Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae will no longer purchase for securitization most mortgages insured by Republic Mortgage Insurance and its affiliate RMIC of North Carolina.
RMIC, a subsidiary of Old Republic International, a Chicago-based insurance underwriting company with a market capitalization of $2.6 billion, had been showing signs of financial stress since at least last fall.
The company breached its regulatory risk-to-capital limits as of Sept. 30, 2010, said Fannie Mae in its statement announcing the company’s suspension as an approved mortgage insurer.
While North Carolina regulators had temporarily allowed the company to keep selling insurance, the state’s waivers were due to expire Aug. 31 and there was no sign they would be renewed, said Fannie in explaining its move. Calls to Fannie Mae and Old Republic for comment were not immediately returned.
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