Computerworld's Mobile & Wireless World Honors PMI with ''Best Practices in Mobile & Wireless'' Award for 2005; The PMI Group, Inc., Recognized for Strategic Deployment of Mobile and Wireless Technology.

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- The PMI Group, Inc. (NYSE:PMI) today announced that it has been recognized by IDG's Computerworld as a 2005 recipient of Computerworld's "Best Practices in Mobile & Wireless" Award. The award honors organizations that have applied exemplary mobile and wireless solutions to provide strategic advantage to their enterprise. Recipients will receive recognition for their achievement during a special awards ceremony at Mobile & Wireless World (MWW) 2005, to be held at the Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz., from June 13-15, 2005.

A wide range of IT end-user companies and organizations responded to an initial "call for nominations," which was originally announced to multiple industry audiences. The finalists were evaluated by a panel of mobile and wireless experts, industry editors, and IT business analysts in each of the categories based on their mobile and wireless achievements, which were measured against criteria such as return on investment, strategic/substantive importance to the business, customer impact, positive impact on other business/organization units and ability to address challenges of data, information and application security, recovery and business continuity.

PMI won the award in the "Managing Cellular Mobile Data" category for a project that moved the entire sales force onto a mobile, wireless platform that enabled better internal and external communication while reducing costs. "Teamwork is one of PMI's core values, and this project is a perfect example of it," said Dan Roberts, executive vice president and chief information officer. "Working together, our sales and IT teams created a wireless environment that allows our sales force to respond instantly, wherever they are. Customer support and feedback are at record levels of satisfaction as a result."

"As the mobile and wireless revolution continues to provide substantial opportunities to advance efficiencies and profits, it is imperative that IT executives remain well-informed," said Ron Milton, executive vice president at Computerworld. "Our 'Best Practices in Mobile & Wireless' Award recipients have risen to the challenges inherent in mobile and wireless technology to deliver strategic value across their organizations and demonstrate the promise of mobile and wireless solutions. We look forward to honoring recipients and honorable mentions in front of their peer end-users at Mobile & Wireless World."

The complete list of "Best Practices in Mobile & Wireless" Award Program recipients can be found online at http://www.mwwusa.com/best_practices.html.

About PMI

The PMI Group, Inc., headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, is an international provider of credit enhancement products that promote homeownership and facilitate mortgage transactions in the capital markets. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries and unconsolidated strategic investments, the company offers residential mortgage insurance and credit enhancement products domestically and internationally, financial guaranty insurance and financial guaranty reinsurance.

About Computerworld

Computerworld, the "Voice of IT Management," is the most trusted source for the critical information needs of senior IT management. Computerworld's integrated offerings form the U.S.-based hub of the world's largest (58-edition) global IT media network through its weekly publication, Computerworld.com Web site, focused conference series and custom research. In the past five years alone, Computerworld has won more than 100 print and online awards for editorial and design excellence, surpassing its direct competition by an order of magnitude. Recognition includes the 2004 Magazine of the Year Award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors and a Jesse H. Neal Award for "Best News Coverage." In print since 1967, Computerworld is the source for information technology management, with a guaranteed rate base of 180,050, a total print audience of 1,138,000 (IntelliQuest CIMS 2004 Business Influencer Study) and an online audience of over 1.1 million unique monthly visitors (DoubleClick).

Computerworld is a business unit of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading technology media, research and events company. A privately held company, IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers, including Bio-IT World, CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Network World and PC World. The company features the largest network of technology-specific Web sites, with more than 400 around the world. IDG is also a leading producer of more than 170 computer-related events worldwide, including LinuxWorld Conference & Expo(R), Macworld Conference & Expo(R), DEMO(R) and IDC Directions. IDC provides global market research and advice through offices in 50 countries. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com.