MGIC Investment Corporation Releases Monthly Operating Statistics

MILWAUKEE, March 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- MGIC Investment Corporation (NYSE: MTG) today issued an Operational Summary of the primary mortgage insurance of its insurance subsidiaries for the month of February 2021. The summary is also available on the company's investor website under Newsroom, Press Releases.

The information concerning new delinquency 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 accuracy of the data provided by servicers, the number of business days in a month, transfers of servicing between loan servicers, and whether all servicers have provided the reports in a given month. Notices of delinquency are typically reported to us when loans are two payments past due (for example, for February we report as a new delinquency any delinquent loan that missed its January 1st (or earlier) payment that was not previously reported to us). We expect the number of delinquencies will continue to be influenced by various factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including its length and severity, the length of time that measures intended to reduce its transmission remain in place, the resulting level of unemployment, the impact of various government initiatives to mitigate the resulting economic harm and efforts to reduce its transmission.

The information concerning the percentage of loans in forbearance is based on the most recent information provided by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs), as well as loan servicers, and we believe substantially all reported forbearances are related to COVID-19. While the forbearance information provided by the GSEs refers to delinquent loans in forbearance as of the prior month-end, the information provided by loan servicers may be more current.

	December	January	February
Beginning Primary Delinquent Inventory (# of loans)	59,236	57,710	56,315
Plus: New Delinquency Notices	4,941	4,810	4,330
Less: Cures	6,352	6,094	5,446
Less: Paid Claims	112	108	95
Less: Rescissions and Denials	3	3	1
Ending Primary Delinquent Inventory (# of loans)	57,710	56,315	55,103
% of New Delinquency Notices in Forbearance	46%	47%	46%
% of Primary Delinquency Inventory in Forbearance	62%	60%	61%

About MGIC
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation "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 through the use of private mortgage insurance.

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward looking statements. Forward looking statements consist of statements which relate to matters other than historical fact, including matters that inherently refer to future events and involve certain important risks and uncertainties, any of which could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements. More information about the risks, uncertainties and assumptions affecting the company can be found in the risk factors included as Exhibit 99 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, and in other filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission. No investor should rely on the fact that such statements are current at any time other than the time at which this press release was issued.

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