---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001273813-23-000076"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AGO"
cik: "0001273813"
company_name: "ASSURED GUARANTY LTD"
filed_at: "2023-11-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T13:45:54.129166+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Assured Guaranty Q3 net income $157M; leadership change: Bailenson to COO, Rosenblum to CFO

## Summary
- Q3 net income $157M ($2.60/share); adjusted operating income $206M ($3.42/share).
- PVP $46M, GWP $40M; muni bond insurance market share 62% of insured par in primary.
- Gain on Sound Point & AHP transactions $241M pre-tax; board increased buyback authorization by $300M.
- CFO Robert Bailenson promoted to COO; Chief Actuary Benjamin Rosenblum to succeed as CFO, effective Jan 1, 2024.
- Share repurchases $64M, dividends $16M in Q3; shareholders' equity per share $90.84.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001273813-23-000076
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AGO
- cik: 0001273813
- company_name: ASSURED GUARANTY LTD
- filed_at: 2023-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1273813/000127381323000076/0001273813-23-000076-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1273813/000127381323000076/ago-20231101.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ASSURED GUARANTY LTD reported third quarter 2023 results: net income $157 million, or $2.60 per share, EPS $2.60 per share.
  - Period: third quarter 2023
  - Net income: $157 million, or $2.60 per share
  - EPS: $2.60 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Assured Guaranty Ltd. issued a press release reporting its third quarter 2023 results
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1273813/000127381323000076/0001273813-23-000076-index.htm
- Executive change
  Benjamin G. Rosenblum was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at ASSURED GUARANTY LTD.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On November 1, 2023, AGL’s Board of Directors appointed Robert A. Bailenson, who is currently its Chief Financial Officer, to be its Chief Operating Officer and Benjamin G. Rosenblum, who is currently its Chief Actuary, to be its Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1273813/000127381323000076/0001273813-23-000076-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert A. Bailenson was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at ASSURED GUARANTY LTD.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On November 1, 2023, AGL’s Board of Directors appointed Robert A. Bailenson, who is currently its Chief Financial Officer, to be its Chief Operating Officer and Benjamin G. Rosenblum, who is currently its Chief Actuary, to be its Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1273813/000127381323000076/0001273813-23-000076-index.htm

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