Puerto Rico debt helps sink MBIA's Q2 loss to $1.2 bln
August 08, 2017 at 18:05 PM EDT
CHICAGO, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Exposure to defaulted Puerto Rico debt helped balloon bond insurer MBIA Inc's net loss for the second quarter of 2017 to $1.2 billion compared with a loss of $27 million in the same period last year, the company reported on Tuesday.