Company: AHL
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: F-1/A
Source: 0001628280-25-020463
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Company: ASPEN INSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: F-1/A
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 approximately $13 million, and an increase in new business within international natural resources & construction.

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The decrease in gross premiums written within casualty and liability insurance was largely attributable to management’s planned initiatives to reduce exposure in certain lines in response to market conditions, including a reduction in new business due to increased competition impacting rates and terms and conditions. These factors impacted gross written premiums by approximately $17 million in 2023. This was partially offset by favorable premium adjustments in U.S. primary casualty DUA and higher renewals in U.K. liability, totaling $8.2 million.

The overall decrease in financial and professional insurance was largely due to reductions of $140.2 million noted in management liability business. This reduction was due to declining rates in the D&O open market business and a depressed M&A environment globally, impacting insurance written associated with M&A activity. This line of business was further impacted by our decision to exit most of our surety business coupled with increased competition in the U.S. professional liability business, the combination of which decreased our gross written premiums by approximately $46 million. This was partially offset by new partnerships via cross class binders which contributed approximately $107 million of gross written premium.

Ceded written premiums

2024 compared to 2023

Total ceded written premiums for 2024 was $1,056.6 million, an increase of $93.9 million from 2023. The retention ratio increased from 60.7% in 2023, to 61.2% in 2024 largely due to the significant growth in gross written premiums noted in the other insurance line of business.

2023 compared to 2022

Total ceded written premiums for 2023 was $962.7 million, a decrease of $99.4 million from 2022. Retention ratio increased from 58.0% in 2022 to 60.7% in 2023 as a result of a change in business mix and the decision to restructure a portion of our outwards reinsurance renewals.

Net earned premiums

The table below shows our net earned premiums for each line of business in our Insurance segment for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 and the percentage change in net earned premiums for each line of business:

| Lines of Business                          |     | Twelve Months Ended December 31, 
 2024                             
 ($ in millions)                  |         |     | % change