Article: Blaylock Initiates Coverage of the Mortgage Insurance Industry With a 'Buy' Rating on Radian Group and 'Hold' Ratings on MGIC Investment and PMI Group.

NEW YORK, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Blaylock & Partners' equity analysts Joshua Shanker and Harry Fong have initiated coverage on the mortgage insurance industry with a "Buy" rating on Radian Group and "Hold" ratings on MGIC Investment Corp. and PMI Group .

In a sector overview titled "Lender's Paradise: Mortgage Insurance 101," Messrs. Shanker and Fong state that the mortgage industry now straddles the fence between a mature industry and a growth sector. Private mortgage insurers have achieved 20% top line growth over the past decade, consolidation has been robust, and there have been numerous new entrants and new products. And though loss ratios are trending ...

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