PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 5, 2019--MBIA Inc. (NYSE:MBI) (the Company) today reported a consolidated GAAP net income of $71 million, or $0.86 per share, for the third quarter of 2019 compared to a consolidated GAAP net loss of $45 million, or $(0.50) per share, for the third quarter of 2018. The favorable variance for the third quarter of 2019 was primarily driven by 1) the increase in net gains on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange of variable interest entities (VIEs), which was largely due to an increase in loss recoveries for RMBS put-back claims on ineligible mortgage loans and the value of unwrapped COFINA bonds sold out of the Custodial Trust that resulted from the restructuring of COFINA earlier this year; and 2) the decrease in loss and loss adjustment expense largely related to increased recoveries associated with Puerto Rico credits mostly due to lower risk-free interest rates used to discount loss recoveries. A significant positive variance also resulted from net gains on the sale of uninsured PREPA bonds owned by National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation (National).

Book value per share was $12.86 as of September 30, 2019 compared with $12.46 as of December 31, 2018. The increase in book value per share since year-end 2018 was primarily due to lower shares outstanding as a result of the 10.3 million shares of MBIA common stock repurchased by the Company during the first nine months of 2019.

The Company also reported an Adjusted Net Income (a non-GAAP measure defined in the attached Explanation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures) of $115 million or $1.46 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2019 compared with an Adjusted Net Loss of $32 million or $(0.35) per diluted share for the third quarter of 2018. The improved result was primarily due to the $138 million favorable variance of loss and loss adjustment expense at National, which primarily resulted from higher recoveries on its Puerto Rico credits in 2019 largely due to lower risk-free discounting rates versus a net loss and loss adjustment expense for the third quarter of 2018 that was primarily due to additional losses on its Puerto Rico credits.

Adjusted Net Income (Loss) provides investors with views of the Company’s operating results that management uses in measuring financial performance. Reconciliations of Adjusted Net Income (Loss) to net income, calculated in accordance with GAAP, are also attached.

Statement from Company Representative

Bill Fallon, MBIA’s Chief Executive Officer noted, “This quarter we repurchased $39.6 million of MBIA common shares and nearly extinguished National’s insured COFINA exposure, with gross par plus accreted interest declining from $1.2 billion at year-end 2018 to $65 million at the end of the third quarter.”