MGIC Leads Mortgage Insurer Slump as Loss Widens on Claims
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MGIC Investment Corp. led a mortgage insurer slump after reporting a wider third-quarter loss as the cost of claims from mortgage delinquencies rose.
MGIC, the largest U.S. insurer of home loans, declined 18 cents, or 7.4 percent, to $2.26 at 11:27 a.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. No. 2 Radian Group Inc. fell 6.5 percent to $2.46. PMI Group Inc., the Walnut Creek, California-based mortgage insurer that was forced by regulators to cease writing coverage after exceeding statutory risk-to-capital levels, slumped 7 percent.