid losses and loss expenses, beginning of period
|
7,233,114
|
|
|
6,688,222
|
|
|
5,491,742
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Net incurred losses and loss expenses related to:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Current year
|
2,353,631
|
|
|
2,340,868
|
|
|
2,932,513
|
|
|
|||
|
Prior years
|
(219,436
|
)
|
|
(244,840
|
)
|
|
(257,461
|
)
|
|
|||
|
|
2,134,195
|
|
|
2,096,028
|
|
|
2,675,052
|
|
|
|||
|
Net paid losses and loss expenses related to:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Current year
|
(318,006
|
)
|
|
(322,836
|
)
|
|
(509,075
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Prior years
|
(1,373,459
|
)
|
|
(1,299,384
|
)
|
|
(953,035
|
)
|
|
|||
|
|
(1,691,465
|
)
|
|
(1,622,220
|
)
|
|
(1,462,110
|
)
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Foreign exchange and other
|
6,184
|
|
|
71,084
|
|
|
(16,462
|
)
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Net reserve for unpaid losses and loss expenses, end of period
|
7,682,028
|
|
|
7,233,114
|
|
|
6,688,222
|
|
|
|||
|
Reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses, end of period
|
1,900,112
|
|
|
1,825,617
|
|
|
1,736,823
|
|
|
|||
|
Gross reserve for losses and loss expenses, end of period
|
$
|
9,582,140
|
|
|
$
|
9,058,731
|
|
|
$
|
8,425,045
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
Insurance
|
|
Reinsurance
|
|
Total
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31, 2013
|
$
|
50,355
|
|
|
$
|
169,081
|
|
|
$
|
219,436
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2012
|
122,209
|
|
|
122,631
|
|
|
244,840
|
|
|
|||
|
Year ended December 31, 2011
|
103,014
|
|
|
154,447
|
|
|
257,461
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.
|
RESERVE FOR LOSSES AND LOSS EXPENSES (CONTINUED)
|
9.
|
REINSURANCE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Premiums
written
|
|
Premiums
earned
|
|
Premiums
written
|
|
Premiums
earned
|
|
Premiums
written
|
|
Premiums
earned
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Gross
|
$
|
4,697,041
|
|
|
$
|
4,459,269
|
|
|
$
|
4,139,643
|
|
|
$
|
4,141,037
|
|
|
$
|
4,096,153
|
|
|
$
|
3,973,956
|
|
|
|
Ceded
|
(768,841
|
)
|
|
(752,204
|
)
|
|
(802,187
|
)
|
|
(725,574
|
)
|
|
(676,719
|
)
|
|
(658,995
|
)
|
|
||||||
|
Net
|
$
|
3,928,200
|
|
|
$
|
3,707,065
|
|
|
$
|
3,337,456
|
|
|
$
|
3,415,463
|
|
|
$
|
3,419,434
|
|
|
$
|
3,314,961
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.
|
REINSURANCE (CONTINUED)
|
10.
|
DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS
|
a)
|
Senior Notes
|
b)
|
Credit Facilities
|
10.
|
DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS (CONTINUED)
|
11.
|
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
|
a)
|
Concentrations of Credit Risk
|
11.
|
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (CONTINUED)
|
b)
|
Brokers
|
11.
|
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (CONTINUED)
|
c)
|
Lease Commitments
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
||
|
2014
|
$
|
31,207
|
|
|
|
2015
|
27,378
|
|
|
|
|
2016
|
23,838
|
|
|
|
|
2017
|
20,881
|
|
|
|
|
2018
|
17,955
|
|
|
|
|
Later years
|
53,049
|
|
|
|
|
Total future minimum lease payments
|
$
|
174,308
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
d)
|
Reinsurance Purchase Commitment
|
e)
|
Legal Proceedings
|
12.
|
EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
At and year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Basic earnings per common share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Net income
|
$
|
727,465
|
|
|
$
|
547,241
|
|
|
$
|
46,305
|
|
|
|
Less: preferred share dividends
|
40,474
|
|
|
38,228
|
|
|
36,875
|
|
|
|||
|
Less: loss on repurchase of preferred shares
|
3,081
|
|
|
14,009
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||
|
Net income available to common shareholders
|
683,910
|
|
|
495,004
|
|
|
9,430
|
|
|
|||
|
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic
|
113,636
|
|
|
122,148
|
|
|
122,499
|
|
|
|||
|
Basic earnings per common share
|
$
|
6.02
|
|
|
$
|
4.05
|
|
|
$
|
0.08
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Diluted earnings per common share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Net income available to common shareholders
|
$
|
683,910
|
|
|
$
|
495,004
|
|
|
$
|
9,430
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic
|
113,636
|
|
|
122,148
|
|
|
122,499
|
|
|
|||
|
Warrants
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
4,292
|
|
|
|||
|
Stock compensation plans
|
1,692
|
|
|
1,506
|
|
|
1,331
|
|
|
|||
|
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted
|
115,328
|
|
|
123,654
|
|
|
128,122
|
|
|
|||
|
Diluted earnings per common share
|
$
|
5.93
|
|
|
$
|
4.00
|
|
|
$
|
0.07
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Anti-dilutive shares excluded from the dilutive computation
|
250
|
|
|
614
|
|
|
1,134
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13.
|
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
a)
|
Common Shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Shares issued, balance at beginning of period
|
171,867
|
|
|
170,159
|
|
|
154,912
|
|
|
|
Shares issued
|
2,267
|
|
|
1,708
|
|
|
15,247
|
|
|
|
Total shares issued at end of period
|
174,134
|
|
|
171,867
|
|
|
170,159
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Treasury shares, balance at beginning of period
|
(53,947
|
)
|
|
(44,571
|
)
|
|
(42,519
|
)
|
|
|
Shares repurchased
|
(10,830
|
)
|
|
(9,376
|
)
|
|
(2,052
|
)
|
|
|
Shares reissued from treasury
|
128
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
Total treasury shares at end of period
|
(64,649
|
)
|
|
(53,947
|
)
|
|
(44,571
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Total shares outstanding
|
109,485
|
|
|
117,920
|
|
|
125,588
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13.
|
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (CONTINUED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
In the open market:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Total shares
|
7,362
|
|
|
6,057
|
|
|
1,609
|
|
|
|||
|
Total cost
|
$
|
337,083
|
|
|
$
|
203,704
|
|
|
$
|
49,974
|
|
|
|
Average price per share
(2)
|
$
|
45.79
|
|
|
$
|
33.63
|
|
|
$
|
31.07
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
From employees:
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Total shares
|
468
|
|
|
319
|
|
|
443
|
|
|
|||
|
Total cost
|
$
|
19,080
|
|
|
$
|
10,483
|
|
|
$
|
15,911
|
|
|
|
Average price per share
(2)
|
$
|
40.75
|
|
|
$
|
32.85
|
|
|
$
|
35.92
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
From founding shareholder:
(3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Total shares
|
3,000
|
|
|
3,000
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||
|
Total cost
|
$
|
116,100
|
|
|
$
|
103,500
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
|
Average price per share
(2)
|
$
|
38.70
|
|
|
$
|
34.50
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Total shares
|
10,830
|
|
|
9,376
|
|
|
2,052
|
|
|
|||
|
Total cost
|
$
|
472,263
|
|
|
$
|
317,687
|
|
|
$
|
65,885
|
|
|
|
Average price per share
(2)
|
$
|
43.61
|
|
|
$
|
33.88
|
|
|
$
|
32.11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
To satisfy withholding tax liabilities upon vesting of restricted stock, restricted stock units, and exercise of stock options. Share repurchases from employees are excluded from the authorized share repurchase plans noted above.
|
(2)
|
Calculated using whole figures.
|
(3)
|
We privately negotiated with Trident II, L.P. and affiliated entities to repurchase
3,000,000
(2012:
3,000,000
; 2011:
none
) of our common shares.
|
b)
|
Preferred Shares
|
13.
|
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (CONTINUED)
|
13.
|
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (CONTINUED)
|
c)
|
Out of Period Adjustment
|
14.
|
NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS
|
15.
|
RETIREMENT PLANS
|
16.
|
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
|
a)
|
Restricted Stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
Performance-based Stock Awards
|
|
Service-based Stock Awards
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
Number of
Restricted
Stock
|
|
Weighted Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
|
|
Number of
Restricted
Stock
|
|
Weighted Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Nonvested restricted stock - beginning of year
|
250
|
|
|
$
|
34.42
|
|
|
4,429
|
|
|
$
|
32.48
|
|
|
|
Granted
|
33
|
|
|
45.89
|
|
|
975
|
|
|
39.31
|
|
|
||
|
Vested
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1,754
|
)
|
|
32.03
|
|
|
||
|
Forfeited
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(220
|
)
|
|
34.17
|
|
|
||
|
Nonvested restricted stock - end of year
|
283
|
|
|
$
|
35.74
|
|
|
3,430
|
|
|
$
|
34.72
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16.
|
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (CONTINUED)
|
b)
|
Cash-settled Awards
|
c)
|
Stock options
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
Number
of Stock
Options
|
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
|
|
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
(1)
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Outstanding and exercisable - beginning of year
|
919
|
|
|
$
|
28.74
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Granted
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Exercised
|
(706
|
)
|
|
28.96
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Expired
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Outstanding and exercisable - end of year
|
213
|
|
|
$
|
27.98
|
|
|
1.0
|
|
$
|
4,180
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value (the difference between our closing stock price at
December 31, 2013
and the exercisable price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money-options) that would have been received by the stock option holder had all stock option holders exercised their stock options on
December 31, 2013
.
|
17.
|
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
|
17.
|
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (CONTINUED)
|
18.
|
INCOME TAXES
|
18.
|
INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Current income tax expense (benefit)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
United States
|
$
|
12,466
|
|
|
$
|
4,931
|
|
|
$
|
5,064
|
|
|
|
Europe
|
9,039
|
|
|
8,566
|
|
|
9,598
|
|
|
|||
|
Other
|
—
|
|
|
(174
|
)
|
|
188
|
|
|
|||
|
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
United States
|
(13,976
|
)
|
|
(10,749
|
)
|
|
1,379
|
|
|
|||
|
Europe
|
(526
|
)
|
|
713
|
|
|
(996
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Other
|
(1
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||
|
Total income tax expense
|
$
|
7,002
|
|
|
$
|
3,287
|
|
|
$
|
15,233
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Net current tax receivables
|
$
|
5,689
|
|
|
$
|
1,164
|
|
|
$
|
1,318
|
|
|
|
Net deferred tax assets
|
80,258
|
|
|
52,794
|
|
|
60,836
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Net tax assets
|
$
|
85,947
|
|
|
$
|
53,958
|
|
|
$
|
62,154
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18.
|
INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
At December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Deferred tax assets:
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Discounting of loss reserves
|
$
|
59,023
|
|
|
$
|
61,534
|
|
|
|
Unearned premiums
|
39,146
|
|
|
32,355
|
|
|
||
|
Operating loss carryforwards
|
20,316
|
|
|
20,685
|
|
|
||
|
Accruals not currently deductible
|
39,018
|
|
|
25,638
|
|
|
||
|
Other investment adjustments and impairments
|
7,859
|
|
|
8,790
|
|
|
||
|
Tax credits
|
11,886
|
|
|
7,945
|
|
|
||
|
Depreciation
|
2,410
|
|
|
3,858
|
|
|
||
|
Other deferred tax assets
|
2,906
|
|
|
2,185
|
|
|
||
|
Deferred tax assets before valuation allowance
|
182,564
|
|
|
162,990
|
|
|
||
|
Valuation allowance
|
(25,542
|
)
|
|
(24,574
|
)
|
|
||
|
Deferred tax assets net of valuation allowance
|
157,022
|
|
|
138,416
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Deferred tax liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Deferred acquisition costs
|
(37,226
|
)
|
|
(27,211
|
)
|
|
||
|
Net unrealized gains on investments
|
(23,200
|
)
|
|
(44,137
|
)
|
|
||
|
Amortization of intangible assets and goodwill
|
(10,059
|
)
|
|
(8,258
|
)
|
|
||
|
Accrued market discounts
|
(1,151
|
)
|
|
(1,323
|
)
|
|
||
|
Equalization reserves
|
(2,080
|
)
|
|
(1,957
|
)
|
|
||
|
Other deferred tax liabilities
|
(3,048
|
)
|
|
(2,736
|
)
|
|
||
|
Deferred tax liabilities
|
(76,764
|
)
|
|
(85,622
|
)
|
|
||
|
Net deferred tax assets
|
$
|
80,258
|
|
|
$
|
52,794
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18.
|
INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
At December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Income tax expense:
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Valuation allowance - beginning of year
|
$
|
33,933
|
|
|
$
|
30,623
|
|
|
|
Operating loss carryforwards
|
(794
|
)
|
|
635
|
|
|
||
|
Foreign tax credit
|
1,762
|
|
|
2,675
|
|
|
||
|
Change in investment-related items
|
(7,831
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
||
|
Valuation allowance - end of year
|
27,070
|
|
|
33,933
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income:
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Valuation allowance - beginning of year
|
(9,359
|
)
|
|
(9,359
|
)
|
|
||
|
Change in investment-related items
|
7,831
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
||
|
Valuation allowance - end of year
|
(1,528
|
)
|
|
(9,359
|
)
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Total valuation allowance - end of year
|
$
|
25,542
|
|
|
$
|
24,574
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18.
|
INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Income before income taxes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Bermuda (domestic)
|
$
|
625,490
|
|
|
$
|
485,613
|
|
|
$
|
10,911
|
|
|
|
Foreign
|
108,977
|
|
|
64,915
|
|
|
50,627
|
|
|
|||
|
Total income before income taxes
|
$
|
734,467
|
|
|
$
|
550,528
|
|
|
$
|
61,538
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Reconciliation of effective tax rate (% of income before income taxes)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Expected tax rate
|
0.0
|
%
|
|
0.0
|
%
|
|
0.0
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Foreign taxes at local expected rates:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
United States
|
2.1
|
%
|
|
0.4
|
%
|
|
33.2
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Europe
|
1.0
|
%
|
|
1.4
|
%
|
|
10.7
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Other
|
0.3
|
%
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
3.3
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Valuation allowance
|
(0.7
|
)%
|
|
0.6
|
%
|
|
(15.5
|
)%
|
|
|||
|
Net tax exempt income
|
(1.3
|
)%
|
|
(1.5
|
)%
|
|
(11.2
|
)%
|
|
|||
|
Other
|
(0.4
|
)%
|
|
(0.3
|
)%
|
|
4.3
|
%
|
|
|||
|
Actual tax rate
|
1.0
|
%
|
|
0.6
|
%
|
|
24.8
|
%
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19.
|
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
|
|
|
Before Tax Amount
|
|
Tax (Expense) Benefit
|
|
Net of Tax Amount
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31, 2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Available for sale investments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Unrealized investment losses arising during the period
|
$
|
(169,614
|
)
|
|
$
|
7,782
|
|
|
$
|
(161,832
|
)
|
|
|
Adjustment for reclassification of net realized investment gains and OTTI losses recognized in net income
|
(67,156
|
)
|
|
5,605
|
|
|
(61,551
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Unrealized investment losses arising during the period, net of reclassification adjustment
|
(236,770
|
)
|
|
13,387
|
|
|
(223,383
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Non-credit portion of OTTI losses
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
(21,414
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(21,414
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Net change in benefit plan assets and obligations recognized in equity and reclassification adjustment
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||
|
Total other comprehensive loss
|
$
|
(258,184
|
)
|
|
$
|
13,387
|
|
|
$
|
(244,797
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Available for sale investments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Unrealized investment gains arising during the period
|
$
|
378,040
|
|
|
$
|
(29,530
|
)
|
|
$
|
348,510
|
|
|
|
Adjustment for reclassification of net realized investment gains and OTTI losses recognized in net income
|
(127,828
|
)
|
|
11,550
|
|
|
(116,278
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Unrealized investment gains arising during the period, net of reclassification adjustment
|
250,212
|
|
|
(17,980
|
)
|
|
232,232
|
|
|
|||
|
Non-credit portion of OTTI losses
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|||
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
510
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
510
|
|
|
|||
|
Net change in benefit plan assets and obligations recognized in equity and reclassification adjustment
|
1,718
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,718
|
|
|
|||
|
Total other comprehensive income
|
$
|
252,440
|
|
|
$
|
(17,980
|
)
|
|
$
|
234,460
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31, 2011
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Available for sale investments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Unrealized investment gains arising during the period
|
87,384
|
|
|
(13,087
|
)
|
|
74,297
|
|
|
|||
|
Adjustment for reclassification of net realized investment gains and OTTI losses recognized in net income
|
(121,248
|
)
|
|
1,700
|
|
|
(119,548
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Unrealized investment losses arising during the period, net of reclassification adjustment
|
(33,864
|
)
|
|
(11,387
|
)
|
|
(45,251
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Non-credit portion of OTTI losses
|
(585
|
)
|
|
130
|
|
|
(455
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
(3,045
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(3,045
|
)
|
|
|||
|
Net change in benefit plan assets and obligations recognized in equity and reclassification adjustment
|
92
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
92
|
|
|
|||
|
Total other comprehensive loss
|
(37,402
|
)
|
|
(11,257
|
)
|
|
(48,659
|
)
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19.
|
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (CONTINUED)
|
|
|
|
Amount Reclassified from AOCI
(1)
|
|
|||||||||||
|
Details About AOCI Components
|
Consolidated Statement of Operations Line Item That Includes Reclassification
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
|||||||||||
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Unrealized appreciation on available for sale investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
Other realized investment gains
|
$
|
76,518
|
|
|
$
|
152,062
|
|
|
$
|
137,694
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTTI losses
|
(9,362
|
)
|
|
(24,234
|
)
|
|
(16,446
|
)
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Total before tax
|
67,156
|
|
|
127,828
|
|
|
121,248
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Tax expense
|
(5,605
|
)
|
|
(11,550
|
)
|
|
(1,700
|
)
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Net of tax
|
$
|
61,551
|
|
|
$
|
116,278
|
|
|
$
|
119,548
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans (SERPs)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Net change in benefit plan assets and obligations
|
General and administrative expenses
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(1,718
|
)
|
|
$
|
(92
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Tax benefit
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Net of tax
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(1,718
|
)
|
|
$
|
(92
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Amounts in parentheses are debits to net income available to common shareholders
|
20.
|
STATUTORY FINANCIAL INFORMATION
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
Bermuda
|
|
Ireland
|
|
United States
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
At December 31,
|
2013
|
2012
|
|
2013
|
2012
|
|
2013
|
2012
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Required statutory capital and surplus
|
$
|
1,996,794
|
|
$
|
2,048,329
|
|
|
$
|
315,258
|
|
$
|
279,078
|
|
|
$
|
385,651
|
|
$
|
358,674
|
|
|
|
Actual statutory capital and surplus
|
$
|
3,839,840
|
|
$
|
4,091,437
|
|
|
$
|
906,932
|
|
$
|
904,237
|
|
|
$
|
1,348,861
|
|
$
|
1,295,679
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20.
|
STATUTORY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
|
21.
|
UNAUDITED CONDENSED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Quarters ended
|
Mar 31
|
|
Jun 30
|
|
Sep 30
|
|
Dec 31
|
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Net premiums earned
|
$
|
874,039
|
|
|
$
|
945,873
|
|
|
$
|
945,242
|
|
|
$
|
941,911
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
108,908
|
|
|
83,112
|
|
|
103,429
|
|
|
113,863
|
|
|
||||
|
Net realized investment gains (losses)
|
44,478
|
|
|
16,235
|
|
|
(4,708
|
)
|
|
19,558
|
|
|
||||
|
Underwriting income
|
170,799
|
|
|
9,921
|
|
|
153,088
|
|
|
94,159
|
|
|
||||
|
Net income available to common shareholders
|
302,816
|
|
|
72,447
|
|
|
137,121
|
|
|
171,524
|
|
|
||||
|
Earnings per common share - basic
|
$
|
2.59
|
|
|
$
|
0.63
|
|
|
$
|
1.23
|
|
|
$
|
1.55
|
|
|
|
Earnings per common share - diluted
|
$
|
2.55
|
|
|
$
|
0.62
|
|
|
$
|
1.21
|
|
|
$
|
1.52
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Net premiums earned
|
$
|
846,362
|
|
|
$
|
850,603
|
|
|
$
|
862,447
|
|
|
$
|
856,049
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
116,023
|
|
|
74,449
|
|
|
103,638
|
|
|
86,847
|
|
|
||||
|
Net realized investment gains
|
14,491
|
|
|
30,405
|
|
|
50,803
|
|
|
31,771
|
|
|
||||
|
Underwriting income (loss)
|
62,689
|
|
|
119,739
|
|
|
154,999
|
|
|
(74,291
|
)
|
|
||||
|
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders
|
121,997
|
|
|
168,152
|
|
|
223,407
|
|
|
(18,551
|
)
|
|
||||
|
Earnings (loss) per common share - basic
|
$
|
0.97
|
|
|
$
|
1.36
|
|
|
$
|
1.84
|
|
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
|
|
Earnings (loss) per common share - diluted
|
$
|
0.96
|
|
|
$
|
1.35
|
|
|
$
|
1.82
|
|
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ITEM 9.
|
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
|
ITEM 9A.
|
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
|
|
|
/s/ Deloitte & Touche Ltd.
|
Hamilton, Bermuda
|
February 21, 2014
|
ITEM 9B.
|
OTHER INFORMATION
|
ITEM 10.
|
DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
|
ITEM 11.
|
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
|
ITEM 12.
|
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
|
ITEM 13.
|
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
|
ITEM 14.
|
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
|
ITEM 15.
|
EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
|
(a)
|
Financial Statements, Financial Statement Schedules and Exhibits
|
1.
|
Financial Statements
|
2.
|
Financial Statement Schedules
|
Schedule II
|
– Condensed Financial Information of Registrant
|
Schedule III
|
– Supplementary Insurance Information
|
Schedule IV
|
– Supplementary Reinsurance Information
|
3.
|
Exhibits
|
Exhibit
Number
|
|
Description of Document
|
|
|
|
3.1
|
|
Certificate of Incorporation and Memorandum of Association of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Amendment No. 1) (No. 333-103620) filed on April 16, 2003).
|
|
|
|
3.2
|
|
Amended and Restated Bye-laws of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on May 15, 2009).
|
|
|
|
4.1
|
|
Specimen Common Share Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Amendment No. 3) (No. 333-103620) filed on June 10, 2003).
|
|
|
|
4.2
|
|
Amended and Restated Series A Warrant for the Purchase of Common Shares (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2003).
|
|
|
|
4.3
|
|
Senior Indenture between AXIS Capital Holdings Limited and The Bank of New York, as trustee, dated as of November 15, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 15, 2004).
|
|
|
|
4.4
|
|
First Supplemental Indenture between AXIS Capital Holdings Limited and The Bank of New York, as trustee, dated as of November 15, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 15, 2004).
|
|
|
|
4.5
|
|
Senior Indenture among AXIS Specialty Finance LLC, AXIS Capital Holdings Limited and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, dated as of March 23, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on April 27, 2010).
|
|
|
|
4.6
|
|
Certificate of Designations setting forth the specific rights, preferences, limitations and other terms of the Series A Preferred Shares (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 4, 2005).
|
|
|
|
4.7
|
|
Certificate of Designations setting forth the specific rights, preferences, limitations and other terms of the Series B Preferred Shares (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 23, 2005).
|
|
|
|
4.8
|
|
Certificate of Designations setting from the specific rights, preferences, limitations and other terms of the Series C Preferred Shares (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 19, 2012).
|
|
|
|
4.9
|
|
Certificate of Designations setting from the specific rights, preferences, limitations and other terms of the Series D Preferred Shares (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 20, 2013).
|
10.1
|
|
Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement dated December 31, 2002, among AXIS Capital Holdings Limited and each of the persons listed on Schedule A thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Amendment No. 3) (No. 333-103620) filed on June 10, 2003).
|
|
|
|
*10.2
|
|
Amended and Restated Service Agreement by and between Michael A. Butt and AXIS Specialty Limited dated as of December 15, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003).
|
|
|
|
*10.3
|
|
Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Service Agreement by and between Michael A. Butt and AXIS Specialty Limited effective as of May 12, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 18, 2006).
|
|
|
|
*10.4
|
|
Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Service Agreement by and between Michael A. Butt and AXIS Specialty Limited dated September 19, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 23, 2008).
|
|
|
|
*10.5
|
|
Amendment No. 3 to Amended and Restated Service Agreement by and between Michael A. Butt and AXIS Specialty Limited dated May 6, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 7, 2009).
|
|
|
|
*10.6
|
|
Amendment No. 4 to Amended and Restated Service Agreement by and between Michael A. Butt and AXIS Specialty Limited dated December 31, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 4, 2011).
|
|
|
|
*10.7
|
|
Separation Agreement and Release by and between Michael A. Butt and AXIS Specialty Limited dated May 3, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on May 9, 2012).
|
|
|
|
*10.8
|
|
Consulting Agreement by and between Michael A. Butt and AXIS Specialty Limited dated May 3, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on May 9, 2012).
|
|
|
|
*10.9
|
|
Amendment No. 1 to Consulting Agreement by and between Michael A. Butt and AXIS Specialty Limited dated December 5, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 9, 2013).
|
|
|
|
*10.10
|
|
Amended and Restated Supplemental Executive Retirement Agreement by and between AXIS Specialty Limited and Michael A. Butt dated May 8, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 5, 2008).
|
|
|
|
*10.11
|
|
Addendum to the Amended and Restated Supplemental Executive Retirement Agreement dated July 13, 2012 between AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, AXIS Specialty Limited, Codan Trust Company Limited and Michael A. Butt (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 16, 2012).
|
|
|
|
*10.12
|
|
Employment Agreement by and among Albert Benchimol, AXIS Capital Holdings Limited and AXIS Specialty U.S. Services, Inc. dated May 3, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on May 9, 2012).
|
|
|
|
*10.13
|
|
Restricted Stock Agreement for Albert Benchimol pursuant to the AXIS Capital Holdings Limited 2007 Long-Term Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on May 9, 2012).
|
|
|
|
*10.14
|
|
Employment Agreement by and between Dennis B. Reding and AXIS Specialty U.S. Services, Inc. dated December 31, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 4, 2011).
|
|
|
|
*10.15
|
|
Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement by and between Dennis B. Reding and AXIS Specialty U.S. Services, Inc., dated December 27, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 28, 2012).
|
|
|
|
*10.16
|
|
Employment Agreement by and between John Gressier and AXIS Specialty Europe SE dated December 5, 2013 (incorporated by by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 9, 2013).
|
|
|
|
*10.17
|
|
Employment Agreement by and between John D. Nichols, Jr. and AXIS Specialty U.S. Services, Inc. dated February 6, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 8, 2012).
|
|
|
|
*10.18
|
|
Letter Agreement by and between John D. Nichols, Jr. and AXIS Specialty U.S. Services, Inc. dated July 8, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 12, 2013).
|
|
|
|
*10.19
|
|
Employment Agreement by and between Joseph C. Henry and AXIS Specialty U.S. Services, Inc. dated May 16, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 18, 2012).
|
|
|
|
*10.20
|
|
2003 Long-Term Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Amendment No. 2) (No. 333-103620) filed on May 17, 2003).
|
|
|
|
*10.21
|
|
2007 Long-Term Equity Compensation Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on May 15, 2012).
|
|
|
|
*10.22
|
|
Form of Employee Restricted Stock Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 28, 2010).
|
|
|
|
*†10.23
|
|
Form of Employee Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Performance Vesting).
|
|
|
|
*†10.24
|
|
Form of Employee Restricted Stock Unit Agreement.
|
|
|
|
*10.25
|
|
2013 Executive Long-Term Equity Compensation Program (incorporated by by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 9, 2013).
|
|
|
|
*10.26
|
|
2013 Executive Annual Incentive Plan (incorporated by by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 9, 2013).
|
|
|
|
*10.27
|
|
2003 Directors Long-Term Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-110228) filed on November 4, 2003).
|
|
|
|
*10.28
|
|
2003 Directors Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on April 28, 2009).
|
|
|
|
*10.29
|
|
2014 Directors Annual Compensation Program (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 31, 2013).
|
|
|
|
*10.30
|
|
AXIS Specialty U.S. Services, Inc. Supplemental Retirement Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 26, 2008).
|
|
|
|
10.31
|
|
Master Reimbursement Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2010, by and among AXIS Specialty Limited, AXIS Re Limited, AXIS Specialty Europe Limited, AXIS Insurance Company, AXIS Surplus Insurance Company, AXIS Specialty Insurance Company, AXIS Reinsurance Company and Citibank Europe plc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 19, 2010).
|
|
|
|
10.32
|
|
Amendment to Master Reimbursement Agreement dated January 27, 2012 by and among AXIS Specialty Limited, AXIS Re Limited, AXIS Specialty Europe Limited, AXIS Insurance Company, AXIS Surplus Insurance Company, AXIS Specialty Insurance Company and AXIS Reinsurance Company and Citibank Europe plc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 30, 2012).
|
|
|
|
10.33
|
|
Amendment to Committed Facility Letter dated November 20, 2013 by and among AXIS Specialty Limited, AXIS Re SE, AXIS Specialty Europe SE, AXIS Insurance Company, AXIS Surplus Insurance Company and AXIS Reinsurance Company and Citibank Europe plc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 21, 2013).
|
|
|
|
10.34
|
|
Credit Agreement dated March 26, 2013 by and among AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, certain subsidiaries of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, Fronting Bank and L/C Administrator and the other lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 29, 2013).
|
|
|
|
10.35
|
|
First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated September 18, 2013 by and among AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, certain subsidiaries of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, Fronting Bank and L/C Administrator and the other lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 24, 2013).
|
|
|
|
10.36
|
|
Letter of Credit Facility dated November 6, 2013 by and between AXIS Specialty Limited and ING Bank N.V., London Branch (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 8, 2013).
|
†12.1
|
|
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends.
|
|
|
|
†21.1
|
|
Subsidiaries of the registrant.
|
|
|
|
†23.1
|
|
Consent of Deloitte & Touche.
|
|
|
|
†24.1
|
|
Power of Attorney (included as part of signature pages hereto).
|
|
|
|
†31.1
|
|
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
|
|
†31.2
|
|
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
|
|
†32.1
|
|
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
|
|
†32.2
|
|
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
|
|
†101
|
|
The following financial information from AXIS Capital Holdings Limited’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 formatted in XBRL: (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2013 and 2012; (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011; (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011; (iv) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011; (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011; and (vi) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text and in detail.
|
*
|
Exhibits 10.2 through 10.30 represent a management contract, compensatory plan or arrangement in which directors and/or executive officers are eligible to participate.
|
†
|
Filed herewith.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
|
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|
|
|
|
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|
|
By:
|
|
/s/ ALBERT BENCHIMOL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Albert Benchimol
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
President and Chief Executive Officer
|
|
|
|
|
|
Signature
|
|
Title
|
|
|
|
/s/ ALBERT BENCHIMOL
|
|
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
|
Albert Benchimol
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ JOSEPH HENRY
|
|
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
|
Joseph Henry
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ JAMES O'SHAUGHNESSY
|
|
Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
|
James O'Shaughnessy
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ GEOFFREY BELL
|
|
Director
|
Geoffrey Bell
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ JANE BOISSEAU
|
|
Director
|
Jane Boisseau
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ MICHAEL A. BUTT
|
|
Director
|
Michael A. Butt
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ CHARLES A. DAVIS
|
|
Director
|
Charles A. Davis
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ ROBERT L. FRIEDMAN
|
|
Director
|
Robert L. Friedman
|
|
|
|
|
Signature
|
|
Title
|
|
|
|
/s/ CHRISTOPHER V. GREETHAM
|
|
|
Christopher V. Greetham
|
|
Director
|
|
|
|
/s/ MAURICE A. KEANE
|
|
|
Maurice A. Keane
|
|
Director
|
|
|
|
/s/ SIR ANDREW LARGE
|
|
|
Sir Andrew Large
|
|
Director
|
|
|
|
/s/ CHERYL-ANN LISTER
|
|
|
Cheryl-Ann Lister
|
|
Director
|
|
|
|
/s/ THOMAS C. RAMEY
|
|
|
Thomas C. Ramey
|
|
Director
|
|
|
|
/s/ HENRY B. SMITH
|
|
|
Henry B. Smith
|
|
Director
|
|
|
|
/s/ ALICE YOUNG
|
|
Director
|
Alice Young
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ WILHELM ZELLER
|
|
|
Wilhelm Zeller
|
|
Director
|
|
/s/ Deloitte & Touche Ltd.
|
Hamilton, Bermuda
|
February 21, 2014
|
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
||||
|
(in thousands)
|
||||||
Assets
|
|
|
|
||||
Investments in subsidiaries on equity basis
|
$
|
6,581,368
|
|
|
$
|
6,571,607
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
4,414
|
|
|
2,841
|
|
||
Other assets
|
3,179
|
|
|
2,706
|
|
||
Total assets
|
$
|
6,588,961
|
|
|
$
|
6,577,154
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
||||
Intercompany payable
|
$
|
204,877
|
|
|
$
|
243,252
|
|
Senior notes
|
499,906
|
|
|
499,798
|
|
||
Dividends payable
|
47,959
|
|
|
37,370
|
|
||
Other liabilities
|
18,257
|
|
|
16,973
|
|
||
Total liabilities
|
770,999
|
|
|
797,393
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
||||
Shareholders’ equity
|
|
|
|
||||
Preferred shares
|
627,843
|
|
|
502,843
|
|
||
Common shares (2013: 174,134; 2012: 171,867 shares issued
and 2013: 109,485; 2012: 117,920 shares outstanding) |
2,174
|
|
|
2,146
|
|
||
Additional paid-in capital
|
2,240,125
|
|
|
2,179,034
|
|
||
Accumulated other comprehensive income
|
117,825
|
|
|
362,622
|
|
||
Retained earnings
|
5,062,706
|
|
|
4,497,789
|
|
||
Treasury shares, at cost (2013: 64,649; 2012: 53,947 shares)
|
(2,232,711
|
)
|
|
(1,764,673
|
)
|
||
Total shareholders’ equity
|
5,817,962
|
|
|
5,779,761
|
|
||
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
|
$
|
6,588,961
|
|
|
$
|
6,577,154
|
|
(1)
|
On November 15, 2004, AXIS Capital issued
$500 million
aggregate principal amount of
5.75%
senior unsecured debt (“Senior Notes”) at an issue price of
99.785%
, generating net proceeds of
$496 million
. Interest of the
5.75%
Senior Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning on June 1, 2005. Unless previously redeemed, the
5.75%
Senior Notes will mature on December 1, 2014.
|
(2)
|
AXIS Capital has fully and unconditionally guaranteed all obligations of AXIS Specialty Finance, a
100%
owned finance subsidiary, related to the issuance of
$500 million
aggregate principal amount of
5.875%
senior unsecured notes. AXIS Capital’s obligations under this guarantee are unsecured and senior and rank equally with all other senior obligations of AXIS Capital.
|
(3)
|
AXIS Capital has fully and unconditionally guaranteed the derivative instrument obligations of certain of its 100% owned operating subsidiaries. At December 31, 2013, the fair value of guaranteed obligations utilized aggregated to
$28 million
(2012: $
nil
).
|
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
||||||
|
(in thousands)
|
||||||||||
Revenues
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Net investment income
|
$
|
5
|
|
|
$
|
25
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
Total revenues
|
5
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
1
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
General and administrative expenses
|
40,565
|
|
|
62,293
|
|
|
36,248
|
|
|||
Interest expense and financing costs
|
29,201
|
|
|
29,201
|
|
|
29,201
|
|
|||
Total expenses
|
69,766
|
|
|
91,494
|
|
|
65,449
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Loss before equity in net earnings of subsidiaries
|
(69,761
|
)
|
|
(91,469
|
)
|
|
(65,448
|
)
|
|||
Equity in net earnings of subsidiaries
|
797,226
|
|
|
638,710
|
|
|
111,753
|
|
|||
Net income
|
727,465
|
|
|
547,241
|
|
|
46,305
|
|
|||
Preferred share dividends
|
40,474
|
|
|
38,228
|
|
|
36,875
|
|
|||
Loss on repurchase of preferred shares
|
3,081
|
|
|
14,009
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Net income available to common shareholders
|
$
|
683,910
|
|
|
$
|
495,004
|
|
|
$
|
9,430
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Comprehensive income (loss)
|
$
|
482,668
|
|
|
$
|
781,701
|
|
|
$
|
(2,354
|
)
|
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
||||||
|
(in thousands)
|
||||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Net income
|
$
|
727,465
|
|
|
$
|
547,241
|
|
|
$
|
46,305
|
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Equity in net earnings of subsidiaries
|
(797,226
|
)
|
|
(638,710
|
)
|
|
(111,753
|
)
|
|||
Change in intercompany payable
|
(38,375
|
)
|
|
(7,667
|
)
|
|
(44,503
|
)
|
|||
Dividends received from subsidiaries
|
566,000
|
|
|
525,000
|
|
|
255,000
|
|
|||
Other items
|
34,803
|
|
|
56,425
|
|
|
21,298
|
|
|||
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
492,667
|
|
|
482,289
|
|
|
166,347
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Cash flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Capital repaid from subsidiary
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
130,000
|
|
|||
Net cash from investing activities
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
130,000
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Net proceeds from issuance of preferred shares
|
218,449
|
|
|
393,544
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Repurchase of preferred shares
|
(100,000
|
)
|
|
(404,073
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Repurchase of common shares
|
(472,263
|
)
|
|
(317,687
|
)
|
|
(65,885
|
)
|
|||
Dividends paid - common shares
|
(118,426
|
)
|
|
(120,487
|
)
|
|
(206,455
|
)
|
|||
Dividends paid - preferred shares
|
(39,193
|
)
|
|
(38,228
|
)
|
|
(36,875
|
)
|
|||
Proceeds from issuance of common shares
|
20,339
|
|
|
5,120
|
|
|
6,735
|
|
|||
Net cash used in financing activities
|
(491,094
|
)
|
|
(481,811
|
)
|
|
(302,480
|
)
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
1,573
|
|
|
478
|
|
|
(6,133
|
)
|
|||
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period
|
2,841
|
|
|
2,363
|
|
|
8,496
|
|
|||
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period
|
$
|
4,414
|
|
|
$
|
2,841
|
|
|
$
|
2,363
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Interest paid
|
$
|
28,750
|
|
|
$
|
28,750
|
|
|
$
|
28,750
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
At and year ended December 31, 2013
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(in thousands)
|
|
Deferred
Acquisition
Costs
|
|
Reserve
for Losses
and Loss
Expenses
|
|
Unearned
Premiums
|
|
Net
Premiums
Earned
|
|
Net
Investment
Income
(1)
|
|
Losses
And Loss
Expenses
|
|
Amortization
of Deferred
Acquisition
Costs
|
|
Other
Operating
Expenses
(2)
|
|
Net
Premiums
Written
|
||||||||||||||||||
Insurance
|
|
$
|
150,109
|
|
|
$
|
4,873,184
|
|
|
$
|
1,548,653
|
|
|
$
|
1,722,762
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1,050,402
|
|
|
$
|
242,363
|
|
|
$
|
347,684
|
|
|
$
|
1,813,538
|
|
Reinsurance
|
|
306,013
|
|
|
4,708,956
|
|
|
1,135,196
|
|
|
1,984,303
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,083,793
|
|
|
421,828
|
|
|
137,450
|
|
|
2,114,662
|
|
|||||||||
Corporate
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
409,312
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
90,256
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||||||
Total
|
|
$
|
456,122
|
|
|
$
|
9,582,140
|
|
|
$
|
2,683,849
|
|
|
$
|
3,707,065
|
|
|
$
|
409,312
|
|
|
$
|
2,134,195
|
|
|
$
|
664,191
|
|
|
$
|
575,390
|
|
|
$
|
3,928,200
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
At and year ended December 31, 2012
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(in thousands)
|
|
Deferred
Acquisition
Costs
|
|
Reserve
for Losses
and Loss
Expenses
|
|
Unearned
Premiums
|
|
Net
Premiums
Earned
|
|
Net
Investment
Income
(1)
|
|
Losses
And Loss
Expenses
|
|
Amortization
of Deferred
Acquisition
Costs
|
|
Other
Operating
Expenses
(2)
|
|
Net
Premiums
Written
|
||||||||||||||||||
Insurance
|
|
$
|
128,311
|
|
|
$
|
4,492,553
|
|
|
$
|
1,456,318
|
|
|
$
|
1,558,058
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
953,564
|
|
|
$
|
226,859
|
|
|
$
|
314,834
|
|
|
$
|
1,522,245
|
|
Reinsurance
|
|
260,937
|
|
|
4,566,178
|
|
|
998,374
|
|
|
1,857,405
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,142,464
|
|
|
400,794
|
|
|
116,487
|
|
|
1,815,211
|
|
|||||||||
Corporate
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
380,957
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
129,660
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||||||
Total
|
|
$
|
389,248
|
|
|
$
|
9,058,731
|
|
|
$
|
2,454,692
|
|
|
$
|
3,415,463
|
|
|
$
|
380,957
|
|
|
$
|
2,096,028
|
|
|
$
|
627,653
|
|
|
$
|
560,981
|
|
|
$
|
3,337,456
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
At and year ended December 31, 2011
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(in thousands)
|
|
Deferred
Acquisition
Costs
|
|
Reserve
for Losses
and Loss
Expenses
|
|
Unearned
Premiums
|
|
Net
Premiums
Earned
|
|
Net
Investment
Income
(1)
|
|
Losses
And Loss
Expenses
|
|
Amortization
of Deferred
Acquisition
Costs
|
|
Other
Operating
Expenses
(2)
|
|
Net
Premiums
Written
|
||||||||||||||||||
Insurance
|
|
$
|
142,743
|
|
|
$
|
4,081,741
|
|
|
$
|
1,412,699
|
|
|
$
|
1,429,687
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
919,319
|
|
|
$
|
199,583
|
|
|
$
|
278,147
|
|
|
$
|
1,466,134
|
|
Reinsurance
|
|
264,784
|
|
|
4,343,304
|
|
|
1,041,763
|
|
|
1,885,274
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,755,733
|
|
|
387,886
|
|
|
103,915
|
|
|
1,953,300
|
|
|||||||||
Corporate
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
362,430
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
77,089
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||||||
Total
|
|
$
|
407,527
|
|
|
$
|
8,425,045
|
|
|
$
|
2,454,462
|
|
|
$
|
3,314,961
|
|
|
$
|
362,430
|
|
|
$
|
2,675,052
|
|
|
$
|
587,469
|
|
|
$
|
459,151
|
|
|
$
|
3,419,434
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
As we evaluate the underwriting results of each of our reportable segments separately from the results of our investment portfolio, we do not allocate net investment income to our reportable segments.
|
(2)
|
Amounts related to our reportable segments reflect underwriting-related general and administrative expenses, including those incurred directly by segment personnel and certain corporate overhead costs allocated based on estimated consumption, headcount and other variables deemed relevant. Other corporate overhead costs, which are are not incremental and/or directly attributable to our individual underwriting operations, are not allocated to our reportable segments and are presented separately as corporate expenses.
|
|
(in thousands)
|
|
DIRECT
GROSS
PREMIUM
|
|
CEDED TO
OTHER
COMPANIES
|
|
ASSUMED
FROM
OTHER
COMPANIES
|
|
NET
AMOUNT
|
|
PERCENTAGE
OF AMOUNT
ASSUMED TO
NET
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
|
2013
|
|
$
|
1,974,915
|
|
|
$
|
768,841
|
|
|
$
|
2,722,126
|
|
|
$
|
3,928,200
|
|
|
69.3
|
%
|
|
|
2012
|
|
1,805,887
|
|
|
802,187
|
|
|
2,333,756
|
|
|
3,337,456
|
|
|
69.9
|
%
|
|
||||
|
2011
|
|
1,696,600
|
|
|
676,719
|
|
|
2,399,553
|
|
|
3,419,434
|
|
|
70.2
|
%
|
|
DBVPS Percentile
|
Performance Multiplier
|
100%
|
200%
|
90% - 99.99%
|
175%
|
80% - 89.99%
|
150%
|
70% - 79.99%
|
125%
|
60% - 69.99%
|
100%
|
50% - 59.99%
|
80%
|
40% - 49.99%
|
60%
|
30% - 39.99%
|
40%
|
20% - 29.99%
|
20%
|
Less than 20%
|
10%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
2011
|
|
2010
|
|
2009
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Earnings: income before income taxes
|
$
|
734,467
|
|
|
$
|
550,528
|
|
|
$
|
61,538
|
|
|
$
|
895,403
|
|
|
$
|
539,861
|
|
|
|
Add: fixed charges
|
67,944
|
|
|
67,898
|
|
|
66,185
|
|
|
58,010
|
|
|
34,061
|
|
|
|||||
|
Earnings for computation
|
$
|
802,411
|
|
|
$
|
618,426
|
|
|
$
|
127,723
|
|
|
$
|
953,413
|
|
|
$
|
573,922
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Assumed interest component of rent expense
(1)
|
$
|
8,866
|
|
|
$
|
8,849
|
|
|
$
|
7,163
|
|
|
$
|
5,798
|
|
|
$
|
4,860
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
59,078
|
|
|
59,049
|
|
|
59,022
|
|
|
52,212
|
|
|
29,201
|
|
|
|||||
|
Total fixed charges
|
$
|
67,944
|
|
|
$
|
67,898
|
|
|
$
|
66,185
|
|
|
$
|
58,010
|
|
|
$
|
34,061
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
|
11.8
|
|
|
9.1
|
|
|
1.9
|
|
|
16.4
|
|
|
16.8
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Preferred share dividends
(2)
|
$
|
40,474
|
|
|
$
|
38,228
|
|
|
$
|
36,875
|
|
|
$
|
36,875
|
|
|
$
|
36,875
|
|
|
|
Total fixed charges and preferred share dividends
|
$
|
108,418
|
|
|
$
|
106,126
|
|
|
$
|
103,060
|
|
|
$
|
94,885
|
|
|
$
|
70,936
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
share dividends
|
7.4
|
|
|
5.8
|
|
|
1.2
|
|
|
10.0
|
|
|
8.1
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
33.3%
represents a reasonable approximation of the interest factor.
|
(2)
|
Dividends have been tax effected at a 0% rate because it is presumed they will be funded from a Bermuda entity.
|
|
/s/ Deloitte & Touche Ltd.
|
Hamilton, Bermuda
|
February 21, 2014
|
1.
|
I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited for the period ended
December 31, 2013
;
|
2.
|
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
|
3.
|
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
|
4.
|
The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
|
a)
|
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
|
b)
|
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
|
c)
|
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
|
d)
|
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
|
5.
|
The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
|
a)
|
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
|
b)
|
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
|
|
|
/
S
/ ALBERT BENCHIMOL
|
Date:
|
February 21, 2014
|
Albert Benchimol
President and Chief Executive Officer
|
1.
|
I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited for the period ended
December 31, 2013
;
|
2.
|
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
|
3.
|
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
|
4.
|
The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
|
a)
|
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
|
b)
|
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
|
c)
|
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
|
d)
|
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
|
5.
|
The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
|
a)
|
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
|
b)
|
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
|
|
|
/S/ JOSEPH HENRY
|
Date:
|
February 21, 2014
|
Joseph Henry
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
|
(1)
|
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
|
(2)
|
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
|
Date:
|
February 21, 2014
|
/s/ ALBERT BENCHIMOL
|
|
|
Albert Benchimol
|
|
|
President and Chief Executive Officer
|
(1)
|
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
|
(2)
|
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
|
Date:
|
February 21, 2014
|
/s/ JOSEPH HENRY
|
|
|
Joseph Henry
|
|
|
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
|