AGO 📈 Assured Guaranty - Overview

Assured Guaranty Ltd. is a global provider of credit protection products, serving the public finance, infrastructure, and structured finance markets in the United States and internationally. The company's operations are divided into two primary segments: Insurance and Asset Management. Through its insurance segment, Assured Guaranty offers financial guaranty insurance, which shields holders of debt instruments from potential defaults in scheduled payments. This includes a wide range of debt obligations, such as bonds issued by U.S. state governmental authorities, notes used to finance infrastructure projects, and various U.S. public finance obligations like general obligation bonds, tax-backed bonds, and municipal utility bonds.

The company's insurance portfolio also encompasses non-U.S. public finance obligations, including regulated utilities, infrastructure finance, sovereign and sub-sovereign bonds, renewable energy bonds, and other public finance obligations. Additionally, Assured Guaranty provides insurance and reinsurance for U.S. and non-U.S. structured finance obligations, such as residential mortgage-backed securities, life insurance transactions, consumer receivables securities, and financial products. The company's specialty business includes real estate properties, insurance securitizations, and aircraft residual value insurance transactions, further diversifying its offerings. By marketing its financial guaranty insurance directly to issuers, underwriters, and investors, Assured Guaranty plays a critical role in facilitating the issuance of public finance and structured finance securities.

Assured Guaranty's asset management segment provides investment advisory services, complementing its insurance offerings. The company's ability to offer a comprehensive suite of credit protection products and asset management services enables it to cater to a broad range of clients, from public finance issuers to structured finance investors. With its incorporation in 2003 and headquarters in Hamilton, Bermuda, Assured Guaranty has established itself as a prominent player in the global credit protection market. The company's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol AGO, and its ISIN is BMG0585R1060, classified under the GICS Sub Industry of Property & Casualty Insurance.