Company: WBS-PG
Filing Date: 2025-05-09
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000801337-25-000026
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Company: WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-05-09
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
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 assessment charge was $33.9 million, which is anticipated to be collected over a remainder of six quarterly assessment periods. The FDIC retains the right to cease collection early, extend the special assessment collection period, and impose shortfall special assessments if actual losses exceed the amounts collected. The Company continues to monitor the estimated loss attributable to the protection of uninsured depositors at Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, which could impact the amount of its accrued liability.

In connection with the completion of a multi-family securitization during the third quarter of 2024, the Company assumed an obligation to reimburse, or guarantee, losses incurred by the multi-family securitization trusts of up to 12% of the aggregate UPB of the loans at the time of sale. Essentially, this obligation represents a first credit loss enhancement provided by the Company. Based on the credit quality of the multi-family loans, among other factors, the Company estimated the amount of its reimbursement obligation to be $3.3 million at March 31, 2025. The Company has not yet been required to make any guarantee payments to Freddie Mac. However, in the event that value of the assets in the multi-family securitization trusts significantly declined, the Company’s maximum exposure to loss could be $36.4 million.

Additional information regarding credit-related financial instruments and the FDIC special assessment and alternative investments can be found within Note 17: Commitments and Contingencies and Note 11: Variable Interest Entities, respectively, in the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Part I - Item 1. Financial Statements of this report. Additional information regarding defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans, income taxes, and the multifamily securitization can be found within Note 19: Retirement Benefit Plans, Note 9: Income Taxes, and Note 5: Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets, respectively, in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Part II - Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Asset/Liability Management and Market Risk

The Company’s ALCO uses four main tools to manage interest rate risk: (i) the size, duration, and credit risk of the investment portfolio; (ii) the size and duration of the wholesale funding portfolio; (iii) interest rate contracts; and (iv) the pricing and structure of loans and deposits. Interest rate risk is