(MILWAUKEE)MGIC Investment Corp., the nation's largest mortgage insurer, said Thursday it lost nearly $100 million in the previous quarter, but its shares soared almost 40 percent amid optimi...READ MORE
(NEW YORK)Shares of insurers fell Friday along with the broader market amid continuing concern about the financial stability of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.READ MORE
(NEW YORK)Shares of insurers fell early Friday as the broader market plunged amid fears Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the nation's largest purchasers of mortgages, would need a government bail...READ MORE
(NEW YORK)Shares of insurers mostly fell Thursday as Moody's Investors Service cut the rating of mortgage insurer MGIC Investment Corp. a day after lowering ratings on PMI Group Inc. and Ame...READ MORE
(NEW YORK)Credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service on Thursday cut the senior debt rating of MGIC Investment Corp. and the financial strength ratings of its U.S. and Australian mortga...READ MORE
(NEW YORK)The Standard & Poor's MidCap 400 index edged up on Thursday, with shares of Shaw Group Inc. gaining after the construction and engineering contractor's third-quarter profit topped ...READ MORE
(NEW YORK)Shares of insurers were mixed early Thursday, a day after Moody's Investors Service cut the financial strength ratings of PMI Group Inc. and American International Group Inc.'s mor...READ MORE