Assured Guaranty Ltd

Assured Guaranty Ltd. through its subsidiaries provides credit protection products to public finance infrastructure and structured finance markets in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments Insurance and Asset Management. It offers financial guaranty insurance that protects holders of debt instruments and other monetary obligations from defaults in scheduled payments. In addition the company insures and reinsures various debt obligations including bonds issued by the United States state governmental authorities; and notes issued to finance infrastructure projects. Further it insures and reinsures various the U.S. public finance obligations such as general obligation tax-backed municipal utility transportation healthcare higher education infrastructure housing revenue investor-owned utility renewable energy and other public finance bonds. Additionally the company is involved in insuring and reinsuring of non-U.S. public finance obligations comprising regulated utilities infrastructure finance sovereign and sub-sovereign renewable energy bonds pooled infrastructure and other public finance obligations; and the U.S. and non-U.S. Structured finance obligations including residential mortgage-backed securities life insurance transactions consumer receivables securities pooled corporate obligations and financial products. Furthermore it offers specialty insurance and reinsurance that include life and aircraft residual value insurance transactions; and asset management services comprising investment advisory services. It markets its financial guaranty insurance directly to issuers and underwriters of public finance and structured finance securities as well as to investors in such obligations. Assured Guaranty Ltd. was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Hamilton Bermuda.