March 27, 2023
Letter: Mortgage Insurers Respond to SEC’s Proposed Rule 192

The U.S. private mortgage insurance industry submitted a comment letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in response to Proposed Rule 192.

January 19, 2023
Statement: FHFA’s Announcement of Additional Updates to Upfront GSE Pricing

Statement on Federal Housing Finance Agency’s announcements to further adjust the government-sponsored enterprises’ (GSEs or Enterprises), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, upfront fees for certain loan purposes and risk attributes.

November 15, 2022
Statement: FHA’s 2022 Annual Financial Report to Congress

USMI issued the following statement on the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) release of its Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report to Congress on the financial status of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMIF).

May 23, 2022
Press Release: Private Mortgage Insurers Transferred Over $55 Billion in Risk on Nearly $2.8 Trillion of Active Coverage at Year-End 2021

Use of credit risk transfer and enhanced capital requirements transformed the industry from a cyclical business to a more stable, long-term manager of mortgage credit risk.

May 23, 2022
Blog: Interview with National MI President and CEO Adam Pollitzer on MI-CRT

Since 2015, the private mortgage insurance (MI) industry has used MI Credit Risk Transfer (MI-CRT) to reduce volatility in the business and bring more sources of private capital to the housing finance market.

March 31, 2021
Statement: HUD’s Decision to Maintain Current Pricing of FHA Mortgage Insurance Premiums

WASHINGTON—Lindsey Johnson, President of U.S. Mortgage Insurers (USMI), released the following statement on the announcement by U.S. […]

September 6, 2018
Blog: House Financial Services Hearing Examining 10 Years of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under Government Conservatorship

WASHINGTON — Lindsey Johnson, President of U.S. Mortgage Insurers (USMI), today published the following blog on USMI.org in response […]

December 6, 2017
Testimony: Chairman Patrick Sinks Before Congress on Mortgage Insurance and Sustainable Housing

U.S. Mortgage Insurers (USMI) Chairman and Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC) CEO Patrick Sinks today testified on behalf of USMI in front of the House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance in a hearing entitled “Sustainable Housing Finance: Private Sector Perspectives on Housing Finance Reform, Part IV.” 

October 25, 2016
Newsletter: October 2016

On October 13, the comment period closed for the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)’s Single-Family Credit Risk Transfer (CRT) Request for Input (RFI).

October 20, 2016
Op-Ed: GSEs need greater taxpayer protection upfront

Eight years after taxpayers provided them with $187 billion, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two of the largest backers of mortgages, remain under government control. While these government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) are healthier today thanks to new safeguards that have improved the stability of the mortgage finance system, the goal is to put the GSEs on a stable footing for the long term.

June 3, 2016
Press Release: USMI Announces New Housing Finance Reform Principles

U.S. Mortgage Insurers (USMI) today announced a new set of housing finance reform principles to help evaluate and shape reform efforts aimed at ensuring that American consumers have access to mortgage credit while better shielding taxpayers from housing-related risks.

February 16, 2016
Statement: Polling Finds Majority Supports Using Private Capital to Reliably Reduce GSE Taxpayer Risks

(February 16, 2016) Last week saw more activity demonstrating the value of private Mortgage Insurance as a reliable way to enhance access to mortgage credit for consumers and protect taxpayers against housing losses, particularly through greater front end risk sharing by the GSEs