MGIC Investment Corporation Releases Monthly Operating Statistics

Nov 8, 2018

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- MGIC Investment Corporation (NYSE: MTG) today issued an Operational Summary of its insurance subsidiaries for the month of October 2018 for their primary mortgage insurance. The summary is also available on the company's website under Newsroom, Press Releases.

The information concerning new delinquency notices and cures is compiled from reports received from loan servicers. The level of new notice and cure activity reported in a particular month can be influenced by, among other things, the date on which a servicer generates its report, the accuracy of the data provided by servicers, the number of business days in a month, transfers of servicing between loan servicers, and whether all servicers have provided the reports in a given month.

	October 2018	October 2017	Change
Insurance in Force (billions)	$207.5	$192.2	7.9%
Flow Only	$200.5	$184.0	9.0%

Beginning Primary Delinquent Inventory (# of loans)	33,398	41,235	(19.0%)
Plus: New Delinquency Notices (1)	4,604	7,943	(42.0%)
Less: Cures	4,154	4,680	(11.2%)
Less: Paids	485	660	(26.5%)
Less: Rescissions and Denials	27	22	22.7%
Ending Primary Delinquent Inventory (# of loans) (1)	33,336	43,816	(23.9%)


(1)	October 2017 new delinquency notices and ending primary delinquent inventory include notices from geographical areas that the Federal Emergency Management Agency declared Individual Assistance Disaster Areas as a result of hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, which occurred in August – September 2017.

About MGIC

Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation "MGIC" (www.mgic.com), the principal subsidiary of MGIC Investment Corporation, serves lenders throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and other locations helping families achieve homeownership sooner by making affordable low-down-payment mortgages a reality. At October 31, 2018, MGIC had $207.5 billion of primary insurance in force covering over one million mortgages.

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SOURCE MGIC Investment Corporation

Michael J. Zimmerman, (414) 347-6596, mike_zimmerman@mgic.com