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		<title>Update: Fannie Mae Guidelines Raise Concerns, Could Bar ACV Coverage for Homes</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2024/05/07/773103.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 05:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[An updated guideline from Fannie Mae, if it stands, could throw a wrench into the property-casualty insurance industry&#8217;s move toward actual cash value for more homeowners and condo coverage. A Fannie Mae spokesperson said the government-backed mortgage corporation, which supports &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Freddie Mac Accepts KBRA Ratings, Giving Fla. Agents, Mortgagees More Options</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2023/02/02/705690.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2023 06:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Freddie mac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frontline Insurance]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Freddie Mac, one of two mortgage-buying companies that buttress the U.S. home-lending market, has agreed to accept the Kroll Bond Rating Agency as a rating firm for homeowners&#8217; insurance companies. &#8220;We have expanded our list of eligible rating providers to &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Uncertainty Over Whether Frontline&#8217;s KBRA Rating Will Be Accepted by Freddie Mac</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2023/01/24/704258.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2023 06:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Frontline Insurance Co. has sparked confusion and concern from agents and insureds after the carrier last week sent out differing information about its financial rating agency. The potential good news for agents and policyholders: Freddie Mac, the quasi-government corporation that &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Florida Ratings Crisis: Fannie and Freddie Agree to Accept Citizens-as-Backstop Plan</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2022/12/08/698579.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2022 16:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida property insurance crisis]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[It took more than four months, but Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have now agreed to accept an innovative but temporary solution to Florida&#8217;s property insurer rating predicament. The mortgage-buying giants on Wednesday sent letters to primary mortgage lenders, notifying &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Supreme Court&#8217;s Upcoming 23 Rulings to Touch on Business, Religion, Voting, Students</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2021/06/07/617533.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2021 12:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court heads into the home stretch of Justice Amy Coney Barrett&#8217;s first term with a list of big-money and culturally divisive cases still to be decided. Between now and the end of June, the court is due to &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Supreme Court Hears Shareholder Suit over Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2020/12/10/593525.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2020 13:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday questioned a bid by shareholders of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to pursue legal claims arising from the government&#8217;s rescue of the mortgage finance firms following the 2008 housing crisis. The justices heard an &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Private Mortgage Insurers&#8217; Bigger Slice of Freddie Mac Pie Smaller Than Hoped</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2016/09/26/427497.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2016 19:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arch Capital Group]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Mortgage insurance companies are getting a long-awaited shot at expanding their business with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But it&#8217;s shaping up to be less lucrative than they had hoped. Freddie Mac on Monday planned to say it will start &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>FHA Chief Watt Says Force-Placed Home Insurance Changes &#8216;Tough&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2014/11/24/347906.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2014 15:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Federal Housing Finance Agency has yet to deliver on changes to a controversial type of homeowners&#8217; insurance even as its director told the Senate Banking Committee last week that it&#8217;s making progress. So-called force-placed insurance, which banks buy to &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Private Insurers Weigh Backing Veterans&#8217; Mortgages</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2014/10/28/344943.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Private insurers are considering a request by U.S. officials to guarantee mortgages for veterans &#8212; the fastest growing part of the market. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is urging mortgage insurers that rely on Fannie Mae and Freddie &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Judge Dismisses Mass. AG Coakley&#8217;s Federal Housing Lawsuit</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2014/10/24/344747.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley against the Federal Housing Finance Agency and mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, saying the court doesn&#8217;t have oversight of the matter. Coakley sued the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Insurers Could Face Suits Over Fannie-Freddie Insurance Prices</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2014/06/25/332864.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2014 10:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will consider suing insurers who charged excessive fees for hazard coverage paid by the two government-owned mortgage companies, an auditor&#8217;s report said. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could have overpaid about $158 &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mass. AG Sues Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Over Foreclosure Law</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2014/06/03/330846.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2014 15:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is suing the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for allegedly violating the state&#8217;s 2012 foreclosure prevention law. The lawsuit alleges the federal housing regulators and the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Fairholme Offers to Buy Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Mortgage Insurance Business</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2013/11/14/311240.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2013 14:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Fairholme Capital Management has proposed to buy the insurance businesses of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a move that seeks to resolve the uncertain future of the mortgage financiers by freeing them from U.S. government control. Bruce Berkowitz&#8217;s Fairholme said &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Reinsurer Arch to Help Freddie Mac Cover Mortgage Losses</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2013/11/13/311128.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2013 13:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arch Reinsurance]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Freddie Mac bought insurance covering a portion of losses on a pool of home loans from Arch Capital Group Ltd.&#8217;s Arch Reinsurance Ltd. unit, expanding risk- sharing efforts by the government-backed company. The policy will cover as much as $77.4 &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>MGIC Sues Freddie Mac in Insurance Coverage Dispute</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2012/05/17/248049.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 01:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Mortgage insurer MGIC Investment Corp. has sued mortgage financier Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Finance Administration to settle a dispute over coverage limits on certain insurance policies. MGIC said on Thursday it filed the suit in federal court in &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New York, Federal Office to Cooperate in Mortgage Probes</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2011/12/20/228256.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[New York and federal officials will cooperate in investigations of banks bundling mortgages into troubled securities that helped cause the 2008 Wall Street collapse. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Steve Linick, the inspector general of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lender Liability Waivers Key to Mortgage Refinance Deal</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2011/11/15/224114.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The reach of a government effort to help distressed homeowners refinance their mortgages could be largely determined by details on lender liability that will be announced Tuesday. The regulator for government-controlled mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac said &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Liberty Mutual Sues Goldman Over Freddie Mac Investment Losses</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2011/07/08/205673.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Boston-based Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. and several of its subsidiaries have sued investment banker Goldman, Sachs &#38; Co. for &#8220;making materially misleading statements and omissions&#8221; in a preferred stock offering of mortgage lender Freddie Mac in November 2007. The insurers &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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