MGIC Releases Monthly Operating Statistics and Schedules 4th Quarter Earnings Call

Jan 9, 2014

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- MGIC Investment Corporation (NYSE: MTG) today issued an Operational Summary of its insurance subsidiaries for the month of December 2013 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 2013
Primary New Insurance Written (Billions)			$2.1

Beginning Primary Delinquent Inventory (# of loans)			104,637
Plus: New Notices			8,980
Less: Cures			7,259
Less: Paids (including those charged to a deductible or captive)			2,445
Less: Rescissions and Denials			158
Less: Items removed from inventory resulting from Countrywide Settlement on GSE loans (1)			427
Ending Primary Delinquent Inventory (# of loans)			103,328

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Refer to our Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 8, 2013, for information about our suspension of certain rescissions and the number of rescissions suspended as of September 30, 2013. These 427 loans reduce the number of suspended rescissions that were in our Ending Primary Delinquent Inventory as of November 30, 2013.

Additionally MTG announced plans to release its 4^th quarter 2013 financial results before the market opens on Thursday, January 23, 2014. A conference call/webcast has been scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to allow securities analysts and shareholders the opportunity to hear Management discuss the Company's results for the quarter ended December 31, 2013.

Individuals interested in joining over the phone please dial 1-866-206-7204 ten minutes before the conference call begins. The call is also being webcast which can be accessed via the company's website http://mtg.mgic.com and clicking on the "Investor Information" button. The webcast will be available for replay on the company's website through February 23, 2014 under Investor Information.

About MGIC

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 September 30, 2013 MGIC had over $159 billion of primary insurance in force covering 1.0 million mortgages.

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SOURCE MGIC Investment Corporation

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