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Volume 5 - Number 3

February 3, 2012

MI Companies Granted New Capital Waivers

Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. announced a new two-year waiver from regulatory capital requirements from the Office of the Insurance Commissioner for the State of Wisconsin, which would allow it to write new business through Dec. 31, 2013. Approved on Jan. 23, the waiver came after the previous waiver expired at the end of last year. As did the prior order, the new waiver allows MGIC to write new business as long as it maintains a level of capital sufficient to keep the company afloat. The new waiver required MGIC to contribute $200 million to MGIC Indemnity Corp. (MIC), a direct subsidiary of MGIC, by Jan. 31 as part of a ...

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