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Volume 5 - Number 1

January 6, 2012

MGIC Gets $200 Million to Boost Statutory Capital

MGIC Investment Corp. pumped $200 million into its ailing mortgage insurance operation, Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp., to increase its statutory capital and enable it to continue writing new business. The capital infusion is part of a survival strategy mapped out by the private MI company two years ago, with the concurrence of the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The strategy included a waiver from the OCI capital requirements as well as approvals by the two government-sponsored enterprises of MGIC’s subsidiary, MGIC Indemnity Corp. (MIC), as an...

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