Helia is an Australian

Lenders mortgage insurance Lenders mortgage insurance (LMI), also known as private mortgage insurance (PMI) in the US, is insurance payable to a lender or trustee for a pool of securities that may be required when taking out a mortgage loan. It is insurance to offset losses ...

provider. It is listed on the

ASX Australian Securities Exchange Ltd or ASX, is an Australian public company that operates Australia's primary securities exchange, the Australian Securities Exchange (sometimes referred to outside of Australia as, or confused within Australia as ...

and changed its name from

Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia Helia is an Australian Lenders mortgage insurance provider. It is listed on the ASX and changed its name from Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia in October 2022. In 2018, Helia invested in Tic:Toc, a mortgage fintech. In 2021, Genworth Fina ...

in October 2022. In 2018, Helia invested in Tic:Toc, a mortgage

fintech Fintech, a portmanteau of "financial technology", refers to firms using new technology to compete with traditional financial methods in the delivery of financial services. Artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing, and big data are r ...

. In 2021,

Genworth Financial Genworth Financial is an S&P 400 insurance company. The firm was founded as The Life Insurance Company of Virginia in 1871. In 1986, Life of Virginia was acquired by Combined Insurance, which became Aon plc in 1987. In 1996, Life of Virginia was ...

, an S&P400 insurance provider, sold its 52% of Helia's shares to institutional investors, effectively making Helia an independent company. In 2022, Helia invested in OSQO a "deposit gap funder". In 2022, Helia purchased 22% of

Household Capital A household consists of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling. It may be of a single family or another type of person group. The household is the basic unit of analysis in many social, microeconomic and government models, and is impo ...

, a

reverse mortgage A reverse mortgage is a mortgage loan, usually secured by a residential property, that enables the borrower to access the unencumbered value of the property. The loans are typically promoted to older homeowners and typically do not require monthl ...

provider.

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