MILWAUKEE, June 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- MGIC Investment Corporation (NYSE: MTG) today issued a May 2017 Operational Summary of the primary mortgage insurance of its insurance subsidiaries. The summary is also available on the company's website at http://mtg.mgic.com, under Investor Information, 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.



                           May 2017        May 2016        Change
                           --------        --------        ------

    Insurance in Force
     (billions)                     $185.5          $176.1           5.3%

           Flow Only                $176.7          $166.1           6.4%


    Beginning Primary
     Delinquent Inventory
     (# of loans)                   43,103          53,489        (19.4%)

    Plus: New Delinquency
     Notices                         5,023           5,375         (6.5%)

    Less: Cures                      4,479           4,821         (7.1%)

    Less: Paids (including
     those charged to a
     deductible or captive
     reinsurer)                        874           1,002        (12.8%)

    Less: Rescissions and
     Denials                            38              51        (25.5%)

    Less:  Items removed
     from inventory (1)              1,083               -   n/a

    Ending Primary
     Delinquent Inventory
     (# of loans)                   41,652          52,990        (21.4%)



    (1)              Includes 1,083 loans whose
                     insurance was terminated by
                     agreement to settle
                     coverage on certain non-
                     performing loans.  The
                     agreement became effective
                     in the second quarter of
                     2017 and did not have a
                     material financial impact
                     in the quarter.

About MGIC

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. At May 31, 2017 MGIC had $185.5 billion of primary insurance in force covering over one million mortgages.

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SOURCE MGIC Investment Corporation