NU Online News Service, July 13, 1:52 p.m. EDT

Ambac says it hopes it can reach an agreement with Wisconsin's insurance commissioner that will allow the company to file its bankruptcy reorganization plan.

Outlining the current impasse, a company spokesman issued a statement saying that it is in the interest of the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance to minimize the amount that Wisconsin-based Ambac Assurance Corp. pays to its parent, New York-based Ambac Financial Group Inc. (AFG), for the tax benefits associated with the net operating losses (NOLs are operating losses that a company may apply against taxable income in future periods in order to reduce its federal income tax liability).

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