Company: AHL
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001267395-25-000019
Chunk: 3

Company: ASPEN INSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 3
Chunk 3
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 collateralization requirement upon a ratings downgrade. We also attempt to manage our exposure, by among other things, setting credit limits by country, region, industry and individual counterparty and regularly reviewing our aggregate exposures. However, due to globalization, political instability in one region can spread to other regions. Geopolitical uncertainty regarding a variety of domestic and international matters, such as the U. S. political and regulatory environment, could lead to the potential default by one or more European sovereign debt issuers.

The incidence, severity and magnitude of catastrophes are inherently unpredictable and our losses from such catastrophes have been and can be substantial, and it may be difficult to estimate the amount of loss such an occurrence may generate, including as against preliminary loss estimates. Actual losses from catastrophes may differ materially from preliminary estimates due to limitations in one or more of the applicable models, or because preliminary estimates may not be based on actual terms and conditions of individual treaties and policies expected to be impacted, future loss information expected to follow from clients and brokers, further market intelligence, or any loss reports. In addition, claim payments for catastrophes may take place over a considerable period of time and there can be no assurance that actual losses will not exceed our estimates.

In addition, we expect that increases in the values and concentrations of insured property will increase the severity of such occurrences in the future and that global climate change may increase the frequency and severity of severe weather events, wildfires and flooding. Similarly, changes in global political and economic conditions may increase both the frequency and severity of man-made catastrophe events in the future.

Although we attempt to manage our exposure, including the accumulation of risk exposures, to such events through a multitude of approaches (including geographic diversification, geographic limits, individual policy limits, exclusions or limitations from coverage, purchase of reinsurance, modelling techniques, expansion of supportive collateralized capacity and adherence to Group-level risk tolerance criteria and key risk limits), the availability of these management tools may be dependent on market factors and, to the extent available, may not respond in the way that we expect. In addition, a single catastrophic event could affect multiple geographic zones or the frequency or severity of catastrophic events could exceed our estimates. As a result, the occurrence of one or more catastrophic events or an unusual frequency of smaller events has resulted in, and may in the future result in, substantial volatility in, and may materially adversely affect, our business, financial condition or operating results.

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As of January 1, 2025, Aspen