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But it is still looking to conserve capital to cover future delinquencies and will likely halt dividends to the parent company.

But Black Knight and Arch Capital's mortgage insurance business aren't as affected, at least so far.

Treating COVID-19 forbearances as a natural disaster will likely mean the MIs will not need to hold as much capital.

The coronavirus relief legislation could result in private mortgage insurers having to hold more capital, a B. Riley FBR analyst report said.

The latest deadline for Genworth Financial's acquisition by China Oceanwide is June 30, but the parties are looking to get the transaction completed by the end of next month.

The impending wave of loan delinquencies because of the coronavirus hurt private mortgage insurer earnings, but the companies will still have sufficient capital, a Keefe, Bruyette & Woods report said.

Fidelity and Essent reported higher year-over-year profits in the last three months of 2019 as refinancing increased business volume, but Black Knight took a hit on its Dun & Bradstreet investment.

NMI Holdings saw its insurance-in-force grow 38% over the past year as 90% of its clients used its black box pricing module during the fourth quarter.

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The strong refinance market in the fourth quarter propelled earnings at three different mortgage-related business that also were dealing with merger and acquisition activity during and after the period.