PMI Touts Trio of Initiatives

PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., Walnut Creek, Calif., has updated its Secondary Market Products Servicing System, rolled out pmiPaperless, and reworked its field sales, operations, and product development divisions.The company said the SMP enhancements include changes in the way the company will create and manage products, contracts, and relationships; bill and manage receivables; validate and board new loan instruments; and report on corporate results. Its new offering, pmiPaperless, is an electronic document managing system designed to enhance the efficiency of PMI's underwriting capability. Finally, the company said the restructuring of its field sales, operations, and product development divisions is expected to result in a $5 million to $6 million pretax expense savings next year. PMI Mortgage is a wholly owned subsidiary of The PMI Group Inc., which can be found on the Web at http://www.pmigroup.com.