This is particularly true in an era where municipal bond insurance is less prevalent, and as such credit analysis has more value. (alephblog.com)
The Conference believes that analytical techniques that are widely - accepted by the capital markets, such as those used by the rating agencies to evaluate the financial stability of municipal bond insurance companies, should be drawn upon to estimate the appropriate subsidy cost. (transportation.gov)
These doubts caused the State of New York to threaten to break up some or all of these insurers, separating the low risk municipal bond insurance portfolios from other commitments in order to protect market access for thousands of state and local borrowers. (seekingalpha.com)