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MGIC Investment

Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (a subsidiary of MGIC Investment Corporation) is a provider of private mortgage insurance in the United States.

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PMI unit seized by Arizona insurance regulators

The main subsidiary of mortgage insurer PMI Group Inc <PMI.

N> has been seized by Arizona insurance regulators, and will begin paying only 50 percent of claims starting on Monday, PMI Group said on Saturday.The remaining amount of each claim will be deferred, the company said on its website.Under a court order obtained by Arizona regulators, "the Arizona Department of Insurance now has full possession, management and control of PMI," the company said in a brief statement.The seizure of Arizona-based PMI Mortgage Insurance Co comes two months after two PMI units were ordered to stop writing new business due to their failure to meet capital requirements.PMI, like other U.S. mortgage insurers, has suffered throughout the housing downturn and has extremely high risk-to-capital ratios, causing many to question its survival.PMI stock, which had traded at nearly $50 a share before the housing meltdown in 2007, closed at 31 cents a share on Friday.PMI rivals include MGIC Investment Corp <MTG.N>...

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