UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): | December 21, 2017 | |
MGIC Investment Corporation
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Wisconsin | 1-10816 | 39-1486475 |
_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction | _____________ (Commission | ______________ (I.R.S. Employer |
of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
250 E. Kilbourn Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 53202 | |
________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices) | ___________ (Zip Code) | |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | 414-347-6480 | |
Not Applicable | ||
Former name or former address, if changed since last report | ||
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On December 18, 2017, we received a summary of proposed changes to the Private Mortgage Insurer Eligibility Requirements (the "PMIERs") that are being recommended to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the "GSEs"). The FHFA has informed us it has not yet taken a position on the GSE-recommended changes. In response to the GSEs' invitation, we plan to provide initial comments on these changes to the GSEs and FHFA in January 2018, which will include suggested modifications to them. Once the PMIERs are finalized, we expect a six-month implementation period before the revised PMIERs are effective, which we expect will not be earlier than the fourth quarter of 2018.
If the GSE-recommended changes are adopted with an effective date in the fourth quarter of 2018, we expect that at the effective date, Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation ("MGIC") would continue to have an excess of "Available Assets" over "Minimum Required Assets" (each defined in the existing PMIERs), although this excess would be materially lower than it was at September 30, 2017 under the existing PMIERs, and that MGIC would continue to be able to pay quarterly dividends to our holding company at the $50 million quarterly rate at which they were paid in the fourth quarter of 2017. As a result, we expect cash at our holding company during the fourth quarter of 2018 would increase over what it is expected to be at December 31, 2017.
We have non-disclosure obligations to each of the GSEs and cannot provide any further comment on the specific provisions of the GSE-recommended changes other than as described above. Until the GSEs and/or FHFA provide public disclosure of proposed or final changes to the existing PMIERs, we do not plan to update or correct any of the disclosure above or provide any additional disclosure regarding any modifications that may occur in the GSE-recommended changes to PMIERs.
Safe Harbor Statement
Forward Looking Statements and Risk Factors:
The risk factors summarized below may cause our actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated by the forward looking statements above. Forward looking statements consist of statements which relate to matters other than historical fact, including matters that inherently refer to future events. Among others, statements that include words such as “believe,” “anticipate,” “will” or “expect,” or words of similar import, are forward looking statements. We are not undertaking any obligation to update any forward looking statements or other statements we may make even though these statements may be affected by events or circumstances occurring after the forward looking statements or other statements were made. No investor should rely on the fact that such statements are current at any time other than the time at which this Form 8-K was filed. For a more complete discussion of certain of the risk factors below, refer to Exhibit 99 to our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2017.
• | More detailed analysis of the GSE-recommended changes to the PMIERs could affect our conclusion about their effect on us. |
• | Competition or changes in our relationships with our customers could reduce our revenues, reduce our premium yields and / or increase our losses. |
• | The amount of insurance we write could be adversely affected if lenders and investors select alternatives to private mortgage insurance. |
• | Changes in the business practices of the GSEs, federal legislation that changes their charters or a restructuring of the GSEs could reduce our revenues or increase our losses. |
• | We may not continue to meet the GSEs’ private mortgage insurer eligibility requirements and our returns may decrease as we are required to maintain more capital in order to maintain our eligibility. |
• | The benefit of our net operating loss carryforwards may become substantially limited. |
• | Our Available Assets could be adversely affected by mark-to-market adjustments. |
• | We are involved in legal proceedings and are subject to the risk of additional legal proceedings in the future. |
• | We are subject to comprehensive regulation and other requirements, which we may fail to satisfy. |
• | Resolution of our dispute with the Internal Revenue Service could adversely affect us. |
• | If the models used in our businesses are inaccurate, it could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition. |
• | Because we establish loss reserves only upon a loan default rather than based on estimates of our ultimate losses on risk in force, losses may have a disproportionate adverse effect on our earnings in certain periods. |
• | Recent hurricanes may impact our incurred losses, the amount and timing of paid claims, our inventory of notices of default and our Minimum Required Assets under PMIERs. |
• | Because loss reserve estimates are subject to uncertainties, paid claims may be substantially different than our loss reserves. |
• | We rely on our management team and our business could be harmed if we are unable to retain qualified personnel or successfully develop and/or recruit their replacements. |
• | Loan modification and other similar programs may not continue to provide substantial benefits to us. |
• | If the volume of low down payment home mortgage originations declines, the amount of insurance that we write could decline. |
• | State capital requirements may prevent us from continuing to write new insurance on an uninterrupted basis. |
• | Downturns in the domestic economy or declines in the value of borrowers’ homes from their value at the time their loans closed may result in more homeowners defaulting and our losses increasing, with a corresponding decrease in our returns. |
• | The mix of business we write affects our Minimum Required Assets under the PMIERs, our premium yields and the likelihood of losses occurring. |
• | The premiums we charge may not be adequate to compensate us for our liabilities for losses and as a result any inadequacy could materially affect our financial condition and results of operations. |
• | We are susceptible to disruptions in the servicing of mortgage loans that we insure. |
• | Changes in interest rates, house prices or mortgage insurance cancellation requirements may change the length of time that our policies remain in force. |
• | Your ownership in our company may be diluted by additional capital that we raise or if the holders of our outstanding convertible debt convert that debt into shares of our common stock. |
• | Our holding company debt obligations materially exceed our holding company cash and investments. |
• | We could be adversely affected if personal information on consumers that we maintain is improperly disclosed and our information technology systems may become outdated and we may not be able to make timely modifications to support our products and services. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION | ||
Date: | December 21, 2017 | By: \s\ Timothy J. Mattke |
Timothy J. Mattke | ||
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||