The PMI Group, Inc. 34 Forward-Looking Statement Statements in this supplement that are not historical facts, or that relate to future plans, events or performance are "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include our expectations with respect to reductions to incurred losses provided by captive reinsurance arrangements. Readers are cautioned that forward-looking statements by their nature involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. Many factors could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others: • Potential significant future losses as a result of changes in economic and market conditions, such as decreases in housing demand, mortgage originations or housing values; a further reduction in the liquidity in the capital markets or further contraction of credit markets; further increases in unemployment rates; changes in interest rates or consumer confidence; and/or changes in credit spreads; • the potential that our actual losses may substantially exceed our current loss reserve estimates or that our underwriting policies may not anticipate all risks and/or the magnitude of potential loss; • our expectation that, as a result of continued losses, we will need to raise significant additional capital and/or achieve significant statutory capital relief in 2009; • the risk that we may be required to cease writing new business in some or all states due to our financial condition and/or our inability to maintain minimum regulatory risk-to-capital and policyholders surplus requirements ; • Some states require a mortgage insurer to immediately cease writing new business if it fails to meet applicable capital adequacy requirements. In other states, including Arizona as of November 24, 2009, PMI’s state of domicile, the applicable regulator has discretion as to whether the mortgage insurer may continue to write new business. The Arizona Department of Insurance is conducting a limited scope examination of PMI to determine, among other things, whether to exercise discretion and permit PMI to continue writing new business in the event that PMI fails to maintain Arizona’s minimum policyholders position. If we fail to meet the minimum policyholders position required by Arizona law and the Arizona Department of Insurance does not exercise discretion to permit PMI to continue to write new business, we would be required to suspend writing new business in all states. Even if an insurance regulator were to exercise discretion in one state, we may be unable to write new business in other states. • We are in discussions with one state regarding its interpretation of that state’s financially hazardous condition regulation generally applicable to licensed insurance companies and that state’s interpretive position that PMI is in violation of that regulation. If we are unsuccessful in those discussions, we may be required to cease writing business in that state. Although no other state has taken a similar interpretative position to date, there can be no assurance that other states, most of which have similar regulations, will not take similar interpretative positions. • Under the terms of our runoff support agreement with Allstate Insurance Company, PMI is subject to restrictions that apply if its risk-to-capital ratio exceeds 23:1. Any failure to meet the capital requirements set forth in the runoff support agreement could, if pursued by Allstate, have a material adverse impact on our financial condition. Cautionary Statement: |