Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
−Removed: We own and manage a large portfolio of various holdings, types and maturities.
+Added: We own and manage a large investment portfolio of various holdings, types and maturities.
NMIH's principal source of operating cash is investment income.
The assets within the investment portfolio are exposed to the same factors that affect overall financial market performance.
−Removed: We manage market risk via a defined investment policy implemented by our treasury function with oversight from our Board of Director's Risk Committee.
+Added: We manage market risk via a defined investment policy implemented by our treasury function with oversight from our Board's Risk Committee.
Important drivers of our market risk exposure monitored and managed by us include but are not limited to:
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This typically occurs when rates fall below the interest rate of the debt.
−Removed: The carrying value of our investment portfolio as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 was $2.1 billion and $1.8 billion, respectively, of which 100% was invested in fixed maturity securities.
+Added: The carrying value of our investment portfolio as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 was $2.0 billion and $2.1 billion, respectively, of which 100% was invested in fixed maturity securities.
The primary market risk to our investment portfolio is interest rate risk associated with investments in fixed maturity securities.
We mitigate the market risk associated with our fixed maturity securities portfolio by matching the duration of our fixed maturity securities with the expected duration of the liabilities that those securities are intended to support.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021, the duration of our fixed income portfolio, including cash and cash equivalents, was 5.08 years, which means that an instantaneous parallel shift (movement up or down) in the yield curve of 100 basis points would result in a change of 5.08% in fair value of our fixed income portfolio.
+Added: As of March 31, 2022, the duration of our fixed income portfolio, including cash and cash equivalents, was 4.72 years, which means that an instantaneous parallel shift (movement up or down) in the yield curve of 100 basis points would result in a change of 4.72% in fair value of our fixed income portfolio.
Excluding cash, our fixed income portfolio duration was 4.81 years, which means that an instantaneous parallel shift (movement up or down) in the yield curve of 100 basis points would result in a change of 4.81% in fair value of our fixed income portfolio.
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As discussed in Item 1, " Financial Statements - Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements - Note 4, Debt " the Notes bear interest at a variable rate and, as a result, increases in market interest rates would generally result in increased interest expense on our outstanding principal.
−Removed: The risk premium amounts under the ILN Transactions are calculated by multiplying the outstanding reinsurance coverage amount at the beginning of any payment period by a coupon rate, which is the sum of 1-month LIBOR and a risk margin, and then subtracting actual investment income earned on the trust balance during that payment period.
−Removed: An increase in 1-month LIBOR rates would generally increase the risk premium payments, while an increase to money market rates, which directly affect investment income earned on the trust balance, would generally decrease them.
+Added: The risk premium amounts under the ILN Transactions are calculated by multiplying the outstanding reinsurance coverage amount at the beginning of any payment period by a coupon rate, which is the sum of one-month LIBOR and a risk margin, and then subtracting actual investment income earned on the trust balance during that payment period.
+Added: An increase in one-month LIBOR rates would generally increase the risk premium payments, while an increase to money market rates, which directly affect investment income earned on the trust balance, would generally decrease them.
Although we expect the two rates to move in tandem, to the extent they do not, it could increase or decrease the risk premium payments that otherwise would be due.
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