WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The PMI Group, Inc. (NYSE: PMI) (the "Company") today reported a loss from continuing operations for the third quarter of 2008 of $149.3 million, or $1.83 per basic and diluted(1) share, compared to a loss from continuing operations in the third quarter of 2007 of $110.6 million, or $1.32 per basic and diluted(1) share. The loss from continuing operations for the third quarter of 2008 was primarily due to losses and loss adjustment expenses (LAE) in the U.S. Mortgage Insurance Operations and PMI Europe, a decrease in premiums earned and net realized investment losses, primarily from impairments of corporate preferred equity securities in U.S. Mortgage Insurance Operations.

During the third quarter, the Company entered into definitive agreements to sell its Australian and Asian operations and classified both as discontinued operations.

                  The PMI Group, Inc. Third Quarter Results

                                           Three Months Ended September 30,
    (Dollars in thousands,                        2008           2007
     except per share data)
    Loss from continuing operations            $(149,309)     $(110,635)
    (Loss) income from discontinued
     operations, net of income taxes*            (80,104)        23,862
    Net loss                                   $(229,413)      $(86,773)

    Diluted loss from continuing operations
     per share                                    $(1.83)        $(1.32)
    Diluted (loss) income from discontinued
     operations per share                          (0.98)          0.28
    Diluted net loss per share                    $(2.81)        $(1.04)

    * Includes the results of PMI Australia, PMI Asia and PMI Guaranty.

Third Quarter 2008 Update:

-- The Company sold PMI Australia for approximately 100% of net tangible asset value, or approximately $920 million, plus certain adjustments for pre- completion interest and changes in the value of PMI Australia's investment portfolio. The transaction closed on October 22, 2008 with the Company receiving approximately $746 million in cash and a note ("the Note") in the principal amount of approximately $187 million. The amount owed under the Note could be reduced under certain conditions related to warranty claims and the post-sale performance of PMI Australia and PMI Asia. Due to the potential adjustments to the Note, it is not included as an asset on our consolidated financial statements under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Pursuant to the sale agreement, PMI funded premiums of approximately $46 million for a reinsurance cover for PMI Australia.

-- The Company signed a definitive agreement to sell PMI Asia for approximately 100% of the net tangible asset value, or approximately $56 million, 80% of which is to be received in the form of cash and 20% in the form of a note.

-- During the third quarter, PMI Guaranty paid approximately $152 million of its excess capital to our holding company, The PMI Group, of which $144 million was reinvested in U.S. Mortgage Insurance Operations. We expect to merge PMI Guaranty into our U.S. Mortgage Insurance Operations during the fourth quarter of 2008 pending regulatory approval.

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Consolidated Continuing Operating Results

Consolidated net premiums written for the third quarter and year to date totaled $176.5 million and $591.4 million, respectively, compared with $218.8 million and $610.8 million for the same periods one year ago. The decreases were due primarily to lower levels of new insurance written and premium refunds related to rescissions of insurance previously written.

Consolidated premiums earned for the third quarter and year to date were $183.6 million and $602.0 million, respectively, compared with $209.2 million and $605.5 million for the same periods one year ago. The decreases were due primarily to lower levels of new insurance written and premium refunds related to rescissions of insurance previously written, partially offset by higher persistency in the U.S. Mortgage Insurance Operations.

Consolidated losses and LAE, which includes paid claims, loss adjustment expenses and additions to reserve for losses, for the third quarter and year to date were $382.7 million and $1,494.8 million, respectively, compared with $351.0 million and $580.2 million for the same periods one year ago. The increase in the third quarter compared with the same period one year ago was primarily due to higher claims paid in U.S. Mortgage Insurance Operations and loss reserve increases in PMI Europe while the increase year to date was primarily a result of higher losses and LAE in U.S. Mortgage Insurance Operations.

Consolidated reserve for losses and LAE totaled $2.5 billion as of September 30, 2008 compared with $2.3 billion as of June 30, 2008 and $718.9 million as of September 30, 2007. Reserves for losses and LAE in the U.S. Mortgage Insurance Operations increased in the third quarter of 2008 by a gross amount of $217.0 million and was partially offset by a $79.2 million credit from reinsurance recoverables, primarily from captive reinsurance agreements. The increase in this quarter for reserves for losses and LAE was primarily due to increases in notices of default and average claim sizes in the U.S.

Consolidated other underwriting and operating expenses for the third quarter and year to date were $59.4 million and $160.0 million, respectively, compared with $40.6 million and $145.9 million for the same periods one year ago. The increases in other underwriting and operating expenses in the third quarter and first nine months of 2008 compared to the corresponding periods in 2007 were primarily due to severance and disposal costs in the International Operations segment, certain software impairment charges in the Corporate and Other segment and, to a lesser extent, higher compensation expense.

             The PMI Group, Inc. Third Quarter Results by Segment
                                  Third Quarter       Third Quarter (Loss)
                                  Total Revenues     Income from Continuing
                                                         Operations
    (Dollars in millions,        2008       2007       2008         2007
     except per share data)
    U.S. Mortgage Insurance
     Operations(2)              $158.1     $237.4    $(137.1)     $(65.2)
    International Operations(3)   (0.4)      (2.0)     (46.0)       (8.7)
    Financial Guaranty(4)         (2.9)       0.0        6.5       (25.6)
    Corporate and Other(5)        70.4        4.6       27.4       (11.0)
    Consolidated Total          $225.2     $240.0    $(149.3)    $(110.6)
    Diluted (Loss) Income from
     Continuing Operations
     Per Share(1)                                     $(1.83)     $(1.32)

    May not total due to rounding.


              The PMI Group, Inc. Year to Date Results by Segment
                                 Nine Months Ended     Nine Months Ended
                                    September 30          September 30
                                  Total Revenues      (Loss) Income from
                                                    Continuing Operations
    (Dollars in millions,         2008      2007       2008       2007
     except per share data)
    U.S. Mortgage Insurance
     Operations(2)               $655.3    $684.0    $(535.5)    $45.2
    International Operations(3)    24.8      13.6      (56.8)     (4.5)
    Financial Guaranty(4)         (90.9)      0.0     (140.8)     30.6
    Corporate and Other(5)        125.9      14.9       26.9     (45.7)
    Consolidated Total           $715.1    $712.5    $(706.2)    $25.6
    Diluted (Loss) Income from
     Continuing Operations Per
     Share                                            $(8.68)    $0.29

    May not total due to rounding.


    Segment Results
    U.S. Mortgage Insurance Operations

-- The net loss totaled $137.1 million for the third quarter of 2008 compared with a net loss of $65.2 million in the third quarter of 2007. The higher loss in the third quarter was due primarily to lower premiums earned, higher net realized investment losses and higher other underwriting and operating expenses.

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-- Total revenues were $158.1 million in the third quarter of 2008 compared with $237.4 million in the third quarter of 2007. The decrease in revenues was due to higher net realized investment losses, primarily from impairments of corporate preferred equity securities, and lower premiums earned due to lower levels of new insurance written and premium refunds related to rescissions of insurance previously written.

-- Premiums earned in the third quarter of 2008 decreased 12.5% to $179.8 million from $205.5 million in the third quarter of 2007. The decrease was due primarily to lower new insurance written and premium refunds related to rescissions of insurance previously written partially offset by an increase in the primary persistency rate.

-- In the third quarter of 2008, the primary persistency rate increased to 81.0% compared with 73.3% in the third quarter of 2007, largely as a result of lower levels of refinance activity.

-- Losses and LAE in the third quarter of 2008 were $348.2 million compared with $348.3 million in the third quarter of 2007.

-- Reserves for losses and LAE in the U.S. Mortgage Insurance Operations totaled $2.3 billion at September 30, 2008. The gross loss reserve increase in the quarter was $217.0 million, comprised of a $137.9 million change in net loss reserves and a $79.2 million credit from reinsurance recoverables, primarily from captive reinsurance agreements.

-- Total claims paid increased to $200.1 million for the third quarter of 2008 compared with $92.6 million in the third quarter of 2007 driven by an increase in the number of claims paid, higher claim rates and larger average claim sizes.

-- After tax equity in losses from CMG MI for the third quarter of 2008 were $0.1 million, compared with after tax equity in earnings of $2.7 million for the same period of 2007. The decline in equity in earnings was primarily driven by higher losses and LAE partially offset by higher premiums earned. In the third quarter of 2008, insurance in force grew to $21.4 billion, persistency increased to 84.1%, the loss ratio was 91.8% and the primary default rate was 2.03%.

International Operations

-- PMI Europe reported a net loss of $44.5 million in the third quarter of 2008 compared with a net loss of $8.4 million for the same period a year ago. The increase was driven by higher losses and loss adjustment expenses and an increase in underwriting and operating expenses primarily driven by reconfiguration costs partly offset by higher net investment income.

-- PMI Canada, which the Company previously announced would cease operations in the second half of 2008, reported a net loss of $1.5 million in the third quarter of 2008 compared with a net loss of $0.3 million for the same period one year ago. The increase was driven by costs associated with closing its operations.

Financial Guaranty

-- After tax equity in earnings from RAM Re for the third quarter 2008 were $9.4 million compared with after tax equity in earnings of $1.4 million for the same period a year ago. At June 30, 2008, the carrying value of the Company's investment in RAM Re had been reduced to zero due to equity in losses. The equity in earnings from the third quarter increased the carrying value to $9.4 million. However, the Company realized an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $2.9 million which reduced the carrying value of our investment in RAM Re to $6.5 million.

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Corporate and Other

-- The Corporate and Other segment reported net income of $27.4 million for the third quarter of 2008 compared with a net loss of $11.0 million for the same period a year ago. The increase in net income was due primarily to the reporting of certain debt instruments at fair value in accordance with SFAS No. 159(6) partially offset by higher operating expenses related to increased legal fees, impairments of capitalized software projects and increased employee compensation costs, and an increase in interest expense related to a $200 million borrowing from the Company's revolving credit facility.

-- Supplemental Financial Information

-- The PMI Group, Inc.'s Third Quarter 2008 Financial Supplement, Net Operating Income (NOI) Reconciliation, and Sale of PMI Australia and PMI Asia Cash Proceeds and Loss from Discontinued Operations Reconciliation can all be found at www.pmigroup.com under Investor Relations.

About The PMI Group, Inc.

The PMI Group, Inc. (NYSE: PMI), headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA, provides innovative credit, capital, and risk transfer solutions that expand homeownership and fund essential services for our customers and the communities they serve. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, PMI offers residential mortgage insurance and credit enhancement products. For more information: www.pmigroup.com.

Cautionary Statement: Statements in this press release that are not historical facts, or that relate to future plans, events or performance are "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements in this release include our expectation that PMI Guaranty will merge into U.S. Mortgage Insurance Operations in the fourth quarter. Readers are cautioned that forward-looking statements by their nature involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. Many factors could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, national or regional recessions, and further deterioration in the housing, mortgage and related credit markets. In particular, declines in housing values and/or housing demand, deterioration of borrower credit, higher unemployment rates, changes in interest rates, higher levels of consumer credit, higher mortgage default and claim rates, lower cure rates, higher claim sizes, the aging of our mortgage insurance portfolios, adverse changes in liquidity in the capital markets, the inability of loans servicers to process higher volumes of delinquent loans, the further contraction of credit markets and the failure of conditions relating to any of these factors to improve, could negatively affect our losses. Also, with respect to the sale of PMI Asia, the parties are currently discussing certain post-closing operational issues and there can be no assurance that the sale of PMI Asia will be completed on the terms that have been announced, or at all. In addition, there can be no assurance that the note issued to PMI in connection with the sale of PMI Australia will not be reduced prior to its repayment. There can be no assurance that we will receive regulatory approval to merge PMI Guaranty into our U.S. Mortgage Insurance Operations. Other risks and uncertainties are discussed in our SEC filings, including our Annual Report Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 (in Item 1A) and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. We undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements.

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    (1) Due to the net loss in the third quarter of 2008, dilutive components
        of shares outstanding such as stock options were not included in fully
        diluted shares outstanding as their inclusion would have been anti-
        dilutive.
    (2) "U.S. Mortgage Insurance Operations" includes the results of PMI
        Mortgage Insurance Co. (PMI), affiliated U.S. reinsurance companies
        and equity in earnings from CMG Mortgage Insurance Company (CMG MI).
    (3) "International Operations" includes the results of PMI Europe and PMI
        Canada.
    (4) "Financial Guaranty" includes our equity investments in FGIC
        Corporation (FGIC) and RAM Holdings Ltd. (RAM Re).
    (5) The "Corporate and Other" segment primarily consists of the holding
        company, contract underwriting operations and intercompany
        eliminations.
    (6) Effective January 1, 2008 the Company adopted SFAS No. 159, The Fair
        Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities -
        Including an Amendment of FASB No. 115 ("SFAS No. 159").   SFAS No.
        159 allows an entity the irrevocable option to elect fair value for
        the initial subsequent measurement for certain financial assets and
        liabilities on a contract-by-contract basis.


                     THE PMI GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

                    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

                            Three Months Ended         Nine Months Ended
                               September 30,              September 30,
                            2008          2007         2008        2007
                                Unaudited                 Unaudited
                      (Dollars and shares in thousands, except per share data)

    Net premiums written  $176,497     $218,831     $591,352     $610,848

    Revenues
     Premiums earned      $183,581     $209,201     $602,037     $605,472
     Net (losses) gains
      from credit
      default swaps         (9,911)      (8,371)         439       (4,964)
     Net investment income  36,098       33,587      105,119       98,093
     Net realized
      investment (losses)
      gains                (49,920)         712      (21,994)       2,709
     Change in fair value
      of certain debt
      instruments           66,283            -      111,948            -
     Impairment of
      unconsolidated
      subsidiary            (2,887)           -      (90,868)           -
     Other income            1,973        4,821        8,419       11,192
      Total revenues       225,217      239,950      715,100      712,502

    Losses and expenses
     Losses and loss
      adjustment expenses  382,689      351,033    1,494,807      580,176
     Amortization of
      deferred policy
      acquisition costs      4,955       13,150       13,773       38,853
     Other underwriting
      and operating
      expenses              59,412       40,555      159,977      145,903
     Interest expense       11,179        7,627       27,992       22,815
      Total losses and
       expenses            458,235      412,365    1,696,549      787,747

    Loss before equity in
     earnings (losses)
     from unconsolidated
     subsidiaries and
     income taxes         (233,018)    (172,415)    (981,449)     (75,245)

    Equity in earnings
     (losses) from
     unconsolidated
     subsidiaries            9,103     (22,602)      (45,830)      49,655

    Loss from continuing
     operations before
     income taxes         (223,915)   (195,017)   (1,027,279)     (25,590)
    Income tax benefit
     from continuing
     operations            (74,606)    (84,382)     (321,084)     (51,211)

    (Loss) income from
     continuing
     operations           (149,309)   (110,635)     (706,195)      25,621


    (Loss) income from
     discontinued
     operations, net of
     taxes                 (80,104)     23,862       (43,468)      73,472

    Net (loss) income    $(229,413)   $(86,773)    $(749,663)     $99,093

    Diluted (loss) income
     from continuing
     operations per share   $(1.83)     $(1.32)       $(8.68)       $0.29
    Diluted (loss) income
     from discontinued
     operations per share   $(0.98)      $0.28        $(0.54)       $0.85

    Diluted net (loss)
     income per share       $(2.81)     $(1.04)       $(9.22)       $1.14



                     THE PMI GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

                         CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

                                September 30,    December 31,   September 30,
                                     2008            2007            2007
                                 (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)
                                    (Dollars and shares in thousands,
                                         except per share data)
    Assets
     Investments                  $2,243,908      $2,437,280      $2,500,489
     Cash and cash equivalents       713,241         354,508         212,241
     Investments in unconsolidated
      subsidiaries                   154,397         309,800       1,126,781
     Reinsurance recoverables        393,654          36,917           4,747
     Deferred policy acquisition
      costs                           31,036          18,305          52,592
     Property, equipment and software,
      net of accumulated depreciation
      and amortization               138,845         157,308         161,995
     Other assets                    360,637         302,767         242,111
     Assets - discontinued
      operations - held for sale   1,324,795       1,453,555       1,437,828
      Total assets                $5,360,513      $5,070,440      $5,738,784

    Liabilities
     Reserve for losses and loss
      adjustment expenses         $2,463,407      $1,177,309       $718,872
     Unearned premiums               117,324         136,921        142,750
     Debt                            532,177         496,593        496,593
     Other liabilities               250,897         178,275        266,695
     Liabilities - discontinued
      operations - held for sale     543,830         568,380        548,164
      Total liabilities            3,907,635       2,557,478      2,173,074

      Shareholders' equity         1,452,878       2,512,962      3,565,710

    Total liabilities and
     shareholders' equity         $5,360,513      $5,070,440     $5,738,784

    Basic shares issued and
     outstanding                      81,624          81,120         81,120

    Book value per share              $17.80          $30.98         $43.96

Note: Please refer to The PMI Group, Inc. Third Quarter 2008 Financial Supplement for additional information.

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SOURCE The PMI Group, Inc.

CONTACT: Investors, Bill Horning of The PMI Group, Inc., +1-925-658-6193, or Media, Thomas Taggart of The PMI Group, Inc., +1-925-658-6511

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