DEFINITION OF TERMS 2/28s – refers to loans with interest rates that are fixed for two years and reset to a new interest rate at the end of year two for the remaining term of the loan. ARMs – refers to loans with adjustable interest rates. We consider a loan an ARM if its interest rate may be adjusted prior to the loan’s fifth anniversary. A Quality Loans – we define A quality to include loans with credit scores of 620 and greater. Alt-A Loans – we consider a loan Alt-A if it has a credit score of 620 or greater and the borrower requests and is given the option of providing reduced documentation verifying income, assets, deposit information and/or employment. Captive Reinsurance – refers to agreements in which a portion of risk insured by PMI is reinsured by a captive reinsurance company affiliated with the mortgage originator or investor. Defaults – our primary mortgage insurance master policy defines “default” as the borrower’s failure to pay when due an amount equal to the scheduled monthly mortgage payment under the terms of the mortgage. Generally, the master policies require an insured to notify PMI of a default no later than the last business day of the month following the month in which the borrower becomes three monthly payments in default. For reporting purposes and internal tracking purposes, we do not consider a loan to be in default until the borrower has missed two consecutive payments. Depending upon its scheduled payment date, a loan delinquent for two consecutive monthly payments could be reported to PMI between the 31 st and the 60 th day after the first missed payment. Flow – generally refers to mortgage insurance offered on a loan-by-loan basis to lenders. GSE Pool – refers to a traditional pool product for mortgage loans sold by PMI’s customers to the GSEs. This product was available from 1997 to 2001. Interest Only Loans – refers to loans that do not reduce principal during the initial deferral period (usually between two and ten years) and therefore do not accumulate equity through loan amortization during the initial deferral period. Insurance in Force (IIF) – refers to the current principal balance of all outstanding mortgage loans with insurance coverage as of a given date. Less-than-A Quality Loans – we define less-than-A credit quality loans to include loans with credit scores of 619 or below. The majority of our less-than-A-quality loans have credit scores above 575. 2 |