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American International Group's Donna DeMaio, who has management duties for several different segments of insurance, was designated to stick with the mortgage-guaranty subsidiary that the company plans to exit, CEO Peter Hancock said.

The mortgage industry can better manage disparate regulatory requirements with a comprehensive approach that streamlines compliance.

A New Jersey man has been sentenced to six years in prison for running a scam that victimized distressed homeowners and private investors.

American International Group's plan to spin off a portion of its mortgage insurance unit is "almost pointless" given the challenges that CEO Peter Hancock faces to fix the much larger property-casualty business, an analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods said.

American International Group Inc., the insurer being pressured by activist investor Carl Icahn to shrink the company, plans to pursue a partial spinoff of its mortgage guaranty unit.

Mortgage loan delinquencies dropped in December, according to Black Knight Financial Services' First Look report.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Jan. 22.

Ocwen Financial Corp. will pay $2 million to settle charges that it misstated its financial results in valuing complex mortgage assets, said the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Default rates on various types of consumer loans were down 14 basis points in December on a year-over-year basis but were unchanged from November, according to Standard & Poor's and Experian.

Overlapping missions and jurisdictions are fueling competition between the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission, according to former officials at both agencies.