LONDON, July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Radian Group Inc. (NYSE:
RDN), a global credit risk management company, today announced that
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has assigned a AA financial strength rating, with a
stable outlook, to its recently authorised mortgage insurance subsidiary
Radian Europe Limited. This rating enables Radian Europe to offer an array
of mortgage credit risk solutions to clients in the United Kingdom and
European Union.
"Clients across the globe are seeking capital markets solutions to
better manage their mortgage credit risk, and Radian Europe has both the
innovative products and capital markets expertise they need to help
leverage their capital," said Jeff Cashmer, Radian's senior vice president,
International Mortgage. "Our S&P rating is another important illustration
of Radian's commitment to these markets, as well as the company's financial
strength and stability in the U.K. and European Union."
In its report, S&P noted that the rating reflects Radian's explicit
support for Radian Europe and its strategic importance to the company's
mortgage insurance division. Radian reported a market capitalization of
nearly $5.0 billion and consolidated assets of more than $7.3 billion as of
March 31, 2006.
About Radian Group Inc.
Radian Group Inc. is a global credit risk management company
headquartered in Philadelphia with significant operations in both New York
and London. Radian develops innovative financial solutions by applying its
core mortgage credit risk expertise and structured finance capabilities to
the credit enhancement needs of the capital markets worldwide, primarily
through credit insurance products. The company also provides credit
enhancement for public finance and other corporate and consumer assets on
both a direct and reinsurance basis and holds strategic interests in active
credit-based consumer asset businesses. Additional information may be found
at http://www.radian.biz.
All statements made in this news release that address events or
developments that we expect or anticipate may occur in the future are
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
statements are made on the basis of management's current views and
assumptions with respect to future events. The forward-looking statements,
as well as Radian's prospects as a whole, are subject to risks and
uncertainties, including the following: changes in general financial and
political conditions such as extended national or regional economic
recessions (or expansions), changes in housing values, population trends
and changes in household formation patterns, changes in unemployment rates,
and changes or volatility in interest rates; changes in investor perception
of the strength of private mortgage insurers or financial guaranty
providers, and risks faced by the businesses, municipalities or pools of
assets covered by Radian's insurance; the loss of a customer with whom
Radian has a concentration of its insurance in force; increased severity or
frequency of losses associated with certain Radian products that are
riskier than traditional mortgage insurance and municipal guaranty
insurance policies; material changes in persistency rates of Radian's
mortgage insurance policies; downgrades of Radian's credit ratings or the
insurance financial-strength ratings assigned by the major ratings agencies
to Radian's operating subsidiaries; heightened competition from other
insurance providers and from alternative products to private mortgage
insurance and financial guaranty insurance; changes in the charters or
business practices of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; the application of
federal or state consumer- lending, insurance and other applicable laws and
regulations, or unfavorable changes in these laws and regulations or the
way they are interpreted, including: (i) the possibility of private
lawsuits or investigations by state insurance departments and state
attorneys general alleging that services offered by the mortgage insurance
industry, such as captive reinsurance, pool insurance and contract
underwriting, are violative of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
and/or similar state regulations (particularly in light of public reports
that some state insurance departments are investigating captive reinsurance
arrangements used in the mortgage insurance industry), or (ii) legislative
and regulatory changes affecting demand for private mortgage insurance or
financial guaranty insurance; the possibility that we may fail to estimate
accurately the likelihood, magnitude and timing of losses in connection
with establishing loss reserves for our mortgage insurance or financial
guaranty businesses or to estimate accurately the fair value amounts of
derivative financial guaranty contracts in determining gains and losses on
these contracts; changes in accounting guidance from the SEC or the
Financial Accounting Standards Board regarding income recognition and the
treatment of loss reserves in the mortgage insurance or financial guaranty
industries; changes in claims against mortgage insurance products resulting
from the aging of Radian's mortgage insurance policies; vulnerability to
the performance of Radian's strategic investments; changes in the
availability of affordable or adequate reinsurance for our non-prime risk;
and international expansion of our mortgage insurance and financial
guaranty businesses into new markets and risks associated with our
international business activities. For more information regarding these
risks and uncertainties, as well as certain additional risks that we face,
investors should refer to the risk factors detailed in Part I, Item 1A in
our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. We
caution you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements, which are current only as of the date of this news release.
Radian does not intend to and disclaims any duty or obligation to update or
revise any forward-looking statements made in this news release to reflect
new information, future events or for any other reason.
SOURCE Radian Group Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.radian.biz
CONTACT:
For investors, Mona Zeehandelaar,
+1-215-231-1674, or mona.zeehandelaar@radian.biz, or For the
media, Corporate Communications, +1-215-231-1990, or
media@radian.biz, both of Radian Group Inc.
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