KBRA Affirms Assured Guaranty’s AA+ Insurance Financial Strength Ratings with Stable Outlook

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HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE: AGO) (together with its subsidiaries, Assured Guaranty) announced that Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC (KBRA) has affirmed the AA+ insurance financial strength ratings of Assured Guaranty Inc. (AG) and its insurance subsidiaries, Assured Guaranty UK Limited (AGUK) and Assured Guaranty (Europe) SA (AGE). All the ratings have Stable Outlooks.

In its August 3, 2026, surveillance report and press release affirming the AA+ ratings of AG, AGUK and AGE, KBRA cited AG’s:

“substantial claims-paying resources”
“formal risk management framework”
“disciplined underwriting and surveillance”
“established position in the financial guaranty market”
insured portfolio, which “remains predominantly investment grade and granular, with exposure concentrated in U.S. public finance but diversified across obligors, sectors, and geographies”
“contractual intra-group support agreements” that AG provides for AGUK and AGE’s benefit.

“As Assured Guaranty looks to expand the utilization of our products into new sectors and geographic markets, develop additional product applications and add new counterparty relationships, all in line with our strategic objectives to accelerate new business growth, we are pleased that KBRA has once again recognized our experienced management team’s stewardship of our high-quality insured portfolio over the past 40-plus years,” said Dominic Frederico, President and CEO of Assured Guaranty. “We see promising growth opportunities in a number of areas within U.S. public finance, as well as within our global structured finance and non-U.S. public finance markets.”

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Any forward-looking statements made in this press release, including those regarding growth opportunities for Assured Guaranty, demand for its product, and the strength of Assured Guaranty’s capital position, reflect Assured Guaranty’s current views with respect to future events and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in these statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those risks and uncertainties resulting from changes in rating agency models or opinions; the adequacy of claims-paying resources; Assured Guaranty’s risk management; Assured Guaranty’s competitive positioning, future global growth across its business lines, and expansion into new sectors and geographic markets; difficulties producing and sustaining new business; the benefits of Assured Guaranty’s value proposition; adverse credit developments in Assured Guaranty’s insured portfolio and the impact of those developments on rating agency models and opinions; difficulties executing Assured Guaranty’s business strategy, including underwriting and surveillance; other risks and uncertainties that have not been identified at this time, management’s response to these factors, and other risk factors identified in Assured Guaranty’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are made as of August 5, 2026. Assured Guaranty undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

About Assured Guaranty Ltd.

Assured Guaranty Ltd. is a publicly traded (NYSE: AGO), Bermuda-based holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Assured Guaranty provides credit enhancement products to the U.S. and non-U.S. public finance, infrastructure and structured finance markets. Assured Guaranty also participates in the asset management business through its ownership interest in Sound Point Capital Management, LP and certain of its investment management affiliates, and in the annuity reinsurance business through Assured Life Reinsurance Ltd. More information on Assured Guaranty Ltd. and its subsidiaries can be found at AssuredGuaranty.com.