Company: AHL
Filing Date: 2025-05-08
Form Type: 424B4
Source: 0001628280-25-023859
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Company: ASPEN INSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD
Filing Date: 2025-05-08
Form: 424B4
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 in 2023. The favorable impact of loss experience and rate changes outpacing loss cost trend were offset by an increase in higher initial loss estimates to account for uncertainty in relation to the potential impact of social and economic inflation. While social inflation is not a new influence, general economic inflation has been elevated in recent years, and there is uncertainty as to whether this will continue. Various factors such as behavioral and political elements, arising from changing views of the general public, as well as institutional and legislative developments from court rulings, regulators and legislators, have contributed to a greater presence of social inflation risk within our portfolios. Rising costs to adjust and settle claims and the impact of a more pervasive litigation financing trend has also contributed to this. All of these factors have the potential to have a material adverse effect on the adequacy of our reserves for losses and loss adjustment expenses, especially in longer-tailed lines of business, as well as on the market value of our investment portfolio through rising interest rates. The anticipated effects of inflation and social inflation are considered in our pricing models, reserving processes, and exposure management, across all lines of business and types of loss including natural catastrophe events. The actual effects of inflation on our results cannot be accurately known until claims are ultimately settled and will vary by the specific type of inflation affecting each line of business.

Catastrophe losses. Catastrophe losses decreased from $245.1 million in 2022 to $87.0 million in 2023, improving the loss ratio by 12.1 percentage points. In 2023, the net catastrophe losses of $87.0 million included $8.1 million from the earthquake in Morocco, $7.6 million from Hurricane Idalia, $7.3 million from wildfires in Hawaii, $5.9 million from floods in New Zealand, $5.9 million from Cyclone Gabrielle and $52.2 million of other weather-related events. In 2022, the net catastrophe losses of $245.1 million included $95.0 million from Hurricane Ian, $31.9 million from Australian floods, $55.0 million from the Russia/Ukraine war, $10.8 million from floods in South Africa and $52.4 million of other weather-related events.

Prior year development. Prior year reserve development on post-LPT years totaled adverse development of $5.7 million in 2023 compared with favorable development of $24.6 million in 2022. This change in prior year reserve development resulted in an increase in