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Article: Standards maybe not so rigorous; Standards maybe not so rigorous
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- International Herald Tribune
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- November 13, 2009
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Floyd Norris
International Herald Tribune
11-13-2009
Standards maybe not so rigorous; Standards maybe not so rigorous
Byline: Floyd Norris
Section: High & Low Finance
Type: News
MBIA, the U.S. financial insurance company, used to hold itself out as a paragon of hard work and number crunching.
MBIA, the U.S. financial insurance company, used to hold itself out as a paragon of hard work and number crunching.
"Each transaction guaranteed by MBIA needs to pass a rigorous underwriting process proving no losses will arise under the worst probable case scenario," the company said in a typical investor presentation just three years ago.
It added that its payouts for claims over 32 years had ...
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