Close Close
Popular Financial Topics Discover relevant content from across the suite of ALM legal publications From the Industry More content from ThinkAdvisor and select sponsors Investment Advisor Issue Gallery Read digital editions of Investment Advisor Magazine Tax Facts Get clear, current, and reliable answers to pressing tax questions
Luminaries Awards
ThinkAdvisor

Life Health > Life Insurance

Genworth, Radian rally as mortgage insurance rebound

X
Your article was successfully shared with the contacts you provided.

(Bloomberg) — Genworth Financial Inc. and Radian Group Inc. rallied in New York trading after posting profits from insuring U.S. mortgages.

Genworth jumped 4.6 percent to $15.20 at 9:38 a.m., the biggest gain in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Radian climbed 4 percent to $14.90.

Genworth, which also offers life insurance and long-term care coverage, had a $6 million operating profit at its U.S. mortgage insurer, compared with a loss a year earlier. Philadelphia-based Radian today reported net income of $36.4 million, after a $177.3 million loss in the last three months of 2012.

“We expect significantly higher earnings for U.S. MI in 2014 than in 2013 as the 2005-to-2008 blocks continue to burn out,” Genworth Chief Executive Officer Tom McInerney said on a conference call today.

Mortgage insurers cover losses when homeowners default and foreclosures fail to recoup costs. The firms are rebounding after posting years of losses when home prices tumbled in the financial crisis.

Shares of Radian and Richmond, Va.-based Genworth more than doubled last year as investors bet on a housing recovery. Milwaukee-based MGIC Investment Corp. more than tripled in 2013.

The improving real estate market has drawn fresh competitors into the business. NMI Holdings Inc., the mortgage insurer backed by Kyle Bass and Carlyle Group LP, held an initial public offering last year, as did Essent Group Ltd., which counts JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. among its investors.


NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.