Company: AHL
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001267395-25-000019
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Company: ASPEN INSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 5
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 Multi-Line Reinsurer and evaluate the reasonableness of the valuation of our investment. 
Valuation of Other Investments. The Company’s other investments represent our investments in investment funds. Adjustments to the fair values are made based on the net asset value of the investments. The net valuation criteria established by the manager of such investments are established in accordance with the governing documents and the asset manager’s valuation guidelines, which include: the discounted cash flow method and the performance multiple approach, which uses a multiple derived from market data of comparable companies or assets to produce operating performance metrics. Alternative valuation methodologies may be employed for investments with unusual characteristics.
Valuation of Privately-held Investments. Privately-held investments are initially valued at cost or transaction value which approximates fair value. In subsequent measurement periods, the fair values of these securities are largely determined using discounted cash flow models. Investment valuations are performed by an independent valuation vendor which includes an assessment of the reasonableness of the discount rate being used. These models include inputs that are specific to each investment. The inputs used in the fair value measurements include dividend or interest rates and appropriate discount rates. The selection of an appropriate discount rate is judgmental and is the most significant unobservable input used in the valuation of these securities. A significant increase (decrease) in this input in isolation could result in significantly lower (higher) fair value measurements for privately-held investments. In order to assess the reasonableness of the inputs in the discounted cash flow models, the Company maintains an understanding of current market conditions and issuer specific information that may impact future cash flows. 
Credit Losses on Available for Sale Debt Securities. Credit losses are recognized through an allowance account for available for sale debt securities, thereby permitting reversals of previously recognized credit losses through net income in the period they occur. Write-offs (of any previously recognized allowance for credit losses) are recorded when amounts are deemed uncollectible, or Aspen intends to sell (or more likely than not will be required to sell) the debt security before recovery of the amortized cost basis. The amortized cost basis will be written down to the debt securities fair value through earnings. Credit losses are limited to the difference between the debt securities amortized cost basis and fair value (‘fair-value floor’). Any decline in the debt securities fair value below the amortized cost basis that is not a result of a credit loss is recorded through other comprehensive income, net of applicable taxes. The allowance for credit losses of a security may be increased or reversed upon a change in credit position