MELBOURNE (Standard&Poor's) Oct. 12, 2012--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that it has revised its outlook on Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance Pty Ltd. (Genworth Australia) and Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance Pty Ltd. (NZ Branch) (Genworth New Zealand) to negative. At the same time, we have affirmed the 'AA-' financial strength and issuer credit ratings on Genworth Australia, and 'AA-' financial strength rating on Genworth New Zealand. We also affirmed the 'A-' financial strength and issuer credit ratings on Genworth Financial Mortgage Indemnity Ltd. (New Zealand Branch) (Genworth Indemnity) with a stable outlook. The lowering of the ratings on U.S.-based Genworth Group's core life insurance companies (GLIC; A-/Stable) (see Research Update: "Genworth Financial Inc. Downgraded To 'BBB-'; Outlook