Radian Europe Limited Receives AA Rating From S&P
13 Juillet 2006 - 8:38PM
PR Newswire (US)
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. DATASOURCE: Radian Group
Inc. CONTACT: For investors, Mona Zeehandelaar, +1-215-231-1674, or
, or For the media, Corporate Communications, +1-215-231-1990, or ,
both of Radian Group Inc. Web site: http://www.radian.biz/
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