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Exhibit 99.2
 
 
Waterloo House, Ground Floor
100 Pitts Bay Road
Pembroke HM 08 Bermuda
 
441-278-9250
441-278-9255 fax
 
Contact:
Mark D. Lyons
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Financial Supplement

Financial Information
as of December 31, 2015
 
The following financial supplement is provided to assist in your understanding of Arch Capital Group Ltd.
 
This report is for informational purposes only.  It should be read in conjunction with documents filed by Arch Capital Group Ltd. with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.  Please refer to the Company’s website at www.archcapgroup.com for further information describing Arch Capital Group Ltd. 





Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Table of Contents


 
 
Page
 
 
 
I.
Financial Highlights
 
 
 
II.
Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
a.
Consolidated Statements of Income
 
b.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
 
c.
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity
 
d.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
 
 
 
III.
Segment Information
 
 
a.
Overview
 
b.
Consolidated Results
 
c.
Insurance Segment Results
 
d.
Reinsurance Segment Results
 
e.
Mortgage Segment Results
 
 
 
IV.
Investment Information
 
 
a.
Investable Asset Summary and Investment Portfolio Metrics
 
b.
Composition of Fixed Maturities
 
c.
Credit Quality Distribution and Maturity Profile
 
d.
Analysis of Corporate Exposures
 
e.
Structured Securities
 
f.
Bank Loan Investments
 
g.
Eurozone Investments
 
 
 
V.
Other
 
 
a.
Comments on Regulation G
 
b.
Operating Income Reconciliation and Annualized Operating Return on Average Common Equity
 
c.
Operating Income and Effective Tax Rate Calculations
 
d.
Capital Structure and Share Repurchase Activity


 
1
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Basis of Presentation


Basis of Presentation

All financial information contained herein is unaudited, however, certain information relating to the consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2014 is derived from or agrees to audited financial information. The Company has reclassified the presentation of certain prior year information to conform to the current presentation. Such reclassifications had no effect on the Company’s net income, shareholders’ equity or cash flows. Unless otherwise noted, all data is in thousands, except for share and per share amounts and ratio information.

In March 2014, the Company invested $100.0 million to acquire approximately 11% of Watford Holdings Ltd.’s common equity and a warrant to purchase additional common equity. Watford Holdings Ltd. is the parent of Watford Re Ltd., a multi-line Bermuda reinsurance company (together with Watford Holdings Ltd., “Watford Re”). In accordance with GAAP, Watford is considered a variable interest entity and the Company concluded that it is the primary beneficiary of Watford Re. As such, 100% of the results of Watford Re are included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The portion of Watford Re’s earnings owned by third parties is recorded in the consolidated statements of income as ‘amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests.’ In addition, the Company reflects Watford Re’s redeemable preference shares in the mezzanine section of the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as ‘redeemable noncontrolling interests’ because they have redemption features that are not solely within the control of Watford Re.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a “safe harbor” for forward-looking statements. This release or any other written or oral statements made by or on behalf of Arch Capital Group Ltd. and its subsidiaries may include forward-looking statements, which reflect the Company’s current views with respect to future events and financial performance. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in or incorporated by reference in this release are forward-looking statements.
 
Forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe” or “continue” or their negative or variations or similar terminology. Forward-looking statements involve the Company’s current assessment of risks and uncertainties. Actual events and results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements. A non-exclusive list of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements includes the following: adverse general economic and market conditions; increased competition; pricing and policy term trends; fluctuations in the actions of rating agencies and the Company’s ability to maintain and improve the Company’s ratings; investment performance; the loss of key personnel; the adequacy of the Company’s loss reserves, severity and/or frequency of losses, greater than expected loss ratios and adverse development on claim and/or claim expense liabilities; greater frequency or severity of unpredictable natural and man-made catastrophic events; the impact of acts of terrorism and acts of war; changes in regulations and/or tax laws in the United States or elsewhere; the Company’s ability to successfully integrate, establish and maintain operating procedures as well as integrate the businesses we have acquired or may acquire into the existing operations; changes in accounting principles or policies; material differences between actual and expected assessments for guaranty funds and mandatory pooling arrangements; availability and cost to the Company of reinsurance to manage gross and net exposures; the failure of others to meet their obligations to the Company; and other factors identified in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
The foregoing review of important factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with other cautionary statements that are included herein or elsewhere. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on the Company’s behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 
2
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Financial Highlights

The financial highlights below exclude amounts reflected in the ‘other’ segment (Watford Re):
 
Three Months Ended
 
Year Ended
 
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
(U.S. Dollars in thousands, except share data)
 
2015
 
2014
 
Change
 
2015
 
2014
 
Change
Underwriting results:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross premiums written
 
$
1,031,341

 
$
1,069,932

 
(3.6
)%
 
$
4,656,723

 
$
4,760,394

 
(2.2
)%
Net premiums written
 
738,798

 
804,836

 
(8.2
)%
 
3,351,572

 
3,617,482

 
(7.4
)%
Net premiums earned
 
824,283

 
869,604

 
(5.2
)%
 
3,336,053

 
3,490,271

 
(4.4
)%
Underwriting income
 
116,700

 
114,300

 
2.1
 %
 
433,216

 
474,178

 
(8.6
)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loss ratio
 
51.2
 %
 
52.8
%
 
(1.6
)
 
53.2
%
 
53.0
%
 
0.2

Acquisition expense ratio
 
16.7
 %
 
18.4
%
 
(1.7
)
 
17.0
%
 
18.0
%
 
(1.0
)
Other operating expense ratio
 
18.9
 %
 
16.3
%
 
2.6

 
17.8
%
 
15.8
%
 
2.0

Combined ratio
 
86.8
 %
 
87.5
%
 
(0.7
)
 
88.0
%
 
86.8
%
 
1.2

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
 
$
66,970

 
$
72,646

 
(7.8
)%
 
$
271,680

 
$
284,336

 
(4.5
)%
Per diluted share
 
$
0.53

 
$
0.56

 
(5.4
)%
 
$
2.16

 
$
2.11

 
2.4
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income available to Arch common shareholders
 
$
53,094

 
$
209,679

 
(74.7
)%
 
$
515,800

 
$
812,417

 
(36.5
)%
Per diluted share
 
$
0.42

 
$
1.60

 
(73.8
)%
 
$
4.09

 
$
6.02

 
(32.1
)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
After-tax operating income available to Arch common shareholders (1)
 
$
143,599

 
$
150,184

 
(4.4
)%
 
$
565,199

 
$
617,312

 
(8.4
)%
Per diluted share
 
$
1.15

 
$
1.15

 
 %
 
$
4.48

 
$
4.58

 
(2.2
)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Comprehensive income available to Arch
 
$
32,268

 
$
241,834

 
(86.7
)%
 
$
392,380

 
$
888,247

 
(55.8
)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flow from operations
 
$
98,521

 
$
226,948

 
(56.6
)%
 
$
705,128

 
$
997,815

 
(29.3
)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted weighted average common shares and common share equivalents outstanding
 
125,311,942

 
130,855,218

 
(4.2
)%
 
126,038,743

 
134,922,322

 
(6.6
)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Financial measures:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Change in book value per common share during period
 
0.6
 %
 
3.5
%
 
(2.9
)
 
5.2
%
 
14.5
%
 
(9.3
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Annualized operating return on average common equity
 
9.8
 %
 
10.4
%
 
(0.6
)
 
9.7
%
 
11.1
%
 
(1.4
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total return on investments (2)
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Including effects of foreign exchange
 
(0.33
)%
 
0.85
%
 
-118 bps

 
0.41
%
 
3.21
%
 
-280 bps

Excluding effects of foreign exchange
 
(0.10
)%
 
1.34
%
 
-144 bps

 
1.62
%
 
4.26
%
 
-264 bps

 
(1)
See Comments on Regulation G.
(2)
Total return on investments includes net investment income, equity in net income (loss) of investment funds accounted for using the equity method, net realized gains and losses and the change in unrealized gains and losses generated by the Company’s investment portfolio. Total return is calculated on a pre-tax basis and before investment expenses.

 
3
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Income

(U.S. Dollars in thousands, except share data)
 
Three Months Ended
 
Year Ended
 
 
December 31,
 
September 30,
 
June 30,
 
March 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Revenues
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Net premiums written
 
$
834,984

 
$
971,972

 
$
943,580

 
$
1,066,995

 
$
895,481

 
$
3,817,531

 
$
3,891,938

Change in unearned premiums
 
108,536

 
(35,289
)
 
(142
)
 
(156,731
)
 
27,684

 
(83,626
)
 
(298,190
)
Net premiums earned
 
943,520

 
936,683

 
943,438

 
910,264

 
923,165

 
3,733,905

 
3,593,748

Net investment income
 
95,900

 
86,233

 
86,963

 
78,994

 
82,496

 
348,090

 
302,585

Net realized gains (losses)
 
(143,767
)
 
(89,698
)
 
(35,725
)
 
83,348

 
10,561

 
(185,842
)
 
102,917

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings
 
(7,336
)
 
(5,868
)
 
(1,113
)
 
(5,799
)
 
(3,837
)
 
(20,116
)
 
(30,150
)
Other underwriting income
 
8,621

 
7,623

 
7,717

 
11,536

 
4,825

 
35,497

 
10,142

Equity in net income of investment funds accounted for using the equity method
 
5,517

 
(2,118
)
 
16,167

 
5,889

 
2,424

 
25,455

 
19,883

Other income (loss)
 
(451
)
 
(265
)
 
2,205

 
(1,888
)
 
(5,183
)
 
(399
)
 
(10,252
)
Total revenues
 
902,004

 
932,590

 
1,019,652

 
1,082,344

 
1,014,451

 
3,936,590

 
3,988,873

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Losses and loss adjustment expenses
 
(506,020
)
 
(531,741
)
 
(519,426
)
 
(493,716
)
 
(495,819
)
 
(2,050,903
)
 
(1,919,250
)
Acquisition expenses
 
(171,409
)
 
(171,566
)
 
(175,425
)
 
(163,076
)
 
(175,215
)
 
(681,476
)
 
(657,262
)
Other operating expenses
 
(173,812
)
 
(156,959
)
 
(168,608
)
 
(157,882
)
 
(154,595
)
 
(657,261
)
 
(606,224
)
Interest expense
 
(15,827
)
 
(13,300
)
 
(4,011
)
 
(12,736
)
 
(12,744
)
 
(45,874
)
 
(45,634
)
Net foreign exchange gains (losses)
 
4,520

 
14,680

 
(19,583
)
 
66,501

 
36,570

 
66,118

 
83,744

Total expenses
 
(862,548
)
 
(858,886
)
 
(887,053
)
 
(760,909
)
 
(801,803
)
 
(3,369,396
)
 
(3,144,626
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income before income taxes
 
39,456

 
73,704

 
132,599

 
321,435

 
212,648

 
567,194

 
844,247

Income tax expense
 
(11,450
)
 
(9,704
)
 
(6,780
)
 
(12,678
)
 
(5,514
)
 
(40,612
)
 
(22,987
)
Net income
 
28,006

 
64,000

 
125,819

 
308,757

 
207,134

 
526,582

 
821,260

Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
30,573

 
16,033

 
(10,029
)
 
(25,421
)
 
8,030

 
11,156

 
13,095

Net income attributable to Arch
 
58,579

 
80,033

 
115,790

 
283,336

 
215,164

 
537,738

 
834,355

Preferred dividends
 
(5,485
)
 
(5,484
)
 
(5,485
)
 
(5,484
)
 
(5,485
)
 
(21,938
)
 
(21,938
)
Net income available to Arch common shareholders
 
$
53,094

 
$
74,549

 
$
110,305

 
$
277,852

 
$
209,679

 
$
515,800

 
$
812,417

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Comprehensive income available to Arch
 
$
32,268

 
$
23,401

 
$
24,208

 
$
312,503

 
$
241,834

 
$
392,380

 
$
888,247

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income per common share
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
$
0.44

 
$
0.62

 
$
0.91

 
$
2.24

 
$
1.65

 
$
4.24

 
$
6.21

Diluted
 
$
0.42

 
$
0.60

 
$
0.88

 
$
2.16

 
$
1.60

 
$
4.09

 
$
6.02

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average common shares and common share equivalents outstanding
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
120,700,524

 
120,567,410

 
121,719,214

 
124,209,276

 
126,857,041

 
121,786,127

 
130,817,610

Diluted
 
125,311,942

 
125,011,773

 
125,885,420

 
128,451,054

 
130,855,218

 
126,038,743

 
134,922,322




 
4
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets


(U.S. Dollars in thousands, except share data)
 
December 31,
 
September 30,
 
June 30,
 
March 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2014
Assets
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Investments:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Fixed maturities available for sale, at fair value
 
$
10,459,353

 
$
10,560,635

 
$
9,927,603

 
$
10,427,810

 
$
10,750,770

Short-term investments available for sale, at fair value
 
587,904

 
708,428

 
875,727

 
855,032

 
797,226

Investment of funds received under securities lending, at fair value
 
389,336

 
286,659

 
377,897

 
257,059

 
44,301

Equity securities available for sale, at fair value
 
618,405

 
606,259

 
701,623

 
687,713

 
658,182

Other investments available for sale, at fair value
 
300,476

 
281,014

 
377,677

 
329,677

 
296,224

Investments accounted for using the fair value option
 
2,894,494

 
2,783,165

 
2,613,487

 
2,421,522

 
2,425,053

Investments accounted for using the equity method
 
592,973

 
589,277

 
472,926

 
412,367

 
349,014

Total investments
 
15,842,941

 
15,815,437

 
15,346,940

 
15,391,180

 
15,320,770

Cash
 
553,326

 
649,779

 
525,074

 
471,012

 
485,702

Accrued investment income
 
87,206

 
76,142

 
80,129

 
73,282

 
74,316

Fixed maturities and short-term investments pledged under securities lending, at fair value
 
384,081

 
285,632

 
373,969

 
253,115

 
50,802

Premiums receivable
 
983,443

 
1,074,884

 
1,181,636

 
1,116,389

 
948,695

Reinsurance recoverable on unpaid and paid losses and loss adjustment expenses
 
1,867,373

 
1,832,386

 
1,831,227

 
1,788,619

 
1,812,845

Contractholder receivables
 
1,486,296

 
1,436,154

 
1,393,138

 
1,339,433

 
1,309,192

Prepaid reinsurance premiums
 
427,609

 
442,346

 
442,141

 
421,908

 
377,078

Deferred acquisition costs, net
 
433,477

 
448,893

 
448,647

 
442,775

 
414,525

Receivable for securities sold
 
45,505

 
705,821

 
454,057

 
400,113

 
78,170

Goodwill and intangible assets
 
97,531

 
103,620

 
102,518

 
106,745

 
109,539

Other assets
 
968,482

 
899,498

 
905,449

 
1,050,520

 
1,024,447

Total assets
 
$
23,177,270

 
$
23,770,592

 
$
23,084,925

 
$
22,855,091

 
$
22,006,081

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Reserve for losses and loss adjustment expenses
 
$
9,125,250

 
$
9,084,855

 
$
9,082,281

 
$
8,928,950

 
$
9,036,448

Unearned premiums
 
2,333,932

 
2,467,691

 
2,442,923

 
2,400,834

 
2,231,578

Reinsurance balances payable
 
224,120

 
235,562

 
252,462

 
200,444

 
219,312

Contractholder payables
 
1,486,296

 
1,436,154

 
1,393,138

 
1,339,433

 
1,309,192

Collateral held for insured obligations
 
248,982

 
242,928

 
219,798

 
197,965

 
184,219

Deposit accounting liabilities
 
260,364

 
270,876

 
277,523

 
284,828

 
327,384

Senior notes
 
791,306

 
791,264

 
791,222

 
791,181

 
791,141

Revolving credit agreement borrowings
 
530,434

 
339,077

 
100,000

 
100,000

 
100,000

Securities lending payable
 
393,844

 
292,838

 
383,965

 
263,216

 
50,529

Payable for securities purchased
 
64,996

 
817,371

 
468,015

 
554,625

 
128,413

Other liabilities
 
568,852

 
649,910

 
536,207

 
495,715

 
509,219

Total liabilities
 
16,028,376

 
16,628,526

 
15,947,534

 
15,557,191

 
14,887,435

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Redeemable noncontrolling interests
 
205,182

 
205,089

 
204,996

 
219,604

 
219,512

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shareholders’ equity
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Non-cumulative preferred shares
 
325,000

 
325,000

 
325,000

 
325,000

 
325,000

Common shares
 
577

 
576

 
576

 
573

 
572

Additional paid-in capital
 
467,339

 
450,948

 
437,533

 
399,757

 
383,073

Retained earnings
 
7,370,371

 
7,317,277

 
7,242,728

 
7,132,423

 
6,854,571

Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of deferred income tax
 
(16,502
)
 
9,809

 
66,441

 
158,023

 
128,856

Common shares held in treasury, at cost
 
(1,941,904
)
 
(1,940,795
)
 
(1,934,763
)
 
(1,727,074
)
 
(1,562,019
)
Total shareholders’ equity available to Arch
 
6,204,881

 
6,162,815

 
6,137,515

 
6,288,702

 
6,130,053

Non-redeemable noncontrolling interests
 
738,831

 
774,162

 
794,880

 
789,594

 
769,081

Total shareholders’ equity
 
6,943,712

 
6,936,977

 
6,932,395

 
7,078,296

 
6,899,134

Total liabilities, noncontrolling interests and shareholders’ equity
 
$
23,177,270

 
$
23,770,592

 
$
23,084,925

 
$
22,855,091

 
$
22,006,081

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common shares outstanding, net of treasury shares
 
122,627,783

 
122,438,554

 
122,403,909

 
124,760,841

 
127,367,934

Book value per common share (1)
 
$
47.95

 
$
47.68

 
$
47.49

 
$
47.80

 
$
45.58

 
(1)    Excludes the effects of stock options and restricted stock units outstanding.

 
5
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity


(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
Three Months Ended
 
Year Ended
 
 
December 31,
 
September 30,
 
June 30,
 
March 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Non-Cumulative Preferred Shares
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Balance at beginning and end of period
 
$
325,000

 
$
325,000

 
$
325,000

 
$
325,000

 
$
325,000

 
$
325,000

 
$
325,000

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common Shares
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at beginning of period
 
576

 
576

 
573

 
572

 
571

 
572

 
565

Common shares issued, net
 
1

 

 
3

 
1

 
1

 
5

 
7

Balance at end of period
 
577

 
576

 
576

 
573

 
572

 
577

 
572

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Additional Paid-in Capital
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at beginning of period
 
450,948

 
437,533

 
399,757

 
383,073

 
366,408

 
383,073

 
299,517

Common shares issued, net
 
3,136

 
62

 
7,378

 

 
3,189

 
10,576

 
9,590

Exercise of stock options
 
3,563

 
2,739

 
6,256

 
3,368

 
3,771

 
15,926

 
18,662

Amortization of share-based compensation
 
9,521

 
10,531

 
22,806

 
13,238

 
9,671

 
56,096

 
54,789

Other
 
171

 
83

 
1,336

 
78

 
34

 
1,668

 
515

Balance at end of period
 
467,339

 
450,948

 
437,533

 
399,757

 
383,073

 
467,339

 
383,073

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retained Earnings
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at beginning of period
 
7,317,277

 
7,242,728

 
7,132,423

 
6,854,571

 
6,644,892

 
6,854,571

 
6,042,154

Net income
 
28,006

 
64,000

 
125,819

 
308,757

 
207,134

 
526,582

 
821,260

Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
30,573

 
16,033

 
(10,029
)
 
(25,421
)
 
8,030

 
11,156

 
13,095

Preferred share dividends
 
(5,485
)
 
(5,484
)
 
(5,485
)
 
(5,484
)
 
(5,485
)
 
(21,938
)
 
(21,938
)
Balance at end of period
 
7,370,371

 
7,317,277

 
7,242,728

 
7,132,423

 
6,854,571

 
7,370,371

 
6,854,571

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at beginning of period
 
9,809

 
66,441

 
158,023

 
128,856

 
102,186

 
128,856

 
74,964

Unrealized appreciation in value of available-for-sale investments, net of deferred income tax:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at beginning of period
 
65,714

 
110,360

 
213,522

 
161,598

 
122,837

 
161,598

 
80,692

Unrealized holding gains (losses) arising during period, net of reclassification adjustment
 
(14,087
)
 
(41,613
)
 
(103,149
)
 
53,372

 
39,081

 
(105,477
)
 
81,226

Portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses recognized in other comprehensive income, net of deferred income tax
 
(1,542
)
 
(3,033
)
 
(13
)
 
(1,448
)
 
(320
)
 
(6,036
)
 
(320
)
Balance at end of period
 
50,085

 
65,714

 
110,360

 
213,522

 
161,598

 
50,085

 
161,598

Foreign currency translation adjustments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at beginning of period
 
(55,905
)
 
(43,919
)
 
(55,499
)
 
(32,742
)
 
(20,651
)
 
(32,742
)
 
(5,728
)
Foreign currency translation adjustments
 
(10,682
)
 
(11,986
)
 
11,580

 
(22,757
)
 
(12,091
)
 
(33,845
)
 
(27,014
)
Balance at end of period
 
(66,587
)
 
(55,905
)
 
(43,919
)
 
(55,499
)
 
(32,742
)
 
(66,587
)
 
(32,742
)
Balance at end of period
 
(16,502
)
 
9,809

 
66,441

 
158,023

 
128,856

 
(16,502
)
 
128,856

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common Shares Held in Treasury, at Cost
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at beginning of period
 
(1,940,795
)
 
(1,934,763
)
 
(1,727,074
)
 
(1,562,019
)
 
(1,358,011
)
 
(1,562,019
)
 
(1,094,704
)
Shares repurchased for treasury
 
(1,109
)
 
(6,032
)
 
(207,689
)
 
(165,055
)
 
(204,008
)
 
(379,885
)
 
(467,315
)
Balance at end of period
 
(1,941,904
)
 
(1,940,795
)
 
(1,934,763
)
 
(1,727,074
)
 
(1,562,019
)
 
(1,941,904
)
 
(1,562,019
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total shareholders’ equity available to Arch
 
6,204,881

 
6,162,815

 
6,137,515

 
6,288,702

 
6,130,053

 
6,204,881

 
6,130,053

Non-redeemable noncontrolling interests
 
738,831

 
774,162

 
794,880

 
789,594

 
769,081

 
738,831

 
769,081

Total shareholders’ equity
 
$
6,943,712

 
$
6,936,977

 
$
6,932,395

 
$
7,078,296

 
$
6,899,134

 
$
6,943,712

 
$
6,899,134



 
6
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
Three Months Ended
 
Year Ended
 
 
December 31,
 
September 30,
 
June 30,
 
March 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Operating Activities
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Net income
 
$
28,006

 
$
64,000

 
$
125,819

 
$
308,757

 
$
207,134

 
$
526,582

 
$
821,260

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net realized (gains) losses
 
127,981

 
82,798

 
27,089

 
(87,907
)
 
(14,478
)
 
149,961

 
(127,511
)
Net impairment losses included in earnings
 
7,336

 
5,868

 
1,113

 
5,799

 
3,837

 
20,116

 
30,150

Equity in net income or loss of investment funds accounted for using the equity method and other income or loss
 
(126
)
 
14,332

 
(8,379
)
 
(1,970
)
 
9,556

 
3,857

 
13,340

Share-based compensation
 
9,521

 
10,531

 
22,806

 
13,238

 
9,671

 
56,096

 
54,789

Changes in:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reserve for losses and loss adjustment expenses, net of unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses recoverable
 
42,081

 
47,961

 
37,289

 
54,327

 
61,956

 
181,658

 
156,211

Unearned premiums, net of prepaid reinsurance premiums
 
(108,536
)
 
35,289

 
142

 
156,731

 
(27,684
)
 
83,626

 
298,190

Premiums receivable
 
81,958

 
97,901

 
(14,395
)
 
(192,247
)
 
62,731

 
(26,783
)
 
(217,035
)
Deferred acquisition costs, net
 
12,714

 
(2,713
)
 
(2,705
)
 
(36,304
)
 
(9,464
)
 
(29,008
)
 
(81,584
)
Reinsurance balances payable
 
(10,127
)
 
(15,415
)
 
35,679

 
(16,022
)
 
(22,922
)
 
(5,885
)
 
26,699

Other liabilities
 
38,585

 
101,479

 
(45,985
)
 
(48,856
)
 
(16,132
)
 
45,223

 
101,757

Other items, net
 
(39,066
)
 
(19,651
)
 
121,265

 
(70,085
)
 
(26,734
)
 
(7,537
)
 
(39,136
)
Net Cash Provided By Operating Activities
 
190,327

 
422,380

 
299,738

 
85,461

 
237,471

 
997,906

 
1,037,130

Investing Activities
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Purchases of fixed maturity investments
 
(7,069,769
)
 
(7,740,713
)
 
(7,610,660
)
 
(7,030,731
)
 
(6,714,417
)
 
(29,451,873
)
 
(28,745,279
)
Purchases of equity securities
 
(29,887
)
 
(196,991
)
 
(162,672
)
 
(125,863
)
 
(154,239
)
 
(515,413
)
 
(520,817
)
Purchases of other investments
 
(429,275
)
 
(540,572
)
 
(404,276
)
 
(375,402
)
 
(454,363
)
 
(1,749,525
)
 
(1,590,648
)
Proceeds from sales of fixed maturity investments
 
6,682,493

 
7,078,118

 
7,476,321

 
6,857,115

 
6,549,838

 
28,094,047

 
26,823,189

Proceeds from sales of equity securities
 
55,003

 
236,665

 
146,437

 
125,906

 
106,328

 
564,011

 
411,362

Proceeds from sales, redemptions and maturities of other investments
 
392,515

 
270,718

 
318,201

 
269,449

 
375,280

 
1,250,883

 
941,798

Proceeds from redemptions and maturities of fixed maturities
 
118,132

 
155,413

 
202,327

 
272,657

 
126,266

 
748,529

 
762,995

Net settlements of derivative instruments
 
(86,170
)
 
62,108

 
(7,057
)
 
26,063

 
18,877

 
(5,056
)
 
34,372

Proceeds from investment in joint venture
 

 

 
40,000

 

 

 
40,000

 

Net sales (purchases) of short-term investments
 
(12,646
)
 
178,034

 
(62,576
)
 
66,283

 
(101,262
)
 
169,095

 
577,126

Change in cash collateral related to securities lending
 
(35,347
)
 
47,014

 
(12,800
)
 
(5,529
)
 
60,207

 
(6,662
)
 
57,470

Purchase of business, net of cash acquired
 

 

 
3,250

 
(2,432
)
 
(1,528
)
 
818

 
(237,106
)
Purchases of fixed assets
 
(4,835
)
 
(4,505
)
 
(3,124
)
 
(3,272
)
 
(5,308
)
 
(15,736
)
 
(19,883
)
Change in other assets
 
6,661

 
(6,885
)
 
(7,144
)
 
(29,625
)
 

 
(36,993
)
 

Net Cash Provided By (Used For) Investing Activities
 
(413,125
)
 
(461,596
)
 
(83,773
)
 
44,619

 
(194,321
)
 
(913,875
)
 
(1,505,421
)
Financing Activities
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Purchases of common shares under share repurchase program
 

 
(3,506
)
 
(198,979
)
 
(162,898
)
 
(202,218
)
 
(365,383
)
 
(454,137
)
Proceeds from common shares issued, net
 
4,164

 
(1,481
)
 
2,590

 
(412
)
 
3,579

 
4,861

 
6,827

Proceeds from borrowings
 
192,285

 
239,077

 

 

 

 
431,362

 

Repayments of borrowings
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in cash collateral related to securities lending
 
35,347

 
(47,014
)
 
12,800

 
5,529

 
(60,207
)
 
6,662

 
(57,470
)
Third party investment in non-redeemable noncontrolling interests
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
796,903

Third party investment in redeemable noncontrolling interests
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
219,233

Dividends paid to redeemable noncontrolling interests
 
(4,497
)
 
(4,497
)
 
(4,497
)
 
(4,816
)
 
(4,816
)
 
(18,307
)
 
(14,448
)
Other
 
(92,376
)
 
(4,555
)
 
25,239

 
29,779

 
58,414

 
(41,913
)
 
64,973

Preferred dividends paid
 
(5,485
)
 
(5,484
)
 
(5,485
)
 
(5,484
)
 
(5,485
)
 
(21,938
)
 
(21,938
)
Net Cash Provided By (Used For) Financing Activities
 
129,438

 
172,540

 
(168,332
)
 
(138,302
)
 
(210,733
)
 
(4,656
)
 
539,943

Effects of exchange rate changes on foreign currency cash
 
(3,093
)
 
(8,619
)
 
6,429

 
(6,468
)
 
(10,441
)
 
(11,751
)
 
(20,007
)
Increase (decrease) in cash
 
(96,453
)
 
124,705

 
54,062

 
(14,690
)
 
(178,024
)
 
67,624

 
51,645

Cash beginning of period
 
649,779

 
525,074

 
471,012

 
485,702

 
663,726

 
485,702

 
434,057

Cash end of period
 
$
553,326

 
$
649,779

 
$
525,074

 
$
471,012

 
$
485,702

 
$
553,326

 
$
485,702

Income taxes paid, net
 
$
4,813

 
$
9,468

 
$
22,423

 
$
3,569

 
$
7,588

 
$
40,273

 
$
20,923

Interest paid
 
$
27,533

 
$
119

 
$
24,565

 
$
511

 
$
24,318

 
$
52,728

 
$
46,429



 
7
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Segment Information — Overview



The Company classifies its businesses into three underwriting segments — insurance, reinsurance and mortgage — and two other operating segments — ‘other’ and corporate (non-underwriting). The Company’s Insurance, Reinsurance and Mortgage segments each have managers who are responsible for the overall profitability of their respective segments and who are directly accountable to the Company’s chief operating decision makers, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ACGL and the Chief Financial Officer of ACGL. The chief operating decision makers do not assess performance, measure return on equity or make resource allocation decisions on a line of business basis. Management measures segment performance for its three underwriting segments based on underwriting income or loss. The Company does not manage its assets by underwriting segment and, accordingly, investment income is not allocated to each underwriting segment.

The Company determined its reportable operating segments using the management approach described in accounting guidance regarding disclosures about segments of an enterprise and related information. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those used for the preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Intersegment business is allocated to the segment accountable for the underwriting results. The Corporate (non-underwriting) segment results include net investment income, other income (loss), other expenses incurred by the Company, interest expense, net realized gains or losses, net impairment losses included in earnings, equity in net income (loss) of investment funds accounted for using the equity method, net foreign exchange gains or losses, income taxes and items related to the Company’s non-cumulative preferred shares. Such amounts exclude the results of the ‘other’ segment.

Insurance Segment

The insurance segment consists of the Company’s insurance underwriting units which offer specialty product lines on a worldwide basis. Product lines include:

Construction and national accounts: primary and excess casualty coverages to middle and large accounts in the construction industry and a wide range of products for middle and large national accounts, specializing in loss sensitive primary casualty insurance programs (including large deductible, self-insured retention and retrospectively rated programs).
Excess and surplus casualty: primary and excess casualty insurance coverages, including middle market energy business, and contract binding, which primarily provides casualty coverage through a network of appointed agents to small and medium risks.
Lenders products: collateral protection, debt cancellation and service contract reimbursement products to banks, credit unions, automotive dealerships and original equipment manufacturers and other specialty programs that pertain to automotive lending and leasing.
Professional lines: directors’ and officers’ liability, errors and omissions liability, employment practices liability, fiduciary liability, crime, professional indemnity and other financial related coverages for corporate, private equity, venture capital, real estate investment trust, limited partnership, financial institution and not-for-profit clients of all sizes and medical professional and general liability insurance coverages for the healthcare industry. The business is predominately written on a claims-made basis.
Programs: primarily package policies, underwriting workers’ compensation and umbrella liability business in support of desirable package programs, targeting program managers with unique expertise and niche products offering general liability, commercial automobile, inland marine and property business with minimal catastrophe exposure.
Property, energy, marine and aviation: primary and excess general property insurance coverages, including catastrophe-exposed property coverage, for commercial clients. Coverages for marine include hull, war, specie and liability. Aviation and stand alone terrorism are also offered.
Travel, accident and health: specialty travel and accident and related insurance products for individual, group travelers, travel agents and suppliers, as well as accident and health, which provides accident, disability and medical plan insurance coverages for employer groups, medical plan members, students and other participant groups.
Other: includes alternative market risks (including captive insurance programs), excess workers’ compensation and employer’s liability insurance coverages for qualified self-insured groups, associations and trusts, and contract and commercial surety coverages, including contract bonds (payment and performance bonds) primarily for medium and large contractors and commercial surety bonds for Fortune 1,000 companies and smaller transaction business programs.

 
8
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Segment Information — Overview


Reinsurance Segment
The reinsurance segment consists of the Company’s reinsurance underwriting units which offer specialty product lines on a worldwide basis. Product lines include:

Casualty: provides coverage to ceding company clients on third party liability and workers’ compensation exposures from ceding company clients, primarily on a treaty basis. Exposures include, among others, executive assurance, professional liability, workers’ compensation, excess and umbrella liability, excess motor and healthcare business.
Marine and aviation: provides coverage for energy, hull, cargo, specie, liability and transit, and aviation business, including airline and general aviation risks. Business written may also include space business, which includes coverages for satellite assembly, launch and operation for commercial space programs.
Other specialty: provides coverage to ceding company clients for proportional motor and other lines including surety, accident and health, workers’ compensation catastrophe, agriculture, trade credit and political risk.
Property catastrophe: provides protection for most catastrophic losses that are covered in the underlying policies written by reinsureds, including hurricane, earthquake, flood, tornado, hail and fire, and coverage for other perils on a case-by-case basis. Property catastrophe reinsurance provides coverage on an excess of loss basis when aggregate losses and loss adjustment expense from a single occurrence of a covered peril exceed the retention specified in the contract.
Property excluding property catastrophe: provides coverage for both personal lines and commercial property exposures and principally covers buildings, structures, equipment and contents. The primary perils in this business include fire, explosion, collapse, riot, vandalism, wind, tornado, flood and earthquake. Business is assumed on both a proportional and excess of loss basis. In addition, facultative business is written which focuses on commercial property risks on an excess of loss basis.
Other. includes life reinsurance business on both a proportional and non-proportional basis, casualty clash business and, in limited instances, non-traditional business which is intended to provide insurers with risk management solutions that complement traditional reinsurance.
Mortgage Segment

The mortgage segment includes the results of Arch Mortgage Insurance Company (“Arch MI U.S.”) and Arch Mortgage Insurance Designated Activity Company, leading providers of mortgage insurance products and services to the U.S. and European markets, respectively. Arch MI U.S. is approved as an eligible mortgage insurer by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (each a government sponsored enterprise, or “GSE”). The mortgage segment also includes GSE credit risk-sharing transactions and mortgage reinsurance for the U.S. and Australian markets.

Other Segment

The ‘other’ segment includes the results of Watford Holdings Ltd. and its subsidiary Watford Re Ltd., a multi-line Bermuda reinsurance company, which was launched in March 2014. The Company acts as Watford’s reinsurance manager, and Highbridge Principal Strategies, LLC, a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co., manages Watford’s investment assets, each under a long term services agreement. The Company invested $100 million to acquire approximately 11% of Watford’s common equity and a warrant to purchase additional common equity. Watford has its own management and board of directors and is responsible for the overall profitability of the ‘other’ segment. The Company is required to consolidate the results of Watford in its financial statements. The portion of Watford’s earnings attributable to third party investors is recorded in the consolidated statements of income as ‘amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests.’ Management measures segment performance for the ‘other’ segment based on net income or loss.


 
9
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Segment Information

(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
December 31, 2015
 
 
Insurance
 
Reinsurance
 
Mortgage
 
Sub-total
 
Other
 
Total
Gross premiums written (1)
 
$
680,617

 
$
262,482

 
$
91,787

 
$
1,031,341

 
$
101,147

 
$
1,066,740

Premiums ceded
 
(229,011
)
 
(62,417
)
 
(4,660
)
 
(292,543
)
 
(4,961
)
 
(231,756
)
Net premiums written
 
451,606

 
200,065

 
87,127

 
738,798

 
96,186

 
834,984

Change in unearned premiums
 
52,919

 
62,957

 
(30,391
)
 
85,485

 
23,051

 
108,536

Net premiums earned
 
504,525

 
263,022

 
56,736

 
824,283

 
119,237

 
943,520

Other underwriting income
 
526

 
3,736

 
3,461

 
7,723

 
898

 
8,621

Losses and loss adjustment expenses
 
(313,966
)
 
(100,855
)
 
(7,237
)
 
(422,058
)
 
(83,962
)
 
(506,020
)
Acquisition expenses, net
 
(70,440
)
 
(53,252
)
 
(14,030
)
 
(137,722
)
 
(33,687
)
 
(171,409
)
Other operating expenses
 
(92,623
)
 
(41,629
)
 
(21,274
)
 
(155,526
)
 
(6,043
)
 
(161,569
)
Underwriting income (loss)
 
$
28,022

 
$
71,022

 
$
17,656

 
116,700

 
(3,557
)
 
113,143

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
66,970

 
28,930

 
95,900

Net realized gains (losses)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(84,302
)
 
(59,465
)
 
(143,767
)
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(7,336
)
 

 
(7,336
)
Equity in net income (loss) of investment funds accounted for using the equity method
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5,517

 

 
5,517

Other income (loss)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(451
)
 

 
(451
)
Other expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(12,243
)
 

 
(12,243
)
Interest expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(12,757
)
 
(3,070
)
 
(15,827
)
Net foreign exchange gains (losses)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2,286

 
2,234

 
4,520

Income before income taxes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
74,384

 
(34,928
)
 
39,456

Income tax expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(11,450
)
 

 
(11,450
)
Net income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
62,934

 
(34,928
)
 
28,006

Dividends attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
(4,589
)
 
(4,589
)
Amounts attributable to nonredeemable noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
35,162

 
35,162

Net income available to Arch
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
62,934

 
(4,355
)
 
58,579

Preferred dividends
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(5,485
)
 

 
(5,485
)
Net income available to Arch common shareholders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
57,449

 
$
(4,355
)
 
$
53,094

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Underwriting Ratios
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loss ratio
 
62.2
%
 
38.3
%
 
12.8
%
 
51.2
%
 
70.4
%
 
53.6
%
Acquisition expense ratio
 
14.0
%
 
20.2
%
 
24.7
%
 
16.7
%
 
28.3
%
 
18.2
%
Other operating expense ratio
 
18.4
%
 
15.8
%
 
37.5
%
 
18.9
%
 
5.1
%
 
17.1
%
Combined ratio
 
94.6
%
 
74.3
%
 
75.0
%
 
86.8
%
 
103.8
%
 
88.9
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net premiums written to gross premiums written
 
66.4
%
 
76.2
%
 
94.9
%
 
71.6
%
 
95.1
%
 
78.3
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total investable assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
14,644,831

 
$
1,696,107

 
$
16,340,938

Total assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21,054,938

 
2,122,332

 
23,177,270

Total liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14,956,274

 
1,072,102

 
16,028,376

 
(1)
Certain amounts included in the gross premiums written of each segment are related to intersegment transactions and are included in the gross premiums written of each segment. Accordingly, the sum of gross premiums written for each segment does not agree to the total gross premiums written as shown in the table above due to the elimination of intersegment transactions in the total.

 
10
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Segment Information

(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
December 31, 2014
 
 
Insurance
 
Reinsurance
 
Mortgage
 
Sub-total
 
Other
 
Total
Gross premiums written (1)
 
$
699,109

 
$
314,604

 
$
57,584

 
$
1,069,932

 
$
98,388

 
$
1,113,812

Premiums ceded
 
(215,933
)
 
(45,631
)
 
(4,897
)
 
(265,096
)
 
(7,743
)
 
(218,331
)
Net premiums written
 
483,176

 
268,973

 
52,687

 
804,836

 
90,645

 
895,481

Change in unearned premiums
 
29,594

 
36,832

 
(1,658
)
 
64,768

 
(37,084
)
 
27,684

Net premiums earned
 
512,770

 
305,805

 
51,029

 
869,604

 
53,561

 
923,165

Other underwriting income
 
622

 
2,333

 
1,870

 
4,825

 

 
4,825

Losses and loss adjustment expenses
 
(324,338
)
 
(118,705
)
 
(15,736
)
 
(458,779
)
 
(37,040
)
 
(495,819
)
Acquisition expenses, net
 
(81,152
)
 
(61,765
)
 
(16,807
)
 
(159,724
)
 
(15,491
)
 
(175,215
)
Other operating expenses
 
(85,046
)
 
(37,766
)
 
(18,814
)
 
(141,626
)
 
(1,866
)
 
(143,492
)
Underwriting income (loss)
 
$
22,856

 
$
89,902

 
$
1,542

 
114,300

 
(836
)
 
113,464

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
72,646

 
9,850

 
82,496

Net realized gains (losses)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31,310

 
(20,749
)
 
10,561

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(3,837
)
 

 
(3,837
)
Equity in net income (loss) of investment funds accounted for using the equity method
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2,424

 

 
2,424

Other income (loss)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(5,183
)
 

 
(5,183
)
Other expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(11,103
)
 

 
(11,103
)
Interest expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(12,744
)
 

 
(12,744
)
Net foreign exchange gains (losses)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
34,467

 
2,103

 
36,570

Income before income taxes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
222,280

 
(9,632
)
 
212,648

Income tax expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(5,514
)
 

 
(5,514
)
Net income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
216,766

 
(9,632
)
 
207,134

Dividends attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
(4,910
)
 
(4,910
)
Amounts attributable to nonredeemable noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
12,940

 
12,940

Net income available to Arch
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
216,766

 
(1,602
)
 
215,164

Preferred dividends
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(5,485
)
 

 
(5,485
)
Net income available to Arch common shareholders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
211,281

 
$
(1,602
)
 
$
209,679

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Underwriting Ratios
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loss ratio
 
63.3
%
 
38.8
%
 
30.8
%
 
52.8
%
 
69.2
%
 
53.7
%
Acquisition expense ratio
 
15.8
%
 
20.2
%
 
32.9
%
 
18.4
%
 
28.9
%
 
19.0
%
Other operating expense ratio
 
16.6
%
 
12.3
%
 
36.9
%
 
16.3
%
 
3.5
%
 
15.5
%
Combined ratio
 
95.7
%
 
71.3
%
 
100.6
%
 
87.5
%
 
101.6
%
 
88.2
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net premiums written to gross premiums written
 
69.1
%
 
85.5
%
 
91.5
%
 
75.2
%
 
92.1
%
 
80.4
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total investable assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
14,599,490

 
$
1,163,240

 
$
15,762,730

Total assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20,523,565

 
1,482,516

 
22,006,081

Total liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14,488,775

 
398,660

 
14,887,435

 
(1)
Certain amounts included in the gross premiums written of each segment are related to intersegment transactions and are included in the gross premiums written of each segment. Accordingly, the sum of gross premiums written for each segment does not agree to the total gross premiums written as shown in the table above due to the elimination of intersegment transactions in the total.

 
11
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Segment Information

(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
Year Ended
 
 
December 31, 2015
 
 
Insurance
 
Reinsurance
 
Mortgage
 
Sub-total
 
Other
 
Total
Gross premiums written (1)
 
$
2,944,018

 
$
1,419,022

 
$
295,557

 
$
4,656,723

 
$
488,899

 
$
4,797,163

Premiums ceded
 
(898,347
)
 
(380,614
)
 
(28,064
)
 
(1,305,151
)
 
(22,940
)
 
(979,632
)
Net premiums written
 
2,045,671

 
1,038,408

 
267,493

 
3,351,572

 
465,959

 
3,817,531

Change in unearned premiums
 
(863
)
 
38,727

 
(53,383
)
 
(15,519
)
 
(68,107
)
 
(83,626
)
Net premiums earned
 
2,044,808

 
1,077,135

 
214,110

 
3,336,053

 
397,852

 
3,733,905

Other underwriting income
 
1,993

 
10,606

 
18,430

 
31,029

 
4,468

 
35,497

Losses and loss adjustment expenses
 
(1,292,647
)
 
(440,350
)
 
(40,247
)
 
(1,773,244
)
 
(277,659
)
 
(2,050,903
)
Acquisition expenses, net
 
(299,317
)
 
(223,632
)
 
(45,076
)
 
(568,025
)
 
(113,451
)
 
(681,476
)
Other operating expenses
 
(354,416
)
 
(155,811
)
 
(82,370
)
 
(592,597
)
 
(14,919
)
 
(607,516
)
Underwriting income (loss)
 
$
100,421

 
$
267,948

 
$
64,847

 
433,216

 
(3,709
)
 
429,507

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
271,680

 
76,410

 
348,090

Net realized gains (losses)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(99,133
)
 
(86,709
)
 
(185,842
)
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(20,116
)
 

 
(20,116
)
Equity in net income (loss) of investment funds accounted for using the equity method
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25,455

 

 
25,455

Other income (loss)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(399
)
 

 
(399
)
Other expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(49,745
)
 

 
(49,745
)
Interest expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(41,518
)
 
(4,356
)
 
(45,874
)
Net foreign exchange gains (losses)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
62,624

 
3,494

 
66,118

Income before income taxes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
582,064

 
(14,870
)
 
567,194

Income tax expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(40,612
)
 

 
(40,612
)
Net income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
541,452

 
(14,870
)
 
526,582

Dividends attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
(18,828
)
 
(18,828
)
Amounts attributable to nonredeemable noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
29,984

 
29,984

Net income available to Arch
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
541,452

 
(3,714
)
 
537,738

Preferred dividends
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(21,938
)
 

 
(21,938
)
Net income available to Arch common shareholders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
519,514

 
$
(3,714
)
 
$
515,800

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Underwriting Ratios
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loss ratio
 
63.2
%
 
40.9
%
 
18.8
%
 
53.2
%
 
69.8
%
 
54.9
%
Acquisition expense ratio
 
14.6
%
 
20.8
%
 
21.1
%
 
17.0
%
 
28.5
%
 
18.3
%
Other operating expense ratio
 
17.3
%
 
14.5
%
 
38.5
%
 
17.8
%
 
3.7
%
 
16.3
%
Combined ratio
 
95.1
%
 
76.2
%
 
78.4
%
 
88.0
%
 
102.0
%
 
89.5
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net premiums written to gross premiums written
 
69.5
%
 
73.2
%
 
90.5
%
 
72.0
%
 
95.3
%
 
79.6
%
 
(1)
Certain amounts included in the gross premiums written of each segment are related to intersegment transactions and are included in the gross premiums written of each segment. Accordingly, the sum of gross premiums written for each segment does not agree to the total gross premiums written as shown in the table above due to the elimination of intersegment transactions in the total.

 
12
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Segment Information

(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
Year Ended
 
 
December 31, 2014
 
 
Insurance
 
Reinsurance
 
Mortgage
 
Sub-total
 
Other
 
Total
Gross premiums written (1)
 
$
3,008,669

 
$
1,527,245

 
$
227,356

 
$
4,760,394

 
$
288,627

 
$
4,840,616

Premiums ceded
 
(862,015
)
 
(261,254
)
 
(22,519
)
 
(1,142,912
)
 
(14,171
)
 
(948,678
)
Net premiums written
 
2,146,654

 
1,265,991

 
204,837

 
3,617,482

 
274,456

 
3,891,938

Change in unearned premiums
 
(129,284
)
 
13,337

 
(11,264
)
 
(127,211
)
 
(170,979
)
 
(298,190
)
Net premiums earned
 
2,017,370

 
1,279,328

 
193,573

 
3,490,271

 
103,477

 
3,593,748

Other underwriting income
 
2,135

 
3,167

 
4,840

 
10,142

 

 
10,142

Losses and loss adjustment expenses
 
(1,260,953
)
 
(532,450
)
 
(55,674
)
 
(1,849,077
)
 
(70,173
)
 
(1,919,250
)
Acquisition expenses, net
 
(316,308
)
 
(261,438
)
 
(49,400
)
 
(627,146
)
 
(30,116
)
 
(657,262
)
Other operating expenses
 
(335,157
)
 
(147,964
)
 
(66,891
)
 
(550,012
)
 
(6,268
)
 
(556,280
)
Underwriting income (loss)
 
$
107,087

 
$
340,643

 
$
26,448

 
474,178

 
(3,080
)
 
471,098

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
284,336

 
18,249

 
302,585

Net realized gains (losses)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
133,384

 
(30,467
)
 
102,917

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(30,150
)
 

 
(30,150
)
Equity in net income (loss) of investment funds accounted for using the equity method
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19,883

 

 
19,883

Other income (loss)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(10,252
)
 

 
(10,252
)
Other expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(47,615
)
 
(2,329
)
 
(49,944
)
Interest expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(45,634
)
 

 
(45,634
)
Net foreign exchange gains (losses)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
82,658

 
1,086

 
83,744

Income before income taxes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
860,788

 
(16,541
)
 
844,247

Income tax expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(22,987
)
 

 
(22,987
)
Net income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
837,801

 
(16,541
)
 
821,260

Dividends attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
(14,728
)
 
(14,728
)
Amounts attributable to nonredeemable noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
27,823

 
27,823

Net income available to Arch
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
837,801

 
(3,446
)
 
834,355

Preferred dividends
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(21,938
)
 

 
(21,938
)
Net income available to Arch common shareholders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
815,863

 
$
(3,446
)
 
$
812,417

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Underwriting Ratios
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loss ratio
 
62.5
%
 
41.6
%
 
28.8
%
 
53.0
%
 
67.8
%
 
53.4
%
Acquisition expense ratio
 
15.7
%
 
20.4
%
 
25.5
%
 
18.0
%
 
29.1
%
 
18.3
%
Other operating expense ratio
 
16.6
%
 
11.6
%
 
34.6
%
 
15.8
%
 
6.1
%
 
15.5
%
Combined ratio
 
94.8
%
 
73.6
%
 
88.9
%
 
86.8
%
 
103.0
%
 
87.2
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net premiums written to gross premiums written
 
71.3
%
 
82.9
%
 
90.1
%
 
76.0
%
 
95.1
%
 
80.4
%
 
(1)
Certain amounts included in the gross premiums written of each segment are related to intersegment transactions and are included in the gross premiums written of each segment. Accordingly, the sum of gross premiums written for each segment does not agree to the total gross premiums written as shown in the table above due to the elimination of intersegment transactions in the total.

 
13
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Segment Information — Insurance Segment

(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
Three Months Ended
 
Year Ended
 
 
December 31,
 
September 30,
 
June 30,
 
March 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Gross premiums written
 
$
680,617

 
$
752,438

 
$
744,810

 
$
766,153

 
$
699,109

 
$
2,944,018

 
$
3,008,669

Premiums ceded
 
(229,011
)
 
(209,443
)
 
(235,743
)
 
(224,150
)
 
(215,933
)
 
(898,347
)
 
(862,015
)
Net premiums written
 
451,606

 
542,995

 
509,067

 
542,003

 
483,176

 
2,045,671

 
2,146,654

Change in unearned premiums
 
52,919

 
(20,451
)
 
758

 
(34,089
)
 
29,594

 
(863
)
 
(129,284
)
Net premiums earned
 
504,525

 
522,544

 
509,825

 
507,914

 
512,770

 
2,044,808

 
2,017,370

Other underwriting income
 
526

 
519

 
521

 
427

 
622

 
1,993

 
2,135

Losses and loss adjustment expenses
 
(313,966
)
 
(339,859
)
 
(320,926
)
 
(317,896
)
 
(324,338
)
 
(1,292,647
)
 
(1,260,953
)
Acquisition expenses, net
 
(70,440
)
 
(77,076
)
 
(76,723
)
 
(75,078
)
 
(81,152
)
 
(299,317
)
 
(316,308
)
Other operating expenses
 
(92,623
)
 
(84,620
)
 
(89,054
)
 
(88,119
)
 
(85,046
)
 
(354,416
)
 
(335,157
)
Underwriting income
 
$
28,022

 
$
21,508

 
$
23,643

 
$
27,248

 
$
22,856

 
$
100,421

 
$
107,087

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Underwriting Ratios
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loss ratio
 
62.2
 %
 
65.0
 %
 
62.9
 %
 
62.6
 %
 
63.3
 %
 
63.2
 %
 
62.5
 %
Acquisition expense ratio
 
14.0
 %
 
14.8
 %
 
15.0
 %
 
14.8
 %
 
15.8
 %
 
14.6
 %
 
15.7
 %
Other operating expense ratio
 
18.4
 %
 
16.2
 %
 
17.5
 %
 
17.3
 %
 
16.6
 %
 
17.3
 %
 
16.6
 %
Combined ratio
 
94.6
 %
 
96.0
 %
 
95.4
 %
 
94.7
 %
 
95.7
 %
 
95.1
 %
 
94.8
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Catastrophic activity and prior year development:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current accident year catastrophic events, net of
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
reinsurance and reinstatement premiums
 
0.4
 %
 
1.6
 %
 
1.2
 %
 
0.6
 %
 
1.1
 %
 
1.0
 %
 
0.7
 %
Net (favorable) adverse development in prior year loss
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
reserves, net of related adjustments
 
(2.1
)%
 
(1.4
)%
 
(3.4
)%
 
(1.0
)%
 
(1.8
)%
 
(2.0
)%
 
(2.2
)%
Combined ratio excluding catastrophic activity and prior year development (1)
 
96.3
 %
 
95.8
 %
 
97.6
 %
 
95.1
 %
 
96.4
 %
 
96.1
 %
 
96.3
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net premiums written to gross premiums written
 
66.4
 %
 
72.2
 %
 
68.3
 %
 
70.7
 %
 
69.1
 %
 
69.5
 %
 
71.3
 %
 
(1)
See Comments on Regulation G.



 
14
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Segment Information — Insurance Segment

(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
Three Months Ended
 
Year Ended
 
 
December 31,
 
September 30,
 
June 30,
 
March 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Net premiums written
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Professional lines (1)
 
$
104,183

 
23.1
%
 
$
118,563

 
21.8
%
 
$
100,100

 
19.7
%
 
$
111,178

 
20.5
%
 
$
119,487

 
24.7
%
 
$
434,024

 
21.2
%
 
$
476,604

 
22.2
%
Programs
 
78,753

 
17.4
%
 
120,028

 
22.1
%
 
106,179

 
20.9
%
 
118,197

 
21.8
%
 
102,391

 
21.2
%
 
423,157

 
20.7
%
 
480,580

 
22.4
%
Construction and national accounts
 
65,544

 
14.5
%
 
60,320

 
11.1
%
 
77,096

 
15.1
%
 
96,503

 
17.8
%
 
56,984

 
11.8
%
 
299,463

 
14.6
%
 
286,994

 
13.4
%
Excess and surplus casualty (2)
 
50,345

 
11.1
%
 
51,170

 
9.4
%
 
53,971

 
10.6
%
 
49,370

 
9.1
%
 
59,238

 
12.3
%
 
204,856

 
10.0
%
 
212,519

 
9.9
%
Property, energy, marine and aviation
 
30,668

 
6.8
%
 
51,802

 
9.5
%
 
62,049

 
12.2
%
 
58,667

 
10.8
%
 
43,869

 
9.1
%
 
203,186

 
9.9
%
 
244,640

 
11.4
%
Travel, accident and health
 
36,418

 
8.1
%
 
49,386

 
9.1
%
 
35,416

 
7.0
%
 
38,912

 
7.2
%
 
26,001

 
5.4
%
 
160,132

 
7.8
%
 
145,732

 
6.8
%
Lenders products
 
30,877

 
6.8
%
 
29,212

 
5.4
%
 
24,011

 
4.7
%
 
22,816

 
4.2
%
 
25,693

 
5.3
%
 
106,916

 
5.2
%
 
100,407

 
4.7
%
Other (3)
 
54,818

 
12.1
%
 
62,514

 
11.5
%
 
50,245

 
9.9
%
 
46,360

 
8.6
%
 
49,513

 
10.2
%
 
213,937

 
10.5
%
 
199,178

 
9.3
%
Total
 
$
451,606

 
100.0
%
 
$
542,995

 
100.0
%
 
$
509,067

 
100.0
%
 
$
542,003

 
100.0
%
 
$
483,176

 
100.0
%
 
$
2,045,671

 
100.0
%
 
$
2,146,654

 
100.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Client location
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States
 
$
381,498

 
84.5
%
 
$
447,456

 
82.4
%
 
$
436,106

 
85.7
%
 
$
445,858

 
82.3
%
 
$
389,125

 
80.5
%
 
$
1,710,918

 
83.6
%
 
$
1,726,181

 
80.4
%
Europe
 
41,337

 
9.2
%
 
47,640

 
8.8
%
 
30,761

 
6.0
%
 
67,282

 
12.4
%
 
55,959

 
11.6
%
 
187,020

 
9.1
%
 
240,136

 
11.2
%
Asia and Pacific
 
14,391

 
3.2
%
 
24,264

 
4.5
%
 
14,000

 
2.8
%
 
11,983

 
2.2
%
 
15,834

 
3.3
%
 
64,638

 
3.2
%
 
79,564

 
3.7
%
Other
 
14,380

 
3.2
%
 
23,635

 
4.4
%
 
28,200

 
5.5
%
 
16,880

 
3.1
%
 
22,258

 
4.6
%
 
83,095

 
4.1
%
 
100,773

 
4.7
%
Total
 
$
451,606

 
100.0
%
 
$
542,995

 
100.0
%
 
$
509,067

 
100.0
%
 
$
542,003

 
100.0
%
 
$
483,176

 
100.0
%
 
$
2,045,671

 
100.0
%
 
$
2,146,654

 
100.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Underwriting location
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States
 
$
369,805

 
81.9
%
 
$
443,367

 
81.7
%
 
$
421,830

 
82.9
%
 
$
438,865

 
81.0
%
 
$
380,828

 
78.8
%
 
$
1,673,867

 
81.8
%
 
$
1,688,887

 
78.7
%
Europe
 
67,636

 
15.0
%
 
87,043

 
16.0
%
 
70,901

 
13.9
%
 
92,418

 
17.1
%
 
86,791

 
18.0
%
 
317,998

 
15.5
%
 
394,430

 
18.4
%
Other
 
14,165

 
3.1
%
 
12,585

 
2.3
%
 
16,336

 
3.2
%
 
10,720

 
2.0
%
 
15,557

 
3.2
%
 
53,806

 
2.6
%
 
63,337

 
3.0
%
Total
 
$
451,606

 
100.0
%
 
$
542,995

 
100.0
%
 
$
509,067

 
100.0
%
 
$
542,003

 
100.0
%
 
$
483,176

 
100.0
%
 
$
2,045,671

 
100.0
%
 
$
2,146,654

 
100.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net premiums earned
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Professional lines (1)
 
$
103,393

 
20.5
%
 
$
106,283

 
20.3
%
 
$
107,420

 
21.1
%
 
$
107,872

 
21.2
%
 
$
109,529

 
21.4
%
 
$
424,968

 
20.8
%
 
$
456,508

 
22.6
%
Programs
 
102,104

 
20.2
%
 
115,502

 
22.1
%
 
112,942

 
22.2
%
 
115,964

 
22.8
%
 
119,081

 
23.2
%
 
446,512

 
21.8
%
 
460,392

 
22.8
%
Construction and national accounts
 
77,762

 
15.4
%
 
75,256

 
14.4
%
 
71,580

 
14.0
%
 
72,230

 
14.2
%
 
68,529

 
13.4
%
 
296,828

 
14.5
%
 
277,811

 
13.8
%
Excess and surplus casualty (2)
 
50,669

 
10.0
%
 
53,366

 
10.2
%
 
51,709

 
10.1
%
 
52,347

 
10.3
%
 
50,601

 
9.9
%
 
208,091

 
10.2
%
 
182,024

 
9.0
%
Property, energy, marine and aviation
 
52,115

 
10.3
%
 
55,106

 
10.5
%
 
53,825

 
10.6
%
 
55,081

 
10.8
%
 
57,732

 
11.3
%
 
216,127

 
10.6
%
 
244,974

 
12.1
%
Travel, accident and health
 
39,949

 
7.9
%
 
39,918

 
7.6
%
 
39,979

 
7.8
%
 
33,732

 
6.6
%
 
33,990

 
6.6
%
 
153,578

 
7.5
%
 
127,691

 
6.3
%
Lenders products
 
22,832

 
4.5
%
 
23,956

 
4.6
%
 
21,259

 
4.2
%
 
22,859

 
4.5
%
 
24,252

 
4.7
%
 
90,906

 
4.4
%
 
94,438

 
4.7
%
Other (3)
 
55,701

 
11.0
%
 
53,157

 
10.2
%
 
51,111

 
10.0
%
 
47,829

 
9.4
%
 
49,056

 
9.6
%
 
207,798

 
10.2
%
 
173,532

 
8.6
%
Total
 
$
504,525

 
100.0
%
 
$
522,544

 
100.0
%
 
$
509,825

 
100.0
%
 
$
507,914

 
100.0
%
 
$
512,770

 
100.0
%
 
$
2,044,808

 
100.0
%
 
$
2,017,370

 
100.0
%

(1)    Includes professional liability, executive assurance and healthcare business.
(2)    Includes casualty and contract binding business.
(3)    Includes alternative markets, excess workers’ compensation and surety business.

 
15
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Segment Information — Reinsurance Segment

(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
Three Months Ended
 
Year Ended
 
 
December 31,
 
September 30,
 
June 30,
 
March 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Gross premiums written
 
$
262,482

 
$
329,327

 
$
342,101

 
$
485,112

 
$
314,604

 
$
1,419,022

 
$
1,527,245

Premiums ceded
 
(62,417
)
 
(92,182
)
 
(89,446
)
 
(136,569
)
 
(45,631
)
 
(380,614
)
 
(261,254
)
Net premiums written
 
200,065

 
237,145

 
252,655

 
348,543

 
268,973

 
1,038,408

 
1,265,991

Change in unearned premiums
 
62,957

 
23,286

 
21,310

 
(68,826
)
 
36,832

 
38,727

 
13,337

Net premiums earned
 
263,022

 
260,431

 
273,965

 
279,717

 
305,805

 
1,077,135

 
1,279,328

Other underwriting income
 
3,736

 
2,783

 
2,658

 
1,429

 
2,333

 
10,606

 
3,167

Losses and loss adjustment expenses
 
(100,855
)
 
(115,780
)
 
(111,183
)
 
(112,532
)
 
(118,705
)
 
(440,350
)
 
(532,450
)
Acquisition expenses, net
 
(53,252
)
 
(55,416
)
 
(58,360
)
 
(56,604
)
 
(61,765
)
 
(223,632
)
 
(261,438
)
Other operating expenses
 
(41,629
)
 
(37,131
)
 
(39,007
)
 
(38,044
)
 
(37,766
)
 
(155,811
)
 
(147,964
)
Underwriting income
 
$
71,022

 
$
54,887

 
$
68,073

 
$
73,966

 
$
89,902

 
$
267,948

 
$
340,643

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Underwriting Ratios
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loss ratio
 
38.3
 %
 
44.5
 %
 
40.6
 %
 
40.2
 %
 
38.8
 %
 
40.9
 %
 
41.6
 %
Acquisition expense ratio
 
20.2
 %
 
21.3
 %
 
21.3
 %
 
20.2
 %
 
20.2
 %
 
20.8
 %
 
20.4
 %
Other operating expense ratio
 
15.8
 %
 
14.3
 %
 
14.2
 %
 
13.6
 %
 
12.3
 %
 
14.5
 %
 
11.6
 %
Combined ratio
 
74.3
 %
 
80.1
 %
 
76.1
 %
 
74.0
 %
 
71.3
 %
 
76.2
 %
 
73.6
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Catastrophic activity and prior year development:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current accident year catastrophic events, net of
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
reinsurance and reinstatement premiums
 
5.3
 %
 
4.0
 %
 
3.6
 %
 
0.5
 %
 
4.7
 %
 
3.3
 %
 
3.3
 %
Net (favorable) adverse development in prior year loss
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
reserves, net of related adjustments
 
(21.1
)%
 
(18.5
)%
 
(21.5
)%
 
(20.5
)%
 
(20.7
)%
 
(20.4
)%
 
(20.4
)%
Combined ratio excluding catastrophic activity and prior year development (1)
 
90.1
 %
 
94.6
 %
 
94.0
 %
 
94.0
 %
 
87.3
 %
 
93.3
 %
 
90.7
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net premiums written to gross premiums written
 
76.2
 %
 
72.0
 %
 
73.9
 %
 
71.8
 %
 
85.5
 %
 
73.2
 %
 
82.9
 %
 
(1)
See Comments on Regulation G.





 
16
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Segment Information — Reinsurance Segment

(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
Three Months Ended
 
Year Ended
 
 
December 31,
 
September 30,
 
June 30,
 
March 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Net premiums written
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Casualty (1)
 
$
57,062

 
28.5
%
 
$
63,395

 
26.7
%
 
$
64,778

 
25.6
 %
 
$
117,858

 
33.8
%
 
$
59,412

 
22.1
%
 
$
303,093

 
29.2
%
 
$
317,996

 
25.1
%
Other specialty (2)
 
62,219

 
31.1
%
 
63,293

 
26.7
%
 
72,134

 
28.6
 %
 
101,148

 
29.0
%
 
67,094

 
24.9
%
 
298,794

 
28.8
%
 
405,126

 
32.0
%
Property excluding property catastrophe (3)
 
61,126

 
30.6
%
 
72,456

 
30.6
%
 
57,005

 
22.6
 %
 
89,924

 
25.8
%
 
115,843

 
43.1
%
 
280,511

 
27.0
%
 
343,043

 
27.1
%
Property catastrophe
 
8,765

 
4.4
%
 
21,366

 
9.0
%
 
46,046

 
18.2
 %
 
15,443

 
4.4
%
 
6,917

 
2.6
%
 
91,620

 
8.8
%
 
137,471

 
10.9
%
Marine and aviation
 
8,308

 
4.2
%
 
12,221

 
5.2
%
 
9,461

 
3.7
 %
 
20,844

 
6.0
%
 
16,886

 
6.3
%
 
50,834

 
4.9
%
 
50,444

 
4.0
%
Other (4)
 
2,585

 
1.3
%
 
4,414

 
1.9
%
 
3,231

 
1.3
 %
 
3,326

 
1.0
%
 
2,821

 
1.0
%
 
13,556

 
1.3
%
 
11,911

 
0.9
%
Total
 
$
200,065

 
100.0
%
 
$
237,145

 
100.0
%
 
$
252,655

 
100.0
 %
 
$
348,543

 
100.0
%
 
$
268,973

 
100.0
%
 
$
1,038,408

 
100.0
%
 
$
1,265,991

 
100.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pro rata
 
$
139,978

 
70.0
%
 
$
138,367

 
58.3
%
 
$
128,976

 
51.0
 %
 
$
130,235

 
37.4
%
 
$
204,803

 
76.1
%
 
$
537,556

 
51.8
%
 
$
663,135

 
52.4
%
Excess of loss
 
60,087

 
30.0
%
 
98,778

 
41.7
%
 
123,679

 
49.0
 %
 
218,308

 
62.6
%
 
64,170

 
23.9
%
 
500,852

 
48.2
%
 
602,856

 
47.6
%
Total
 
$
200,065

 
100.0
%
 
$
237,145

 
100.0
%
 
$
252,655

 
100.0
 %
 
$
348,543

 
100.0
%
 
$
268,973

 
100.0
%
 
$
1,038,408

 
100.0
%
 
$
1,265,991

 
100.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Client location
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States
 
$
70,187

 
35.1
%
 
$
128,830

 
54.3
%
 
$
130,780

 
51.8
 %
 
$
140,687

 
40.4
%
 
$
107,392

 
39.9
%
 
$
470,484

 
45.3
%
 
$
589,255

 
46.5
%
Europe
 
60,301

 
30.1
%
 
48,359

 
20.4
%
 
55,566

 
22.0
 %
 
142,939

 
41.0
%
 
61,967

 
23.0
%
 
307,165

 
29.6
%
 
355,735

 
28.1
%
Asia and Pacific
 
24,254

 
12.1
%
 
31,492

 
13.3
%
 
24,729

 
9.8
 %
 
14,134

 
4.1
%
 
70,122

 
26.1
%
 
94,609

 
9.1
%
 
142,626

 
11.3
%
Bermuda
 
18,592

 
9.3
%
 
15,544

 
6.6
%
 
22,503

 
8.9
 %
 
24,249

 
7.0
%
 
12,011

 
4.5
%
 
80,888

 
7.8
%
 
77,620

 
6.1
%
Other
 
26,731

 
13.4
%
 
12,920

 
5.4
%
 
19,077

 
7.6
 %
 
26,534

 
7.6
%
 
17,481

 
6.5
%
 
85,262

 
8.2
%
 
100,755

 
8.0
%
Total
 
$
200,065

 
100.0
%
 
$
237,145

 
100.0
%
 
$
252,655

 
100.0
 %
 
$
348,543

 
100.0
%
 
$
268,973

 
100.0
%
 
$
1,038,408

 
100.0
%
 
$
1,265,991

 
100.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Underwriting location
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bermuda
 
$
50,684

 
25.3
%
 
$
56,718

 
23.9
%
 
$
89,363

 
35.4
 %
 
$
85,220

 
24.5
%
 
$
121,459

 
45.2
%
 
$
281,985

 
27.2
%
 
$
394,351

 
31.1
%
United States
 
81,450

 
40.7
%
 
117,216

 
49.4
%
 
102,057

 
40.4
 %
 
138,467

 
39.7
%
 
90,655

 
33.7
%
 
439,190

 
42.3
%
 
492,891

 
38.9
%
Europe
 
59,503

 
29.7
%
 
53,717

 
22.7
%
 
63,587

 
25.2
 %
 
121,983

 
35.0
%
 
50,539

 
18.8
%
 
298,790

 
28.8
%
 
343,823

 
27.2
%
Other
 
8,428

 
4.2
%
 
9,494

 
4.0
%
 
(2,352
)
 
(0.9
)%
 
2,873

 
0.8
%
 
6,320

 
2.3
%
 
18,443

 
1.8
%
 
34,926

 
2.8
%
Total
 
$
200,065

 
100.0
%
 
$
237,145

 
100.0
%
 
$
252,655

 
100.0
 %
 
$
348,543

 
100.0
%
 
$
268,973

 
100.0
%
 
$
1,038,408

 
100.0
%
 
$
1,265,991

 
100.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net premiums earned
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Casualty (1)
 
$
78,621

 
29.9
%
 
$
75,061

 
28.8
%
 
$
83,186

 
30.4
 %
 
$
73,381

 
26.2
%
 
$
79,119

 
25.9
%
 
$
310,249

 
28.8
%
 
$
327,518

 
25.6
%
Other specialty (2)
 
74,916

 
28.5
%
 
72,337

 
27.8
%
 
80,256

 
29.3
 %
 
83,798

 
30.0
%
 
93,946

 
30.7
%
 
311,307

 
28.9
%
 
424,725

 
33.2
%
Property excluding property catastrophe (3)
 
73,856

 
28.1
%
 
72,267

 
27.7
%
 
69,600

 
25.4
 %
 
79,764

 
28.5
%
 
87,287

 
28.5
%
 
295,487

 
27.4
%
 
303,496

 
23.7
%
Property catastrophe
 
21,945

 
8.3
%
 
23,325

 
9.0
%
 
24,325

 
8.9
 %
 
27,270

 
9.7
%
 
28,674

 
9.4
%
 
96,865

 
9.0
%
 
150,761

 
11.8
%
Marine and aviation
 
11,064

 
4.2
%
 
13,708

 
5.3
%
 
13,423

 
4.9
 %
 
12,613

 
4.5
%
 
13,854

 
4.5
%
 
50,808

 
4.7
%
 
61,118

 
4.8
%
Other (4)
 
2,620

 
1.0
%
 
3,733

 
1.4
%
 
3,175

 
1.2
 %
 
2,891

 
1.0
%
 
2,925

 
1.0
%
 
12,419

 
1.2
%
 
11,710

 
0.9
%
Total
 
$
263,022

 
100.0
%
 
$
260,431

 
100.0
%
 
$
273,965

 
100.0
 %
 
$
279,717

 
100.0
%
 
$
305,805

 
100.0
%
 
$
1,077,135

 
100.0
%
 
$
1,279,328

 
100.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pro rata
 
$
134,145

 
51.0
%
 
$
132,090

 
50.7
%
 
$
143,835

 
52.5
 %
 
$
153,515

 
54.9
%
 
$
163,590

 
53.5
%
 
$
563,585

 
52.3
%
 
$
686,201

 
53.6
%
Excess of loss
 
128,877

 
49.0
%
 
128,341

 
49.3
%
 
130,130

 
47.5
 %
 
126,202

 
45.1
%
 
142,215

 
46.5
%
 
513,550

 
47.7
%
 
593,127

 
46.4
%
Total
 
$
263,022

 
100.0
%
 
$
260,431

 
100.0
%
 
$
273,965

 
100.0
 %
 
$
279,717

 
100.0
%
 
$
305,805

 
100.0
%
 
$
1,077,135

 
100.0
%
 
$
1,279,328

 
100.0
%

(1)  Includes proportional motor, surety, accident and health, workers’ compensation catastrophe, agriculture, trade credit and other.        (3) Includes facultative business.
(2)  Includes executive assurance, professional liability, workers’ compensation, excess motor, healthcare and other.                (4) Includes life, casualty clash and other.

 
17
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Segment Information — Mortgage Segment

(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
Three Months Ended
 
Year Ended
 
 
December 31,
 
September 30,
 
June 30,
 
March 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Gross premiums written
 
$
91,787

 
$
74,657

 
$
68,572

 
$
60,541

 
$
57,584

 
$
295,557

 
$
227,356

Premiums ceded
 
(4,660
)
 
(7,832
)
 
(6,902
)
 
(8,670
)
 
(4,897
)
 
(28,064
)
 
(22,519
)
Net premiums written
 
87,127

 
66,825

 
61,670

 
51,871

 
52,687

 
267,493

 
204,837

Change in unearned premiums
 
(30,391
)
 
(12,277
)
 
(9,211
)
 
(1,504
)
 
(1,658
)
 
(53,383
)
 
(11,264
)
Net premiums earned
 
56,736

 
54,548

 
52,459

 
50,367

 
51,029

 
214,110

 
193,573

Other underwriting income (1)
 
3,461

 
3,565

 
3,686

 
7,718

 
1,870

 
18,430

 
4,840

Losses and loss adjustment expenses
 
(7,237
)
 
(9,562
)
 
(9,639
)
 
(13,809
)
 
(15,736
)
 
(40,247
)
 
(55,674
)
Acquisition expenses, net
 
(14,030
)
 
(10,428
)
 
(10,200
)
 
(10,418
)
 
(16,807
)
 
(45,076
)
 
(49,400
)
Other operating expenses
 
(21,274
)
 
(21,048
)
 
(19,679
)
 
(20,369
)
 
(18,814
)
 
(82,370
)
 
(66,891
)
Underwriting income
 
$
17,656

 
$
17,075

 
$
16,627

 
$
13,489

 
$
1,542

 
$
64,847

 
$
26,448

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Underwriting Ratios
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loss ratio
 
12.8
 %
 
17.5
 %
 
18.4
 %
 
27.4
 %
 
30.8
%
 
18.8
 %
 
28.8
 %
Acquisition expense ratio
 
24.7
 %
 
19.1
 %
 
19.4
 %
 
20.7
 %
 
32.9
%
 
21.1
 %
 
25.5
 %
Other operating expense ratio
 
37.5
 %
 
38.6
 %
 
37.5
 %
 
40.4
 %
 
36.9
%
 
38.5
 %
 
34.6
 %
Combined ratio
 
75.0
 %
 
75.2
 %
 
75.3
 %
 
88.5
 %
 
100.6
%
 
78.4
 %
 
88.9
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net (favorable) adverse development in prior year loss
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
reserves, net of related adjustments
 
(8.1
)%
 
(7.3
)%
 
(2.1
)%
 
(5.6
)%
 
1.7
%
 
(5.8
)%
 
(0.5
)%
Combined ratio excluding prior year development (2)
 
83.1
 %
 
82.5
 %
 
77.4
 %
 
94.1
 %
 
98.9
%
 
84.2
 %
 
89.4
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net premiums written to gross premiums written
 
94.9
 %
 
89.5
 %
 
89.9
 %
 
85.7
 %
 
91.5
%
 
90.5
 %
 
90.1
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net premiums written by client location
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States
 
$
51,724

 
$
48,611

 
$
47,460

 
$
45,822

 
$
47,027

 
$
193,617

 
$
184,333

Other
 
35,403

 
18,214

 
14,210

 
6,049

 
5,660

 
73,876

 
20,504

Total
 
$
87,127

 
$
66,825

 
$
61,670

 
$
51,871

 
$
52,687

 
$
267,493

 
$
204,837

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net premiums written by underwriting location
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States
 
$
33,474

 
$
33,298

 
$
30,589

 
$
27,956

 
$
25,255

 
$
125,317

 
$
98,809

Other
 
53,653

 
33,527

 
31,081

 
23,915

 
27,432

 
142,176

 
106,028

Total
 
$
87,127

 
$
66,825

 
$
61,670

 
$
51,871

 
$
52,687

 
$
267,493

 
$
204,837


(1)     Represents income earned on various risk-sharing products offered to government sponsored enterprises and mortgage lenders.
(2)    See Comments on Regulation G.

 
18
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Segment Information — Mortgage Segment

(U.S. Dollars in millions)
 
December 31, 2015
 
September 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2015
 
March 31, 2015
Insurance In Force (IIF) (1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. mortgage insurance
 
$
27,101

 
35.5
%
 
$
25,697

 
39.8
%
 
$
24,175

 
41.6
%
 
$
22,984

 
40.9
%
Mortgage reinsurance
 
20,876

 
27.3
%
 
19,550

 
30.3
%
 
19,245

 
33.1
%
 
20,262

 
36.1
%
Other (2)
 
28,415

 
37.2
%
 
19,357

 
30.0
%
 
14,734

 
25.3
%
 
12,944

 
23.0
%
Total
 
$
76,392

 
100.0
%
 
$
64,604

 
100.0
%
 
$
58,154

 
100.0
%
 
$
56,190

 
100.0
%
Risk In Force (RIF) (3)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. mortgage insurance
 
$
6,826

 
59.4
%
 
$
6,467

 
63.0
%
 
$
6,053

 
63.7
%
 
$
5,733

 
61.7
%
Mortgage reinsurance
 
3,464

 
30.1
%
 
3,008

 
29.3
%
 
2,776

 
29.2
%
 
2,936

 
31.6
%
Other (2)
 
1,206

 
10.5
%
 
796

 
7.7
%
 
679

 
7.1
%
 
616

 
6.6
%
Total
 
$
11,496

 
100.0
%
 
$
10,271

 
100.0
%
 
$
9,508

 
100.0
%
 
$
9,285

 
100.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Supplemental disclosures for U.S. mortgage insurance:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total RIF by credit quality (FICO score):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
>=740
 
$
3,763

 
55.1
%
 
$
3,532

 
54.6
%
 
$
3,238

 
53.5
%
 
$
3,009

 
52.5
%
680-739
 
2,237

 
32.8
%
 
2,114

 
32.7
%
 
1,994

 
32.9
%
 
1,895

 
33.1
%
620-679
 
717

 
10.5
%
 
705

 
10.9
%
 
696

 
11.5
%
 
698

 
12.2
%
<620
 
109

 
1.6
%
 
116

 
1.8
%
 
125

 
2.1
%
 
131

 
2.3
%
Total
 
$
6,826

 
100.0
%
 
$
6,467

 
100.0
%
 
$
6,053

 
100.0
%
 
$
5,733

 
100.0
%
Weighted average FICO score
 
738

 
 
 
737

 
 
 
735

 
 
 
734

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total RIF by Loan-To-Value (LTV):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
95.01% and above
 
$
1,050

 
15.4
%
 
$
1,045

 
16.2
%
 
$
1,093

 
18.1
%
 
$
1,102

 
19.2
%
90.01% to 95.00%
 
3,472

 
50.9
%
 
3,252

 
50.3
%
 
2,959

 
48.9
%
 
2,742

 
47.8
%
85.01% to 90.00%
 
1,942

 
28.5
%
 
1,831

 
28.3
%
 
1,685

 
27.8
%
 
1,590

 
27.7
%
85.00% and below
 
362

 
5.3
%
 
339

 
5.2
%
 
316

 
5.2
%
 
299

 
5.2
%
Total
 
$
6,826

 
100.0
%
 
$
6,467

 
100.0
%
 
$
6,053

 
100.0
%
 
$
5,733

 
100.0
%
Weighted average LTV
 
93.0
%
 
 
 
93.2
%
 
 
 
93.2
%
 
 
 
93.3
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total RIF by State:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
California
 
$
599

 
8.8
%
 
$
570

 
8.8
%
 
$
527

 
8.7
%
 
$
492

 
8.6
%
Wisconsin
 
581

 
8.5
%
 
574

 
8.9
%
 
554

 
9.2
%
 
536

 
9.3
%
Texas
 
380

 
5.6
%
 
355

 
5.5
%
 
325

 
5.4
%
 
307

 
5.4
%
Florida
 
327

 
4.8
%
 
310

 
4.8
%
 
297

 
4.9
%
 
280

 
4.9
%
Minnesota
 
315

 
4.6
%
 
306

 
4.7
%
 
291

 
4.8
%
 
278

 
4.8
%
Washington
 
259

 
3.8
%
 
247

 
3.8
%
 
243

 
4.0
%
 
234

 
4.1
%
Massachusetts
 
249

 
3.6
%
 
235

 
3.6
%
 
217

 
3.6
%
 
213

 
3.7
%
Michigan
 
230

 
3.4
%
 
220

 
3.4
%
 
200

 
3.3
%
 
186

 
3.2
%
New York
 
223

 
3.3
%
 
212

 
3.3
%
 
197

 
3.3
%
 
189

 
3.3
%
Virginia
 
218

 
3.2
%
 
213

 
3.3
%
 
215

 
3.6
%
 
206

 
3.6
%
Others
 
3,445

 
50.5
%
 
3,225

 
49.9
%
 
2,987

 
49.3
%
 
2,812

 
49.0
%
Total
 
$
6,826

 
100.0
%
 
$
6,467

 
100.0
%
 
$
6,053

 
100.0
%
 
$
5,733

 
100.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average coverage (end of period RIF divided by IIF)
 
25.2
%
 
 
 
25.2
%
 
 
 
25.0
%
 
 
 
24.9
%
 
 
Analysts’ persistency (4)
 
75.6
%
 
 
 
76.0
%
 
 
 
78.3
%
 
 
 
79.6
%
 
 
Risk-to-capital ratio (5)
 
10.5:1

 
 
 
10.1:1

 
 
 
9.7:1

 
 
 
9.3:1

 
 

(1)    The aggregate dollar amount of each insured mortgage loan’s original principal balance.     (2)    Includes GSE credit risk-sharing transactions and international insurance business.    
(3)
The aggregate dollar amount of each insured mortgage loan’s current principal balance     (4)    Represents the % of IIF at the beginning of a 12-month period that remained in force at the end of the period.
multiplied by the insurance coverage percentage specified in the policy for insurance policies
(5)    Represents total current (non-delinquent) RIF, net of reinsurance, divided by total statutory capital. Ratio
issued and after contract limits and/or loss ratio caps for risk-sharing or reinsurance transactions.
calculated for Arch MI U.S. only (estimate for December 31, 2015).

 
19
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Segment Information — Mortgage Segment

(U.S. Dollars in millions, except policy/loan/claim count)
 
Three Months Ended
 
Year Ended
 
 
December 31, 2015
 
September 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2015
 
March 31, 2015
 
December 31, 2015
Supplemental disclosures for U.S. mortgage insurance:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total new insurance written (NIW) (1)
 
$
2,575

 
 
 
$
3,179

 
 
 
$
2,709

 
 
 
$
1,808

 
 
 
$
10,271

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total NIW by credit quality (FICO score):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
>=740
 
$
1,543

 
59.9
%
 
$
1,973

 
62.1
%
 
$
1,723

 
63.6
%
 
$
1,064

 
58.8
%
 
$
6,303

 
61.4
%
680-739
 
842

 
32.7
%
 
976

 
30.7
%
 
842

 
31.1
%
 
602

 
33.3
%
 
3,262

 
31.8
%
620-679
 
190

 
7.4
%
 
230

 
7.2
%
 
143

 
5.3
%
 
142

 
7.9
%
 
705

 
6.9
%
<620
 

 
%
 

 
%
 
1

 
%
 

 
%
 
1

 
%
  Total
 
$
2,575

 
100.0
%
 
$
3,179

 
100.0
%
 
$
2,709

 
100.0
%
 
$
1,808

 
100.0
%
 
$
10,271

 
100.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total NIW by LTV:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
95.01% and above
 
$
164

 
6.4
%
 
$
219

 
6.9
%
 
$
165

 
6.1
%
 
$
86

 
4.8
%
 
$
634

 
6.2
%
90.01% to 95.00%
 
1,164

 
45.2
%
 
1,458

 
45.9
%
 
1,227

 
45.3
%
 
682

 
37.7
%
 
4,531

 
44.1
%
85.01% to 90.00%
 
856

 
33.2
%
 
1,054

 
33.2
%
 
908

 
33.5
%
 
583

 
32.2
%
 
3,401

 
33.1
%
85.01% and below
 
391

 
15.2
%
 
448

 
14.1
%
 
409

 
15.1
%
 
457

 
25.3
%
 
1,705

 
16.6
%
  Total
 
$
2,575

 
100.0
%
 
$
3,179

 
100.0
%
 
$
2,709

 
100.0
%
 
$
1,808

 
100.0
%
 
$
10,271

 
100.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total NIW purchase vs. refinance:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Purchase
 
$
1,923

 
74.7
%
 
$
2,483

 
78.1
%
 
$
1,830

 
67.6
%
 
$
918

 
50.8
%
 
$
7,154

 
69.7
%
Refinance
 
652

 
25.3
%
 
696

 
21.9
%
 
879

 
32.4
%
 
890

 
49.2
%
 
3,117

 
30.3
%
  Total
 
$
2,575

 
100.0
%
 
$
3,179

 
100.0
%
 
$
2,709

 
100.0
%
 
$
1,808

 
100.0
%
 
$
10,271

 
100.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ending number of policies in force (PIF)
 
148,943

 
 
 
143,335

 
 
 
137,724

 
 
 
133,079

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rollforward of insured loans in default:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beginning delinquent number of loans
 
2,757

 
 
 
2,850

 
 
 
3,006

 
 
 
3,474

 
 
 
3,474

 
 
  Plus: new notices
 
1,134

 
 
 
1,196

 
 
 
1,145

 
 
 
1,190

 
 
 
4,665

 
 
  Less: cures
 
(987
)
 
 
 
(1,057
)
 
 
 
(1,011
)
 
 
 
(1,376
)
 
 
 
(4,431
)
 
 
  Less: paid claims
 
(205
)
 
 
 
(233
)
 
 
 
(292
)
 
 
 
(288
)
 
 
 
(1,018
)
 
 
  Less: delinquent rescissions and denials
 
3

 
 
 
1

 
 
 
2

 
 
 
6

 
 
 
12

 
 
Ending delinquent number of loans
 
2,702

 
 
 
2,757

 
 
 
2,850

 
 
 
3,006

 
 
 
2,702

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ending percentage of loans in default
 
1.8
%
 
 
 
1.9
%
 
 
 
2.1
%
 
 
 
2.3
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Losses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Number of claims paid
 
205

 
 
 
233

 
 
 
292

 
 
 
288

 
 
 
1,018

 
 
Total paid claims (in thousands)
 
$
8,093

 
 
 
$
9,036

 
 
 
$
12,672

 
 
 
$
12,180

 
 
 
$
41,981

 
 
Average per claim (in thousands)
 
$
39.5

 
 
 
$
38.8

 
 
 
$
43.4

 
 
 
$
42.3

 
 
 
$
41.2

 
 
Severity (2)
 
96.2
%
 
 
 
91.7
%
 
 
 
97.0
%
 
 
 
97.1
%
 
 
 
95.8
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average reserve per default (in thousands)
 
$
29.1

 
 
 
$
30.6

 
 
 
$
32.9

 
 
 
$
33.1

 
 
 
 
 
 

(1)    The original principal balance of all loans that received coverage during the period.        
(2)    Represents total paid claims divided by RIF of loans for which claims were paid.


 
20
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Investment Information — Investable Asset Summary and Investment Portfolio Metrics


The following table summarizes the Company’s investable assets and portfolio metrics:
(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
December 31,
 
September 30,
 
June 30,
 
March 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2014
Investable assets (1) (2):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fixed maturities available for sale, at fair value
 
$
10,459,353

 
71.4
 %
 
$
10,560,635

 
71.7
 %
 
$
9,927,603

 
68.4
%
 
$
10,427,810

 
72.2
 %
 
$
10,750,770

 
73.6
 %
Fixed maturities, at fair value (3)
 
367,780

 
2.5
 %
 
341,131

 
2.3
 %
 
387,941

 
2.7
%
 
348,689

 
2.4
 %
 
377,053

 
2.6
 %
Fixed maturities pledged under securities lending agreements, at fair value
 
373,304

 
2.5
 %
 
285,632

 
1.9
 %
 
373,969

 
2.6
%
 
253,115

 
1.8
 %
 
50,802

 
0.3
 %
Total fixed maturities
 
11,200,437

 
76.5
 %
 
11,187,398

 
75.9
 %
 
10,689,513

 
73.7
%
 
11,029,614

 
76.4
 %
 
11,178,625

 
76.6
 %
Short-term investments available for sale, at fair value
 
587,904

 
4.0
 %
 
708,428

 
4.8
 %
 
875,727

 
6.0
%
 
855,032

 
5.9
 %
 
797,226

 
5.5
 %
Cash
 
444,776

 
3.0
 %
 
521,137

 
3.5
 %
 
470,011

 
3.2
%
 
402,314

 
2.8
 %
 
474,247

 
3.2
 %
Equity securities available for sale, at fair value
 
618,405

 
4.2
 %
 
606,259

 
4.1
 %
 
701,623

 
4.8
%
 
687,713

 
4.8
 %
 
658,182

 
4.5
 %
Equity securities, at fair value (3)
 
798

 
 %
 
78

 
 %
 
248

 
%
 
907

 
 %
 

 
 %
Equity securities pledged under securities lending agreements, at fair value
 
10,777

 
0.1
 %
 

 
 %
 

 
%
 

 
 %
 

 
 %
Other investments available for sale, at fair value
 
300,476

 
2.1
 %
 
281,014

 
1.9
 %
 
377,677

 
2.6
%
 
329,677

 
2.3
 %
 
296,224

 
2.0
 %
Other investments, at fair value (3)
 
908,809

 
6.2
 %
 
891,484

 
6.1
 %
 
899,763

 
6.2
%
 
880,660

 
6.1
 %
 
878,774

 
6.0
 %
Investments accounted for using the equity method (4)
 
592,973

 
4.0
 %
 
589,277

 
4.0
 %
 
472,926

 
3.3
%
 
412,367

 
2.9
 %
 
349,014

 
2.4
 %
Securities transactions entered into but not settled at the balance sheet date
 
(20,524
)
 
(0.1
)%
 
(51,343
)
 
(0.3
)%
 
26,066

 
0.2
%
 
(162,136
)
 
(1.1
)%
 
(32,802
)
 
(0.2
)%
Total investable assets managed by the Company
 
$
14,644,831

 
100.0
 %
 
$
14,733,732

 
100.0
 %
 
$
14,513,554

 
100.0
%
 
$
14,436,148

 
100.0
 %
 
$
14,599,490

 
100.0
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average effective duration (in years)
 
3.43

 
 
 
3.42

 
 
 
3.05

 
 
 
3.35

 
 
 
3.34

 
 

Average S&P/Moody’s credit ratings (5)
 
 AA/Aa2

 
 
 
 AA/Aa2

 
 
 
 AA/Aa2

 
 
 
 AA/Aa2

 
 
 
 AA/Aa2

 
 

Embedded book yield (before investment expenses)
 
2.16
%
 
 
 
2.10
%
 
 
 
2.07
%
 
 
 
2.21
%
 
 
 
2.18
%
 
 


(1)    This table excludes investable assets attributable to the ‘other’ segment. Such amounts are summarized as follows:
(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
December 31,
 
September 30,
 
June 30,
 
March 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2014
Investable assets in ‘other’ segment:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash
 
$
108,550

 
$
128,642

 
$
55,063

 
$
68,698

 
$
11,455

Investments accounted for using the fair value option
 
1,617,107

 
1,550,472

 
1,325,535

 
1,191,266

 
1,169,226

Securities sold but not yet purchased
 
(30,583
)
 
(25,384
)
 

 

 

Securities transactions entered into but not settled at the balance sheet date
 
1,033

 
(60,207
)
 
(40,024
)
 
7,624

 
(17,441
)
Total investable assets included in ‘other’ segment
 
$
1,696,107

 
$
1,593,523

 
$
1,340,574

 
$
1,267,588

 
$
1,163,240


(2)    This table excludes the collateral received and reinvested and includes the fixed maturities and short-term investments pledged under securities lending agreements, at fair value.
(3)    Represents investments which are carried at fair value under the fair value option and reflected as “investments accounted for using the fair value option” on the balance sheet.
(4)
Changes in the carrying value of investment funds accounted for using the equity method are recorded as “equity in net income (loss) of investment funds accounted for using the equity method” rather than as an unrealized gain or loss component of accumulated other comprehensive income.
(5)    Average credit ratings on the Company’s investment portfolio on securities with ratings assigned by Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) and Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”).


 
21
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Investment Information — Composition of Fixed Maturities

 
The following table summarizes the Company’s fixed maturities and fixed maturities pledged under securities lending agreements (excluding amounts included in the ‘other’ segment):
(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
Fair
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Net
Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Fair Value /
Amortized Cost
 
% of Total
At December 31, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporates
 
$
2,881,952

 
$
15,033

 
$
(57,050
)
 
$
(42,017
)
 
$
2,923,969

 
98.6
%
 
25.7
%
Non-U.S. government-backed corporates
 
78,742

 
945

 
(3,458
)
 
(2,513
)
 
81,255

 
96.9
%
 
0.7
%
U.S. government and government agencies
 
2,423,455

 
6,228

 
(9,978
)
 
(3,750
)
 
2,427,205

 
99.8
%
 
21.6
%
Agency mortgage-backed securities
 
562,162

 
1,925

 
(3,612
)
 
(1,687
)
 
563,849

 
99.7
%
 
5.0
%
Non-agency mortgage-backed securities
 
250,395

 
7,947

 
(1,722
)
 
6,225

 
244,170

 
102.5
%
 
2.2
%
Agency commercial mortgage-backed securities
 
75,252

 
239

 
(278
)
 
(39
)
 
75,291

 
99.9
%
 
0.7
%
Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities
 
688,900

 
3,030

 
(6,700
)
 
(3,670
)
 
692,570

 
99.5
%
 
6.2
%
Municipal bonds
 
1,626,281

 
27,014

 
(1,534
)
 
25,480

 
1,600,801

 
101.6
%
 
14.5
%
Non-U.S. government securities
 
992,792

 
10,414

 
(39,122
)
 
(28,708
)
 
1,021,500

 
97.2
%
 
8.9
%
Asset-backed securities
 
1,620,506

 
3,307

 
(12,951
)
 
(9,644
)
 
1,630,150

 
99.4
%
 
14.5
%
Total
 
$
11,200,437

 
$
76,082

 
$
(136,405
)
 
$
(60,323
)
 
$
11,260,760

 
99.5
%
 
100.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
At December 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporates
 
$
3,295,930

 
$
36,682

 
$
(37,175
)
 
$
(493
)
 
$
3,296,423

 
100.0
%
 
29.5
%
Non-U.S. government-backed corporates
 
83,209

 
1,246

 
(1,799
)
 
(553
)
 
83,762

 
99.3
%
 
0.7
%
U.S. government and government agencies
 
1,447,972

 
8,345

 
(1,760
)
 
6,585

 
1,441,387

 
100.5
%
 
13.0
%
Agency mortgage-backed securities
 
664,151

 
7,481

 
(2,133
)
 
5,348

 
658,803

 
100.8
%
 
5.9
%
Non-agency mortgage-backed securities
 
301,382

 
11,362

 
(1,709
)
 
9,653

 
291,729

 
103.3
%
 
2.7
%
Agency commercial mortgage-backed securities
 
133,366

 
183

 
(2,971
)
 
(2,788
)
 
136,154

 
98.0
%
 
1.2
%
Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities
 
981,162

 
14,411

 
(851
)
 
13,560

 
967,602

 
101.4
%
 
8.8
%
Municipal bonds
 
1,494,122

 
31,227

 
(1,044
)
 
30,183

 
1,463,939

 
102.1
%
 
13.4
%
Non-U.S. government securities
 
1,099,390

 
21,311

 
(37,203
)
 
(15,892
)
 
1,115,282

 
98.6
%
 
9.8
%
Asset-backed securities
 
1,677,941

 
8,425

 
(6,089
)
 
2,336

 
1,675,605

 
100.1
%
 
15.0
%
Total
 
$
11,178,625

 
$
140,673

 
$
(92,734
)
 
$
47,939

 
$
11,130,686

 
100.4
%
 
100.0
%
 


 
22
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Investment Information — Credit Quality Distribution and Maturity Profile


The following table summarizes the credit quality distribution and maturity profile of the Company’s fixed maturities and fixed maturities pledged under securities lending agreements, excluding amounts included in the ‘other’ segment:
(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
December 31,
 
September 30,
 
June 30,
 
March 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2014
Credit quality distribution of total fixed maturities (1) (2):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. government and government agencies (3)
 
$
3,060,869

 
27.3
%
 
$
2,997,450

 
26.8
%
 
$
2,593,318

 
24.3
%
 
$
2,199,182

 
19.9
%
 
$
2,245,489

 
20.1
%
AAA
 
4,000,750

 
35.7
%
 
3,815,981

 
34.1
%
 
3,639,910

 
34.1
%
 
4,166,106

 
37.8
%
 
4,299,060

 
38.5
%
AA
 
1,651,760

 
14.7
%
 
1,978,961

 
17.7
%
 
1,967,666

 
18.4
%
 
2,000,435

 
18.1
%
 
1,917,392

 
17.2
%
A
 
1,431,138

 
12.8
%
 
1,474,976

 
13.2
%
 
1,474,583

 
13.8
%
 
1,603,861

 
14.5
%
 
1,739,922

 
15.6
%
BBB
 
457,251

 
4.1
%
 
335,514

 
3.0
%
 
337,517

 
3.2
%
 
410,147

 
3.7
%
 
339,395

 
3.0
%
BB
 
203,426

 
1.8
%
 
195,888

 
1.8
%
 
212,561

 
2.0
%
 
195,163

 
1.8
%
 
157,232

 
1.4
%
B
 
138,770

 
1.2
%
 
137,324

 
1.2
%
 
170,859

 
1.6
%
 
176,590

 
1.6
%
 
184,869

 
1.7
%
Lower than B
 
130,545

 
1.2
%
 
132,107

 
1.2
%
 
136,784

 
1.3
%
 
150,000

 
1.4
%
 
154,823

 
1.4
%
Not rated
 
125,928

 
1.1
%
 
119,197

 
1.1
%
 
156,315

 
1.5
%
 
128,130

 
1.2
%
 
140,443

 
1.3
%
Total fixed maturities, at fair value
 
$
11,200,437

 
100.0
%
 
$
11,187,398

 
100.0
%
 
$
10,689,513

 
100.0
%
 
$
11,029,614

 
100.0
%
 
$
11,178,625

 
100.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maturity profile of total fixed maturities (1):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Due in one year or less
 
$
357,343

 
3.2
%
 
$
349,574

 
3.1
%
 
$
387,896

 
3.6
%
 
$
288,299

 
2.6
%
 
$
247,825

 
2.2
%
Due after one year through five years
 
4,790,737

 
42.8
%
 
4,639,733

 
41.5
%
 
4,288,771

 
40.1
%
 
3,983,422

 
36.1
%
 
4,288,440

 
38.4
%
Due after five years through ten years
 
2,318,165

 
20.7
%
 
2,677,172

 
23.9
%
 
2,556,513

 
23.9
%
 
2,771,736

 
25.1
%
 
2,587,397

 
23.1
%
Due after 10 years
 
536,977

 
4.8
%
 
468,086

 
4.2
%
 
376,573

 
3.5
%
 
382,273

 
3.5
%
 
296,961

 
2.7
%
 
 
8,003,222

 
71.5
%
 
8,134,565

 
72.7
%
 
7,609,753

 
71.2
%
 
7,425,730

 
67.3
%
 
7,420,623

 
66.4
%
Mortgage-backed securities
 
812,557

 
7.3
%
 
869,311

 
7.8
%
 
896,245

 
8.4
%
 
839,621

 
7.6
%
 
965,533

 
8.6
%
Commercial mortgage-backed securities
 
764,152

 
6.8
%
 
810,973

 
7.2
%
 
832,159

 
7.8
%
 
1,106,332

 
10.0
%
 
1,114,528

 
10.0
%
Asset-backed securities
 
1,620,506

 
14.5
%
 
1,372,549

 
12.3
%
 
1,351,356

 
12.6
%
 
1,657,931

 
15.0
%
 
1,677,941

 
15.0
%
Total fixed maturities, at fair value
 
$
11,200,437

 
100.0
%
 
$
11,187,398

 
100.0
%
 
$
10,689,513

 
100.0
%
 
$
11,029,614

 
100.0
%
 
$
11,178,625

 
100.0
%

(1)    This table excludes the collateral received and reinvested and includes the fixed maturities and short-term investments pledged under securities lending agreements, at fair value.
(2)     For individual fixed maturities, S&P ratings are used. In the absence of an S&P rating, ratings from Moody’s are used, followed by ratings from Fitch Ratings.
(3)     Includes U.S. government-sponsored agency mortgage backed securities and agency commercial mortgage backed securities.



 
23
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Investment Information — Analysis of Corporate Exposures


The following table summarizes the Company’s corporate bonds by sector, excluding government-backed securities and amounts included in the ‘other’ segment:
(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
December 31,
 
September 30,
 
June 30,
 
March 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2014
Sector:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Industrials
 
$
1,508,734

 
52.4
%
 
$
1,601,879

 
55.3
%
 
$
1,705,524

 
57.3
%
 
$
1,840,470

 
55.8
%
 
$
1,727,553

 
52.4
%
Financials
 
997,189

 
34.6
%
 
933,181

 
32.2
%
 
896,655

 
30.1
%
 
1,014,923

 
30.8
%
 
1,149,620

 
34.9
%
Covered bonds
 
163,739

 
5.7
%
 
162,139

 
5.6
%
 
171,368

 
5.8
%
 
184,197

 
5.6
%
 
209,611

 
6.4
%
Utilities
 
180,405

 
6.3
%
 
147,777

 
5.1
%
 
147,563

 
5.0
%
 
191,341

 
5.8
%
 
146,442

 
4.4
%
All other (1)
 
31,885

 
1.1
%
 
52,113

 
1.8
%
 
54,936

 
1.8
%
 
65,090

 
2.0
%
 
62,704

 
1.9
%
Total fixed maturities, at fair value
 
$
2,881,952

 
100.0
%
 
$
2,897,089

 
100.0
%
 
$
2,976,046

 
100.0
%
 
$
3,296,021

 
100.0
%
 
$
3,295,930

 
100.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Credit quality distribution (2):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AAA
 
$
358,305

 
12.4
%
 
$
416,453

 
14.4
%
 
$
429,889

 
14.4
%
 
$
476,205

 
14.4
%
 
$
423,819

 
12.9
%
AA
 
735,432

 
25.5
%
 
778,614

 
26.9
%
 
778,677

 
26.2
%
 
840,763

 
25.5
%
 
773,893

 
23.5
%
A
 
1,064,965

 
37.0
%
 
1,109,506

 
38.3
%
 
1,101,592

 
37.0
%
 
1,236,797

 
37.5
%
 
1,399,218

 
42.5
%
BBB
 
359,903

 
12.5
%
 
243,870

 
8.4
%
 
243,514

 
8.2
%
 
320,014

 
9.7
%
 
271,826

 
8.2
%
BB
 
154,050

 
5.3
%
 
150,066

 
5.2
%
 
161,134

 
5.4
%
 
150,996

 
4.6
%
 
127,010

 
3.9
%
B
 
123,534

 
4.3
%
 
120,056

 
4.1
%
 
152,712

 
5.1
%
 
163,263

 
5.0
%
 
173,582

 
5.3
%
Lower than B
 
11,844

 
0.4
%
 
9,234

 
0.3
%
 
10,332

 
0.3
%
 
13,606

 
0.4
%
 
20,223

 
0.6
%
Not rated
 
73,919

 
2.6
%
 
69,290

 
2.4
%
 
98,196

 
3.3
%
 
94,377

 
2.9
%
 
106,359

 
3.2
%
Total fixed maturities, at fair value
 
$
2,881,952

 
100.0
%
 
$
2,897,089

 
100.0
%
 
$
2,976,046

 
100.0
%
 
$
3,296,021

 
100.0
%
 
$
3,295,930

 
100.0
%

(1)    Includes sovereign securities, supernational securities and other.
(2)    For individual fixed maturities, S&P ratings are used. In the absence of an S&P rating, ratings from Moody’s are used, followed by ratings from Fitch Ratings.

The following table summarizes the Company’s top ten exposures to fixed income corporate issuers by fair value at December 31, 2015, excluding government-backed securities, covered bonds and amounts included in the ‘other’ segment:
(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
Fair
Value
 
% of Asset Class
 
% of Investable Assets
 
Credit Quality (1)
Issuer:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Microsoft Corporation
 
$
80,047

 
2.8
%
 
0.5
%
 
AAA/Aaa
Apple Inc.
 
68,507

 
2.4
%
 
0.5
%
 
AA+/Aa1
General Electric Co.
 
58,168

 
2.0
%
 
0.4
%
 
AA+/A1
MassMutual Global Funding II
 
52,975

 
1.8
%
 
0.4
%
 
AA+/Aa2
Wells Fargo & Company
 
50,879

 
1.8
%
 
0.3
%
 
A/A2
Oracle Corporation
 
50,282

 
1.7
%
 
0.3
%
 
AA-/A1
Royal Dutch Shell PLC
 
47,017

 
1.6
%
 
0.3
%
 
AA-/Aa1
Toyota Motor Corporation
 
45,945

 
1.6
%
 
0.3
%
 
AA-/Aa3
The Coca-Cola Company
 
45,890

 
1.6
%
 
0.3
%
 
AA/Aa3
Exxon Mobil Corp.
 
44,392

 
1.5
%
 
0.3
%
 
AAA/Aaa
Total
 
$
544,102

 
18.9
%
 
3.7
%
 
 
 
(1)    Average credit ratings assigned by S&P and Moody’s, respectively.


 
24
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Investment Information — Structured Securities


The following table provides information on the Company’s mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) at December 31, 2015, excluding amounts guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and amounts included in the ‘other’ segment:
(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
Average
 
Estimated Fair Value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Issuance
 
Amortized
 
Credit
 
 
 
% of Amortized
 
% of Investable
 
 
 
Non-Agency
 
Non-Agency
 
 
Year
 
Cost
 
Quality
 
Total
 
Cost
 
Assets
 
Additional Statistics:
 
MBS
 
CMBS (1)
Non-agency MBS:
 
2003-2008
 
$
109,129

 
CC
 
$
116,487

 
106.7
%
 
0.8
%
 
Wtd. average loan age (months)
 
85

 
27

 
 
2009
 
18,895

 
AAA
 
18,732

 
99.1
%
 
0.1
%
 
Wtd. average life (months) (2)
 
54

 
73

 
 
2010
 
1,095

 
NR
 
1,173

 
107.1
%
 
%
 
Wtd. average loan-to-value % (3)
 
63.1
%
 
54.7
%
 
 
2013
 
25,707

 
AAA
 
25,617

 
99.6
%
 
0.2
%
 
Total delinquencies (4)
 
9.5
%
 
0.4
%
 
 
2014
 
41,080

 
AA
 
40,762

 
99.2
%
 
0.3
%
 
Current credit support % (5)
 
13.3
%
 
39.1
%
 
 
2015
 
48,264

 
AA
 
47,624

 
98.7
%
 
0.3
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total non-agency MBS
 
 
 
$
244,170

 
BB+
 
$
250,395

 
102.5
%
 
1.7
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-agency CMBS:
 
2002-2008
 
$
29,395

 
BBB+
 
$
29,583

 
100.6
%
 
0.2
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2009
 
360

 
BBB+
 
361

 
100.3
%
 
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2010
 
9,521

 
AAA
 
9,635

 
101.2
%
 
0.1
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2011
 
12,087

 
AAA
 
12,063

 
99.8
%
 
0.1
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2012
 
68,528

 
AAA
 
68,816

 
100.4
%
 
0.5
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013
 
115,036

 
AA+
 
116,659

 
101.4
%
 
0.8
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2014
 
216,855

 
AAA
 
215,777

 
99.5
%
 
1.5
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2015
 
240,788

 
AAA
 
236,006

 
98.0
%
 
1.6
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total non-agency CMBS
 
 
 
$
692,570

 
AA+
 
$
688,900

 
99.5
%
 
4.7
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1)
Loans defeased with government/agency obligations represented were not material to the collateral underlying the Company’s CMBS holdings.
(2)
The weighted average life for MBS is based on the interest rates in effect at December 31, 2015. The weighted average life for CMBS reflects the average life of the collateral underlying the Company’s CMBS holdings.
(3)
The range of loan-to-values on MBS is 15% to 106%, while the range of loan-to-values on CMBS is 5% to 194%.
(4)
Total delinquencies includes 60 days and over.
(5)
Current credit support % represents the % for a collateralized mortgage obligation (CMO) or CMBS class/tranche from other subordinate classes in the same CMO or CMBS deal.

The following table provides information on the Company’s asset-backed securities (ABS) at December 31, 2015, excluding amounts included in the ‘other’ segment:
(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
 
 
Average
 
Weighted
 
Estimated Fair Value
 
 
Amortized
 
Credit
 
Average Credit
 
 
 
% of Amortized
 
% of Investable
 
 
Cost
 
Quality
 
Support
 
Total
 
Cost
 
Assets
Sector:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Credit cards
 
$
744,273

 
AAA
 
19
%
 
$
741,580

 
99.6
%
 
5.1
%
Autos
 
341,507

 
AAA
 
23
%
 
339,889

 
99.5
%
 
2.3
%
Loans
 
284,204

 
AA-
 
18
%
 
281,109

 
98.9
%
 
1.9
%
Equipment
 
153,072

 
AA-
 
11
%
 
150,703

 
98.5
%
 
1.0
%
Other (1)
 
107,094

 
A+
 
17
%
 
107,225

 
100.1
%
 
0.7
%
Total ABS (2)
 
$
1,630,150

 
AA+
 
 
 
$
1,620,506

 
99.4
%
 
11.1
%
 
(1)
Including rate reduction bonds, commodities, home equity, U.K. securitized and other.
(2)
The effective duration of the total ABS was 1.5 years at December 31, 2015. The Company’s investment portfolio included sub-prime securities with a par value of $45.5 million and estimated fair value of $35.9 million and an average credit quality of “CCC/Caa3” from S&P/Moody’s at December 31, 2015. Such amounts were primarily in the home equity sector of ABS with the balance in other ABS, MBS and CMBS sectors. In addition, the portfolio of collateral backing the Company’s securities lending program contains sub-prime securities with an estimated fair value of $3.0 million and an average credit quality of “CCC/Ca” from S&P/Moody’s at December 31, 2015.


 
25
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Investment Information — Bank Loan Investments

 
The Company’s investments in bank loans are included in the following categories at December 31, 2015, excluding amounts included in the ‘other’ segment:
(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
Fair
Value
 
% of Asset
Class
 
% of Investable
Assets
Composition:
 
 

 
 

 
 

Investment funds accounted for using the equity method
 
$
3,239

 
0.9
%
 
%
Term loan investments (1)
 
343,722

 
99.1
%
 
2.3
%
Total
 
$
346,961

 
100.0
%
 
2.4
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Currency:
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S.-denominated
 
$
221,356

 
63.8
%
 
1.5
%
Euro-denominated
 
125,605

 
36.2
%
 
0.9
%
Total
 
$
346,961

 
100.0
%
 
2.4
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sector:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consumer non-cyclical
 
$
82,337

 
23.7
%
 
0.6
%
Consumer cyclical
 
79,915

 
23.0
%
 
0.5
%
Industrials
 
71,441

 
20.6
%
 
0.5
%
Basic materials
 
42,059

 
12.1
%
 
0.3
%
Media
 
33,811

 
9.7
%
 
0.2
%
Utilities
 
15,768

 
4.5
%
 
0.1
%
All other
 
21,630

 
6.2
%
 
0.1
%
Total
 
$
346,961

 
100.0
%
 
2.4
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average rating factor (Moody's)
 
 B2

 
 
 
 
 
(1)    Included in “investments accounted for using the fair value option” on the Company’s balance sheet.




 
26
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Investment Information — Eurozone Investments

 
The fair value of the Company’s Eurozone investments are as follows at December 31, 2015, excluding amounts included in the ‘other’ segment:
(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
 
 
Financial
 
Other
 
Bank
 
Equities
 
 
 
 
Sovereign (2)
 
Corporates
 
Corporates
 
Loans (3)
 
and Other
 
Total
Country (1):
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Netherlands
 
$
157,735

 
$
8,985

 
$
61,838

 
$
9,965

 
$
3,917

 
$
242,440

Germany
 
86,879

 

 
15,761

 
30,957

 

 
133,597

Luxembourg
 

 

 
17,500

 
10,037

 

 
27,537

France
 
1,348

 
1,468

 
4,817

 
6,226

 
8,463

 
22,322

Belgium
 
6,231

 

 

 

 

 
6,231

Supranational (4)
 
5,830

 

 

 

 

 
5,830

Ireland
 

 

 
78

 
5,527

 

 
5,605

Spain
 

 

 
299

 
2,422

 

 
2,721

Slovenia
 
1,738

 

 

 

 

 
1,738

Italy
 

 

 
263

 
1,156

 

 
1,419

Austria
 
898

 

 

 

 

 
898

Greece
 
472

 

 
133

 

 

 
605

Total
 
$
261,131

 
$
10,453

 
$
100,689

 
$
66,290

 
$
12,380

 
$
450,943

 
(1)
The country allocations set forth in the table are based on various assumptions made by the Company in assessing the country in which the underlying credit risk resides, including a review of the jurisdiction of organization, business operations and other factors. Based on such analysis, the Company does not believe that it has any other Eurozone investments at December 31, 2015.
(2)
Sovereign includes securities issued and/or guaranteed by Eurozone governments.
(3)
Included in “term loan investments” in the Bank Loan Investments table.
(4)
Includes World Bank, European Investment Bank, International Finance Corp. and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.



 
27
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Comments on Regulation G


Throughout this financial supplement, the Company presents its operations in the way it believes will be the most meaningful and useful to investors, analysts, rating agencies and others who use the Company’s financial information in evaluating the performance of the Company. This presentation includes the use of after-tax operating income available to Arch common shareholders, which is defined as net income available to Arch common shareholders, excluding net realized gains or losses, net impairment losses recognized in earnings, equity in net income or loss of investment funds accounted for using the equity method and net foreign exchange gains or losses, net of income taxes. The presentation of after-tax operating income available to Arch common shareholders is a “non-GAAP financial measure” as defined in Regulation G. The reconciliation of such measure to net income available to Arch common shareholders (the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure) in accordance with Regulation G is included on the following page.
 
The Company believes that net realized gains or losses, net impairment losses recognized in earnings, equity in net income or loss of investment funds accounted for using the equity method and net foreign exchange gains or losses in any particular period are not indicative of the performance of, or trends in, the Company’s business performance. Although net realized gains or losses, net impairment losses recognized in earnings, equity in net income or loss of investment funds accounted for using the equity method and net foreign exchange gains or losses are an integral part of the Company’s operations, the decision to realize investment gains or losses, the recognition of the change in the carrying value of investments accounted for using the fair value option in net realized gains or losses, the recognition of net impairment losses recognized in earnings, the recognition of equity in net income or loss of investment funds accounted for using the equity method and the recognition of foreign exchange gains or losses are independent of the insurance underwriting process and result, in large part, from general economic and financial market conditions. Furthermore, certain users of the Company’s financial information believe that, for many companies, the timing of the realization of investment gains or losses is largely opportunistic. In addition, net impairment losses recognized in earnings represent other-than-temporary declines in expected recovery values on securities without actual realization. The use of the equity method on certain of the Company’s investments in certain funds that invest in fixed maturity securities is driven by the ownership structure of such funds (either limited partnerships or limited liability companies). In applying the equity method, these investments are initially recorded at cost and are subsequently adjusted based on the Company’s proportionate share of the net income or loss of the funds (which include changes in the market value of the underlying securities in the funds). This method of accounting is different from the way the Company accounts for its other fixed maturity securities and the timing of the recognition of equity in net income or loss of investment funds accounted for using the equity method may differ from gains or losses in the future upon sale or maturity of such investments. Due to these reasons, the Company excludes net realized gains or losses, net impairment losses recognized in earnings, equity in net income or loss of investment funds accounted for using the equity method and net foreign exchange gains or losses from the calculation of after-tax operating income available to Arch common shareholders.
 
The Company believes that showing net income available to Arch common shareholders exclusive of the items referred to above reflects the underlying fundamentals of the Company’s business since the Company evaluates the performance of and manages its business to produce an underwriting profit. In addition to presenting net income available to Arch common shareholders, the Company believes that this presentation enables investors and other users of the Company’s financial information to analyze the Company’s performance in a manner similar to how the Company’s management analyzes performance. The Company also believes that this measure follows industry practice and, therefore, allows the users of the Company’s financial information to compare the Company’s performance with its industry peer group. The Company believes that the equity analysts and certain rating agencies which follow the Company and the insurance industry as a whole generally exclude these items from their analyses for the same reasons.

In addition, the Company’s segment information includes the use of a combined ratio excluding catastrophic activity and prior year development for the insurance segment and reinsurance segment and a combined ratio excluding prior year development for the mortgage segment. These ratios are “non-GAAP financial measures” as defined in Regulation G. The reconciliation of such measures to the combined ratio (the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure) in accordance with Regulation G are shown on the individual segment pages. The Company’s management utilizes the adjusted combined ratio excluding current accident year catastrophic events and favorable or adverse development in prior year loss reserves in its analysis of the core underwriting performance of each of its underwriting segments.



 
28
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Operating Income Reconciliation and Annualized Operating Return on Average Common Equity

 
The following table provides a reconciliation of after-tax operating income (loss) available to Arch common shareholders to net income available to Arch common shareholders along with related per common share results:
(U.S. Dollars in thousands, except share data)
 
Three Months Ended
 
Year Ended
 
 
December 31,
 
September 30,
 
June 30,
 
March 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
After-tax operating income available to Arch common shareholders
 
$
143,599

 
$
125,798

 
$
145,956

 
$
149,846

 
$
150,184

 
$
565,199

 
$
617,312

Net realized gains (losses), net of tax
 
(93,419
)
 
(58,048
)
 
(28,074
)
 
61,934

 
26,847

 
(117,607
)
 
122,863

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings, net of tax
 
(7,336
)
 
(5,868
)
 
(1,113
)
 
(5,799
)
 
(3,837
)
 
(20,116
)
 
(30,150
)
Equity in net income of investment funds accounted for using the equity method, net of tax
 
5,247

 
(2,373
)
 
16,113

 
5,532

 
2,252

 
24,519

 
19,235

Net foreign exchange gains (losses), net of tax
 
5,003

 
15,040

 
(22,577
)
 
66,339

 
34,233

 
63,805

 
83,157

Net income available to Arch common shareholders
 
$
53,094

 
$
74,549

 
$
110,305

 
$
277,852

 
$
209,679

 
$
515,800

 
$
812,417

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted per common share results:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
After-tax operating income available to Arch common shareholders
 
$
1.15

 
$
1.01

 
$
1.16

 
$
1.17

 
$
1.15

 
$
4.48

 
$
4.58

Net realized gains (losses), net of tax
 
(0.75
)
 
(0.46
)
 
(0.22
)
 
0.48

 
0.21

 
(0.93
)
 
0.91

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings, net of tax
 
(0.06
)
 
(0.05
)
 
(0.01
)
 
(0.05
)
 
(0.03
)
 
(0.16
)
 
(0.22
)
Equity in net income of investment funds accounted for using the equity method, net of tax
 
0.04

 
(0.02
)
 
0.13

 
0.04

 
0.01

 
0.19

 
0.14

Net foreign exchange gains (losses), net of tax
 
0.04

 
0.12

 
(0.18
)
 
0.52

 
0.26

 
0.51

 
0.61

Net income available to Arch common shareholders
 
$
0.42

 
$
0.60

 
$
0.88

 
$
2.16

 
$
1.60

 
$
4.09

 
$
6.02

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average common shares and common share equivalents outstanding — diluted
 
125,311,942

 
125,011,773

 
125,885,420

 
128,451,054

 
130,855,218

 
126,038,743

 
134,922,322


The following table provides the calculation of annualized operating return on average common equity:
 (U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
Three Months Ended
 
Year Ended
 
 
December 31,
 
September 30,
 
June 30,
 
March 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
After-tax operating income available to Arch common shareholders
 
$
143,599

 
$
125,798

 
$
145,956

 
$
149,846

 
$
150,184

 
$
565,199

 
$
617,312

Annualized after-tax operating income available to Arch common shareholders (a)
 
$
574,396

 
$
503,192

 
$
583,824

 
$
599,384

 
$
600,736

 
$
565,199

 
$
617,312

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beginning common shareholders’ equity
 
$
5,837,815

 
$
5,812,515

 
$
5,963,702

 
$
5,805,053

 
$
5,756,046

 
$
5,805,053

 
$
5,322,496

Ending common shareholders’ equity
 
5,879,881

 
5,837,815

 
5,812,515

 
5,963,702

 
5,805,053

 
5,879,881

 
5,805,053

Average common shareholders’ equity (b)
 
$
5,858,848

 
$
5,825,165

 
$
5,888,109

 
$
5,884,378

 
$
5,780,550

 
$
5,842,467

 
$
5,563,775

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Annualized operating return on average common equity (a)/(b)
 
9.8
%
 
8.6
%
 
9.9
%
 
10.2
%
 
10.4
%
 
9.7
%
 
11.1
%


 
29
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Operating Income and Effective Tax Rate Calculations

The following table provides a reconciliation of the components of after-tax operating income available to Arch common shareholders and the effective tax rate on pre-tax operating income available to Arch common shareholders:
(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
 
Three Months Ended
 
Year Ended
 
 
December 31,
 
September 30,
 
June 30,
 
March 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Arch Operating Income Components (excludes ‘Other’ segment):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income before income taxes
 
$
74,384

 
$
92,293

 
$
121,913

 
$
293,474

 
$
222,280

 
$
582,064

 
$
860,788

Less:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net realized gains (losses)
 
(84,302
)
 
(53,480
)
 
(26,860
)
 
65,509

 
31,310

 
(99,133
)
 
133,384

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings
 
(7,336
)
 
(5,868
)
 
(1,113
)
 
(5,799
)
 
(3,837
)
 
(20,116
)
 
(30,150
)
Equity in net income (loss) of investment funds accounted for using the equity method
 
5,517

 
(2,118
)
 
16,167

 
5,889

 
2,424

 
25,455

 
19,883

Net foreign exchange gains (losses)
 
2,286

 
16,056

 
(22,571
)
 
66,853

 
34,467

 
62,624

 
82,658

Pre-tax operating income
 
158,219

 
137,703

 
156,290

 
161,022

 
157,916

 
613,234

 
655,013

Arch share of ‘Other’ segment operating income (loss) (1)
 
1,953

 
1,588

 
1,305

 
612

 
452

 
5,458

 
(209
)
Pre-tax operating income available to Arch (b)
 
160,172

 
139,291

 
157,595

 
161,634

 
158,368

 
618,692

 
654,804

Income tax expense (a)
 
(11,088
)
 
(8,009
)
 
(6,154
)
 
(6,304
)
 
(2,699
)
 
(31,555
)
 
(15,554
)
After-tax operating income available to Arch
 
149,084

 
131,282

 
151,441

 
155,330

 
155,669

 
587,137

 
639,250

Preferred dividends
 
(5,485
)
 
(5,484
)
 
(5,485
)
 
(5,484
)
 
(5,485
)
 
(21,938
)
 
(21,938
)
After-tax operating income available to Arch common shareholders
 
$
143,599

 
$
125,798

 
$
145,956

 
$
149,846

 
$
150,184

 
$
565,199

 
$
617,312

Effective tax rate on pre-tax operating income available to Arch (a)/(b)
 
6.9
%
 
5.7
%
 
3.9
%
 
3.9
%
 
1.7
%
 
5.1
%
 
2.4
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balances in ‘Other’ segment:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Underwriting income (loss)
 
$
(3,557
)
 
$
1,309

 
$
(3,229
)
 
$
1,768

 
$
(836
)
 
$
(3,709
)
 
$
(3,080
)
Net investment income
 
28,930

 
18,982

 
19,792

 
8,706

 
9,850

 
76,410

 
18,249

Other expenses
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(2,329
)
Interest expense
 
(3,070
)
 
(1,286
)
 

 

 

 
(4,356
)
 

Preferred dividends
 
(4,589
)
 
(4,588
)
 
(4,743
)
 
(4,908
)
 
(4,910
)
 
(18,828
)
 
(14,728
)
Pre-tax operating income (loss) available to common shareholders
 
17,714

 
14,417

 
11,820

 
5,566

 
4,104

 
49,517

 
(1,888
)
Arch ownership
 
11
%
 
11
%
 
11
%
 
11
%
 
11
%
 
11
%
 
11
%
Arch share of ‘Other’ segment operating income (loss) (1)
 
$
1,953

 
$
1,588

 
$
1,305

 
$
612

 
$
452

 
$
5,458

 
$
(209
)

(1)     Excludes amounts attributable to net realized gains or losses and net foreign exchange gains or losses in the ‘other’ segment (see ‘Segment Information’).

 
30
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Capital Structure and Share Repurchase Activity

 
The following table provides an analysis of the Company’s capital structure:
(U.S. Dollars in thousands, except share data)
 
December 31,
 
September 30,
 
June 30,
 
March 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2014
Debt:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Senior notes, due May 1, 2034 ($300,000 principal, 7.35%) (1)
 
$
296,874

 
$
296,854

 
$
296,834

 
$
296,815

 
$
296,796

Senior notes, due November 1, 2043 ($500,000 principal, 5.144%) (2)
 
494,432

 
494,410

 
494,388

 
494,366

 
494,345

Revolving credit agreement borrowings, due June 30, 2019 (variable) (3)
 
100,000

 
100,000

 
100,000

 
100,000

 
100,000

Total debt
 
$
891,306

 
$
891,264

 
$
891,222

 
$
891,181

 
$
891,141

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shareholders’ equity available to Arch:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-cumulative preferred shares (6.75%)
 
$
325,000

 
$
325,000

 
$
325,000

 
$
325,000

 
$
325,000

Common shareholders’ equity (a)
 
5,879,881

 
5,837,815

 
5,812,515

 
5,963,702

 
5,805,053

Total shareholders’ equity available to Arch
 
$
6,204,881

 
$
6,162,815

 
$
6,137,515

 
$
6,288,702

 
$
6,130,053

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total capital available to Arch
 
$
7,096,187

 
$
7,054,079

 
$
7,028,737

 
$
7,179,883

 
$
7,021,194

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common shares outstanding, net of treasury shares (b)
 
122,627,783

 
122,438,554

 
122,403,909

 
124,760,841

 
127,367,934

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Book value per common share (4) (a)/(b)
 
$
47.95

 
$
47.68

 
$
47.49

 
$
47.80

 
$
45.58

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Leverage ratios:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Senior notes/total capital
 
11.2
%
 
11.2
%
 
11.3
%
 
11.0
%
 
11.3
%
Revolving credit agreement borrowings/total capital
 
1.4
%
 
1.4
%
 
1.4
%
 
1.4
%
 
1.4
%
Debt/total capital
 
12.6
%
 
12.6
%
 
12.7
%
 
12.4
%
 
12.7
%
Preferred/total capital
 
4.6
%
 
4.6
%
 
4.6
%
 
4.5
%
 
4.6
%
Debt and preferred/total capital
 
17.1
%
 
17.2
%
 
17.3
%
 
16.9
%
 
17.3
%
 
(1)    Issued by Arch Capital Group Ltd. (“ACGL”).    (2) Issued by Arch Capital Group (U.S.) Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of ACGL, and fully and unconditionally guaranteed by ACGL.
(3)    Excludes borrowings in the ‘other’ segment.    (4) Excludes the effects of stock options and restricted stock units outstanding.

The following table provides an analysis of the Company’s share repurchase program:
(U.S. Dollars in thousands except share data)
 
Three Months Ended
 
Cumulative
 
 
December 31,
 
September 30,
 
June 30,
 
March 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
Effect of share repurchases:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Aggregate cost of shares repurchased
 
$

 
$
3,506

 
$
198,979

 
$
162,898

 
$
202,218

 
$
3,607,405

Shares repurchased
 

 
52,402

 
3,165,975

 
2,731,248

 
3,593,114

 
124,083,707

Average price per share repurchased
 
$

 
$
66.91

 
$
62.85

 
$
59.64

 
$
56.28

 
$
29.07

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average book value per common share (1)
 
$
47.82

 
$
47.59

 
$
47.65

 
$
46.69

 
$
44.81

 
 
Average repurchase price-to-book multiple
 

 
1.41
x
 
1.32
x
 
1.28
x
 
1.26
x
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Remaining share repurchase authorization (2)
 
$
521,757

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
(1)    Equals average of beginning and ending book value per common share for each period presented.
(2)
Repurchases under the share repurchase authorization may be effected from time to time in open market or privately negotiated transactions through December 2016. The timing and amount of the repurchase transactions under this program will depend on a variety of factors, including market conditions and corporate and regulatory considerations.

 
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