PMI Mortgage Insurance Seized by Arizona Regulators; Will Pay 50 Percent of Claims and Ponder Restructure
October 27, 2011
Private mortgage insurer PMI Group Inc. is assessing its options, including a possible restructuring, after state regulators seized its main unit, PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., last week. Headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA, but incorporated in Arizona, the company was seized by Christina Urias, director of the Arizona Department of Insurance, two months after it was placed under regulatory supervision following a recent rapid increase in losses that has adversely affected its solvency and that of its affiliates. On its website, PMI Group informed its clients that Urias has obtained an order directing full and exclusive...