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Assured Guaranty Corp. Acquired Radian Asset

Assured Guaranty Corp. Acquired Radian Asset

Assured Guaranty Ltd. announced that its subsidiary Assured Guaranty Corp. [AGC] acquired Radian Asset Assurance Inc. from Radian Guaranty Inc., in accordance with the agreement announced December 23, 2014. Radian Asset has merged with and into AGC, with AGC as the surviving company. As a result, the assets and obligations of Radian Asset have become... Read more of this article

Assured Guaranty Declares Quarterly Dividend

Assured Guaranty Declares Quarterly Dividend

Assured Guaranty Ltd. today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.11 per common share. The dividend is payable on December 3, 2014 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 19, 2014. Assured Guaranty Ltd. is a publicly traded Bermuda-based holding company. Its operating subsidiaries provide credit enhancement products to the U.S.... Read more of this article

Assured Guaranty Declare $0.11 Dividend

Assured Guaranty Declare $0.11 Dividend

Assured Guaranty Ltd. declared a quarterly dividend of $0.11 per common share. The dividend is payable on June 4, 2014 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 21, 2014. Assured Guaranty Ltd. is a publicly traded Bermuda-based holding company. Its operating subsidiaries provide credit enhancement products to the U.S. and international... Read more of this article

S&P Upgrades Assured’s Operating Subsidiaries

S&P Upgrades Assured’s Operating Subsidiaries

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised to AA Stable Outlook [from AA- Stable Outlook] the financial strength ratings of bond insurers Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp., Municipal Assurance Corp. and Assured Guaranty Corp., European financial guarantors Assured Guaranty Ltd. and Assured Guaranty Ltd., and reinsurer Assured Guaranty Re Ltd.,... Read more of this article

Assured Guaranty Ltd. Reports 2013 Q3 Results

Assured Guaranty Ltd. Reports 2013 Q3 Results

Bermuda-based Assured Guaranty Ltd. announced its financial results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2013 [third quarter 2013]. The Company reported operating income for third quarter 2013 of $117 million, or $0.64 per share, bringing operating income for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 [nine months 2013] to $475 million,... Read more of this article

Assured, JPMorgan Agree to End Mortgage Suits

Assured, JPMorgan Agree to End Mortgage Suits

Assured Guaranty Ltd. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to settle lawsuits filed by the bond insurer accusing the bank’s EMC Mortgage and Bear Stearns units of making misrepresentations about mortgage-backed securities, Bloomberg reports. Assured Guaranty Corp., a New York-based unit of the Bermuda-based bond insurer, sued EMC, J.P. Morgan Securities... Read more of this article

Assured Guaranty Declares $0.10 Dividend

Assured Guaranty Declares $0.10 Dividend

Bermuda-based Assured Guaranty Ltd. declared a quarterly dividend of $0.10 per common share. The dividend is payable on September 4, 2013 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 21, 2013. Related Stories Assured Guaranty Declares Quarterly Dividend Assured Guaranty Declares Quarterly Dividend Assured Guaranty Raises Quarterly... Read more of this article

Assured Guaranty Launch Municipal Assurance

Assured Guaranty Launch Municipal Assurance

Bermuda-based Assured Guaranty Ltd. announced the launch of Municipal Assurance Corp. [MAC], a new municipal bond insurance company that will insure only select categories of U.S. municipal bonds. The new company opens for business with $1.5 billion of claims-paying resources, financial strength ratings of AA+ (stable outlook) from Kroll Bond Rating... Read more of this article

US Bank In $105M Settlement With Assured

US Bank In $105M Settlement With Assured

Flagstar Bancorp Inc. of Troy, New York agreed to pay Bermuda-based Assured Guaranty Ltd. $105 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the bond insurer, which accused the bank of misrepresenting the quality of loans within $902 million worth of home mortgage-backed securities issued in 2005 and 2006. In February, the US District Court in the Southern District... Read more of this article

Assured Guaranty Repurchases Ross Shares

Assured Guaranty Repurchases Ross Shares

Bermuda-based Assured Guaranty Ltd. has agreed to purchase, as part of its previously announced share repurchase programme, five million of its common shares held by Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. and funds managed by WL Ross & Co. LLC [WLR] and its affiliates. The purchase price of $21.94 per share is a three percent discount from the Friday [May 31] New... Read more of this article

Assured Guaranty Corp. Hires Jeffrey M. Brown

Assured Guaranty Corp. Hires Jeffrey M. Brown

Assured Guaranty Corp. [AGC] — a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of Bermuda-based holding company Assured Guaranty Ltd. — has hired Jeffrey M. Brown as a director in its Financial Institutions group. He will focus on developing solutions for insurance industry clients and report to Dan Bevill, managing director of Financial Institutions. “It’s... Read more of this article

Judge Rules Stockton Eligible For Bankruptcy

Judge Rules Stockton Eligible For Bankruptcy

Stockton is eligible for bankruptcy protection, a federal judge ruled on Monday [Apr.1], saying the California city was in fact broke and negotiated with its creditors — including Bermuda-based Assured Guaranty — in good faith last year before seeking Chapter 9 protection. US Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein scolded Wall Street creditors... Read more of this article