MGIC Releases Monthly Operating Statistics

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Jan 08, 2013, 07:00 ET

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MGIC Investment Corporation (NYSE: MTG) today issued an Operational Summary of its insurance subsidiaries for the month of December 2012 for their primary mortgage insurance. The summary is also available on the company's website at http://mtg.mgic.com, under Investor Information, Press Releases.

The information concerning new 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 number of business days in a month, and by transfers of servicing between loan servicers.

		December 2012
Primary New Insurance Written ($Billions)		$2.2

Beginning Primary Delinquent Inventory (# of loans)		143,153
Plus: New Notices		10,314
Less: Cures (1)		10,150
Less: Paids (including those charged to a deductible or captive)		3,297
Less: Rescissions and Denials (2)		175
Ending Primary Delinquent Inventory (# of loans)		139,845

(1) 941 loans were cured during December as a result of the aggregate loss limits on certain policies being reached. These policies are not related to the recently disclosed Freddie Mac settlement.

(2) Refer to our Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2012, for information about our suspension of certain rescissions and the number of rescissions suspended as of September 30, 2012.

About MGIC
MGIC (www.mgic.com), the principal subsidiary of MGIC Investment Corporation, is the nation's largest private mortgage insurer as measured by $164.9 billion primary insurance in force covering 1.0 million mortgages as of September 30, 2012. MGIC 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.

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