Radian Names EVP for MI

Mark A. Casale has been named executive vice president for mortgage insurance at Radian Group Inc., a Philadelphia-based provider of credit risk management products and services.Mr. Casale, 41, will be responsible for the company's mortgage insurance business in the United States. Mr. Casale was most recently Radian's senior vice president for capital markets, and was responsible for developing credit enhancement solutions for nonprime mortgage originators and securities firms. Before joining Radian in 2001, Mr. Casale held several executive positions in Advanta Corp.'s mortgage group. Radian can be found on the Web at http://www.radian.biz.