EDGAR 10-K Filing

Company CIK: 890926
Filing Year: 2025
Filename: 890926_10-K_2025_0000950170-25-021241.json

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ITEM 1. BUSINESS
Item 1. Business
INDEX TO ITEM 1
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General
Mortgage Insurance
All Other
Investment Policy and Portfolio
Enterprise Risk Management
Human Capital Management
Regulation
General
Overview
We are a mortgage and real estate services company, providing both credit-related mortgage insurance coverage and an array of products and services across the residential real estate and mortgage finance industries. We have one reportable business segment-Mortgage Insurance.
Our Mortgage Insurance segment aggregates, manages and distributes U.S. mortgage credit risk for the benefit of mortgage lending institutions and mortgage credit investors, principally through private mortgage insurance on residential first-lien mortgage loans, and also offers other credit risk management solutions, including contract underwriting, to our customers.
In addition, we provide other mortgage and real estate products and services to our existing and new customers through our Mortgage Conduit, Title, Real Estate Services and Real Estate Technology businesses, which we report in our All Other category. These businesses are not material either individually or in the aggregate and therefore do not constitute a reportable segment.
Radian Group serves as the holding company for our operating subsidiaries through which we offer our products and services and does not have any operations of its own. Our principal executive offices are located at 550 East Swedesford Road, Suite 350, Wayne, PA 19087, and our telephone number is (215) 231-1000.
Available Information
Our website address is www.radian.com. Copies of our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, as well as any amendments to those reports, are available free of charge through our website as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC.
In addition, among other governance-related documents, our guidelines of corporate governance, code of business conduct and ethics (which includes the code of ethics applicable to our chief executive officer, chief financial officer and chief accounting officer) and the governing charters for each standing committee of Radian Group’s board of directors are available free of charge on our website, as well as in print, to any stockholder upon request.
The public may also read materials we file with the SEC, including reports, proxy and information statements, and other information, on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
The above references to our website and the SEC’s website do not constitute incorporation by reference of the information contained on the websites and such information should not be considered part of this document.
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Business Strategy
We are strategically focused on supporting affordable, sustainable and equitable homeownership through our Mortgage Insurance business as well as creating other opportunities for a place to call home by delivering innovative solutions combined with superior levels of service to our customers across the residential mortgage and real estate spectrum.
Consistent with these objectives, our business strategy, as highlighted below, is focused on growing our businesses, diversifying our revenue sources and seeking to optimize our capital and liquidity, while maintaining an emphasis on risk management, human capital management, long-term profitability and growth. To help achieve these objectives, we seek to continuously improve and leverage our operational excellence.
Key elements of our business strategy are to expand and diversify our business and revenue streams by continuing to execute our Mortgage Insurance business plan, while simultaneously pursuing growth through strategic diversification and leveraging data, analytics and technology as a strategic differentiator across our businesses. We continue to seek and develop new and innovative opportunities to build upon our core mortgage credit risk competencies by expanding our mortgage market presence and further diversifying our revenue streams, including through our Mortgage Conduit, Title and Real Estate Services businesses.
Radian’s Long-Term Strategic Objectives
▪Leverage innovative business models and operational excellence to drive increased stockholder value by developing and pursuing strategic growth opportunities:
▪Continue to grow the economic value of our insured mortgage portfolio by writing high-value NIW leveraging risk-adjusted pricing informed by data and analytics
▪Continue to drive improved operating performance, including through the use of data, analytics and technology as a strategic differentiator
▪Leverage our market presence and brand recognition to expand distribution of our diversified products and services across existing and new customers, including through our Title and Real Estate Services businesses
▪Leverage our industry knowledge, core competencies and market position to expand our mortgage market presence through our secondary-market Mortgage Conduit business
▪Explore opportunities for further diversification to maximize returns and enhance long-term growth
▪Maintain a well-defined risk culture with a strong comprehensive enterprise risk management framework and risk/return discipline
▪Manage our capital and liquidity positions to maximize stockholder value, including a focus on enhancing stockholder return, reducing risk and volatility and pursuing potential diversification opportunities, while also ensuring Radian Guaranty’s ongoing compliance with PMIERs and maintaining liquidity and financial flexibility to support our strategic growth and diversification plans
▪Maximize the power of our Radian team by: developing our talent for future success; fostering a culture based on our company values, including by promoting an inclusive work environment; and utilizing data and analytics to adapt for the future of work/human capital management and business continuity and resilience
2024 Highlights
Following are highlights of the key accomplishments that contributed to our financial and operating results during 2024 in support of our long-term strategic objectives.
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Key Accomplishments for 2024
▪Delivered strong financial results, driven by continued favorable credit performance in our Mortgage Insurance segment, while executing upon our long-term strategy
▪Earned consolidated pretax income of $771 million and net income of $604 million, or $3.92 net income per diluted share, in 2024, compared to consolidated pretax income of $767 million and net income of $603 million, or $3.77 net income per diluted share, in 2023
▪Adjusted pretax operating income(1) was $803 million, in 2024, compared to $786 million in 2023, resulting in adjusted diluted net operating income per share of $4.11 for 2024, compared to $3.88 for 2023
▪Wrote $52.0 billion of NIW, contributing to an increase in our IIF from $270.0 billion at December 31, 2023, to $275.1 billion at December 31, 2024
▪Continued to grow our Mortgage Conduit business, purchasing $1.6 billion of residential mortgage loans and successfully completing Radian Mortgage Capital’s first two private label prime jumbo securitization transactions
▪Maintained a strong risk culture, as demonstrated by ongoing risk distribution strategies, disciplined and risk-based pricing and strategic use of data and analytics to inform decision making
▪Continued to monitor and grow the economic value of our insured mortgage portfolio by leveraging risk-adjusted pricing and new analytical approaches to identify strategies to maximize the economic value of NIW
▪Entered into the 2024 QSR Agreement with a panel of third-party reinsurance providers to cede a portion of our NIW from July 2024 through June 2025
▪Further strengthened our capital and liquidity profile, while enhancing financial flexibility and returning value to stockholders
▪Reduced our holding company debt-to-capital ratio to 18.7% at December 31, 2024, compared to 24.4% at December 31, 2023, primarily through a series of transactions that included the issuance of $625 million aggregate principal amount of 6.200% investment-grade Senior Notes due May 2029 and the redemption of $975 million aggregate principal amount of notes maturing in 2024 and 2025
▪Repurchased 7.0 million shares in 2024 at an average share price of $31.81, including commissions, totaling $224 million
▪Increased our quarterly cash dividend by 9% from $0.225 to $0.245 per share, beginning with the dividend declared in the first quarter of 2024
▪Continued to maintain significant available holding company liquidity of $885 million at December 31, 2024, compared to $992 million at December 31, 2023
▪Increased Radian Guaranty’s ordinary dividends paid to Radian Group to $675 million in 2024, compared to $400 million paid in 2023
▪Maintained a sizable PMIERs Cushion at Radian Guaranty of $2.2 billion at December 31, 2024, compared to $2.3 billion at December 31, 2023
▪Continued to prioritize the well-being and development of our people by fostering a workplace that allows our employees to work in an agile manner, while maintaining meaningful connections, allowing us to attract and retain top talent
(1)Adjusted pretax operating income is a non-GAAP measure. See “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Results of Operations-Consolidated-Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for the definition and reconciliation of this measure to the most comparable GAAP measure, consolidated pretax income.
See “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for further information on our results of operations and other details related to our Mortgage Insurance segment and All Other businesses.
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Mortgage Insurance
Overview
Private mortgage insurance plays an important role in the U.S. housing finance system because it supports affordable homeownership, while helping to protect mortgage lenders, investors and the GSEs, who are the primary beneficiaries of our mortgage insurance, by mitigating default-related losses on residential mortgage loans. Generally, the loans we insure are made to home buyers who make down payments of less than 20% of the purchase price for their home or, in the case of refinancings, have less than 20% equity in their home.
For new home purchases, loans subject to mortgage insurance typically are provided to first-time homeowners, and therefore, private mortgage insurance plays an important role by providing these prospective home buyers the opportunity to purchase their first home (and to begin to accumulate equity) without having to put down 20% of the value of the home at closing. In many cases, especially in periods of rising home prices, saving for a 20% down payment could be difficult for first-time home buyers. Private mortgage insurance also facilitates the sale of these loans in the secondary mortgage market, most of which are currently sold to the GSEs.
The performance of our Mortgage Insurance business is particularly influenced by macroeconomic conditions and specific events that impact the housing finance and real estate markets, including seasonal fluctuations and other events that impact mortgage originations and the credit performance of our mortgage insurance portfolio, most of which are beyond our control, such as housing prices, inflationary pressures, unemployment levels, interest rate changes, the availability of credit, natural disasters and other national and regional economic conditions. In “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” see “Overview of Business Operating Environment” and “Key Factors Affecting Our Results-Mortgage Insurance.”
Our Mortgage Insurance business is subject to comprehensive regulation by state and federal regulatory authorities and the GSEs. As the largest purchasers of conventional mortgage loans, and therefore, the main beneficiaries of private mortgage insurance, the GSEs impose eligibility requirements, known as PMIERs, that private mortgage insurers must satisfy to be approved to insure loans purchased by the GSEs. These requirements and practices, as well as those of the federal regulators that oversee the GSEs and lenders, impact the operating results and financial performance of private mortgage insurers. See “Regulation” for a comprehensive description of the significant state and federal regulations and other requirements of the GSEs that are applicable to our businesses.
Mortgage Insurance Products
Primary Mortgage Insurance
Primary Mortgage Insurance represents our most common form of mortgage insurance execution. Based on market demand, we currently are providing Primary Mortgage Insurance on an individual loan basis as each mortgage is originated, but we also have the ability to provide Primary Mortgage Insurance on individual loans in an aggregate group of mortgages after they have been originated. We mainly write Primary Mortgage Insurance in a “first loss” position, where we are responsible for the first losses incurred on an insured loan subject to a policy limit. See “Mortgage Insurance Portfolio Characteristics-Mortgage Loan Characteristics.”
The terms of our Primary Mortgage Insurance coverage are set forth in a Master Policy that we enter into with each of our customers. Among other things, our Master Policies set forth the applicable terms and conditions of our mortgage insurance coverage, including among others: loan eligibility requirements; premium payment requirements; coverage terms, including cancellation of coverage; provisions for policy administration; mortgage servicing standards and requirements; exclusions or reductions in coverage under certain circumstances; insurance rescission and rescission relief provisions; claims payment and settlement procedures; and dispute resolution procedures. Our Master Policy forms, which are updated periodically, including in response to requirements issued by the GSEs, are filed in each of the jurisdictions in which we conduct business. Our Master Policy form was last updated on a broad basis in 2020, when most private mortgage insurers adopted a uniform master policy.
Primary Mortgage Insurance provides protection against mortgage defaults at a specified coverage percentage. When there is a valid claim under Primary Mortgage Insurance, our maximum liability typically is determined by multiplying the claim amount, which consists of the unpaid loan principal, plus past due interest and certain expenses associated with the default,
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by the coverage percentage. Depending on the circumstances, claims may be settled for the maximum liability or for other amounts. See “Defaults and Claims-Claims Management.” Although the Primary Mortgage Insurance we write protects the insured parties from a portion of losses resulting from mortgage defaults, it generally does not provide protection against property loss or physical damage, including damage caused by hurricanes or other severe weather events or natural disasters.
We wrote $52.0 billion and $52.7 billion of first-lien Primary Mortgage Insurance in 2024 and 2023, respectively. After taking into consideration insurance cancellations and other adjustments within our existing portfolio, our 2024 NIW resulted in IIF of $275.1 billion at December 31, 2024, compared to $270.0 billion at December 31, 2023. Our total direct Primary Mortgage Insurance RIF was $72.1 billion at December 31, 2024, compared to $69.7 billion at December 31, 2023. For additional information, in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” see “Mortgage Insurance Portfolio Metrics-New Insurance Written” and “Insurance and Risk in Force.”
Other Mortgage Insurance Products
GSE Credit Risk Transfer. In the past, we participated in credit risk transfer programs developed by the GSEs as part of their programs to further distribute mortgage credit risk and increase the role of private capital in the mortgage market. These programs transfer additional credit risk on an excess-of-loss basis to insurance and reinsurance providers on pools of mortgage loans, which may contain loans that are already covered by private mortgage insurance. We discontinued our participation in new credit risk transfer transactions in 2021 and novated all RIF related to credit risk transfer transactions in 2022. While we no longer have any RIF associated with this activity, in the future, our business strategy could again include participating in the GSEs’ credit risk transfer programs or providing other credit risk management solutions, subject to our views on projected business returns and other conditions.
Pool Mortgage Insurance. Prior to 2008, we wrote Pool Mortgage Insurance on a limited basis. At December 31, 2024, our total direct first-lien Pool Mortgage Insurance RIF was $68 million, as compared to $226 million at December 31, 2023, and represented less than 1% of our total direct first-lien insurance RIF. Our Pool Mortgage Insurance policies were privately negotiated and are separate from the Master Policies that we use for our Primary Mortgage Insurance. Subject to market demand, we could once again provide Pool Mortgage Insurance in the future.
Pricing
Primary Mortgage Insurance Premiums
We apply premium rates to our mortgage insurance products at the time coverage is requested by our customers, which is generally near the time of loan origination. Premiums for our mortgage insurance products are generally established based on performance models that consider a broad range of borrower, loan and property characteristics as well as current and projected market and economic conditions. Our premium rates are subject to regulation, and in most states where our insurance subsidiaries are licensed, the formulations by which we derive our premiums must be filed with the state insurance regulators, and in some cases approved by them, before their use. See “Regulation-State Regulation.”
We have developed our pricing strategy to manage the risk/return profile and maximize the long-term economic value of our insured portfolio by balancing credit risk, profitability and volume considerations in light of the current and projected competitive environment. We evaluate the projected long-term economic value of our insured portfolio by using a measure that incorporates expected lifetime returns for our insurance policies, taking into consideration projected premiums, credit losses, investment income, operating expenses, taxes and an assumed cost of capital. This projected economic value is then discounted to arrive at an estimated present value of the long-term economic value of our insured portfolio. We use this economic value to assist us in evaluating various portfolio strategies and identifying opportunities to grow the economic value of our insured portfolio.
Premiums on our mortgage insurance products generally are written on either: (i) a recurring basis, which can be monthly or annual premiums, pursuant to our Monthly and Other Recurring Premium Policies or (ii) as a single premium generally paid at the time of loan origination pursuant to our Single Premium Policies. We also offer products where premiums are paid as a combination of an up-front premium at origination, plus a monthly installment. In addition, with respect to certain products, premiums may include a refundable component to be paid upon insurance cancellation. While the majority of our policies terminate when certain criteria are met, such as prescribed LTV levels, some of our products provide coverage for the life of the loan, subject to certain conditions. There are many factors that influence the types of premiums we receive, including, among others: (i) the preference of customers with whom we do business and (ii) the relative premium levels we and our competitors set for the various forms of premiums offered.
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Mortgage insurance premiums can be funded through a number of methods, and while the coverage remains for the benefit of the insured lender or third-party beneficiary, the premiums may be paid by the borrower or by the lender. Borrower-paid Monthly and Other Recurring Premiums are generally paid to us as part of the borrower’s monthly mortgage payment, while borrower-paid premiums under our Single Premium Policies are paid to us at the time of closing on the home purchase. Lender-paid mortgage insurance premiums are paid by the lender and are typically passed through to the borrower in the form of a higher interest rate on the mortgage note.
The premium rates on a majority of our Monthly and Other Recurring Premium Policies were established as a fixed percentage of the initial loan balance for a set period of time (typically 10 years), after which the premium generally declines to a lower fixed percentage for the remaining life of the policy. The premium rates on the remaining Monthly and Other Recurring Premium Policies within our insured portfolio were established as a fixed percentage of the loan’s amortizing balance over the life of the policy.
Beginning on a broad basis in 2019, the mortgage insurance industry began to widely use various pricing methodologies with differing degrees of risk-based granularity. Previously, premiums in the mortgage insurance industry were primarily established through standard rate-cards filed with state insurance regulatory authorities, with limited flexibility to deviate. The current “black box” pricing frameworks, including our RADAR Rates pricing solution, are based upon the same general risk attributes that were historically part of mortgage insurance rate-card pricing, but are also able to incorporate more granular risk-based pricing factors based on multiple loan, borrower and property attributes.
Through our RADAR Rates pricing solution, we offer a spectrum of risk-based pricing solutions for our customers, with delivery options that are tailored to a lender’s loan origination process and balanced with our own objectives for managing our volume of NIW and the economic value derived from our mortgage insurance portfolio. Our RADAR Rates pricing framework and digital delivery platform utilizes Radian’s proprietary RADAR risk model and analyzes credit risk inputs to customize a rate quote to a borrower’s individual risk profile, loan attributes and property characteristics.
The use of “black box” pricing frameworks throughout the mortgage insurance industry provides a dynamic pricing capability that allows for pricing changes that can be implemented quickly and this has contributed to a reduction in overall pricing transparency. Further, in addition to the widespread use of “black box” pricing, in recent years, mortgage insurance industry pricing practices have also included an increased use of customized rate plans for certain customers, pursuant to which rates may be awarded to certain customers based on a number of factors for only a limited period of time. With the increased prevalence of granular, “black box” pricing and the greater uniformity of master policy terms throughout the industry, pricing has become the predominant competitive market factor for private mortgage insurance, and an increasing number of customers are making their choice of mortgage insurance providers primarily based on the lowest price available for any particular loan. In “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” see “Our Mortgage Insurance business faces intense competition.”
Underwriting
Mortgage loan applications are underwritten to determine whether they are eligible for our mortgage insurance. We either perform this function directly or we delegate to approved lenders the ability to underwrite the mortgage loans on our behalf.
Delegated Underwriting. Through our delegated underwriting program, we approve lenders to underwrite mortgage insurance applications based on our mortgage insurance underwriting guidelines. Each lender participating in the delegated underwriting program must be approved by our risk management group. Use of our delegated underwriting program enables us to meet lenders’ demands for immediate decisions on mortgage insurance coverage and increases the efficiency of their underwriting process. We employ quality control sampling and performance monitoring to manage the risks associated with delegated underwriting. Under the terms of the program, we have certain rights to rescind coverage if there has been a deviation from our underwriting guidelines. For a discussion of these limited Rescission rights, see “Defaults and Claims-Claims Management-Rescissions.” As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, 72% and 71%, respectively, of our total first-lien IIF had been underwritten on a delegated basis.
Non-Delegated Underwriting. Approved lenders may submit mortgage insurance applications to us so that we may perform the mortgage insurance underwriting. Some customers prefer our non-delegated underwriting program because we assume responsibility for underwriting the mortgage insurance and, subject to the terms of our Master Policies, generally have less ability to rescind coverage if there is an underwriting error. To improve efficiency in our underwriting process, we leverage loan application data and analytics to categorize mortgage insurance applications based on credit risk and underwriting complexity, which allows us to ensure a heightened focus on the higher-risk, complex applications. We also use quality control
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sampling, loan performance monitoring and training to manage the risks associated with our non-delegated underwriting program. As of both December 31, 2024 and 2023, 25% of our total first-lien IIF had been underwritten on a non-delegated basis.
Contract Underwriting. We also provide third-party contract underwriting services to our mortgage insurance customers pursuant to which we underwrite the mortgage loan for compliance with investor guidelines which, if necessary, may be separate from or in addition to underwriting for our mortgage insurance eligibility. Generally, we offer limited indemnification to our contract underwriting customers. To manage the risks associated with contract underwriting, we train our underwriters, require them to complete continuing education and routinely audit performance to monitor the accuracy and consistency of underwriting practices. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, 3% and 4%, respectively, of our total first-lien IIF had been underwritten in conjunction with contract underwriting.
Mortgage Insurance Portfolio Characteristics
Direct Risk in Force
Exposure in our Mortgage Insurance business is measured by RIF, which for Primary Mortgage Insurance is equal to the unpaid principal balance of the loan multiplied by our insurance coverage percentage. See “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Mortgage Insurance Portfolio Metrics-Insurance and Risk in Force” for additional information about the composition of our Primary RIF.
We analyze our mortgage insurance portfolio in a number of ways to identify potential concentrations or imbalances in risk dispersion. We believe that, among other factors, the credit performance of our mortgage insurance portfolio is affected significantly by:
▪general economic conditions (in particular, interest rates, home prices and unemployment);
▪the characteristics of the loans insured, including but not limited to the amount of equity borrowers have in their properties, the borrowers’ credit characteristics, the size of the loans and the age and performance history of the loans;
▪the geographic dispersion and other characteristics of the properties securing the insured loans, such as the primary purpose of the properties and the condition of local housing markets, including whether the properties are increasing or decreasing in value over time;
▪the quality of loan underwriting and servicing; and
▪the number of borrowers and credit characteristics of the borrower(s).
Persistency Rate
The Persistency Rate, which measures the percentage of IIF that remains in force over a period of time, incorporates the impact that policy cancellations have on our IIF. The Persistency Rate has a significant impact on our revenues and our results of operations. Because premiums on our Recurring Premium Policies are earned over time, higher Persistency Rates on these policies increase the premiums we receive and generally result in increased profitability and returns. Conversely, assuming all other factors remain constant, higher Persistency Rates on Single Premium Policies lower the overall returns on these products, as the premium revenue for our Single Premium Policies is received near the time the loan is originated and is the same regardless of the actual life of the insurance policy.
Provided that all required premiums are paid, coverage for a loan under our Master Policy generally will be canceled on the first of the following to occur: (i) the loan insured under the certificate is paid in full, including in the event of a refinance transaction; (ii) we settle a claim with respect to the certificate; (iii) we act upon the insured’s or its servicer’s instruction to cancel coverage under the certificate, including as may be required by the HPA or pursuant to GSE guidelines; (iv) the term of coverage expires under the premium plan or upon the terms specified in the certificate; or (v) we cancel or rescind coverage or deny a claim under the certificate. For more information, in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” see “Key Factors Affecting Our Results-Mortgage Insurance-IIF and Persistency” and “Mortgage Insurance Portfolio Metrics-Insurance and Risk in Force.”
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Historically, there has been a close correlation between interest rates and Persistency Rates. Higher interest rate environments generally decrease mortgage loan refinancings, which decrease the cancellation rate of our insurance and positively affect our Persistency Rates. See “Regulation-Federal Regulation-Mortgage Insurance Cancellation” for more information regarding cancellation and termination requirements for borrower-paid private mortgage insurance meeting certain criteria under the HPA.
Geographic Dispersion
Radian Guaranty is authorized to write mortgage insurance in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Guam. We maintain a geographically diversified mortgage insurance portfolio and leverage geographic-based pricing to shape our portfolio based on our projections of future economic outlook and loan performance at a regional level. We proactively monitor the portfolio for concentration risks at both the state level and metropolitan area level known as Core Based Statistical Areas (“CBSAs”). As of December 31, 2024, our largest state concentration was in Texas, which represented 10.3% of RIF, and our largest CSBAs concentration was the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metropolitan area, which represented 5.0% of RIF. See “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Mortgage Insurance Portfolio Metrics-Insurance and Risk in Force-Geographic Dispersion” for additional information about the geographic dispersion of our direct Primary Mortgage Insurance.
In “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” also see “The credit performance of our mortgage insurance portfolio is impacted by macroeconomic conditions and specific events that affect the ability of borrowers to pay their mortgages” and “Climate change and extreme weather events could adversely affect our businesses, results of operations and financial condition.”
Mortgage Loan Characteristics
In addition to geographic dispersion, factors that contribute significantly to our overall risk diversification and the credit quality of our RIF include, among others, the factors affecting the credit performance of our mortgage insurance portfolio, as discussed above under “Direct Risk in Force,” as well as our mix of mortgage insurance products, the quality of loan underwriting and our risk management practices. In evaluating the credit quality of our insured portfolio and assessing our risk of loss, as well as in developing our pricing and risk management strategies, we consider a number of borrower, loan and property characteristics, including LTV and FICO score, as well as a number of other loan and property characteristics, including, without limitation, debt-to-income ratio, average loan size, property type, occupancy type, loan type and term, loan purpose and number of borrowers. See “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Mortgage Insurance Portfolio Metrics” for additional information about the credit quality and characteristics of our direct Primary Mortgage Insurance.
Defaults and Claims
Defaults
In our Mortgage Insurance business, the default and claim cycle begins with the receipt of a default notice from the loan servicer. We consider a loan to be in default for financial statement and internal tracking purposes upon receipt of notification from the loan servicer that a borrower has missed two monthly payments.
Defaults can occur due to a variety of life events affecting borrowers, including death or illness, divorce or other family problems, unemployment or other events. These events, particularly unemployment, frequently are derived or exacerbated by changes in economic conditions.
The default rate in our Mortgage Insurance business is subject to seasonality. Historically, our Mortgage Insurance business experiences a fourth quarter seasonal increase in the number of defaults and a first quarter seasonal decline in the number of defaults and increase in the number of Cures. Although this has been the case, macroeconomic and other factors in any given period may influence the default rate in our Mortgage Insurance business more than seasonality.
Defaulted loans that fail to become current, or “cure,” may result in a claim under our mortgage insurance policies. The rate at which defaults cure, or do not go to claim, depends in large part on a borrower’s financial resources and circumstances, local housing prices (i.e., whether borrowers are able to cure defaults by selling the property in full satisfaction of all amounts due under the mortgage), interest rates, unemployment, inflationary pressures and other factors impacting economic conditions, as well as loss mitigation efforts designed to support borrowers in default (including loan modifications and forbearance programs, subject to availability and eligibility).
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Regional economic disruptions derived from natural disasters may be exacerbated by climate change and related environmental factors, which could increase the frequency, scope and intensity of such disasters. In our Mortgage Insurance business, we have historically seen forbearance plans used for loans in FEMA Designated Areas impacted by a natural disaster with forbearance limited to 12 months. In addition, following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of governmental programs were implemented to assist individuals and businesses impacted by the COVID-19 virus, including the CARES Act which provided forbearance beyond 12 months for borrowers experiencing financial hardship related to the pandemic. At the conclusion of the applicable forbearance term, a borrower may either bring the borrower’s loan current, defer any missed payments until the end of their loan, or the loan can be modified through a repayment plan or extension of the mortgage term. See “Regulation-Federal Regulation.”
In our first-lien Primary Mortgage Insurance business, to submit a claim, the insured must first either acquire title to the property (typically through a foreclosure proceeding) or we must approve a third-party sale of the property. The time for a lender to acquire title to a property through foreclosure varies depending on the state, with some states requiring a lender to proceed through the judicial system to complete the foreclosure, which can significantly protract the process. Claim activity is not spread evenly throughout the coverage period of a book of business. Historically, except during periods of economic distress, we have experienced relatively few claims during the first two years following issuance of a policy.
High levels of defaults and delays in foreclosures could delay our receipt of claims, resulting in an increase in the period of time that a loan remains in our inventory of defaulted mortgage loans. Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the average time for us to receive a claim increased as a result of COVID-19-related relief programs, along with temporary foreclosure and eviction moratoriums for residential mortgagors with certain federally or GSE-backed mortgages that were required under the CARES Act. Although many of these relief programs and moratoriums have been phased out or have expired, the heightened scrutiny over foreclosure proceedings and the increased focus on preserving homeownership (e.g., by ensuring that all borrower support options such as loan modifications have been exhausted) for struggling borrowers that were initiated during the COVID-19 pandemic may have fundamentally altered how foreclosure procedures may be handled going forward, including by preventing or extending the procedural steps necessary for a claim under our insurance policies to be filed. While foreclosure filings have resumed, foreclosure activity remains lower than it was prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. In “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” see “If the estimates we use in establishing mortgage insurance loss reserves are incorrect, we may be required to take unexpected charges to income, which could adversely affect our results of operations.”
For Pool Mortgage Insurance, which represents less than 1% of our RIF at December 31, 2024, our policies typically require the insured to not only acquire title to the property, but also to actively market and ultimately liquidate the property before filing a claim, which generally lengthens the time between a default and a claim submission.
In addition to claim volume, Claim Severity is another significant factor affecting losses. We calculate the Claim Severity by dividing the claim paid amount by the original coverage amount. Factors that impact the severity of a claim include, but are not limited to, the size of the loan, the amount of mortgage insurance coverage placed on the loan, the length of time between default and claim during which we are expected to cover certain interest payments (capped at three years under our recent Master Policies and capped at two years under our Master Policies prior to 2014) and expenses, and the impact of our Loss Mitigation and other loss management activities with respect to the loan.
Home price appreciation as well as pre-foreclosure sales, acquisitions and other early workout efforts help to reduce overall Claim Severity, as do actions we may take to reduce a claim payment due to servicer negligence, as discussed below in “Claims Management.” See “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Results of Operations-Mortgage Insurance-Expenses-Provision for Losses.”
Claims Management
Our claims management process is focused on analyzing and processing claims to ensure that we pay valid claims in accordance with our policies. Our mortgage insurance claims management department pursues opportunities to mitigate losses both before and after claims are received.
In our Mortgage Insurance business, upon receipt of a valid claim, we have a range of settlement options for calculating the claim amount (also referred to as calculated loss), as set forth in our Master Policies. We can settle a valid claim with the “Percentage Option” by paying the maximum liability and allowing the insured lender to keep title to the property. For this purpose, the maximum liability is determined by multiplying (x) the claim amount (which consists of the unpaid loan principal, plus past due interest for a period of time specified in our Master Policies, plus certain expenses associated with the default,
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and minus certain deductions) by (y) the applicable coverage percentage. We also have the following alternative settlement options under our Master Policies:
(i)Third-Party Sale/Approved Sale Option: Subject to any reduction provided for in our Master Policies, we may pay the claim amount (not to exceed the lender’s entire loss or our maximum liability under the Percentage Option) by taking into account the net proceeds received by the lender following an approved sale, including a “short sale” or “deed-in-lieu” transaction;
(ii)Acquisition Option: Subject to any reduction provided for elsewhere in our Master Policies, we may pay the entire claim amount (as described above but without application of the coverage percentage) and acquire good and marketable title to the property; or
(iii)Anticipated Loss Option: In certain circumstances, as outlined in our Master Policies, we may pay an amount primarily based on the claim amount minus the net proceeds we reasonably anticipate would be generated if the property, in its original condition on the effective insurance commitment date, reasonable wear and tear excepted, were sold to a third party for fair market value.
Approved sales in which the underlying property has been sold for less than the outstanding loan amount are commonly referred to as “short sales.” Although short sales could have the effect of reducing our ultimate claim obligation, in many cases, notwithstanding the short sale, we will continue to be obligated to pay a claim in an amount that is equal to the maximum liability amount under the Percentage Option.
Under our Master Policies, we retain the right to consent prior to consummation of any short sale. We have entered into agreements with each of the GSEs pursuant to which we delegate to the GSEs our prior consent rights with respect to short sales on loans owned by the GSEs, as long as the short sales meet applicable GSE guidelines and processes for short sales and subject to certain other factors set forth in these agreements.
We also provide for limited delegation authority to certain loan servicers for short sales under specific circumstances. For loans that are not owned by the GSEs and for which we have not granted specific delegation authority to the loan servicer, we perform an individual analysis of each proposed short sale and provide our consent to these sales when appropriate. Historically, we have consented to a short sale only after reviewing various factors, including among other items, the sale price relative to market and the ability of the borrower to contribute to any shortfall in the sale proceeds as compared to the outstanding loan amount.
After a claim is received, our loss management specialists focus on:
▪a review to determine compliance with applicable loan origination programs and our Master Policy requirements, including: (i) whether the loan qualified for insurance at the time the certificate of coverage (i.e., policy) was issued; (ii) whether the insured has satisfied its obligation in meeting all necessary conditions for us to pay a claim, including submitting all necessary documentation in connection with the claim (commonly referred to as “claim perfection”); and (iii) whether the loan was appropriately serviced in accordance with the standards set forth in our Master Policies;
▪analysis and prompt processing to ensure that valid claims are paid in an accurate and timely manner;
▪responses to loss mitigation opportunities presented by the insured and/or servicer; and
▪management and disposal of acquired real estate.
We have entered into a Factored Claim Administration Agreement with Fannie Mae that applies to certain loans owned by Fannie Mae that were insured under our Master Policies for which a claim is submitted on or after October 1, 2018. For the loans subject to the agreement, Radian Guaranty will determine the amount of covered expenses forming part of a loss (other than unpaid principal balance and delinquent interest) using agreed upon model-based expense factors. The expense factors are based on certain characteristics of each covered loan, including the unpaid principal balance at the time of default, property type and location, and property disposition.
Claim Denials
We have the legal right under our Master Policies to deny a claim under certain conditions, such as when the loan servicer does not produce documents necessary to perfect a claim (e.g., evidence that the insured has acquired title to the
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property) within the time period specified in our Master Policies. Most often, a Claim Denial is the result of a servicer’s failure to provide the loan origination file or other servicing documents critical for our assessment of the claim.
If, after multiple requests by us, the loan origination file or other servicing documents are not provided to us, we generally deny the claim. If we deny a claim, we may continue to allow the insured the ability to perfect the claim for a limited period of time, as specified in our Master Policies. If the insured successfully perfects the claim on a timely basis, we will process the claim, including, as appropriate, by conducting a review of the loan file to ensure that underwriting and loan servicing were conducted properly.
If, after completion of this process, we determine that the claim was not perfected, other conditions precedent to coverage have not been met, or any exclusions apply, the insurance claim is denied and we consider the Claim Denial to be final and resolved. Although we may make a final determination with respect to a Claim Denial, it is possible that after we have denied coverage a legal challenge to our decision may be brought within a period of time specified under the terms of our Master Policies.
Rescissions
Mortgage insurance master policies generally protect mortgage insurers from the risk of material misrepresentations and fraud in the origination of an insured loan by establishing the right, under certain conditions, to unilaterally rescind coverage. Under the terms of our Master Policies, typical events that may give rise to our right to rescind coverage include: (i) we insured a loan in reliance upon an application for insurance that contained a material misstatement, misrepresentation or omission, whether intentional or otherwise, or that was issued as a result of an act of fraud or (ii) we find that there was negligence in the origination of a loan that we insured. We also have rights of Rescission arising from a breach of the insured’s representations and warranties that are contained in our Master Policies or endorsements thereto and are required with our delegated underwriting program.
If we rescind coverage based on a determination that a loan did not qualify for insurance, we provide the insured with a period of time to challenge or rebut our decision. If a rebuttal to our Rescission is received and the insured provides additional information supporting the continuation (i.e., non-rescission) of coverage, we will re-evaluate our original determination. If the additional information supports the continuation of coverage, the insurance is reinstated and if there is a claim, it proceeds to the next step in our claims review process. Otherwise, if we determine that the loan did not qualify for coverage, the insurance policy is rescinded (and we issue a premium refund under the terms of our Master Policies), and we consider the Rescission to be final and resolved. Although we may make a final determination internally with respect to a Rescission, it is possible that a legal challenge to our decision to rescind coverage may be brought during a period of time after we have rescinded coverage that is specified under the terms of our Master Policies.
Since 2014, our Master Policies generally include provisions that limit or prevent our ability to rescind our insurance coverage if the borrower has remained current on their mortgage loans for certain periods of time. While our Rescission rights generally are more limited under these Master Policies as compared to our prior Master Policies, our more recent Master Policies continue to include certain life-of-loan reservation of Rescission rights specified in the Master Policy, including for fraud and certain patterns of fraud. In “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” see “Changes in the charters, business practices or role of the GSEs in the U.S. housing finance market generally, could significantly impact our businesses.”
Claim Curtailments
We depend on third-party servicing of the loans that we insure. Servicers are responsible for being the primary contact with borrowers regarding their loans, and we generally do not have first-party contact with borrowers. Dependable loan servicing is necessary for, among other things, timely billing and premium payments to us and effective loss mitigation opportunities for delinquent or near-delinquent loans. As such, proper loan servicing is critical to the performance of our insured mortgage portfolio, especially when borrowers are experiencing difficulty paying their mortgages.
Our Master Policies require servicers to service our insured loans in a reasonable, prudent manner consistent with the highest standards of servicing in use in the residential mortgage industry, and we have rights under our Master Policies to curtail, and in some circumstances, deny claims due to servicer negligence.
Although we could seek post-claim recoveries from the beneficiaries of our Master Policies if we later determine that a claim was not valid, because our loss mitigation process is designed to ensure compliance with our Master Policies prior to payment of a claim, historically, we have not sought recoveries from the beneficiaries of our Master Policies once a claim payment has been made.
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From time to time, claims management may cause disputes with our customers that ultimately could result in the loss of business or litigation or other legal proceedings. See Note 13 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Competition
We operate in the highly competitive U.S. mortgage insurance industry. Our competitors primarily include other private mortgage insurers and federal and state governmental agencies, principally the FHA and VA.
Including us, there are currently six active participants in the private mortgage industry that are approved and eligible to insure loans that are purchased by the GSEs. The other participants are:
▪Arch Capital Group Ltd. (includes both Arch Mortgage Insurance Company and United Guaranty Residential Insurance Company);
▪Enact Holdings, Inc.;
▪Essent Group Ltd.;
▪MGIC Investment Corporation; and
▪NMI Holdings, Inc.
We compete directly with other private mortgage insurers primarily on the basis of price, underwriting guidelines, overall service, customer relationships, perceived financial strength (including comparative credit ratings) and reputation. Overall customer service related competition in our Mortgage Insurance business is based on, among other things, effective and timely delivery of products, timeliness of claims payments, customer connectivity, timely and accurate administration of policies, training, loss mitigation efforts and management and field service expertise. For Radian, we also believe customer service includes our ability to address the multiple needs of our customers by offering products and services through our other businesses that are relevant to our mortgage insurance customers and complement our mortgage insurance products.
Pricing has always been competitive in the mortgage insurance industry, but as discussed under “Mortgage Insurance-Pricing,” with the increased prevalence of granular, “black box” pricing and custom rate cards, and the greater uniformity of master policy terms throughout the industry, pricing has become the predominant competitive market factor for private mortgage insurance. We monitor various competitive and economic factors while seeking to enhance the long-term value of our mortgage insurance portfolio by balancing credit risk, profitability, and volume and capital considerations in developing our pricing strategies.
We establish our premium rates and seek to write a mix of business to manage the risk/return profile and maximize the long-term economic value of our mortgage insurance portfolio, taking into consideration the competitive environment. See “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Key Factors Affecting Our Results-Mortgage Insurance-Premiums.” Based on publicly available information, the private mortgage insurance market was approximately 41% of the total insured mortgage market (which includes FHA, VA and private mortgage insurers) for 2024. Our share of NIW within the private mortgage insurance market was approximately 17% for 2024.
Private mortgage insurance competes for a share of the insurable mortgage market with the single-family mortgage insurance programs of the FHA and VA. Private mortgage insurance execution competes with the programs offered by the FHA on the basis of loan limits, pricing, credit guidelines, terms of our insurance policies and loss mitigation practices.
We believe that better execution for borrowers with higher FICO scores, in conjunction with the preference of certain lenders to execute through the GSEs, have served as competitive advantages for private mortgage insurance as compared to FHA insurance. The FHA’s share of the total insured mortgage market was reported to be 34% in both 2024 and 2023. See “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Key Factors Affecting Our Results-Mortgage Insurance-NIW.”
In February 2023, the FHA reduced its annual mortgage insurance premium by 0.30% for most new borrowers. While this pricing change did not have a material impact on our NIW volumes in 2023 or 2024, the FHA could institute further pricing changes in the future, including additional changes to its annual premiums, a reduction in its upfront premiums and/or the elimination of the life-of-loan premium requirement for most FHA insured loans. It is uncertain if and when the FHA may pursue any additional pricing or other actions and what form they may take; however, any change that would improve FHA execution compared to execution through the GSEs with private mortgage insurance could negatively impact our NIW volume.
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If the competitive position of the FHA is enhanced, it could have a negative effect on our ability to compete with the FHA. See “Regulation-Federal Regulation-Housing Finance Reform and the GSEs’ Business Practices” for a discussion of factors that could enhance the FHA’s competitive position relative to private mortgage insurance.
We also face competition from the VA. Based on publicly available information, the VA’s share of the total insured mortgage market was 25% in 2024, compared to 22% in 2023. We believe that the VA remains a strong participant in the overall market because of the number of borrowers that are eligible for the VA’s program, and because the VA insures 100% LTV loans, which is unavailable through private mortgage insurance and the FHA, and charges a one-time funding fee that can be included in the loan amount with no separate monthly payment.
In addition, as market conditions change, alternatives to traditional private mortgage insurance may become more prevalent, which could reduce the demand for private mortgage insurance. These alternatives have included structures commonly referred to as “investor paid mortgage insurance” in which affiliates of traditional mortgage insurers that are not subject to the PMIERs directly insure the GSEs against loss. For additional information about these structures, see “Regulation-Federal Regulation-Housing Finance Reform and the GSEs’ Business Practices.”
It is difficult to predict what other types of credit risk transfer transactions and structures or other forms of credit enhancement, including GSE-sponsored alternatives to traditional mortgage insurance, might be used in the future. If any of these alternatives were to displace standard primary loan level private mortgage insurance, the amount of insurance we write may be reduced and our future prospects could be negatively impacted.
In “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” see “Our Mortgage Insurance business faces intense competition.”
Customers
The principal customers of our Mortgage Insurance business are mortgage originators such as mortgage banks, commercial banks, savings institutions, credit unions and community banks.
We actively monitor our customer concentration and regularly engage in efforts to diversify our customer base; however, the increasing use of custom rate cards for individual lenders in the mortgage insurance marketplace has increased the likelihood that a significant portion of NIW volume generated in any given period may be attributable to a relatively small number of customers. Our largest single mortgage insurance customer (including branches and affiliates) measured by NIW, accounted for 5% of NIW during 2024, compared to 8% in 2023 and 2022. The percentage of NIW generated by our top 10 customers was 30% in 2024. No single customer contributed earned premiums that accounted for more than 10% of our consolidated revenues in 2024, 2023 or 2022. In “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” see “Our NIW and franchise value could decline if we lose business from significant customers.”
Sales and Marketing
Our sales and marketing efforts are focused on establishing, maintaining and growing valuable customer relationships. Given the range of solutions we offer across our businesses, our sales strategy includes seeking opportunities with new customers as well as expanding relationships with our existing customers. We employ sales teams with industry or product subject matter expertise who can address specific customer-centric needs.
Marketing and communications activities include direct marketing; advertising; digital marketing including email, content, and social media; public relations and thought leadership; brand strategy and expression; event marketing including customer meetings, conferences and trade shows and other targeted initiatives designed to generate new sales opportunities, drive customer adoption of our services and retain our existing customers. We continue to adapt our sales and marketing efforts based on data and other insights, such as customer behavior, preferences, and trends, as well as the current environment, to leverage tools and techniques to engage with current and potential customers.
All sales and marketing efforts are supported by functional areas that provide additional touch points for our customers. For example, our Client Solutions Team is responsible for managing and growing customer relationships and promoting increased customer adoption and our Customer Service and Training Teams provide customized service as well as educational sessions to our customers.
Our approach to selling our products across our mortgage and real estate services businesses is intended to strengthen our relationships with customers, attract new customers and enhance our ability to compete.
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Overview
All Other activities include: (i) income (losses) from assets held by Radian Group, our holding company; (ii) related general corporate operating expenses not attributable or allocated to our reportable segment; and (iii) the operating results from certain other immaterial activities and operating segments, including our Mortgage Conduit, Title, Real Estate Services and Real Estate Technology businesses.
The businesses included in our All Other category are dependent upon overall activity in the mortgage finance and real estate markets, as well as the overall health of the related industries. Due, in part, to the transactional nature of the businesses, revenues for our All Other category are subject to fluctuations from period to period, including fluctuations that reflect the seasonal volume fluctuations in these markets. Volumes are also affected by the number of competing companies and alternative products offered in the market, as well as pricing differences.
See Note 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding our segment reporting, including our All Other category.
All Other Products and Services
Mortgage Conduit
In 2022, we launched Radian Mortgage Capital to expand our capabilities to participate in the mortgage market to aggregate, manage and distribute residential credit risk. Radian Mortgage Capital, a mortgage conduit, acquires residential mortgage loans with the intention of then selling the loans directly to mortgage investors, including Freddie Mac, and, subject to market conditions, distributing them into the capital markets through private label securitizations, with the option to retain and manage structured components of the underlying credit risk.
Radian Mortgage Capital is licensed in 49 states and the District of Columbia and positioned to purchase and hold residential mortgages and servicing rights on a nationwide basis. See Note 7 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details, including information on Radian Mortgage Capital’s first two securitizations, which were completed in 2024.
Title
As a national title provider, we offer a comprehensive suite of insurance and non-insurance title and real estate settlement services to mortgage lenders, mortgage investors and the GSEs as well as directly to consumers for residential mortgage loans. Our title solutions range from fully-insured products to uninsured title searches and home equity loans, as well as services that support lenders with a range of traditional, hybrid and fully digital closing solutions.
Real Estate Services
We provide our customers with real estate asset management services, which include: (i) managing REO properties owned primarily by financial institutions and mortgage investors, including the GSEs; (ii) providing a range of services for the benefit of the single-family rental asset class, including by facilitating the property valuation and diligence services needed to support single-family rental warehouse lending and securitization activity; and (iii) offering a web-based asset management workflow solution to assist our customers in managing REO assets, rental properties and other real estate activities.
In addition, through our licensed real estate broker subsidiary, homegenius Real Estate, we provide a suite of real estate valuation products and services to lenders, servicers, investors and GSEs, including broker price opinions and various technology-enabled valuations.
Real Estate Technology
In addition to the services described above, we have developed a proprietary real estate technology platform to deliver a configurable experience designed to engage and support consumers across the real estate lifecycle. These digital services and solutions include: national home search capabilities using unique data and photo search experiences; interactive valuation
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estimates; title services; a service to match interested homebuyers with local real estate agents; and ongoing interactions subsequent to home purchase, including consideration of home equity lending options.
We are currently exploring strategic options to maximize the value of this platform, which is offered primarily through our licensed real estate broker subsidiary, homegenius Real Estate.
Investment Policy and Portfolio
Our investment portfolio is our primary source of claims paying resources and also impacts our earnings. We seek to manage our investment portfolio within our targeted risk and return tolerances based on our current liability projections and business and economic outlook to maintain sufficient liquidity levels to satisfy our current and future operating requirements and other financial needs. Our investment strategy is developed by taking into consideration applicable investment restrictions, limitations and conditions imposed on investments held by our regulated entities, and in particular, state limitations and PMIERs rules applicable to Radian Guaranty, which holds the majority of our total investment portfolio.
Our investment strategy uses an asset allocation methodology that takes into consideration regulatory constraints, our business environment and consolidated risks as well as current investment conditions. With respect to our fixed income investments, the following internal investment policy guidelines, among others, are applied at the time of investment and continually monitored.
Internal investment policy guidelines
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Ratings Equivalent
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“A-” and above
At least 75% of the portfolio Fair Value
“BBB+” to “BBB-”
Not more than 25% of portfolio Fair Value
3 to 6
“BB+” and below
Not more than 10% of portfolio Fair Value
Our portfolio has been constructed to maximize long-term expected returns while maintaining an acceptable risk level. Our investment objectives are to utilize appropriate risk management oversight to optimize after-tax returns, while preserving capital. We calibrate the level of our short-term investments based on our overall investment portfolio duration, risk appetite and expected short-term cash requirements. In “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” see “Our success depends, in part, on our ability to manage risks in our investment portfolio.”
Our investment policies and strategies are subject to change, depending on business needs, current and potential future regulatory requirements, economic and market conditions and our then-existing or anticipated financial condition and operating requirements, including our current and future tax positions. The investments held at our insurance subsidiaries are subject to insurance regulatory requirements applicable to such insurance subsidiaries and investments held by Radian Guaranty are subject to the PMIERs. For example, insurance regulatory requirements address the types of assets that may be reported as admitted assets for statutory reporting purposes and limit how a mortgage insurer may invest its contingency reserve, and the PMIERs specify which type of assets are eligible to be counted as Available Assets. See “Regulation-Federal Regulation-GSE Requirements for Mortgage Insurance Eligibility.”
Oversight responsibility of our investment portfolio rests with management, and allocations are set by periodic asset allocation studies, calibrated by risk and after-tax return considerations. The risks we consider include, among others, duration, convexity, liquidity, market, sector, structural, interest rate and credit risks. As of December 31, 2024, we internally managed 11% of the investment portfolio (the portion of the portfolio largely consisting of U.S. Treasury securities, money market funds, equities, mortgage insurance-linked notes and other mortgage related assets, and certain exchange-traded funds), with the remainder primarily managed by three external managers. External managers are selected by management based primarily upon their ability to meet our investment goals and objectives, based upon factors such as historical returns and the quality and stability of their management teams. Management’s selections of external managers are presented to, approved and monitored by the Finance and Investment Committee of our board of directors.
At December 31, 2024, our investment portfolio, including securities loaned to third-party borrowers under securities lending agreements, had a cost basis of $6.3 billion and a carrying value of $5.9 billion. At December 31, 2024, 97% of our investment portfolio was rated investment grade. The weighted-average duration of the assets in our investment portfolio as of December 31, 2024, was 4.3 years. For additional information about our investment portfolio, see “Item 7. Management’s
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Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Liquidity and Capital Resources-Investment Portfolio,” as well as Notes 5 and 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Although managed separately from the investment portfolio discussed above, beginning in 2022, we also purchase mortgage loans in our mortgage conduit for near-term resale or securitization. See “All Other-Overview” and Note 7 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on this business. In “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” see also “We face risks associated with our Mortgage Conduit business.”
Enterprise Risk Management
Overview
As a financial services organization, risk management is a critical part of our business. The following goals guide our strategy and actions as a risk management organization:
▪Embed and continually reinforce a disciplined, corporate-wide risk culture that utilizes an understanding of risk/return trade-offs to drive quality decisions and achieve long-term, through-the-cycle profitability;
▪Maintain credit, underwriting, pricing, and risk/return disciplines based on sound data and analytics and continuous feedback throughout the organization;
▪Proactively monitor business, counterparty, economic, housing and compliance-related trends to identify and mitigate emerging risks;
▪Continually refine analytical and technological capabilities, processes and systems to effectively identify, assess and manage risks; and
▪Develop and leverage tools and capabilities to inform and optimize capital allocation within our risk appetite in support of our corporate strategy.
Our risk appetite, or the amount of risk we are willing to take on in pursuit of value, is driven by our business strategy, which is established by executive management and overseen by our board of directors. We define our risk appetite qualitatively through the following key risk categories where strategic execution occurs: credit; financial; strategic; operational and regulatory and compliance. We do not treat reputational risk as a distinct category of risk; rather, we view reputational risk as pervasive throughout our entire risk portfolio, as each risk on its own can impact our reputation if not mitigated or managed properly.
We have adopted an integrated approach to risk management, which includes, among other things: (i) a centralized ERM function that is responsible for overseeing the process for risk identification, assessment, management, and mitigation across the organization; (ii) an enterprise compliance function for overseeing regulatory compliance matters, policy governance and related risks; (iii) risk management functions embedded in our businesses; (iv) specialized risk committees with a focus on specific risks; and (v) an internal audit function that performs periodic, independent reviews and tests compliance with risk management policies, procedures and standards across the Company.
Our ERM framework is designed to provide executive management with the ability to identify and evaluate the most significant risks we face and to calibrate risk mitigation strategies to account for challenges in the current business environment, as well as external factors that may negatively impact our operations. In practice, our ERM function represents a cross-functional and enterprise-wide effort, consisting of subject matter experts and experienced managers, which utilizes a systematic method to identify, evaluate, and monitor both known and emerging risks. Risk assessments and mitigation plans are developed to address these risks. Risk scoring and validation of the effectiveness of risk management plans through management reporting facilitate program sustainability and promote accountability for risk management activities throughout the Company.
As part of our ERM program, our businesses employ comprehensive risk management functions, which, in conjunction with oversight by the Risk Committee of our board of directors, are responsible for monitoring compliance with our risk-related policies, managing our insured portfolios and the mortgage loans we purchase through our mortgage conduit, and communicating credit-related issues to management, our board of directors and our customers.
Our senior executive management team regularly monitors and discusses risks related to our businesses through various management committees. Our Pricing and Risk Committee, Capital and Liquidity Committee and Model Governance
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Committee (these committees collectively comprise our Asset Liability Committee) focus on identifying risks and decision making related to pricing, credit, capital, liquidity and model risk management, including risk/return analysis associated with different business opportunities. Other management committees focused on risk management include, but are not limited to, our ERM Executive Steering Committee and ERM Council, Executive Information Security Committee, Enterprise Compliance Oversight Council and Resilience Executive Committee.
Information security is a significant operational risk for financial institutions such as Radian. To address this, our ERM program incorporates cybersecurity-related risks into our identification, evaluation and mitigation processes. In addition, we maintain an Information Security Program that is designed to protect our corporate data, including data we provide to others, as well as data entrusted to us by our customers and partners. For more information about our Information Security Program and other aspects of our cybersecurity governance and risk management, see “Item 1C. Cybersecurity.”
Board of Directors
Our board of directors is actively involved in the oversight of material risks relating to our Company. In this regard, our board of directors seeks to understand and oversee how senior management addresses the most critical risks relating to our business and to ensure there is an effective governance process in place for reviewing the systems and processes that management has developed to manage and mitigate material risks, including those that could arise in the future. The board has formed a standing committee, the Risk Committee, for the primary purpose of overseeing the Company’s management of material risks. In carrying out this responsibility, the Risk Committee’s primary role is coordination, working with the full board and other committees to ensure the effective oversight over material risks. In conducting its risk oversight responsibilities, the Risk Committee oversees the Company’s ERM function, including by:
▪reviewing the methodologies, policies, processes, resources and reporting structures established by management to identify, assess, monitor and ensure appropriate mitigation of material risks;
▪reviewing and approving the Company’s enterprise risk appetite statements and management’s procedures for ensuring the Company is operating in a manner consistent with such statements;
▪receiving reports regarding management’s compliance with regulatory requirements related to ERM, including any related filings or disclosures; and
▪regularly reviewing and analyzing management’s assessment of material risks, including any significant changes or developments with respect to existing risks or the emergence of new risks or risk trends.
The Risk Committee utilizes the information derived from its oversight over ERM to coordinate oversight responsibilities over material risks among the full board and its standing committees as follows.
▪The Audit Committee oversees material risks that could impact the Company’s financial statements and internal controls over financial reporting such as the risk of fraud or illegal acts, and oversees risks pertaining to our enterprise compliance program and the Company’s Code of Conduct and Ethics.
▪The Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee oversees material risks pertaining to the Company’s compensation and human capital management policies and practices. In conducting this oversight, this committee reviews and discusses with management an annual risk assessment of the Company’s compensation policies and practices prepared by the Company’s independent compensation consultant.
▪The Finance and Investment Committee oversees material risks pertaining to the Company’s investment portfolio, the Company’s liquidity position, capital structure and credit and financial strength ratings.
▪The Governance Committee oversees material risks pertaining to the Company’s corporate governance structure and practices, including by overseeing the Company’s policy regarding related person transactions to ensure that the Company does not engage in transactions that would create or give the impression of a conflict of interest or that could cause harm to the Company and the Company’s interactions and engagement with stockholders.
▪In addition to its oversight over ERM and its role in coordinating risk oversight among the full board and its committees, the Risk Committee directly oversees material risks related to: the Company’s risk-taking businesses, comprising our mortgage insurance, mortgage conduit and title insurance businesses; our information security function, including the management of risks related to data security, cybersecurity and privacy; our policies and procedures for monitoring and
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managing counterparty risk; our enterprise insurance program for managing business risks; and our program for maintaining business continuity and resilience.
Each committee chair provides regular reports to the full board regarding their committee’s risk oversight responsibilities as discussed above. The full board conducts its risk oversight responsibility in the areas discussed above through its review and evaluation of these reports, as well as through regular discussions and reports from management regarding other material risks not otherwise allocated to the committees. Finally, the full board further considers current and potential future strategic risks facing the Company as part of its annual strategic planning session with management.
Mortgage Insurance Risk Management
Risk Origination and Servicing. We believe that understanding our business partners and customers is a key component of managing risk. Accordingly, we have a counterparty risk management team that leverages our customer and servicer segmentation framework so that we can more effectively perform ongoing monitoring of loan performance, underwriting quality and the risk profile and mix of business of a customer’s mortgage insurance applications. The counterparty risk management team monitors trends at the customer level, identifies customers who may exceed certain risk tolerances and shares meaningful performance data with our customers to help them improve. The team is also responsible for taking lender corrective action in the event we discover credit performance issues, such as high early payment default levels.
Portfolio Management. We have developed risk and capital allocation models to support our Mortgage Insurance business. These models provide comprehensive analytics that help us establish portfolio limits for product type, loan attributes, geographic concentrations and counterparties. We proactively monitor market concentrations across these and other attributes. We also identify, evaluate and negotiate potential transactions for terminating insurance risk and for distributing risk to third parties, including through reinsurance arrangements. As part of our portfolio management function, we monitor and analyze the performance of various risks in our mortgage insurance portfolio. We use this information to develop our mortgage credit risk and counterparty risk policies, and as a component of our default and prepayment analytics.
Credit Policy. We maintain mortgage-related credit risk policies that reflect our tolerance levels regarding counterparty, portfolio and operational risks. Based on our policies and risk tolerances, our credit policy function develops and updates our mortgage insurance eligibility requirements and guidelines through regular monitoring of competitor offerings, GSE programs and GSE guideline updates, customer input regarding lending needs, analysis of historical performance and portfolio trends, quality assurance results and underwriter experience and observations. The credit policy function works closely with our mortgage insurance underwriters to ensure that underwriting decisions align with risk tolerances and policies.
Quality Assurance. Our quality assurance function audits individual loan files to examine underwriting decisions for compliance with agreed-upon underwriting guidelines. These audits are conducted across loans submitted through our delegated and non-delegated underwriting channels in order to monitor underwriting quality for insurance certificates underwritten by our customers or our underwriters. We conduct independent re-verification of key mortgage insurance application data to minimize the possibility of misrepresentation. Our quality assurance team also conducts audits of our key operational functions, including claims, premium processing and customer care to ensure that our operational transactions are in compliance with our policies and procedures.
Loss Mitigation. We have a dedicated loss mitigation group that works with servicers to identify and pursue loss mitigation opportunities for loans in both our performing and non-performing portfolios. This includes regular surveillance and benchmarking of servicer performance with respect to default and loss mitigation workout reporting, borrower home retention efforts, foreclosure alternatives and foreclosure proceedings. Through our risk management function, we seek to hold servicers accountable for their performance and communicate to servicers identified best practices for servicer performance. See “Mortgage Insurance-Defaults and Claims-Claims Management” for more information.
Quantitative Analytics. Our quantitative analytics team uses various mathematical modeling methodologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, to assist our decision-making in key areas such as underwriting, pricing, claims, reserving, portfolio analysis, economic forecasting and risk distribution.
Risk Distribution. In our Mortgage Insurance business, we use reinsurance as a capital and risk management tool, including to lower the risk profile and financial volatility of our mortgage insurance portfolio through economic cycles. We have distributed risk through third-party quota share and excess-of-loss reinsurance arrangements, including through the capital markets using mortgage insurance-linked notes transactions. The objectives of our risk distribution strategy include: (i)
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supporting our overall capital plan by reducing our cost of capital, increasing capital efficiency and enhancing our projected returns on capital and (ii) reducing portfolio risk and financial volatility through economic cycles. For additional information regarding our reinsurance programs, see Note 8 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
All Other Risk Management
Our focus on enterprise risk management extends to our other risk-taking operations as well, most notably our Title and Mortgage Conduit businesses.
In our Title business, we assess and manage risk through the use of trained underwriters, underwriting guidelines and the imposition of per file risk limits and, over certain policy limits, third-party reinsurance on a per policy basis. In addition, we have a dedicated Title Insurance Claims and Underwriting Committee that meets regularly to review individual open claims and adjust Radian Title Insurance’s case reserves as needed.
In our Mortgage Conduit business, we conduct frequent reviews of our conduit loan programs, underwriting guideline changes and mortgage seller underwriting programs. We also maintain mortgage seller approval and recertification policies to evaluate and monitor, among other things, seller creditworthiness, capacity and quality. Our quality assurance function audits a sample of individual purchased loan files, and we conduct independent re-verification of key credit file data to protect against misrepresentation. In addition, Radian Mortgage Capital’s purchases and sales of mortgage loan products are governed by an established framework, which includes, among other controls, authority levels, escalation triggers and governance over target pricing, hedging, risk position limits and trade size limits.
Human Capital Management
We promote a company-wide commitment to support affordable, sustainable and equitable homeownership. This commitment, along with our support of our customers, our employees and the communities where we live and work, defines who we are as an enterprise and aligns with our core organizational values: Deliver the Brand Promise, Innovate for the Future, Create Shareholder Value, Our People are the Difference, Do What’s Right and Partner to Win.
We value our employees by supporting a healthy work-life balance and a team-oriented environment. We strive to offer competitive compensation and benefits programs as well as career development opportunities, while fostering a community where everyone feels included and empowered to do their best work and is encouraged to give back to their communities to make a positive social impact. As of December 31, 2024, we had approximately 1,000 employees of Radian Group and its subsidiaries.
Corporate Responsibility
Our approach to corporate responsibility rests on three core pillars: human capital management, stakeholder value and corporate citizenship. We prioritize excellence in human capital management by attracting and retaining talent through competitive compensation and benefits. We create sustainable, long-term stakeholder value through robust governance practices and strategic risk management. And, we promote responsible corporate citizenship by maintaining ethical operations, proactively complying with regulations, and contributing positively to our communities.
Our culture and comprehensive development programs are designed to support a high-performing, engaged workforce that drives innovation and adaptability. At Radian, we are committed to an inclusive workplace, as represented by our Employee Value Promise-We See You at Radian. We believe that an inclusive environment produces more creative solutions, results in more innovative products and services and is crucial to our efforts to attract and retain key talent.
We have an employee council, the Executive Inclusion Council (“EIC”), that is sponsored by our CEO, led by senior management and comprised of leaders and employees from across the Company to advance the program and its efforts. In 2020, we created a framework for and launched Radian’s Employee Resource Group (“ERG”) program, which is an important aspect of Radian’s employee development and engagement efforts because it not only creates inclusive communities where employees feel supported, but it enriches our overall company culture. Radian currently has five active ERGs: TrueColors, which brings together our LGBTQIA+ employees and allies; Women Heard, as our women and women’s advocate group; Vibrant Crossroads, which highlights intersectionality and multiculturalism; Without Limits, which represents our commitment to Neurodiversity inclusion; and Radian Salutes, supporting veterans, military service members, and military dependents.
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We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and promoting inclusive recruiting practices. We annually deploy mandatory inclusion training for all employees. We also bi-annually complete pay equity analyses in partnership with an external expert to provide an objective review of our pay practices.
Compensation and Benefits Program
Our compensation programs are designed to attract, retain and reward talented individuals who possess the skills and capabilities necessary to support our business objectives, demonstrate our values, assist in the achievement of our strategic goals and create long-term value for our stockholders. We use a systematic approach to monitor market benchmarks as well as recognize employee performance, support career development, and ensure compensation is accurate, fair and reviewed regularly. Our compensation programs include base salary, annual incentive bonuses and, for certain employees, other performance-related cash incentives, such as commissions, and long-term equity incentive awards.
Our annual short-term incentive or bonus program is approved by the Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee of our board of directors to incent achievement of our financial objectives and execution of our strategic plan. Individual employee goals are aligned to the financial and strategic objectives of the incentive program and considered, along with living our values and advancing our human capital management objectives, in determining each employee’s annual short-term incentive award as part of our employees’ performance evaluations.
In addition to our cash and equity compensation programs, we offer eligible employees a comprehensive health, welfare and financial benefits package. In addition, to support our employees and advance our mission to promote affordable, sustainable and equitable homeownership, we offer all eligible employees benefit reimbursements in our Radian mortgage insurance, title and agent referrals programs via our homebuyer perks benefits program.
Talent Development and Employee Engagement
We invest in our people to provide opportunities for professional and career growth. Programs such as our talent development strategy, annual performance reviews, which are focused in part on living our company values, and succession planning are all important aspects of this investment. These processes help management identify and nurture top talent for leadership opportunities and support the growth and development of knowledge and skills of our employees, managers and leaders.
To measure engagement and culture across the organization, we use employee experience surveys. In addition to our experience surveys, we typically use employee pulse surveys and focus groups to gather employee feedback. We communicate the results of these surveys to our employees and incorporate the feedback into our human capital management strategies to ensure that we are being responsive to the needs and views of our employees. Our employee community-building program, Radian Connected, provides opportunities for employee engagement through informal learning opportunities, as well as social opportunities to network and build stronger working relationships.
Performance reviews are completed annually to ensure a focus on development of employees along with an assessment of performance and potential, which supports succession planning and informs development efforts across the company to ensure we are continuing to build a deep bench of talent within Radian.
Community Involvement
We understand the value of investing in the communities in which our employees live and work, which is why we continue to strengthen and grow our Corporate Citizenship Program. Since its inception, the program - through both company and employee contributions - has provided significant financial support to charities across the country. The program consists of three pillars: charitable contributions, matching gifts and community connection.
Charitable contributions include donations made by Radian to non-profit organizations, including direct corporate contributions and sponsorship of charitable events. In 2024, we provided financial support to community organizations through direct giving, sponsorships, and fundraisers. This includes our multi-year commitment to support the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Opens Doors Foundation. Our matching gifts program, which leverages a Workplace Giving Platform to simplify and strengthen our matching process, includes a charitable contribution made by Radian to non-profit organizations that reflect a donation made by an employee. In addition, to encourage employee participation in their communities, we support Dollars-for-Doers, a grant program that recognizes the time employees spend giving back to their communities by giving a charitable gift to the nonprofit of the employee’s choice after they complete 40 hours of service.
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Regulation
We are subject to comprehensive regulation by both federal and state regulatory authorities. Set forth below is a description of significant state and federal regulations as well as requirements of the GSEs that are applicable to our businesses. The descriptions below are summaries only and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the laws and regulations discussed. In “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” see “Our insurance subsidiaries are subject to comprehensive state insurance regulations and other requirements, which we may fail to satisfy” and “Legislation and administrative and regulatory changes and interpretations could impact our businesses.”
State Regulation
Overview of State Insurance Regulation and Our Insurance Subsidiaries
We and our insurance subsidiaries are subject to comprehensive regulation by the insurance departments in the various states where they are licensed to transact business. Insurance laws vary from state to state, but generally grant broad supervisory powers to agencies or officials to examine insurance companies and enforce rules or exercise discretion affecting almost every significant aspect of the insurance business. These regulations principally are designed for the protection of policyholders, rather than for the benefit of investors.
Insurance regulations address, among other things, the licensing of companies to transact business, claims handling, credit for reinsurance, premium rates and policy forms, sales and marketing activity, financial statements, periodic reporting, permissible investments and adherence to financial standards relating to surplus, dividends and other measures of solvency intended to assure the satisfaction of obligations to policyholders.
Our insurance subsidiaries’ premium rates and policy forms are generally subject to regulation in every state in which they are licensed to transact business. These regulations are intended to protect policyholders against excessive, inadequate or unfairly discriminatory rates and to encourage competition in the insurance marketplace. In most states where our insurance subsidiaries are licensed, premium rates and policy forms must be filed with the state insurance regulatory authority and, in some states, must also be approved before their use.
With respect to mortgage insurance, premium rates may be subject to actuarial justification, generally on the basis of the mortgage insurer’s loss experience, expenses and future projections. In addition, state regulators may assess rates to ensure that “similarly situated” customers are receiving similar rates without unjustifiable differentiation, and state regulators also may evaluate general default experience in the mortgage insurance industry in assessing the premium rates charged by mortgage insurers. In many states, the filed forms allow for a deviation from the filed rates within a certain range to take into consideration various factors linked to the risk being insured.
As to title insurance, premium rates and policy forms must be filed with state insurance regulatory authorities and, in some states, must also be approved before their use. Policy forms require approval to ensure that the coverage and exceptions conform to state insurance regulations. Premium rates subject to approval often must be supported by actuarial data or a study of the financial impact of the premium rate on the insurer. States also impose restrictions on title sales and marketing activity, either through regulations that are specific to title marketing or through broader state insurance licensing, anti-inducement and anti-rebating laws.
Each insurance subsidiary is required by the insurance regulatory authority of its state of domicile, and the insurance regulatory authority of each other jurisdiction in which it is licensed to transact business, to make various filings with those authorities and with the NAIC, including quarterly and annual financial statements prepared in accordance with SAP. In addition, our insurance subsidiaries are subject to examination by the insurance regulatory authority of their state of domicile, as well as each of the states in which they are licensed to transact business.
Radian Group is an insurance holding company, and Radian Group’s subsidiaries, including our mortgage insurance subsidiaries and title insurance company, belong to an insurance holding company system. We are subject to the insurance holding company laws of Pennsylvania and Ohio because all of our mortgage insurance subsidiaries are domiciled in Pennsylvania and Radian Title Insurance is domiciled in Ohio. These insurance holding company laws regulate, among other things, certain transactions between Radian Group, our insurance subsidiaries and affiliates.
The holding company laws of Pennsylvania and Ohio also govern certain transactions involving Radian Group’s common stock, including transactions that constitute a “change of control” of Radian Group and, consequently, a “change of control” of
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its insurance subsidiaries. Specifically, no person may, directly or indirectly, seek to acquire “control” of Radian Group or any of its insurance subsidiaries unless that person received prior approval after filing a statement and other documents with the Pennsylvania Insurance Department or Ohio Department of Insurance for a change in control of any of our mortgage insurance subsidiaries or Radian Title Insurance, respectively, and with both the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and Ohio Department of Insurance for a change in control involving Radian Group. Under Pennsylvania’s and Ohio’s insurance statutes, “control” is defined broadly. For instance, Pennsylvania’s statute provides that control is “presumed to exist if any person, directly or indirectly, owns, controls, holds with power to vote or holds proxies representing 10% or more” of the votes that all shareholders would be entitled to cast in the election of directors. For both Pennsylvania and Ohio, the statutes further define “control” as the “possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of” an insurer.
In addition, transactions between any one of our insurance subsidiaries and any Radian-affiliated entity are subject to certain conditions, including that they be “fair and reasonable.” These conditions generally apply to all persons controlling, or who are under common control with, Radian Group and its insurance subsidiaries. Certain transactions between our insurance subsidiaries and a Radian-affiliated entity may not be entered into unless the Pennsylvania Insurance Department or Ohio Department of Insurance, as applicable, is given 30 days’ prior notice and does not disapprove the transaction during that 30-day period.
Radian Guaranty is authorized to write insurance in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Guam as a monoline insurer, and is restricted by the laws of certain states to writing first-lien residential mortgage guaranty insurance (or in states where there is no specific authorization for mortgage guaranty insurance, the applicable line of insurance under which mortgage guaranty insurance is regulated). Radian Guaranty is our only mortgage insurance company that is currently eligible to provide first-loss mortgage insurance on GSE loans.
We also have the following mortgage insurance subsidiaries: Radian Insurance, a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Radian Group that is licensed in Pennsylvania and insures a small amount of second-lien mortgage loan risk written prior to the great financial crisis in 2008; and Radian Mortgage Assurance, a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Radian Group that has a license or its equivalent in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, but which had no RIF as of December 31, 2024.
As part of our Title services business, we offer title insurance through Radian Title Insurance. Radian Title Insurance is an Ohio domiciled title insurance underwriter and settlement services company that is licensed to issue title insurance policies in 41 states and the District of Columbia. Radian Title Insurance is an indirect subsidiary of Radian Group and is wholly owned by Radian Title Services Inc.
Mortgage Insurance Capital Requirements and Dividends
Under state insurance regulations, Radian Guaranty is required to maintain minimum surplus levels and, in certain states, a Statutory RBC Requirement that is based on a maximum ratio of net RIF relative to statutory capital, or Risk-to-capital. The most common Statutory RBC Requirement is that a mortgage insurer’s Risk-to-capital may not exceed 25 to 1, while in certain other RBC States, Radian Guaranty must satisfy a MPP Requirement. As of December 31, 2024, Radian Guaranty’s Risk-to-capital was 10.2 to 1, and Radian Guaranty was in compliance with all applicable Statutory RBC Requirements. See Note 16 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for more information on statutory capital requirements, including the NAIC’s approval in August 2023 of an amended Model Act for mortgage insurers that could be adopted through legislation in one or more states, and regardless of adoption, also could serve as the basis for how the NAIC updates the SAPs applicable to mortgage insurers. In “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” see “Our insurance subsidiaries are subject to comprehensive state insurance regulations and other requirements, which we may fail to satisfy.”
Mortgage insurance companies are required annually to set aside contingency reserves in their statutory financial statements in an amount equal to 50% of earned premiums. The contingency reserve, which is designed to be a reserve against catastrophic losses, essentially has the effect of restricting dividends and other ordinary distributions by mortgage insurance companies as amounts set aside for contingency reserves cannot be released into unassigned surplus for a period of 10 years, except when loss ratios exceed 35% of the corresponding earned premiums, in which case the amount above 35% can be released under certain circumstances.
Under Pennsylvania’s insurance laws, dividends and other ordinary distributions may only be paid out of an insurer’s positive unassigned surplus unless the Pennsylvania Insurance Department approves the payment of dividends or other distributions from another source. While all proposed dividends and distributions to stockholders must be filed with the Pennsylvania Insurance Department prior to payment, if a Pennsylvania domiciled insurer has positive unassigned surplus,
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such insurer can pay dividends or other distributions during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount less than or equal to the greater of: (i) 10% of the preceding year-end statutory policyholders’ surplus or (ii) the preceding year’s statutory net income, in each case without the prior approval of the Pennsylvania Insurance Department.
Radian Guaranty had positive unassigned surplus of $120 million as of December 31, 2023, and continued to maintain positive unassigned surplus throughout 2024, ending the year with positive unassigned surplus of $223 million. As a result, Radian Guaranty had the ability to pay ordinary dividends throughout 2024 and paid total ordinary dividends to Radian Group of $675 million in cash and marketable securities in 2024. Radian Guaranty expects to distribute $200 million to Radian Group prior to the end of February 2025, and to have the ability to continue paying ordinary dividends in 2025 and for the foreseeable future. See Note 16 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on contingency reserve requirements and statutory dividend restrictions.
Title Insurance Capital Requirements and Dividends
Radian Title Insurance is required to maintain Statutory Premium Reserves (“SPR”), calculated as a percentage of gross premiums collected. The SPR requirements are set by each state, with the most common being 7% of gross premiums collected. The SPR is then recovered based on a release schedule, amortized over 20 years. In addition to the SPR, Radian Title Insurance is subject to periodic reviews of certain financial performance ratios by the regulators in the states in which it is licensed, and these regulators can impose capital requirements on Radian Title Insurance based on the results of those ratios.
Under Ohio’s insurance laws, dividends and other ordinary distributions may only be paid out of an insurer’s positive unassigned surplus unless the Ohio Department of Insurance approves the payment of dividends or other ordinary distributions from another source. While all proposed dividends and distributions to stockholders must be filed with the Ohio Department of Insurance prior to payment, if an Ohio domiciled insurer had positive unassigned surplus, such insurer can pay dividends or other distributions during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount less than or equal to the greater of: (i) 10% of the preceding year-end statutory policyholders’ surplus or (ii) the preceding year’s statutory net income, in each case without the prior approval of the Ohio Department of Insurance. Radian Title Insurance had negative unassigned surplus of $7 million and $9 million at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and therefore was unable to pay ordinary dividends in 2024 and is currently unable to pay dividends or other ordinary distributions in 2025 without prior approval from the Ohio Department of Insurance.
Other Businesses
In addition to our insurance subsidiaries, certain of our other subsidiaries are subject to regulation and oversight, including examination, by the states in which they conduct their businesses, including requirements to be licensed and/or registered in these states.
Our real estate brokerage business conducted through homegenius Real Estate provides services in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. This entity, together with its brokers, is required to hold licenses and conduct the brokerage business in conformity with the applicable license laws and administrative regulations of the states in which they are conducting their business. As a licensed real estate brokerage, homegenius Real Estate receives residential real estate data from various multiple listing services (“MLS”) through agreements with these MLS providers, which it uses to broker real estate transactions and provide valuation products and services, pursuant to the terms of these agreements. These MLS agreements include restrictions on the permitted use of the MLS data obtained through these agreements and impose requirements on the business of real estate brokerages in order to maintain eligibility to continue to receive the MLS data. If these agreements were to be terminated or homegenius Real Estate otherwise were to lose access to this data, it could negatively impact homegenius Real Estate’s ability to conduct its business.
Radian Mortgage Capital is a mortgage conduit that is licensed and authorized to purchase, sell and service mortgage loans. Radian Mortgage Capital is a Freddie Mac approved seller/servicer and FHA approved non-supervised-investing lender, and is currently pursuing Fannie Mae seller/servicer approval. Radian Mortgage Capital acquires and aggregates residential mortgage loans with the intention of selling them directly to mortgage investors and, subject to market conditions, distributing them into the capital markets through private label securitizations. Radian Mortgage Capital is the master servicer for the mortgage loans held for sale in its portfolio and loans it has sold to Freddie Mac, and has engaged a third-party subservicer to manage the day-to-day servicing operations for these loans. Radian Mortgage Capital, in its capacity as a master servicer, is subject to numerous state and federal laws that require it to maintain a program to monitor and oversee that the mortgage loans it acquires and sells are originated, serviced and enforced in compliance with applicable laws. The subservicer is therefore subject to Radian Mortgage Capital’s compliance oversight, which includes quality control reviews of services
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provided to ensure compliance with applicable state and federal laws. The mortgage loans that Radian Mortgage Capital purchases and holds are subject to many federal laws, including the Truth in Lending Act, Consumer Financial Protection Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Fair Housing Act and RESPA. Failure to take steps to ensure that third-party servicers are appropriately servicing the loans we acquire could expose us to penalties or other claims or enforcement actions that could negatively impact our business prospects, results of operations and financial condition.
In addition, although Radian Mortgage Capital’s business does not involve employees engaging in mortgage loan origination activity, pursuant to the requirements of the SAFE Act, some states require mortgage lending licenses for mortgage conduit activities specifically, and others broadly define mortgage lending to include the activities of buying, holding and selling residential mortgage loans. Some states also require entities that hold mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”) to be licensed as mortgage servicers, and others require collection licenses to conduct certain mortgage conduit activities. Radian Mortgage Capital and its employees hold all necessary entity-level and individual licenses that authorize it to buy, hold and sell residential mortgage loans and, in its capacity as master servicer, to hold MSRs in in all states (except New York) and the District of Columbia. See “Federal Regulation-The SAFE Act” below.
Radian Lender Services LLC provides third-party mortgage underwriting and has also provided mortgage processing services to lenders. This entity and its employees who provide these services are required to be in compliance with the SAFE Act in all jurisdictions where these services are provided. The entity and its employees are SAFE Act compliant for underwriting in all 50 states and the District of Columbia and for loan processing in 45 states and the District of Columbia. See “Federal Regulation-The SAFE Act” below.
Radian Settlement Services and its subsidiaries provide title and escrow services, and these entities are required to hold licenses in the jurisdictions where they operate their business. Title insurance agency and escrow licensing is primarily regulated by states in which the services are being offered, with licensing and registration typically conducted under the jurisdiction of each state’s department of insurance. Radian Settlement Services is domiciled and licensed in Pennsylvania as a resident title insurance agency and, together with its subsidiaries, is compliant with requirements to do business in 43 states and the District of Columbia.
Radian Valuation Services LLC is an appraisal management company, licensed in 50 states and the District of Columbia, that supports certain valuation services provided by homegenius Real Estate. Real estate appraisal management statutes and regulations vary from state to state, but generally grant broad supervisory powers to agencies or officials to examine companies and enforce rules. While these businesses are generally state regulated, the Dodd-Frank Act established minimum requirements to be implemented by states regarding the registration and supervision of appraisal management companies. Most states have based their legislation on model legislation developed by the Appraisal Institute for the registration and oversight of appraisal management companies.
Information Security
The NYDFS has adopted cybersecurity regulations known as “Part 500” that apply to all financial institutions and insurance companies licensed under the New York Banking, Insurance, and Financial Services Laws, including Radian Guaranty and certain of our other subsidiaries. The regulations, which were amended in November 2023, require covered entities to, among other things: establish a cybersecurity program; adopt a written cybersecurity policy; designate a Chief Information Security Officer responsible for implementing, overseeing and enforcing the cybersecurity program and policy; and have policies and procedures designed to ensure the security of information systems and nonpublic information accessible to, or held by, third parties, along with a variety of other requirements to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information systems. The November 2023 amendments to Part 500 include enhanced governance requirements, stricter access and privilege controls, including multi-factor authentication, and additional notification, reporting and other requirements. A number of the requirements included as part of the November 2023 amendments are subject to staggered transitional periods through November 1, 2025.
In 2017, the NAIC issued an Insurance Data Security Model Law, which was modeled after Part 500, and which several states have adopted. The stated intention of that model law is that if a covered insurance company is compliant with Part 500, it also would be in compliance with the NAIC Insurance Data Security Model Law, although states that adopt the Data Security Model Law can impose their own unique requirements.
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Privacy
The State of California has adopted the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) that applies to any company that does business in California and meets certain threshold requirements. We believe Radian Group and certain of its affiliates, including Radian Guaranty, may be deemed covered businesses under the CCPA.
The CCPA imposes a privacy framework for covered businesses that collect, sell or disclose personal information of California residents. Companies subject to the CCPA are required to establish procedures to enable them to comply with a California resident’s data privacy rights, including by disclosing the privacy practices of the entity and responding to verified requests within prescribed time frames. The CCPA provides a private right of action for data breaches, including statutory or actual damages, and public enforcement by the California Attorney General for other violations.
On January 1, 2023, California adopted the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”), which amended the CCPA to enhance certain of the privacy protections for California residents that were created by the CCPA. The enhancements include imposing additional compliance obligations for covered entities and removing certain exemptions previously available under the CCPA. While the California Attorney General retains civil enforcement authority, the CPRA also created the California Privacy Protection Agency to implement and enforce the law.
Since the adoption of the CCPA, eighteen other states have passed consumer privacy laws that are similar to the CCPA and afford residents of those states a number of data privacy rights, while imposing obligations and requirements on companies doing business within those states. Additionally, many states have enacted privacy and information practices laws that apply to insurance companies doing business within those states.
We have policies and procedures in place to comply with the CCPA and other currently applicable state privacy laws. In addition, several other states have also proposed new privacy laws, and federal regulators have proposed draft federal privacy legislation, all of which, to the extent they are adopted, could impose additional compliance obligations on covered entities beyond those currently in effect and could impact our businesses or those of our customers.
Artificial Intelligence (“AI”)
There are emerging federal and state regulations and legislation that address the use of data and artificial intelligence (“AI”), including machine learning. There is a growing patchwork of current and proposed legal frameworks for regulation of AI development and deployment, with different jurisdictions adopting diverse regulatory approaches, thereby creating an inconsistent and uncertain legal environment.
The regulations and legislation generally focus on companies developing a governance and risk management framework to protect the privacy of individuals and protect them against discriminatory, inaccurate, non-transparent or otherwise unfair decisions. For example, Utah, Colorado and California have enacted legislation governing the development and/or use of AI systems and several other states are considering their own AI bills. In addition, the NYDFS, numerous state departments of insurance, Attorneys General and other state agencies have issued guidance addressing the risks of bias, discrimination and related AI governance concerns stemming from the use of AI generally or within specific industries, including the insurance industry.
We expect federal and state legislatures and regulators to maintain a heightened focus on AI and promulgate new legislation and regulations, all of which could impact our businesses and those of our customers.
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GSE Requirements for Mortgage Insurance Eligibility
As the largest purchasers of conventional mortgage loans, and therefore the main beneficiaries of private mortgage insurance, the GSEs impose eligibility requirements that private mortgage insurers must satisfy in order to be approved to insure loans purchased by the GSEs. The PMIERs aim to ensure that approved insurers will possess the financial and operational capacity to serve as strong counterparties to the GSEs throughout various market conditions. The PMIERs are comprehensive, covering virtually all aspects of the business and operations of a private mortgage insurer of GSE loans, including internal risk management and quality controls, the relationship between the GSEs and the approved insurer and the approved insurer’s financial condition. The PMIERs contain extensive requirements related to the conduct and operations of our Mortgage Insurance business, including operational requirements in areas such as claim processing, loss mitigation, document retention, underwriting, quality control, reporting and monitoring, among others. Radian Guaranty currently is an
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approved mortgage insurer under the PMIERs. The GSEs have significant discretion under the PMIERs, which they may amend at any time. As discussed below, the GSEs issued updates to the PMIERs in August 2024 and we expect the GSEs to continue to update the PMIERs in the future as they may deem necessary.
The PMIERs’ financial requirements require that a mortgage insurer’s Available Assets meet or exceed its Minimum Required Assets. The PMIERs’ financial requirements include increased financial requirements for defaulted loans (as further discussed below), as well as for performing loans with a higher likelihood of default and/or certain credit characteristics, such as higher LTVs or lower FICO credit scores. In addition, the current PMIERs financial requirements also impose limitations on the credit that is granted for certain Available Assets. The PMIERs also prohibit Radian Guaranty from engaging in certain activities such as insuring loans originated or serviced by an affiliate (except under certain circumstances) and require Radian Guaranty to obtain the prior consent of the GSEs before taking many actions, which may include, among other things, entering into various intercompany agreements, settling loss mitigation disputes with customers and commuting risk.
The GSEs frequently evaluate the PMIERs for interim changes to address various specific matters. Most recently, in August 2024, the GSEs issued updates to the PMIERs (“PMIERs Updates”) that refine the standards for Available Assets under the PMIERs, which include the most liquid assets of a mortgage insurer available to pay claims. While the PMIERs do not prohibit a mortgage insurer from holding any type of assets, the PMIERs Updates further limit the Available Asset credit that mortgage insurers receive under the PMIERs for certain asset types based on several factors, including, among others, asset class and credit rating. Under the PMIERs Updates, the impact of reductions in Available Asset credit resulting from the changes is being phased-in over a two-year period, with 25% of the calculated adjustment to be implemented as of March 31, 2025, 50% as of September 30, 2025, 75% as of March 31, 2026, and 100% as of September 30, 2026. We do not expect the PMIERs Updates to have a material impact on Radian Guaranty’s capital position, its PMIERs Cushion or its investment portfolio asset allocation strategy.
With respect to defaulted loans, the PMIERs recognize that loans that have become non-performing as a result of a FEMA Declared Major Disaster eligible for individual assistance (e.g., due to a natural disaster) generally have a higher likelihood of curing following the conclusion of the event, and therefore apply a Disaster Related Capital Charge for a period of time and subject to certain limitations, to reduce the Minimum Required Asset factor for these loans. Under the PMIERS, for defaulted loans located in a FEMA Declared Major Disaster area that either (1) are subject to a forbearance plan granted in response to the disaster (with terms consistent with forbearance plans offered by the GSEs) or (2) have an initial missed monthly payment occurring 30 days prior to the first day of the incident period specified in the Major Disaster Declaration or 90 days following the last day of the incident period specified in the Major Disaster Declaration (not to exceed 180 days from the first day of the incident period), the Disaster Related Capital Charge will be applied for the longer of three calendar months beginning with the month when the loan became a defaulted loan or the period of time that the defaulted loan remains subject to a forbearance plan granted in response to the disaster.
In 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the GSEs issued guidelines that among other things, extended the application of the Disaster Related Capital Charge nationwide to certain non-performing loans that we refer to as COVID-19 Defaulted Loans for the period of time that the loan is subject to a forbearance plan, repayment plan or loan modification trial period granted in response to a financial hardship related to COVID-19. As part of the PMIERs Updates, the GSEs also announced that the allowance for a reduction of the Minimum Required Asset factor under the PMIERs for COVID-19 Defaulted Loans would be eliminated effective March 31, 2025. As a result, COVID-19 Defaulted Loans will no longer qualify for the Disaster Related Capital Charge and will instead revert to the standard non-performing loan requirements of PMIERs. We expect the elimination of the Disaster Related Capital Charge for COVID-19 Defaulted Loans to increase Radian Guaranty’s Minimum Required Assets by an immaterial amount.
As part of our capital and risk management activities, including to manage Radian Guaranty’s capital position under the PMIERs financial requirements, we have distributed risk through third-party quota share and excess-of-loss reinsurance arrangements, including through the capital markets using mortgage insurance-linked notes transactions. The initial and ongoing credit that we receive under the PMIERs financial requirements for these risk distribution transactions is subject to the periodic review of the GSEs and could be influenced by the capital requirements for the GSEs set forth in the ERCF, which, among other things, provides the GSEs with a reduced amount of credit for their own credit risk transfer activities.
In addition, the PMIERs prohibit Radian Guaranty from insuring any mortgage loans that are originated by an affiliate, which would restrict Radian Mortgage Capital’s ability to originate loans directly through a retail channel if they are insured by Radian Guaranty. Importantly, the PMIERs restrictions do not prohibit Radian Mortgage Capital from purchasing a mortgage loan or the contractual right to service a mortgage loan that has been insured by Radian Guaranty, as long as Radian Guaranty does not: (i) re-direct placement of mortgage insurance to Radian Guaranty at the time of coverage renewal; (ii)
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service or direct the servicing of loans insured by Radian Guaranty in a manner materially different than loans that are not insured by Radian Guaranty; or (iii) direct the originator of the loan to purchase mortgage insurance from Radian Guaranty.
See “Housing Finance Reform and the GSEs’ Business Practices” below for additional information that could impact the PMIERs. In “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” see “Radian Guaranty may fail to maintain its eligibility status with the GSEs, and the additional capital required to support Radian Guaranty’s eligibility could reduce our available liquidity” and “Changes in the charters, business practices or role of the GSEs in the U.S. housing finance market generally, could significantly impact our businesses.”
GSE Requirements for Selling Loans to the GSEs
Radian Mortgage Capital is also required to maintain specified levels of capital and meet various operational requirements and standards to be approved to sell loans to the GSEs and service such loans on their behalf. The capital requirements are generally tied to the unpaid balances of loans included in Radian Mortgage Capital’s servicing portfolio or loan production volume. Noncompliance with these requirements can result in various remedial actions up to, and including, the applicable GSE’s revocation of Radian Mortgage Capital’s ability to sell loans to and service loans on its behalf. Radian Mortgage Capital is currently approved to sell loans to and service loans on behalf of Freddie Mac. See Note 7 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on Radian Mortgage Capital’s capital levels.
Housing Finance Reform and the GSEs’ Business Practices
Legislative Reform
The federal government plays a significant role in the U.S. housing finance system through, among other things, the involvement of the FHFA and GSEs, HUD, the FHA and the VA. The GSEs’ charters, which can only be altered by federal legislation, generally prohibit them from buying low down payment mortgage loans without certain forms of credit enhancement, the most common form of which has been private mortgage insurance.
Since the FHFA was appointed as conservator of the GSEs in September 2008, there have been a wide range of legislative proposals to reform the U.S. housing finance market, including proposals for GSE reform. While many legislative proposals have been debated and occasionally advanced through various legislative procedures, no reform proposal has reached an advanced legislative stage. As a consequence, most reform-related actions with respect to the housing finance system have occurred administratively through regulatory actions. In “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” see “Changes in the charters, business practices or role of the GSEs in the U.S. housing finance market generally, could significantly impact our businesses.”
Administrative Reform
The executive branch of the government (the “Administration”), typically through its departments and regulatory agencies, offers perspectives on the future of housing finance in the U.S., including objectives for future strategic direction and areas of focus. As a result, a change in Administrations can significantly alter the strategic direction of housing finance in the U.S.
Although many departments or agencies impact housing finance in some manner, the most prominent and directly impactful are the FHFA, HUD, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the CFPB. Under Director Sandra Thompson, who was appointed FHFA director during the Biden Administration, the FHFA has been focused on increasing the equitable accessibility and affordability of mortgage credit, in particular to low- and moderate-income borrowers and underserved communities, while also continuing to ensure the safety and soundness of the GSEs. Given that the Director of the FHFA is removable by the President at will, the agency’s agenda and its policies and actions are influenced by the Administration in place at any given time, making it likely that the direction of the FHFA and its oversight over the GSEs will be impacted by the elections and the political leanings of the Administration in office at the time. In connection with a new Administration taking office in 2025, the Biden-appointed director of FHFA voluntarily resigned on January 19, 2025, and President Trump has nominated a new FHFA director, subject to Congressional review and approval.
Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements. The Treasury currently owns the preferred stock of the GSEs pursuant to the terms of Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements (“PSPAs”), and therefore, has significant influence over the future status and direction of the GSEs.
In January 2021, the PSPAs were amended to, among other things, allow the GSEs to continue to retain capital up to ERCF capital requirements for the GSEs, as further described below. The January 2021 PSPA amendments also: (i) restricted
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the GSEs’ acquisition of higher-risk single-family mortgage loans, including in particular the acquisition of investor loans and single-family mortgage loans with two or more higher risk characteristics (i.e., LTVs greater than 90%, debt-to-income ratios greater than 45% and FICO credit scores less than 680) to their then current levels and (ii) further restricted the quality of loans that may be purchased by the GSEs by limiting the GSEs’ purchases to, among other enumerated types, loans that meet the QM definition. In September 2021, Treasury and the FHFA agreed to suspend the limitations on GSE purchases of loans deemed higher risk that were set forth in the January 2021 amendments to the PSPAs, and in January 2025, among other items, the PSPAs were further amended to eliminate these limitations on higher-risk loans. It is uncertain whether or how the incoming Trump Administration may further amend the PSPAs, including to reinstate the previously imposed limitations or impose other limitations.
Enterprise Regulatory Capital Framework and Liquidity Requirements. In 2020, the FHFA adopted the ERCF for the purpose of developing capital and liquidity requirements for the GSEs. Since finalizing this rule, the FHFA has adopted several amendments to the ERCF, most recently by a rule adopted in November 2023. As compared to the capital requirements for the GSEs in place prior to the ERCF, the ERCF, as amended: (i) significantly increased such capital requirements and (ii) decreased the capital credit provided to the GSEs for credit risk transfer transactions. In addition, the FHFA has proposed new minimum liquidity requirements for the GSEs, which have not been finalized. The ERCF and the proposed new liquidity requirements could significantly alter the business practices and operations of the GSEs which could have a material effect on the conventional mortgage market and our business with the GSEs and could result in changes to the PMIERs.
In “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” see “Radian Guaranty may fail to maintain its eligibility status with the GSEs, and the additional capital required to support Radian Guaranty’s eligibility could reduce our available liquidity” and “Changes in the charters, business practices or role of the GSEs in the U.S. housing finance market generally, could significantly impact our businesses.”
Recapitalization and Release of GSEs from Conservatorship. Under the first Trump Administration, the FHFA explored, and took certain actions directed towards, the potential future release of the GSEs from conservatorship. Among others, these actions included adopting the ERCF, allowing the GSEs to retain capital up to the ERCF capital requirements and limiting the credit risk that the GSEs could acquire, as discussed above under “Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements” and “Enterprise Regulatory Capital Framework and Liquidity Requirements.”
The efforts of the first Trump Administration to recapitalize the GSEs and to prepare them for potential release from conservatorship were hampered by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which required the FHFA and GSEs to redirect focus towards supporting struggling borrowers and ensuring the ongoing functioning of the housing finance system, and the Biden-appointed FHFA leadership team primarily focused on accessible and affordable homeownership, as discussed below. The second Trump Administration once again could seek to advance the GSEs towards a release from conservatorship. Numerous and complex financial, political and operational hurdles would have to be addressed to achieve this, including notably, the significant amounts owed by the GSEs to the U.S. Treasury as a result of the U.S. Treasury’s preferred stock ownership rights in the GSEs.
While it remains uncertain if, when and how the GSEs might be released from conservatorship, actions taken in pursuit of this objective could impact the business and operations of the GSEs, and as a result, could impact our Mortgage Insurance business.
Access and Affordability. Beginning in June 2021, the FHFA leadership team had instituted changes to advance mortgage access and affordability. In June 2022, the FHFA announced the release of the GSEs’ Equitable Housing Finance Plans, providing a framework for planned initiatives to address equity in housing finance. Since then, the FHFA has released annual updates to these plans that include various initiatives to be conducted over a three-year period that aim to address barriers to homeownership for minority and underserved communities.
In April 2024, FHFA released a final rule that, among other things, codifies FHFA’s fair lending oversight requirements for the GSEs and the Federal Home Loan Banks, and the Equitable Housing Finance Plan program for the GSEs, including data collection and reporting requirements. In accordance with their plans, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have launched their own Special Purpose Credit Programs (“SPCPs”) and worked with lenders to purchase loans originated through lender SPCPs. The plans have previously included activities to address alternative credit and data in underwriting, property appraisals and other valuations, and title insurance, among other items. Future changes to these GSE programs remain uncertain, particularly given the recent change in Administration in January 2025.
New Products. In December 2022, the FHFA released a final rule regarding the process for how it will consider and approve new GSE activities and products. Among other things, the rule redefines the criteria for determining what constitutes a
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new activity that requires prior notice to the FHFA and for determining whether the activity constitutes a “new product” that requires public notice and comment. The final rule provides increased transparency by requiring the FHFA to publish the outcome of their review of new product and activity submissions by the GSEs. Given the size and market influence of the GSEs, this rule is generally viewed as important to ensure that, as specified in their charters, the GSEs are not otherwise encroaching on areas that may be more appropriately served by private capital.
Pursuant to the new process described above, several pilot programs were initiated by the GSEs during 2024.
▪In January 2024, Freddie Mac launched a pilot repurchase program that allows lenders to pay a fee based on their quality control defect rate and sample size in lieu of repurchasing loans with underwriting defects. The FHFA recently announced an expansion of Freddie Mac’s repurchase pilot to lenders nationwide beginning in the first quarter of 2025. All lenders who opt in will have the option of updating their participation status on an annual basis. The Freddie Mac repurchase alternative does not amend Radian Guaranty’s right to rescind insurance coverage for underwriting defects and misrepresentation under our Master Policy.
▪In March 2024, the FHFA announced the approval of a Title Acceptance Pilot for the GSEs, which would waive the requirement for a lender’s title insurance policy or attorney opinion letter (AOL) on certain refinance transactions.
▪In June 2024, following a comment and review period, the FHFA announced the conditional approval of Freddie Mac’s proposed Closed-End Second Lien Pilot that provides an alternative to cash-out refinancing by allowing borrowers with a low-interest-rate Freddie Mac mortgage to keep their existing mortgage and add a second without refinancing the first.
It is difficult to predict what types of new products and activities may be proposed by the GSEs in the future and, if applicable, whether they may be approved by the FHFA, including programs that may provide an alternative to traditional private mortgage insurance or title insurance. For example, if any existing or future credit risk transfer transactions and structures were to displace primary loan level or standard levels of mortgage insurance, the amount of mortgage insurance we write may be reduced, which could negatively impact our franchise value, results of operations and financial condition. In “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” see “Changes in the charters, business practices or role of the GSEs in the U.S. housing finance market generally, could significantly impact our businesses.”
Other Changes in Business Practices
GSE Valuation Modernization. In October 2024, the FHFA announced the expansion of eligibility for appraisal waivers for home purchase transactions, which includes loans up to 90% LTV for full waivers and up to 97% LTV for waivers with a property data report. A property data report consists of a visual observation of the interior and exterior areas of the subject property. Previously, appraisal waivers for purchase transactions were only available for loans with an LTV of 80% or less. For rate-and-term refinance transactions, the LTV maximum for appraisal waivers remains at 90% LTV. We expect the GSEs to implement this expansion during the first quarter of 2025 and Radian Guaranty has aligned its standards to these new GSE appraisal waiver requirements.
Credit Score Models. In October 2022, the FHFA announced that the GSEs will replace their use of Classic FICO credit scores with FICO 10T and VantageScore 4.0 credit scores, which are intended to improve accuracy by capturing additional payment histories for borrowers when available, such as rent, utilities, and telecom payments. The GSEs will require both of the new credit scores and will allow for the option to obtain credit reports from two, rather than three, of the credit reporting agencies. The implementation of the new credit scores is expected to be a multi-year effort. As a mortgage insurer, credit scores are used in several areas of Radian Guaranty’s operations and adoption of the new credit scores will require planning and analysis to, among other things, understand how these scores calibrate to Radian Guaranty’s credit risk models. In addition, the transition to the new credit scores is expected to result in changes to Radian Guaranty’s underwriting guidelines.
In “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” see “Changes in the charters, business practices or role of the GSEs in the U.S. housing finance market generally, could significantly impact our businesses.”
Disaster Relief. The GSEs’ servicing policies include guidelines for evaluating and servicing loans impacted by a natural disaster in regions that are declared a FEMA Designated Area. The guidelines are intended to allow for flexibility in managing impacted properties and providing individual assistance to borrowers facing damage due to a disaster, including potential loan modifications, payment deferral, or forbearance plans depending on the severity of damage and borrower circumstances. If a borrower faces a delinquency due to a disaster-related hardship, both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac require servicers to evaluate the borrower for various workout options, prioritizing retention options like disaster-related forbearance or payment deferrals. For both GSEs, a disaster-related forbearance of up to a maximum of 12 months is generally permitted, depending
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on a number of factors, including the delinquency status of the loan at the time of the disaster. At the conclusion of any applicable forbearance term, a borrower may either bring the borrower’s loan current, defer any missed payments until the end of their loan, or the loan can be modified through a change in the mortgage payments and/or an extension of the mortgage term.
In our Mortgage Insurance business, we have generally seen forbearance plans used for loans in FEMA Designated Areas impacted by a natural disaster with forbearance limited to 12 months. However, following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of governmental programs were implemented to assist individuals and businesses impacted by the COVID-19 virus, including the CARES Act that was enacted in March 2020 and provided forbearance beyond 12 months for borrowers experiencing financial hardship related to the pandemic. In November 2023, the GSEs began the phased retirement of their servicing policies related to COVID-19, including discontinuing new enrollments of COVID-19-related forbearance plans provided in accordance with the CARES Act and reverting to the policies as specified in their servicing guides. However, borrowers with loans in FEMA Designated Areas impacted by a natural disaster or other short-term hardships continue to have access to the GSEs’ loss mitigation programs, including forbearance and payment deferrals. For borrowers on COVID-19-related forbearance plans prior to November 1, 2023, their forbearance plans remain in place in accordance with the terms of the forbearance agreement and existing GSE COVID-19-related servicing requirements.
Climate Change. The FHFA has instructed the GSEs to designate climate change as a priority concern and actively consider its effects in their decision making. In 2022, the FHFA established internal working groups and a steering committee in order to monitor the GSEs’ management of climate risk. In May 2024, the FHFA published an advisory bulletin highlighting the need for the GSEs to establish, as appropriate, risk management practices that identify, assess, control, monitor and report climate-related risks, and the need to have appropriate risk management policies, standards, procedures, controls and reporting systems in place.
HUD/FHA/VA
Private mortgage insurance competes for a share of the insurable mortgage market with the single-family mortgage insurance programs of the FHA, including on the basis of loan limits, pricing, credit guidelines, terms of insurance policies and loss mitigation practices. To a lesser extent, private mortgage insurance also competes with the loan insurance programs of the Department of Veteran Affairs, although almost all of VA insured loans are issued without down payment, and therefore, would be ineligible for private mortgage insurance.
As discussed above, the Biden Administration was focused on pursuing actions to further its stated objective of increasing access to affordable mortgages for low- and moderate-income borrowers. In this regard, in March 2023, the FHA reduced its annual mortgage insurance premium by 0.30% for most new borrowers. While this pricing change has not had a material impact on our business volumes, the FHA could institute further pricing changes in the future, including additional changes to its annual premiums, a reduction in its upfront premiums and/or the elimination of the life-of-loan premium requirement for FHA insured loans. The potential for future pricing changes could be influenced by the financial strength of the FHA’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance (“MMI”) Fund. As last reported in November 2024, the FHA’s MMI Fund had a combined capital ratio for fiscal year 2024 of 11.47%, above the 2% ratio that the FHA is required to maintain. It is uncertain if and when the FHA may pursue any additional pricing or other actions and what form they may take; however, any change that would improve FHA execution compared to execution through the GSEs with private mortgage insurance could negatively impact our NIW volume.
The Dodd-Frank Act
The Dodd-Frank Act mandates significant rulemaking by several regulatory agencies to implement its provisions. The Dodd-Frank Act established the CFPB to regulate the offering and provision of consumer financial products and services under federal law, including residential mortgages and settlement services, and transferred authority to the CFPB to enforce many existing consumer-related federal laws, including the Truth in Lending Act, RESPA and prohibitions on Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts or Practices. A number of these laws apply to products and services provided by us and our affiliates.
Qualified Mortgage Requirements-Ability to Repay Requirements
Among the most significant provisions under the Dodd-Frank Act for the mortgage industry are the ability to repay mortgage provisions (“Ability to Repay Rule”), including a related safe harbor set forth in the QM Rule (defined below).
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The Ability to Repay Rule requires mortgage lenders to make a reasonable and good faith determination that, at the time a loan is consummated, the consumer has a reasonable ability to repay the loan. The Dodd-Frank Act provides that a creditor may presume that a borrower will be able to repay a loan if the loan has certain low-risk characteristics that meet the definition of a qualified mortgage, or QM (“QM Rule”). This QM presumption is generally rebuttable, however, loans that are deemed to have the lowest risk profiles are granted a safe harbor from liability (“QM Safe Harbor”) related to the borrower’s ability to repay the loan.
In December 2020, the CFPB finalized two new definitions of QM. One of these new QM definitions (the “General QM Definition”) adopts a pricing-based approach to QM. Under the General QM Definition, certain underwriting considerations are retained, but QM status generally is achieved if the loan is priced at no greater than 2.25% above the Average Prime Offer Rate (“APOR”). Loans priced at or less than 1.5% above APOR are subject to the QM Safe Harbor, while all other QM loans would receive the general rebuttable presumption that the loans met the ability to repay standard.
Separately, the CFPB created another new QM definition (“Seasoned QM”) for first-lien, fixed-rate loans that meet certain performance requirements over a 36-month seasoning period and are held in the lender’s portfolio until the end of the seasoning period. After a transition period in which both the original and new QM definitions were applicable, both new QM definitions replaced the original QM definition on October 1, 2022.
The QM Rule requires that points and fees paid at or prior to closing cannot exceed 3% of the total loan amount, with higher points and fees thresholds provided for loan amounts below a certain threshold. Any private mortgage insurance premiums paid by the borrower at or before the time of loan closing (other than monthly or annual premiums) must be applied toward the 3% points and fee calculation with the exception of premiums that are automatically refundable on a pro-rata basis upon loan satisfaction, in which case only the amount that exceeds the FHA upfront mortgage insurance premium must be included in the points and fees calculation. There are no similar restrictions on the points and fees associated with FHA premium, and thus FHA may have a market advantage when the upfront private mortgage insurance premium is not refundable on a pro-rata basis or exceeds the FHA upfront mortgage insurance premium.
The Dodd-Frank Act also granted the FHA, VA and USDA flexibility to establish their own QM definitions for their insurance guaranty programs. Both the FHA and VA have created their own definitions of qualified mortgages that differ from both the CFPB’s original QM Definition and General QM Definition. For example, the FHA’s QM Safe Harbor definition currently applies to loans priced at or less than APOR plus the sum of 1.15% and the FHA’s annual mortgage insurance premium rate, which is effectively broader than the QM Safe Harbor adopted under the General QM Definition. These alternate definitions of qualified mortgages are more favorable to lenders and mortgage holders than the CFPB’s General QM Definition that apply to loans purchased by the GSEs, and could provide for more favorable execution for FHA insured loans compared to loans insured with private mortgage insurance.
For more information regarding the General QM Definition and the risks it may present for us, in “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” see “A decrease in the volume of mortgage originations could result in fewer opportunities for us to write new mortgage insurance business.”
Qualified Residential Mortgage Regulations-Securitization Risk Retention Requirements
The Dodd-Frank Act requires the securitizers of loans to retain at least 5% of the credit risk associated with mortgage loans that they transfer, sell or convey in the securitization, unless the mortgage loans are qualified residential mortgages (“QRMs”) or are insured by the FHA, another federal agency or are backed by the GSEs while in conservatorship (the “QRM Rule”). Under applicable federal regulations, a QRM is generally defined as a mortgage meeting the requirements of a qualified mortgage under the CFPB’s QM Rule described above. For securitizations that include mortgage loans that are not QRMs, securitizers are required to retain at least a 5% first-loss position, or a 5% pro rata share of all securities issued or a combination of a first-loss position and pro rata share for up to seven years. If Radian Mortgage Capital were to conduct securitizations that include mortgage loans that are not QRMs, its non-QRM securitizations would be subject to risk retention requirements.
Other
The Dodd-Frank Act establishes a Federal Insurance Office within the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “FIO”). While the FIO does not have a general supervisory or regulatory authority over the business of insurance, the director of this office performs various functions with respect to insurance, such as serving as a non-voting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council. It is difficult to predict whether legislators or other executive agencies will pursue the development and
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implementation of federal standards for the mortgage insurance industry outside of the FHFA. Any divergence from the current system of state regulation could significantly change compliance burdens and possibly impact our financial condition.
In addition, Section 1473 of the Dodd-Frank Act establishes minimum requirements to be implemented by states regarding the registration and supervision of appraisal management companies, including Radian Valuation Services.
RESPA
Settlement service providers in connection with the origination or refinance of a federally regulated mortgage loan are subject to RESPA and Regulation X. RESPA authorizes the CFPB, the U.S. Department of Justice, state attorneys general and state insurance commissioners to bring civil enforcement actions, and also provides for criminal penalties and private rights of action.
Mortgage insurance, title insurance, brokerage services and other products and services provided by Radian’s affiliates are considered settlement services for purposes of RESPA. The anti-referral fee and anti-kickback provisions of Section 8 of RESPA generally provide, among other things, that settlement service providers are prohibited from paying or accepting anything of value in connection with the referral of a settlement service or sharing in fees for those services. RESPA also prohibits requiring the use of an affiliate for settlement services and requires certain information to be disclosed if an affiliate is used to provide the settlement services. In addition to mortgage insurance provided by Radian Guaranty, our other affiliates offer an array of services to our customers, including real estate brokerage, valuation, hybrid appraisal, title and closing services, many of which may be considered settlement services for purposes of RESPA, and therefore, may be subject to the anti-referral fee, anti-kickback and required use provisions of RESPA.
RESPA also establishes a number of mortgage loan servicing requirements. Radian Mortgage Capital currently acts as a master servicer for the mortgage loans held for sale in its portfolio and loans it has sold to Freddie Mac, and in this role, oversees a subservicer that performs the day-to-day servicing for these conduit loans. As master servicer, Radian Mortgage Capital is subject to the mortgage loan servicing requirements under RESPA, including those relating to servicing transfers, responding to consumer information requests, resolution of notices of error, force-placed insurance, early intervention and continuity of contact with delinquent borrowers, loss mitigation, general servicing policies and procedures, escrow account maintenance and service provider oversight.
The SAFE Act
As discussed above, while we do not originate mortgage loans, our subsidiaries Radian Mortgage Capital and Radian Lender Services LLC are subject to the state law requirements enacted pursuant to the SAFE Act, based on our Mortgage Conduit activities and the third-party mortgage underwriting and mortgage processing services we provide.
The SAFE Act is a federal law that requires all states to enact laws that require individuals and entities engaging in mortgage loan origination activity to be licensed or registered if they intend to offer mortgage loan products. These licensing requirements include enrollment in the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System (“NMLS”), application to state regulators and, for individual licensees, the completion of pre-licensing and annual education and testing. States are responsible for implementing the requirements of the SAFE Act and must adopt standards that meet or exceed the federal requirements.
The SAFE Act and the state laws enacted pursuant thereto require mortgage loan originators to be licensed with state agencies in the states in which they operate and/or registered with the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry (the “Registry”). As part of the state licensing and registration process, mortgage loan originators who are employees of institutions other than depository institutions or certain of their subsidiaries that, in each case, are regulated by a federal banking agency, must generally be licensed under the SAFE Act guidelines enacted by each state in which they engage in loan origination activities and registered with the Registry.
Mortgage Insurance Cancellation
The HPA imposes certain cancellation and termination requirements for borrower-paid private mortgage insurance with respect to “residential mortgage transactions” as defined in the HPA. Provided that certain conditions are satisfied, the HPA generally provides that borrower-paid private mortgage insurance may be canceled at the request of the borrower once the principal balance of the mortgage is first scheduled to reach 80% of the home’s original value based on the loan’s initial amortization schedule, or reaches 80% of the home’s original value based on actual payments.
In addition, provided that certain conditions are satisfied, the HPA also generally provides that borrower-paid private mortgage insurance is subject to servicer-initiated automatic termination once the principal balance of the mortgage is first
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scheduled to reach 78% of the home’s original value based on the loan’s initial amortization schedule (or, if the loan is not current on that date, on the date that the loan becomes current). The HPA further provides that borrower-paid private mortgage insurance on most loans is subject to final termination following the date that is the midpoint of the loan’s amortization period (or, if the loan is not current on that date, on the date that the loan becomes current).
The HPA also provides that, in general, within 45 days after termination or cancellation of a borrower-paid private mortgage insurance policy in accordance with the requirements of the relevant section of the HPA, all remaining unearned premiums for private mortgage insurance must be returned to the borrower by the servicer, and that within 30 days after notification by the servicer, a mortgage insurer that is in possession of any unearned premiums of the borrower must transfer to the servicer an amount equal to the amount of unearned premiums for repayment.
The HPA also establishes special rules for the termination of private mortgage insurance in connection with loans that are “high risk.” The HPA does not define “high risk” loans but leaves that determination to the GSEs for loans they purchase, and to lenders for any other loan. For “high risk” loans originated in excess of conforming loan limits, provided that certain conditions are satisfied, the servicer is required to initiate termination once the principal balance of the mortgage is first scheduled to reach 77% of the home’s original value based on the loan’s initial amortization schedule.
Although not provided in the HPA, the GSEs’ guidelines also currently provide that when certain conditions are satisfied, borrowers can request cancellation of borrower-paid mortgage insurance for most loans when the LTV, based upon the current value of the home, is either 75% or less or 80% or less, depending on the seasoning of the loan and other factors. The GSEs may change these guidelines in the future, including by expanding their mortgage insurance cancellation requirements, which could negatively impact our businesses. In “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” see “Changes in the charters, business practices or role of the GSEs in the U.S. housing finance market generally, could significantly impact our businesses” and “Our Mortgage Insurance business faces intense competition.”
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (the “FCRA”)
The FCRA imposes restrictions on the permissible use of credit report information and disclosures that must be made to consumers when information from their credit reports is used. The FCRA has been interpreted by the Federal Trade Commission to require mortgage insurance companies to provide “adverse action” notices to consumers under the “insurance prong” of FCRA in the event an application for mortgage insurance is declined or a higher premium is charged based on the use, wholly or partly, of information contained in the consumer’s credit report.
Privacy and Information Security
In the ordinary course of our operations, we, and certain of our subsidiaries, maintain large amounts of confidential information, including non-public personal information on consumers and our employees. We and our customers are subject to a variety of privacy and information security laws and regulations. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (the “GLBA”), which consists of both a Privacy Rule and a Safeguards Rule, imposes privacy and security requirements on financial institutions, including obligations to protect and safeguard consumers’ nonpublic personal information and records, and limitations on the use, re-use and sharing of such information. The GLBA is enforced by state regulators and by federal regulatory agencies.
In June 2023, the Federal Trade Commission implemented several delayed amendments to the GLBA Safeguards Rule. The amended Safeguards Rule includes, among other things, new requirements for risk assessments and access controls, such as multifactor authentication, as well as enhanced data inventory, classification and disposal practices. Also, in November 2023, the FTC published additional amendments to the Safeguards Rule to add cyber event notification requirements, which became effective in May 2024.
In addition, many states have enacted privacy and data security laws that impose compliance obligations beyond the GLBA, such as: requiring notification in the event that a security breach results in a reasonable belief that unauthorized persons may have obtained access to consumer nonpublic personal information; imposing additional restrictions on the sharing and use of consumers’ personal information; affording consumers new rights of access, correction and deletion of their personal information and rights to appeal; imposing affirmative consent and/or opt out requirements for targeted advertising and other activities; and creating new private rights of action for data breaches. See “State Regulation-Privacy” above.
Federal and state agencies continue to focus on compliance obligations related to privacy, data security and cybersecurity. The CFPB, NYDFS, Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and non-governmental regulatory agencies, such as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), have announced compliance measures and enforcement efforts designed to monitor and regulate the protection of personal consumer data,
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including with respect to: the development and delivery of financial products and services; underwriting; mortgage servicing; credit reporting; digital payment systems; and vendor management. For information regarding the NYDFS’ cybersecurity regulations and the CCPA, under “State Regulation” above, see “Information Security” and “Privacy.”
Fair Lending and Fair Servicing
The federal Fair Housing Act, part of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, makes it unlawful: (i) for any person whose business includes engaging in residential real estate-related transactions to discriminate in housing-related lending activities against any person on a prohibited basis, such as race, national origin, familial status, sex, disability or religion or (ii) for any person to discriminate in the sale or rental of housing “or in the provision of services or facilities in connection therewith,” to any person because of a prohibited basis.
Similarly, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (“ECOA”) and Regulation B under ECOA make it unlawful for a creditor to discriminate in any aspect of a credit transaction against an applicant on a prohibited basis during any aspect of a consumer or business credit transaction or make any oral or written statement to applicants or prospective applicants that would discourage on a prohibited basis a reasonable person from making or pursuing an application for credit.
These laws seek to address discrimination in lending and other housing-related activity by prohibiting discrimination that is intentional or where a facially neutral policy or practice has a “disparate impact;” that is, that it disproportionately excludes or burdens persons on a prohibited basis, unless the activity is necessary to address a substantial, legitimate, nondiscriminatory business interest and there is no less discriminatory alternative that would achieve the same legitimate objective.
As a provider of products and services that support residential real estate transactions and the mortgage production and financing process, fair lending and servicing laws may impact the way we deliver or conduct our products and services, including in response to our lender customers’ requirements.
Federal Consumer Protection Laws
As certain of our current and potential future business activities are directed at consumers or affect the provision of real estate and mortgage-related services provided to consumers by others, we may be subject to a number of federal consumer protection laws, in addition to those referenced above. In addition to the laws and regulations discussed elsewhere in this Regulation section, these laws may include:
▪The Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z, requiring disclosures of mortgage loan costs and other notices to consumers, prohibiting certain compensation to loan originators, steering and other loan origination practices, establishing a number of requirements for mortgage servicers and imposing requirements on loan owners for loan ownership transfers;
▪The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, regulating debt collection communications and other activities;
▪Prohibition on Unfair, Deceptive or Abusive Acts or Practices, prohibiting unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices in connection with any transaction with a consumer for a consumer financial product or service, or the offering of a consumer financial product or service;
▪CAN-SPAM Act, regulating commercial and marketing email, including the right of recipients to have the sender stop sending emails;
▪The Telephone Consumer Protection Act and Do Not Call regulations, regulating and restricting certain marketing-related phone calls, text messages and facsimiles; and
▪Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (E-Sign Act), allowing the use of electronic records to satisfy requirements that must be provided in writing if the consumer has affirmatively consented.
We may also be required to comply with state laws similar to these federal consumer protection laws to the extent applicable to our businesses.
Basel III
Over the past few decades, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has established international benchmarks for assessing banks’ capital adequacy requirements (“Basel III”). Included within those benchmarks are capital standards related
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to residential lending and securitization activity and, importantly for private mortgage insurers, the capital treatment of mortgage insurance on those loans. These benchmarks are then interpreted and implemented via rulemaking by U.S. banking regulators.
In July 2023, the U.S. federal banking agencies published a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPR”) to implement the final components of Basel III (“Basel III Endgame”). The proposal covers risk-weighted asset calculations for credit, market, credit valuation adjustment, and operational risks, and would have greatly increased the capital requirements for all banking organizations with $100 billion or more in total consolidated assets and their subsidiary depositary institutions. As proposed, the NPR would adjust risk weights for low down payment loans that are held in a bank’s portfolio, generally increasing the risk weights for higher LTV loans without taking into account credit enhancement, such as private mortgage insurance, on those loans in determining the risk weighting. If the NPR were to be adopted as proposed, it could result in an overall reduction in mortgage loan origination and loan purchase and sale volumes, and increased borrowing costs for loan borrowers and mortgage industry participants.
The NPR has been heavily criticized and debated, and in September 2024, the Federal Reserve previewed a re-proposed rule on the Basel III Endgame that would be expected to significantly reduce the capital impact on the financial institutions subject to the requirements. Whether the re-proposed rule on the Basel III Endgame will become effective and, if so, in what form, remains uncertain.

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
Item 1A. Risk Factors
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Risks Related to Regulatory Matters
Risks Related to our Business Operations
Risks Related to the Economic Environment
Risks Related to Liquidity and Financing
Risks Related to Information Technology and Cybersecurity
Risks Related to Us and Our Subsidiaries Generally
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Radian Guaranty may fail to maintain its eligibility status with the GSEs, and the additional capital required to support Radian Guaranty’s eligibility could reduce our available liquidity.
To be eligible to insure loans purchased by the GSEs, mortgage insurers such as Radian Guaranty must meet the GSEs’ eligibility requirements, or PMIERs. The PMIERs are comprehensive, covering virtually all aspects of the business of a private mortgage insurer, including extensive risk management and operational requirements and the financial requirements discussed below. See “Item 1. Business-Regulation-Federal Regulation-GSE Requirements for Mortgage Insurance Eligibility.” If Radian Guaranty is unable to satisfy the requirements set forth in the PMIERs, including the financial requirements discussed below, the GSEs have significant discretion to impose various remedial measures on Radian Guaranty, including restricting Radian Guaranty from conducting certain types of business with them or in the extreme, suspending or terminating Radian Guaranty’s eligibility to insure loans purchased by the GSEs.
The PMIERs include financial requirements incorporating a risk-based framework that requires a mortgage insurer’s Available Assets to meet or exceed its Minimum Required Assets. Although not required under the PMIERs, to ensure ongoing compliance, mortgage insurers typically have maintained an amount of Available Assets significantly in excess of their Minimum Required Assets, and we refer to such excess as a PMIERs “cushion.” The PMIERs financial requirements include increased financial requirements for defaulted loans, with increasing Minimum Required Assets as defaults age, as well as for performing loans that present a higher likelihood of default and/or certain credit characteristics, such as higher LTVs and lower FICO credit scores. In addition, while the PMIERs do not prohibit a mortgage insurer from holding any type of assets, the
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PMIERs financial requirements impose limitations on the credit that is granted for certain Available Assets based on several factors, including, among others, asset class and credit rating.
Radian Guaranty’s PMIERs Cushion, and ultimately, its ability to continue to comply with the PMIERs financial requirements could be impacted by, among other factors: (i) the volume and product mix of our NIW; (ii) factors affecting the performance of our mortgage insurance portfolio, including the level of new defaults and prepayments; (iii) for existing defaults, the aging of these existing defaults and whether they are subject to, and remain in, mortgage forbearance programs, and the ultimate losses we incur on new or existing defaults; (iv) the amount of credit that we receive for investments in Radian Guaranty’s investment portfolio based on, among other things, asset class and credit rating; (v) the amount of credit that we receive for our third-party reinsurance transactions; and (vi) potential amendments or updates to the PMIERs.
The GSEs frequently evaluate the PMIERs for interim changes to address various specific matters. The GSEs may amend the PMIERs at any time and also have broad discretion to interpret the PMIERs, which could impact the calculation of Radian Guaranty’s Available Assets and/or Minimum Required Assets. The most recent large-scale revisions to PMIERs became effective in 2019, and the PMIERs have been further updated since then to address specific matters, including the COVID-19 pandemic and, most recently, for the credit that is granted for certain Available Assets. We expect the GSEs to continue to update the PMIERs in the future as they may deem necessary. For further information, see “Item 1. Business-Regulation-Federal Regulation-GSE Requirements for Mortgage Insurance Eligibility.”
If Radian Guaranty’s PMIERs Cushion is materially decreased, we may be required or otherwise choose to: (i) retain capital in Radian Guaranty and/or contribute additional capital to Radian Guaranty; (ii) alter our strategy with respect to our NIW by limiting the type and volume of business we are willing to write for certain products; (iii) alter our investment policies or strategies; or (iv) seek additional capital relief through reinsurance or otherwise, which may not be available on acceptable terms.
Compliance with the PMIERs financial requirements could impact our holding company liquidity if additional capital support for Radian Guaranty is required for Radian Guaranty to increase its PMIERs Cushion or maintain compliance. The amount of capital that Radian Group could be required to contribute to Radian Guaranty for these purposes is uncertain but could be significant. See “Our sources of liquidity may be insufficient to fund our obligations.” Further, if Radian Guaranty becomes capital constrained, it may be more difficult for Radian Guaranty to return capital to Radian Group, which would compound the negative liquidity impact to Radian Group of the contributions it may be required to make to Radian Guaranty and leave less liquidity to satisfy Radian Group’s other obligations. Depending on the amount of Radian Group liquidity used, we may be required (or may decide) to seek additional capital by incurring additional debt, issuing additional equity or selling assets, which we may not be able to do on favorable terms, if at all.
The PMIERs prohibit Radian Guaranty from engaging in certain activities such as insuring loans originated or serviced by an affiliate (except under certain circumstances) and require Radian Guaranty to obtain the prior consent of the GSEs before taking many actions, which may include, among other things, approval for certain transactions such as a change in control/beneficial ownership, changes to corporate or legal structure, transferring assets to any affiliate or subsidiary, providing capital or capital support to any affiliate or subsidiary that is either an approved insurer or an exclusive affiliated reinsurer, entering into certain intercompany agreements, settling loss mitigation disputes with customers and commuting risk. These restrictions could prohibit or delay Radian Guaranty from taking certain actions that would be advantageous to it or to Radian Group.
Loss or threat of loss of Radian Guaranty’s eligibility status with the GSEs would have an immediate and material adverse impact on the franchise value of our Mortgage Insurance business and our future prospects, as well as a material negative impact on our future results of operations and financial condition. Further, while we seek to optimize capital at Radian Guaranty, the need to satisfy the PMIERs’ financial requirements and to maintain an appropriate level of PMIERs Cushion could restrict our ability to utilize capital at Radian Guaranty to take advantage of potential strategic opportunities and to generate greater returns.
Our insurance subsidiaries are subject to comprehensive state insurance regulations and other requirements, which we may fail to satisfy.
We and our insurance subsidiaries are subject to comprehensive, detailed regulation by the insurance regulators in the states where they are domiciled or licensed to transact business. These regulations are principally designed for the protection of our insurance policyholders rather than for the benefit of Radian Group’s investors. Insurance laws vary from state to state, but generally grant broad supervisory powers to examine insurance companies and enforce rules or exercise discretion
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affecting almost every significant aspect of the insurance business, including the power to revoke or restrict an insurance company’s ability to write new business.
Among other matters, the state insurance regulators impose various financial requirements on our insurance subsidiaries. State insurance capital requirements for our mortgage insurance subsidiaries include Risk-to-capital ratios, other risk-based capital measures and surplus requirements that may limit the amount of insurance that our mortgage insurance subsidiaries write or the ability of our insurance subsidiaries to distribute capital to Radian Group. State insurance financial requirements also limit the credit that our insurance subsidiaries may receive for holding various assets, which could restrict Radian Guaranty’s ability to pursue various strategic opportunities or to generate greater returns to avoid the risk of jeopardizing Radian Guaranty’s ability to continue to pay dividends to our holding company. Similarly, our title insurance subsidiary is required to maintain statutory premium reserves that vary by state and are subject to periodic reviews of certain financial performance ratios, the results of which could result in additional capital requirements in states where it is licensed.
Among other things, our failure to maintain adequate levels of capital in our mortgage insurance or title insurance subsidiaries could lead to intervention by the various insurance regulatory authorities, which could materially and adversely affect our business, business prospects and financial condition. In addition, the GSEs and our mortgage insurance customers may decide not to conduct new business with Radian Guaranty (or may reduce current business levels) or impose restrictions on Radian Guaranty if it is not in compliance with applicable state insurance requirements. The franchise value of our Mortgage Insurance business likely would be significantly diminished if we were prohibited from writing new business or restricted in the amount of new business we could write in one or more states. For additional information about statutory surplus and other state insurance requirements, see “Item 1. Business-Regulation-State Regulation” and Note 16 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
The mortgage insurance industry has always been highly competitive with respect to pricing. Our mortgage insurance subsidiaries’ premium rates and policy forms are generally subject to regulation in every state in which they are licensed to transact business. These regulations are intended to protect policyholders against the adverse effects of excessive, inadequate or unfairly discriminatory rates and to encourage fair competition in the insurance marketplace. For example, state regulators assess rates to ensure that “similarly situated” customers are receiving similar rates without unjustifiable differentiation, and state regulators also may evaluate general default experience in the mortgage insurance industry in assessing the premium rates charged by mortgage insurers. In addition, the increased use by the insurance industry generally of risk-based pricing systems that establish premium rates based on more attributes than previously considered, and of algorithms, artificial intelligence and data and analytics, has led to additional regulatory scrutiny of premium rates and of other matters such as discrimination in pricing and underwriting, data privacy and access to insurance. We may be subject to regulatory inquiries or examinations with respect to our mortgage insurance premium rates and policy forms.
Similarly, our title insurance business is subject to extensive rate regulation by the applicable state agencies in the states in which it operates. Given that the premium rates for our insurance subsidiaries are highly regulated, we could lose business opportunities and fail to successfully implement our business strategies if our rates are deemed non-compliant or are subject to investigation, if new rates and policy forms are not approved as may be required, or if we are otherwise unable to respond to competitor pricing actions and our customers’ demands in a timely and compliant manner.
See “Item 1. Business-Regulation-State Regulation” for more information on existing regulatory requirements and potential further changes to existing requirements.
Changes in the charters, business practices or role of the GSEs in the U.S. housing finance market generally, could significantly impact our businesses.
Changes in the GSEs’ business practices and other actions of the FHFA and GSEs can significantly impact the functioning of the housing finance system. Because traditional mortgage insurance is an important component of this system and because our businesses depend on the health of the housing finance system and housing markets in particular, these actions have impacted, and future actions could further impact, our business operations and performance. The FHFA has been the conservator of the GSEs since 2008 and has the authority to control and direct their operations. Given that the Director of the FHFA is removable by the President at will, the agency’s agenda and its policies and actions are influenced by the Administration in office at any given time. The increased role that the federal government has assumed in the residential housing finance system through the GSE conservatorships may increase the likelihood that the business practices of the GSEs change, including through Administration changes and actions. With the resignation of the current Director of the FHFA in January 2025, and President Trump’s recent nomination of a new FHFA director, subject to Congressional review and approval, there is an increased risk that the FHFA and GSEs could pursue changes to the GSEs’ business practices.
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Our current business structure is highly dependent on the GSEs, which are the primary beneficiaries of most of our mortgage insurance policies. Changes in the business practices of the GSEs, which can be implemented by the GSEs acting independently or through the FHFA, could negatively impact our business and financial performance. Examples of potential changes that could impact our business may include, without limitation:
▪eligibility requirements for a mortgage insurer to become and remain an approved eligible insurer for the GSEs;
▪underwriting standards on mortgages they purchase;
▪policies or requirements that may result in a reduction in the number of mortgages they acquire, including benchmarks established by the FHFA for the amount of certain loans that may be purchased by the GSEs;
▪the national conforming loan limit for mortgages they acquire, in particular as this limit compares to loan limits set by the FHA;
▪the level of mortgage insurance they require;
▪the terms on which mortgage insurance coverage may be canceled before reaching the cancellation thresholds established by law, including if the GSEs change or expand their cancellation practices as a result of policy goals, changing risk tolerances or otherwise;
▪the terms required to be included in mortgage insurance policies that cover the loans they acquire, including limitations on the ability of mortgage insurers to mitigate losses on insured mortgages that are in default;
▪the programs established by the GSEs that are intended to avoid or mitigate loss on insured loans;
▪the amount of loan level price adjustments or guarantee fees, which may result in a higher cost to borrowers, that the GSEs charge on loans that require mortgage insurance; and
▪the degree of influence that the GSEs have over a mortgage lender’s selection of the mortgage insurer providing coverage.
Under the first Trump Administration, the FHFA explored, and took certain actions directed towards, the potential future release of the GSEs from conservatorship. Among others, these actions included adopting the ERCF, allowing the GSEs to retain capital up to the ERCF capital requirements and limiting the credit risk that the GSEs could acquire. The second Trump Administration may seek to advance the GSEs towards a release from conservatorship. Numerous and complex financial, political and operational hurdles would need to be addressed to achieve this, including notably, the significant amounts owed by the GSEs to the U.S. Treasury as a result of the U.S. Treasury’s preferred stock ownership rights in the GSEs. While it remains uncertain if, when and how the GSEs might be released from conservatorship, actions taken in pursuit of this objective could impact the business and operations of the GSEs, and as a result, could impact our Mortgage Insurance business.
Over the past several years, the GSEs have changed their business practices to support equitable access to, and affordability of, mortgage credit, in particular to low- and moderate-income borrowers and underserved communities. See “Item 1. Business-Regulation-Federal Regulation-Housing Finance Reform and the GSEs’ Business Practices.” As required by the FHFA, each of the GSEs has prepared and filed three-year Equitable Housing Finance Plans that describe each GSE’s planned efforts to advance equity in housing finance, including proposals to reduce mortgage costs for historically underserved borrowers. In accordance with their plans, both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have launched their own Special Purpose Credit Programs (“SPCPs”) and have worked with lenders to purchase loans originated through lender SPCPs. While these programs could be limited or eliminated under new FHFA leadership, both Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s current plans note that their programs could consider modifications to mortgage insurance requirements. The plans also include expected activity to address alternative credit and data in underwriting, property appraisals, and title insurance, among others. Further, upon taking office in January 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order directing the heads of all executive departments and agencies to “lower the cost of housing and expand housing supply,” which could have a further impact on the approach taken by the FHFA with respect to the GSEs’ business practices, including in ways that impact our insurance businesses.
The GSEs may pursue new products and activities, or alter existing policies and practices, including in ways that could negatively impact Radian Guaranty’s IIF, results of operations or financial condition. The GSEs have in the past and may in the future offer new products and activities in pursuit of their business strategies, including credit risk transfer transactions and
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structures that compete with traditional private mortgage insurance and title insurance. It is difficult to predict what types of new products and activities may be proposed by the GSEs in the future and, if applicable, whether they may be approved by the FHFA, including programs that may provide an alternative to traditional private mortgage insurance or title insurance. If any existing or future credit risk transfer transactions and structures were to displace primary loan level or standard levels of mortgage insurance, the amount of mortgage insurance we write may be reduced, which could negatively impact our franchise value, results of operations and financial condition. See “Item 1. Business-Regulation-Federal Regulation-Housing Finance Reform and the GSEs’ Business Practices-Administrative Reform-Access and Affordability” for further discussion regarding these and other changes to the GSEs’ business practices.
In February 2022, the FHFA finalized the ERCF, which establishes new increased capital requirements for the GSEs, and the FHFA also has proposed new liquidity requirements for the GSEs. These new requirements have been viewed as important for ensuring the financial soundness of the GSEs and also as a necessary component to prepare the GSEs for potential exit from conservatorship. Since finalizing this rule, FHFA has adopted several amendments to the ERCF, most recently by a rule adopted in November 2023. See “Item 1. Business-Regulation-Federal Regulation-Housing Finance Reform and the GSEs’ Business Practices” for further information. Taken together, compliance with the increased capital requirements imposed by the ERCF and the proposed new GSE liquidity requirements could significantly alter the business practices and operations of the GSEs, including potentially resulting in an increase in GSE pricing and a decrease in their use of credit risk transfer. The implementation of these changes may receive greater attention and be accelerated if the FHFA were to again prioritize the recapitalization of the GSEs in preparation for release from conservatorship. An increase in GSE pricing could make alternatives to the GSEs such as FHA insured loans or the private securitization market more attractive, which could reduce the GSEs’ market position and reduce the number of loans available for private mortgage insurance.
Further, the GSEs may seek to amend the PMIERs financial requirements in the future to better align with the ERCF and the proposed GSE liquidity requirements, once finalized. Changes to the PMIERs to better align with the ERCF could include: (i) an increase in the level of Radian Guaranty’s required capital and (ii) a decrease in the amount of PMIERs’ capital relief that Radian Guaranty receives for existing or future credit risk transfer transactions, including reinsurance or mortgage insurance-linked notes transactions. It remains uncertain if, when and how the PMIERs ultimately may be amended to better align with the ERCF. For a discussion of these and other potential changes to the PMIERs, see “Item 1. Business-Regulation-Federal Regulation-GSE Requirements for Mortgage Insurance Eligibility.”
The structure of the residential housing finance system could be altered in the future, including as a result of comprehensive housing reform legislation. Since the FHFA was appointed as conservator of the GSEs, there has been a wide range of legislative proposals to reform the U.S. housing finance market. In conjunction with these proposals, there has been ongoing debate about the roles that the federal government and private capital should play in the housing finance system. To the extent new legislative action alters the existing GSE charters without explicit preservation of the role of private mortgage insurance for high-LTV loans, our business could be adversely affected. See “Item 1. Business-Regulation-Federal Regulation-Housing Finance Reform and the GSEs’ Business Practices” for a discussion of the future of housing finance in the U.S., including potential objectives for future reform.
Although we believe that traditional private mortgage insurance will continue to play an important role in any future housing finance structure, developments in the practices of the GSEs, including potentially new federal legislation, changes to existing statutes, rules or regulations, or changes in the GSEs’ business practices that reduce the level of private mortgage insurance coverage used by the GSEs as credit enhancement, or even eliminate the requirement, may diminish the franchise value of our Mortgage Insurance business and materially and adversely affect our business prospects, results of operations and financial condition.
Legislation and administrative and regulatory changes and interpretations could impact our businesses.
Our businesses are subject to and may be impacted by many federal and state lending, insurance and consumer laws and regulations. See “Item 1. Business-Regulation” for a discussion of significant state and federal regulations and other requirements of the GSEs that are applicable to our businesses. Changes in these laws and regulations or the way they are interpreted or applied, as well as changes in other laws and regulations that may affect corporations more generally, could adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition and business prospects. In addition, our businesses could be impacted by new legislation or regulations at any time, including changes that are not currently contemplated or that conflict among different jurisdictions. While we have established policies and procedures to comply with applicable laws and regulations, many such laws and regulations are complex, and it is not possible to predict the eventual scope, duration or outcome of any reviews or investigations nor is it possible to predict their effect on us or the industries in which we participate.
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Risks Related to our Business Operations
Our success depends on our ability to assess and manage our mortgage insurance underwriting risks; the mortgage insurance premiums we charge may not be adequate to compensate us for our liability for losses and the amount of capital we are required to hold against our insured mortgage risks. We expect to incur losses for future mortgage defaults beyond what we have reserved for in our financial statements.
The estimates and expectations we use to establish premium rates in our Mortgage Insurance business are based on assumptions made at the time our insurance is written. Our mortgage insurance premium rates are based on, among other items, our expectations about competitive and economic conditions and our cost of capital, as well as a broad range of other factors and risk attributes that we consider in developing our assumptions about the credit performance of the loans we insure and the economic benefits we expect to receive from our insurance policies. Our assumptions may ultimately prove to be inaccurate, especially in the event of an extended economic downturn or a period of market volatility and economic uncertainty, or if there is a change in law or the GSEs’ business practices that alter the performance of the loans we have insured in ways that are inconsistent with our assumptions, including the amount of premium we expect to receive from such insurance. The premium structure we apply is subject to approval by state regulatory agencies, which can delay or limit our ability to increase our premiums if further filings or approvals are necessary to institute pricing adjustments.
If the risk underlying a mortgage loan that we have insured develops more adversely than we anticipated, we generally cannot increase the premium rates on this in-force business, cancel coverage or elect not to renew coverage to mitigate the effects of such adverse developments. Similarly, we cannot adjust our premiums if the amount of capital we are required to hold against our insured risks increases from the amount we were required to hold at the time a policy was written or if the premiums we expected to receive from such insurance are less than anticipated, whether due to a change in the GSEs’ business practices or otherwise. As a result, if we are unable to compensate for or offset the increased capital requirements in other ways, the returns on our business may be lower than we assumed or expected. Our premiums earned and the associated investment income on those premiums may ultimately prove to be inadequate to compensate for the losses that we may incur and may not provide an adequate return on capital that may be required. As a result, our results of operations and financial condition could be negatively impacted.
From time to time, we change the processes we use to underwrite loans, including by automating certain underwriting processes and relying on information and processes of the GSEs. For example: we rely on information provided to us by lenders that was obtained from automated income verification tools in lieu of requiring traditional income documentation; we also accept GSE appraisal waivers for certain home purchase and refinance loans that may or may not require an onsite inspection of the property; and, when permitted by the GSEs, for certain purchase transactions we accept desktop appraisals for which the appraiser relies on data obtained from alternative methods or sources to identify property characteristics and condition and does not complete a current inspection of the subject property. Our acceptance of automated processes, valuation alternatives, and verification tools, could affect our pricing and risk assessment. We also continue to further automate our underwriting processes to incorporate risk-informed decision making, and it is possible that our automated processes result in our insuring loans that we would not otherwise have insured under our prior processes or would have insured at a different premium rate.
Additionally, in accordance with industry practice, we generally do not establish reserves in our Mortgage Insurance business until we are notified that a borrower has failed to make at least two monthly payments when due. Because our mortgage insurance reserving does not account for the impact of future losses that we expect to incur with respect to performing (non-defaulted) loans, our obligation for ultimate losses that we expect to incur at any period end is not reflected in our financial statements, except if a premium deficiency exists. A premium deficiency reserve would be recorded if the present value of expected future losses and expenses exceeds the present value of expected future premiums and already established loss reserves on the applicable loans. As future defaults are not reflected in our Mortgage Insurance loss reserves, our loss reserves can be volatile and could increase significantly in future periods if we experience a high volume of new defaults in future periods, which would negatively impact our results of operations and financial condition.
If the estimates we use in establishing mortgage insurance loss reserves are incorrect, we may be required to take unexpected charges to income, which could adversely affect our results of operations.
We establish loss reserves in our Mortgage Insurance business to provide for the estimated cost of future claims on defaulted loans. Setting our loss reserves requires significant judgment by management with respect to the likelihood, magnitude and timing of each potential loss. The models, assumptions and estimates we use to establish loss reserves may
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not prove to be accurate, especially in the event of an extended economic downturn or a period of market volatility and economic uncertainty. Because claims paid may be substantially different than our loss reserves, our loss reserves may be insufficient to satisfy the full amount of claims that we ultimately have to pay. In the past, changes to our loss reserve estimates have impacted, and could again in the future impact, our results of operations and financial condition.
High levels of defaults and delays in foreclosures could delay our receipt of claims, resulting in an increase in the period of time that a loan remains in our inventory of defaulted mortgage loans, and as a result, the Claim Severity. Generally, foreclosure delays do not stop the accrual of interest or affect other expenses on a loan, and unless a loan is cured during such delay, once title to the property ultimately is obtained and a claim is filed, our paid claim amount may include additional interest and expenses, increasing the Claim Severity. In addition, the heightened scrutiny over foreclosure proceedings and the increased focus on preserving homeownership for struggling borrowers that was initiated during the COVID-19 pandemic may have fundamentally altered how mortgage relief and foreclosure procedures are handled going forward, including by preventing or extending the procedural steps necessary for a claim under our insurance policies to be filed.
If our loss reserve estimates are inadequate, we may be required to increase our reserves, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.
Our Loss Mitigation Activity could negatively impact our customer relationships.
As part of our claims management process, we pursue opportunities to mitigate losses both before and after we receive claims, including processes to ensure claims are valid.
Our Loss Mitigation Activities and claims paying practices have in the past resulted in disputes with certain of our customers and in some cases, damaged our relationships with customers, resulting in a loss of business. While these past disputes have been resolved, a risk remains that our Loss Mitigation Activities or claims paying practices could in the future have a negative impact on our relationships with customers or potential customers. Further, disputes with our customers that are not resolved could result in arbitration or judicial proceedings, requiring significant legal expenses. To the extent that past or future Loss Mitigation Activities or our claims paying practices impact our customer relationships, it could result in the potential loss of business and our competitive position could be adversely affected, which could negatively impact our results of operations.
Reinsurance may not be available, affordable or adequate to protect us against losses.
We use reinsurance as a capital and risk management tool. We have distributed risk through traditional quota share and excess-of-loss reinsurance arrangements, as well as to investors through the capital markets using mortgage insurance-linked notes transactions.
The availability and cost of reinsurance are subject to market conditions beyond our control, including reinsurer and investor demand for mortgage credit. No assurance can be given that reinsurance will remain available to us in amounts that we consider sufficient and at rates and upon terms that we consider acceptable. Accordingly, we may be forced to incur additional expenses for reinsurance or may not be able to obtain sufficient reinsurance on acceptable terms, which could cause us to increase the amount of risk we retain, and negatively affect our ability to mitigate losses in our portfolio, the returns we are able to achieve on the business we write and our ability to write future business. Further, reinsurance does not relieve us of our direct liability to policyholders; therefore, if the reinsurer is unable or unwilling to meet its obligations to us, we remain liable to make claims payments to our policyholders. As a result, our reinsurance arrangements do not fully eliminate our obligation to pay claims, and we have assumed counterparty credit risk with respect to our inability to recover amounts due from reinsurers.
We use reinsurance to manage Radian Guaranty’s capital position under the PMIERs financial requirements. Among other benefits, our risk distribution transactions have collectively reduced our required capital, including by significantly reducing our Required Minimum Assets under the PMIERs. The initial and ongoing credit that we receive under the PMIERs financial requirements for these risk distribution transactions is subject to the periodic review of the GSEs and could be influenced by the ERCF, which, in its current form, significantly increases the capital requirements for the GSEs and provides the GSEs with a reduced amount of credit for their own credit risk transfer activities. See “Changes in the charters, business practices or role of the GSEs in the U.S. housing finance market generally, could significantly impact our businesses.” If the GSEs revise the PMIERs in the future to align with the final form of the ERCF, such alignment could reduce the credit that Radian Guaranty receives for reinsurance under the PMIERs, which could negatively impact our strategic approach to risk management and risk distribution.
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If we are unable to obtain sufficient reinsurance on acceptable terms or to collect amounts due from our reinsurers, or if we receive less PMIERs capital relief for our reinsurance transactions, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
If the length of time that our mortgage insurance policies remain in force declines, it could result in a decrease in our future revenues.
Most of our primary IIF consists of policies for which we expect to receive premiums in the future, typically through Monthly Premium Policies, and as a result, a significant portion of our earned premiums are derived from insurance that was written in prior years. The percentage of our insurance certificates that remain in force for a specified period of time, which we refer to as the Persistency Rate, is a significant driver of our future revenues, with a lower overall Persistency Rate generally reducing our future revenues. As a result, the ultimate profitability of our Mortgage Insurance business is affected by mortgage prepayment speeds for the loans that we insure.
Factors affecting the length of time that our insurance remains in force include:
▪prevailing mortgage interest rates compared to the mortgage rates on our IIF, which affects the incentive for borrowers to refinance (i.e., lower current interest rates make it more attractive for borrowers to refinance and receive a lower interest rate);
▪the current amount of equity that borrowers have in the homes underlying our IIF:
▪borrowers with significant equity in their homes may refinance their loans without the need for mortgage insurance;
▪the HPA requires servicers to cancel mortgage insurance when a borrower’s LTV ratio meets or is scheduled to meet certain levels, generally based on the original value of the home and subject to various conditions; and
▪the GSEs’ mortgage insurance cancellation guidelines, which apply more broadly than the HPA, allow for cancellation of mortgage insurance, at the borrowers’ request, based on the home’s current value if certain LTV and seasoning requirements are met and the borrowers have an acceptable payment history. Higher home price appreciation increases the likelihood of borrowers reaching the cancellation thresholds, which could negatively impact persistency. For more information about the GSEs’ guidelines and business practices and how they may change, see “Changes in the charters, business practices or role of the GSEs in the U.S. housing finance market generally, could significantly impact our businesses.”
▪the credit policies of certain lenders, which impact the ability of homeowners to refinance loans; and
▪economic conditions that can affect a borrower’s decision to pay off a mortgage earlier than required, including prevailing interest rates compared to their existing mortgage rate and the strength of the housing market, which impacts a borrower’s prospects for selling their existing home and finding a suitable and affordable new home.
If these or other factors cause a decrease in the length of time that our Recurring Premium Policies, for which we expect to receive premiums in the future, remain in force, our future revenues could be negatively impacted, which could negatively impact our results of operations and financial condition.
Our delegated underwriting program may subject our Mortgage Insurance business to unanticipated claims.
In our Mortgage Insurance business, we approve lenders to underwrite mortgage insurance applications based on our mortgage insurance underwriting guidelines. Each lender participating in the delegated underwriting program must be approved by our risk management group, and once we accept a lender into our delegated underwriting program, we allow the lenders to underwrite mortgage insurance applications based on our underwriting guidelines. While we have systems and processes to monitor whether certain aspects of our guidelines are being followed, under this program, a lender could commit us to insure a material number of loans with unacceptable risk profiles before we discover the problem and are able to terminate that lender’s delegated underwriting authority or pursue other rights that may be available to us, such as our rights to rescind coverage or deny claims.
Our Mortgage Insurance business faces intense competition.
The U.S. mortgage insurance industry is highly competitive. Our competitors primarily include other private mortgage insurers and governmental agencies, principally the FHA and VA.
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We currently compete with other private mortgage insurers that are eligible to insure loans that are purchased by the GSEs primarily on the basis of price, underwriting guidelines, overall service, customer relationships, perceived financial strength (including comparative credit ratings) and reputation. For more information about our competitive environment, including pricing competition, see “Item 1. Business-Mortgage Insurance-Competition.”
Pricing strategies continue to evolve in the mortgage insurance industry. In recent years, mortgage insurers generally have transitioned from a predominantly standard rate-card-based pricing model to the use of proprietary, “black box” pricing frameworks that use a spectrum of filed rates to allow for formulaic, loan-by-loan, risk-based pricing based on multiple loan, borrower and property attributes that may be quickly adjusted within certain parameters. The use of these risk-based pricing methodologies has contributed to a pricing environment that is more dynamic with more frequent pricing changes that can be implemented quickly, as well as an overall reduction in pricing transparency. As a result, we may not be aware of rate changes in the industry until we observe that our volume of NIW has changed. Further, in addition to “black box” pricing, industry pricing practices in recent years have also included an increased use of customized rate plans for certain customers, pursuant to which rates may be awarded to customers for only a limited period of time. The evolution of pricing strategies throughout the industry has resulted in greater volatility in our NIW and a reduction in industry pricing, including our pricing, due to the heightened competition inherent in the use of these pricing tools as compared to prior periods when standard rate cards were most prevalent. It is possible that pricing competition could further intensify, which could result in a decrease in our projected returns.
Pricing has become the predominant competitive market factor for private mortgage insurance and an increasing number of customers are making their choice of mortgage insurance providers primarily based on the lowest price available for any particular loan. Our approach to pricing is customer-centric and flexible, as we offer a spectrum of risk-based pricing solutions for our customers that are designed to be balanced with our objectives for managing our volume of NIW and the risk/return profile of our insured portfolio. Although we believe we are well-positioned to compete effectively, our pricing strategy may not be successful and we may lose business to other competitors.
Increased pricing competition has lowered the premium yield of our insured portfolio over time as older vintage insured loans with higher premium rates run-off and have been replaced with insured loans with premium rates that generally have been lower. It is possible that in the future price competition could result in lower premium rates and decrease our projected returns.
We also compete with governmental entities, such as the FHA and VA, primarily on the basis of loan limits, pricing, credit guidelines, loss mitigation practices and terms of our insurance policies such as our ability to terminate private mortgage insurance, subject to conditions, in contrast to FHA policies that currently include a life-of-loan requirement. These governmental entities typically do not have the same capital requirements or business objectives that we and other private mortgage insurance companies have, and therefore, may have greater financial flexibility or different motivations with respect to pricing that could put us at a competitive disadvantage. In February 2023, the FHA announced a 0.30% reduction in its annual mortgage insurance premium for most new borrowers. This pricing change and other potential future changes in pricing by these governmental entities, or to the terms and conditions of their mortgage insurance or other credit enhancement products, including potential elimination of the FHA life-of-loan requirement, could negatively impact our ability to compete in that market effectively, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results. See “Item 1. Business-Regulation-Federal Regulation-Housing Finance Reform and the GSEs’ Business Practices” for further discussion of factors that could impact the FHA’s competitive position relative to private mortgage insurance.
In addition, as market conditions change, alternatives to private mortgage insurance may become more prevalent, which could reduce the demand for private mortgage insurance in its traditional form. For example, alternatives to private mortgage insurance could include: investors using risk mitigation and credit risk transfer techniques other than private mortgage insurance (or accepting credit risk without credit enhancement); lenders and other investors holding mortgages in portfolio and self-insuring; and/or lenders originating mortgages using “piggyback” structures to avoid private mortgage insurance. See “Changes in the charters, business practices or role of the GSEs in the U.S. housing finance market generally, could significantly impact our businesses” for risks related to changes in the GSEs’ business practices that could impact our competitive position, including the use of alternatives to traditional mortgage insurance to satisfy their charter requirements related to credit risk.
The competitive environment is extremely challenging given the multitude of factors discussed above. This environment, as well as potential further changes to this evolving environment, could negatively impact our franchise value, business prospects, results of operations and financial condition.
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Our NIW and franchise value could decline if we lose business from significant customers.
Our Mortgage Insurance business depends on our relationships with our customers. Lending customers may decide to write business only with a limited number of mortgage insurers or only with certain mortgage insurers, based on their views with respect to an insurer’s pricing levels and pricing delivery methods, service levels, underwriting guidelines, loss mitigation practices, information security and other compliance programs, financial strength or other factors. Our customers place insurance with us directly on mortgage loans they originate, and they also do business with us indirectly through purchases of mortgage loans that already have our mortgage insurance coverage. Our relationships with our customers may influence both the amount of business they conduct with us directly and their willingness to continue to consider us as an approved mortgage insurance provider for loans that they purchase. For risk management purposes, our lending customers may choose to diversify the mortgage insurers with which they do business, which could have a negative impact on our NIW if it results in a market share loss that we are unable to mitigate through volume from new customers or through increases in volume with existing customers.
Further, industry pricing practices in recent years have resulted in greater volatility in the volume we may receive from any particular customer as we may retain, gain or lose customers’ loan volume based solely on the competitiveness of our pricing levels, regardless of other factors such as service levels, underwriting guidelines, loss mitigation practices or financial strength. See “Our Mortgage Insurance business faces intense competition.”
Finally, we currently offer and may offer in the future products that could be viewed as competitive to products offered by certain of our customers, which could influence a customer’s decision as to whether to do business with us. Loss of a significant customer could result in a loss of market share and negatively impact our results of operations and financial condition.
Potential downgrades by rating agencies to the current financial strength ratings assigned to Radian Guaranty and/or the credit ratings assigned to Radian Group could adversely affect the Company.
Radian Guaranty has been assigned financial strength ratings of A3 by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), A- by S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) and A by Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”). Radian Group has been assigned credit ratings of Baa3 by Moody’s, BBB- by S&P and BBB by Fitch.
We do not believe our ratings have a material effect on our relationships with existing customers currently. However, if Radian Guaranty’s financial strength ratings are downgraded, we may be competitively disadvantaged by customers choosing to do business with private mortgage insurers that have higher financial strength ratings. In addition, while the current PMIERs do not include a specific ratings requirement with respect to eligibility, failure to maintain a rating for Radian Guaranty that is acceptable to the GSEs could impact Radian Guaranty’s eligibility status under the PMIERs.
We believe that financial strength ratings would represent a significant consideration for participants should they seek to secure credit enhancement in the non-GSE mortgage market, which includes most non-QM loans. If the non-GSE market once again becomes receptive to the benefits of private mortgage insurance, our ability to successfully insure loans in this market could depend on the financial strength ratings for our mortgage insurance subsidiaries. In addition, if legislative or regulatory changes were to alter the current state of the housing finance industry such that the GSEs no longer operate in their current capacity, we may be forced to compete in a new marketplace in which financial strength ratings may play a greater role.
The rating agencies continually review the credit and financial strength ratings assigned to Radian Group and Radian Guaranty, respectively, and the ratings are subject to change. Credit and financial strength ratings are important to maintaining confidence in our mortgage insurance and in our competitive position. Downgrades to the ratings of our mortgage insurance subsidiaries and/or Radian Group could adversely affect our cost of funds, liquidity, access to capital markets and competitive position. A downgrade in Radian Guaranty’s financial strength rating could result in increased scrutiny by the GSEs and our customers, potentially impacting our NIW. If we are unable to compete effectively in the current or any future markets as a result of the financial strength ratings assigned to our mortgage insurance subsidiaries, the franchise value and future prospects for our Mortgage Insurance business could be negatively affected.
Our Mortgage Insurance business depends, in part, on effective and reliable loan servicing.
We depend on third-party servicing of the loans that we insure. Dependable servicing is necessary for timely billing and premium payments to us and effective loss mitigation opportunities for delinquent or near-delinquent mortgage loans. Servicers are required to comply with a multitude of legal and regulatory requirements, procedures and standards for servicing residential mortgages, such as the CFPB’s mortgage servicing rules. While these requirements are intended to ensure a high
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level of servicing performance, they also impose a high cost of compliance on servicers that may impact their financial condition and their operating effectiveness.
While servicing standards and processes have strengthened since the great financial crisis in 2008, challenging economic and market conditions or periods of economic stress and high mortgage defaults make it more difficult for servicers to effectively service the mortgage loans that we insure, which could reduce their loss mitigation efforts that could help limit our losses. Further, an increase in delinquent loans may result in liquidity issues for servicers. When a mortgage loan that is collateral for a RMBS becomes delinquent, the servicer is usually required to continue to pay principal and interest to the RMBS investors, generally for four months, even though the servicer is not receiving payments from borrowers. This may cause liquidity issues, especially for non-bank servicers because they do not have the same sources of liquidity that bank servicers have. A transfer of servicing resulting from liquidity issues, may increase the operational burden on servicers, cause a disruption in the servicing of delinquent loans and reduce servicers’ abilities to undertake loss mitigation efforts that could help limit our losses.
Information with respect to the mortgage loans we insure is based in large part on information reported to us by third parties, including the servicers and originators of the mortgage loans, and information provided may be subject to lapses or inaccuracies in reporting from such third parties. In many cases, we may not be aware that information reported to us is incorrect until a claim is made against us under the relevant insurance policy. We may not receive monthly information from servicers for single premium policies, and we may not be aware that the mortgage loans insured by such policies have been repaid. We periodically attempt to determine if coverage is still in force on such policies by asking the last servicer of record or through the periodic reconciliation of loan information with certain servicers. It may be possible that our reports continue to reflect, as active, policies on mortgage loans that have been repaid. If we experience a disruption in the servicing of mortgage loans covered by our insurance policies or a failure by servicers to appropriately report the status of a loan, this could impact the amount of assets Radian Guaranty is required to hold under the PMIERs or ultimately contribute to a rise in claims among those loans, which could negatively impact our business, financial condition and operating results.
Under the terms of our Master Policies in place since 2014, mortgage insurance premiums are not required to be paid following an event of default. However, if a defaulted loan then cures and becomes current, all mortgage insurance premiums must also be brought current for our insurance coverage to continue, including all premiums that were not paid during the period following the event of default and through the date of cure. Because premiums must be brought current upon a cure, mortgage servicers typically continue to pay mortgage insurance premiums while loans remain in default, understanding that Radian Guaranty will refund these premiums if the loans fail to cure and ultimately go to claim. If we fail to receive mortgage insurance premiums following mortgage defaults, Radian Guaranty’s cash flow could be materially reduced, potentially requiring Radian Guaranty to liquidate investments at a loss to pay future claims or otherwise requiring us to alter our investment strategy.
We face risks associated with our contract underwriting business.
We provide third-party contract underwriting services for our mortgage insurance customers. Generally, we offer limited indemnification to our contract underwriting customers. In addition to indemnification, we typically have limited loss mitigation defenses available to us for loans that we have underwritten through our contract underwriting services. As a consequence, our results of operations could be negatively impacted if we are required to indemnify our customers for material underwriting errors in our contract underwriting services.
A decrease in the volume of mortgage originations could result in fewer opportunities for us to write new mortgage insurance business.
The amount of new mortgage insurance business we write depends, among other things, on a steady flow of low down payment mortgages that require private mortgage insurance. The volume of mortgage originations is impacted by macroeconomic conditions and specific events that impact the housing finance and real estate markets, most of which are beyond our control, including housing prices, inflationary pressures, unemployment levels, interest rate changes, the availability of credit, other national and regional economic conditions and geopolitical events. In “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” see “Overview of Business Operating Environment” and “Key Factors Affecting Our Results.”
Factors affecting the volume of low down payment mortgages include:
▪the health and stability of the financial services industry;
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▪restrictions on mortgage credit due to changes in lender underwriting standards, capital requirements affecting lenders, regulatory requirements and the health of the private securitization market;
▪mortgage interest rates;
▪the health of the domestic economy generally, including in particular unemployment levels and the degree of consumer confidence, as well as specific conditions in regional and local economies;
▪housing supply and affordability;
▪tax laws and policies and their impact on, among other things, deductions for mortgage insurance premiums, mortgage interest payments and real estate taxes;
▪demographic trends, including the rate of household formation;
▪the rate of home price appreciation;
▪government housing policy, in particular policies that encourage affordability and accessibility of mortgage loans to first-time homebuyers; and
▪the practices of the GSEs, including the extent to which the guaranty fees, loan level price adjustments, credit underwriting guidelines and other business terms provided by the GSEs affect the cost of mortgages and lenders’ willingness to extend credit for low down payment mortgages.
As the overall volume of new mortgage originations declines, we are subject to increased competition and we could experience a reduced opportunity to write new mortgage insurance business, which could negatively affect our business prospects, results of operations and financial condition.
We are exposed to risks associated with our Title, Real Estate Services and Real Estate Technology businesses that could negatively affect our results of operations and financial condition.
Our Title, Real Estate Services and Real Estate Technology businesses expose us to certain risks that may negatively affect our results of operations and financial condition.
Our Title businesses offer a suite of insurance and non-insurance title and settlement services, and the success of these businesses depends on the level of overall activity in the mortgage, real estate and mortgage finance markets generally. When real estate transaction volumes decline, as they have in the past several years in large part due to rising interest and mortgage rates, we have experienced less demand for our Title insurance and related services. Further, mortgage refinance transactions (as compared to new purchase transactions) represent our largest source of revenues in our Title business, and for the last several years, we have experienced a significant decrease in new Title policies due to the industrywide decrease in refinance volumes resulting from inflationary pressures and the higher interest rate environment. In addition, because refinance transactions primarily are sourced from our mortgage lending customers, revenues in our Title businesses may be significantly impacted by the loss or reduction of business from one or more significant customers. To further diversify our Title businesses, we have focused on expanding our title service offerings to include residential purchase, REO and home equity transactions; however, there can be no assurance that we will be able to compete successfully in these businesses.
Title claims are often complex, vary greatly in dollar amounts and are affected by economic and market conditions and the legal environment existing at the time of settlement of the claims. Estimating future Title loss payments is difficult because of the complex nature of title claims, the long periods of time over which claims are administered and paid, significantly varying dollar amounts of individual claims and other factors. From time to time, we could experience large losses or an overall worsening of our loss payment experience due to frequency or severity of claims. These loss events are unpredictable and may require us to increase our Title loss reserves and could adversely affect the financial performance of our Title business.
Our Real Estate Services business provides customers with real estate asset management services, including a range of services for the benefit of the single-family rental asset class, services to manage REO properties and a web-based asset management workflow solution to assist our customers in managing REO assets, rental properties and other real estate activities. In addition, as part of our Real Estate Services business, we provide a suite of real estate valuation products and services to lenders, servicers, investors and the GSEs through our homegenius Real Estate brokerage (discussed below). The types of services we offer and the volume of services we provide in our Real Estate Services business are influenced by the level of overall activity in the mortgage, real estate and mortgage finance markets generally. Given the transactional nature of
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the services, revenues are subject to fluctuation from period to period and are difficult to predict. When real estate transaction volumes decline, we are likely to experience less demand for the services offered by our Real Estate Services businesses. Further, the success of our Real Estate Services businesses depends on our relationships with our customers and the loss or reduction of business from one or more significant customers could adversely affect the level of our revenues from these businesses.
Our Real Estate Technology business is heavily focused on digital products and services, including proprietary platforms as a service solutions. As a result, this business is particularly exposed to challenges associated with new and rapidly evolving technologies and business environments and the costs associated with the development of these technologies and products. Our Real Estate Technology business is conducted by our real estate brokerage, homegenius Real Estate LLC, which receives residential real estate information from various multiple listing services that it uses to provide real estate services (e.g., home search and brokering real estate transactions) and other valuation products and services offerings, pursuant to the terms of agreements with the multiple listing service (“MLS”) providers. If these agreements were to terminate or we were otherwise to lose access to information from one or more MLS providers, as has happened in the past for certain contracts for a period of time, it could negatively impact our real estate brokerage business and our future strategies for our Real Estate Services businesses. In addition to MLS data, we depend on access to data from a variety of other external sources to maintain our databases and grow our businesses. If we were to lose access to one or more of these data sources, our real estate brokerage business may be negatively impacted.
We expect that the markets in which we compete will continue to attract new competitors, technologies and products that are designed to disrupt traditional business models. Any of these factors could negatively affect our businesses and plans for their growth and there can be no assurance that our Title and real estate businesses will be able to compete successfully.
We rely upon proprietary technology and information, and if we are unable to protect our intellectual property rights, it could have a material adverse effect on us.
Our success depends, in part, upon our intellectual property rights. We rely primarily on a combination of copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, patents and nondisclosure and other contractual restrictions on copying, distributing and creating derivative products to protect our proprietary technology and information. This protection may be limited, and our intellectual property could be used by others without our consent. In addition, although we may file patent applications, patents may not be issued, and, if issued may not prevent the development of competitive products. Any infringement, disclosure, loss, invalidity of or failure to protect our intellectual property could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Moreover, litigation may be necessary to enforce or protect our intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets or to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others. Such litigation could be time-consuming, result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We face risks associated with our Mortgage Conduit business.
Our Mortgage Conduit business is conducted through Radian Mortgage Capital, which acquires and aggregates residential mortgage loans intending to then sell the loans directly to mortgage investors or distribute them into the capital markets through private label securitizations, with the option to retain and manage structured components of the underlying credit risk. Radian Mortgage Capital finances its acquisition of residential mortgage loans primarily by utilizing short-term uncommitted debt under the Master Repurchase Agreements. Radian Mortgage Capital is the master servicer for the mortgage loans held for sale in its portfolio and loans it has sold to Freddie Mac, and has engaged a subservicer to manage the day-to-day servicing operations for these loans. As a result of our Mortgage Conduit business, we are exposed to certain risks that may negatively affect our results of operations and financial condition, including, among others, the following:
▪Potential breaches of the financial and other covenants under the Master Repurchase Agreements could result in Radian Mortgage Capital being required to immediately repay all outstanding amounts borrowed under these facilities and these facilities being unavailable to use for future financing needs, as well as potentially triggering cross-defaults under other debt agreements. If Radian Mortgage Capital is unable to satisfy its obligations, Radian Group could be required to satisfy these obligations directly pursuant to its guarantee of Radian Mortgage Capital’s obligations under the Master Repurchase Agreements or indirectly through capital contributions to Radian Mortgage Capital, which could impact Radian Group’s available liquidity. See “Our sources of liquidity may be insufficient to fund our obligations.”
▪We are exposed to credit risk through our direct investment in residential real estate mortgage loans and through our retained interest in certain certificates issued in securitizations completed by Radian Mortgage Capital. During the
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aggregation period and before sale or securitization, we assume the risk that the related borrowers may default on their obligations to make full and timely payments of principal and interest. Credit losses on residential mortgage loans can occur for many reasons (many of which are beyond our control), including: fraud; poor underwriting; poor servicing practices; changes in economic conditions and specific events impacting the housing finance and real estate markets; declines in the value of homes; natural disasters (which may be exacerbated by the effects of climate change), including hurricanes, flooding, drought, wildfire and other severe weather events.
▪Interest rate fluctuations can negatively impact our Mortgage Conduit business. During the aggregation period following loan acquisition, we carry the residential mortgage loans as residential mortgage loans held for sale until the loan is either sold or securitized. The carrying value of our residential mortgage loans held for sale is based on fair value, and the estimated fair value is subject to, among other things, changes in mortgage interest rates from the date we agree to purchase the mortgage loan through the date we agree to sell the mortgage loan. See Note 7 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for more information. In addition, changes in interest rates and other factors could cause the cost of financing a mortgage asset to exceed the income generated by that mortgage asset. An increase in interest rates generally increases the overall cost to finance our acquisitions of mortgage loans and reduces the fair value of mortgage loans pledged as collateral for our payment obligations. In an effort to mitigate the risks associated with changes in interest rates, we have instituted an interest rate risk hedging program that seeks to hedge interest rate risks associated with our mortgage loans held for sale; however, changes in interest rates, securities spreads and other factors could cause net losses on the mortgage assets and our hedge position. Given the uncertainty of future market conditions, there can be no assurance that our hedging activity will be fully effective.
▪Under the Master Repurchase Agreements we pledge mortgage assets as security for our payment obligations, and these agreements contain margin requirements that require us to pledge additional collateral if the value of previously pledged collateral declines below certain levels. Therefore, if the value of the collateral decreases below certain levels, we could be required to satisfy a margin call under the Master Repurchase Agreements. In addition, certain of our hedges are also subject to margin calls. These margin calls could have a material adverse effect on Radian Mortgage Capital’s liquidity position and could require Radian Group to satisfy the margin requirements directly pursuant to its guarantee of Radian Mortgage Capital’s obligations under the Master Repurchase Agreements or indirectly through capital contributions to Radian Mortgage Capital, which could impact Radian Group’s available liquidity. See “Our sources of liquidity may be insufficient to fund our obligations.”
▪If the secondary markets for mortgages or for residential mortgage-backed securities experience any significant disruption or illiquidity, we might be unable to sell our mortgage assets in a timely manner or at anticipated prices, and we may be forced to hold and finance a larger inventory of mortgage assets than we anticipate, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations.
▪Within a securitization of residential mortgage loans various securities are created, each of which has varying degrees of credit risk. We have retained an interest in certain certificates issued in securitizations Radian Mortgage Capital has completed, and Radian Mortgage Capital and its affiliates (excluding its mortgage insurance affiliates) may hold an interest in certificates issued in future securitizations. Certain of the certificates we own are in a first loss position and bear the most concentrated credit risk associated with the underlying residential mortgage loans.
▪Because we do not originate residential loans, the growth of our Mortgage Conduit business may be limited if mortgage loans generally are not available for purchase. Mortgage loan originations fluctuate from period to period, and a reduced volume of loan originations that satisfy our acquisition guidelines may make it difficult for us to acquire loans.
▪When we purchase mortgage loans, representations and warranties are made to us by sellers regarding, among other things, certain characteristics of those mortgage loans, which we seek to verify through underwriting and due diligence. When we sell mortgage loans, we make similar representations and warranties to purchasers. Losses could result if representations or warranties we make to purchasers are inaccurate, including representations or warranties made in reliance on inaccurate representations or warranties that are made to us.
▪We rely on a third-party service provider to service the mortgage loans for which we hold the right to service and serve as the master servicer. Our reliance on this third-party servicer exposes us to certain risks, including the risk that the subservicer may not properly service the loan in compliance with applicable laws and regulations or the contractual provisions governing their subservicing role, in which case we may be held liable for the subservicer’s improper acts or
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omissions. Failure to take steps to ensure that third-party servicers are servicing the loans we acquire appropriately could expose us to penalties or other claims or enforcement actions that could negatively impact our business prospects, results of operations and financial condition.
▪Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, an investment company is required to register with the SEC and is subject to extensive restrictive regulations relating to, among other things, operating methods, management, capital structure, dividends, and transactions with affiliates. We intend to conduct our businesses and operations so that Radian Group and its affiliates, including Radian Mortgage Capital, are not required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Failure to continue to qualify for exemption from the Investment Company Act of 1940 could result in significant restrictions on our business activities, prohibitions from engaging in certain business activities and subject us to burdensome compliance requirements and have a material adverse effect on our business prospects, results of operations and financial condition.
If the models used in our businesses are inaccurate, it could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
We employ proprietary and third-party models for a wide range of purposes, including the following: projecting losses, premiums, expenses, and returns; pricing products; estimating reserves; evaluating risk; determining internal capital requirements; estimating home values; and performing stress testing. These models rely on estimates, projections and assumptions that are inherently uncertain and may not always operate as intended. This can be especially true when extraordinary events occur such as periods of extreme inflation, pandemics, natural disasters or environmental events or disasters related to changing climatic conditions. In addition, our models are being continuously updated over time. Changes in models or model assumptions could lead to material changes in our future expectations, returns, or financial results. The models we employ are complex, which could increase our risk of error in their design, implementation, or use. Also, the associated data, assumptions and calculations that we input into our models may not always be correct or accurate and the controls we have in place to mitigate these risks may not be effective in all cases. The risks related to our models may increase when we change assumptions, methodologies, or modeling platforms. Moreover, we may use information we receive through enhancements to refine or otherwise change existing assumptions and/or methodologies. See also, “We use statistical models, including artificial intelligence and machine learning models, to assist our decision making in key areas, such as underwriting, claims and pricing, but actual results could differ materially from the model outputs and related analyses.”
Actual or perceived instability in the financial services industry or non-performance by financial institutions or transactional counterparties could materially impact our business.
We routinely execute transactions with counterparties in the financial services industry, including commercial banks, brokers and dealers, investment banks, reinsurers, and our customers. Many of these transactions expose us to credit risk and losses in the event of a default by a counterparty or customer. Any such losses could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
Limited liquidity, defaults, non-performance or other adverse developments that affect financial institutions, transactional counterparties or other companies in the financial services industry with which we do business, or concerns or rumors about the possibility of such events, have in the past and may in the future lead to market-wide liquidity problems. Such conditions may negatively impact our results and/or financial condition. While we are unable to predict the full impact of these conditions, they may lead to among other things: disruption to the mortgage market, delayed access to deposits or other financial assets; losses of deposits in excess of federally-insured levels; reduced access to, or increased costs associated with, funding sources and other credit arrangements adequate to finance our current or future operations; increased regulatory pressure; the inability of our counterparties and/or customers to meet their obligations to us; economic downturn; and rising unemployment levels.
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The credit performance of our mortgage insurance portfolio is impacted by macroeconomic conditions and specific events that affect the ability of borrowers to pay their mortgages.
Defaults can occur due to a variety of life events affecting borrowers, including death or illness, divorce or other family problems, unemployment, or other events. These events, particularly unemployment, frequently derive from or are exacerbated by changes in economic conditions. As a result, our results are particularly influenced by macroeconomic conditions and specific events that impact the housing finance and real estate markets, including events that impact mortgage
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originations and the credit performance of our mortgage insurance portfolio, most of which are beyond our control, including housing prices, inflationary pressures, unemployment levels, interest rate changes, the availability of credit and other national and regional economic conditions. These conditions may be created or exacerbated by: acts of terrorism, war or other geopolitical conditions and conflicts; event-specific economic depressions; U.S. debt ceiling and budget deficit concerns; severe weather events and natural disasters, which may continue to increase in severity and frequency due to climate change; and other catastrophic events such as pandemics or epidemics. In general, challenging economic conditions increase the likelihood that borrowers will not have sufficient income to satisfy their mortgage obligations.
A decline in home prices can occur due to deteriorating economic conditions or other factors that reduce the demand for homes, such as changes in buyers’ perceptions of the potential for future home price appreciation, restrictions on and the cost of mortgage credit due to more stringent underwriting standards, higher interest rates, changes to the tax deductibility of mortgage interest, decreases in the rate of household formations, the relative cost of renting or other factors. Declining housing values can influence the willingness of borrowers to continue to make mortgage payments despite having the financial resources to do so. A decline in home values typically makes it more difficult for borrowers to sell or refinance their homes, increasing the likelihood that a default will result in a claim. Declining housing values also may impact the effectiveness of our loss mitigation actions. The amount of the loss we could suffer depends in part on whether the home of a borrower who defaults on a mortgage can be sold for an amount that will cover the unpaid principal balance, interest and the expenses of the sale. Any of these events may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
Currently mortgage interest rates in the U.S. continue to be elevated and we continue to be in a period of inflation, although inflation has moderated from its 40-year high in 2022. Unfavorable macroeconomic developments and the other factors cited above have had in the past, and in the future may have again, a material negative impact on our results of operations and financial condition.
Our success depends, in part, on our ability to manage risks in our investment portfolio.
Our investment portfolio is an important source of revenue and is our primary source of claims paying resources. Our investment strategy is affected by factors beyond our control, such as general macroeconomic conditions, geopolitical events, domestic political conditions and tax policies, which may adversely affect the markets for credit and interest-rate-sensitive securities, including the extent and timing of investor participation in these markets, the level and volatility of interest rates and credit spreads and, consequently, the value of our fixed income securities and the level of our net investment income. In addition, our investment strategy is developed taking into consideration applicable investment restrictions, limitations and conditions imposed on investments held by our regulated entities, and in particular, state limitations and PMIERs rules applicable to Radian Guaranty, which holds the majority of our total investment portfolio.
For the significant portion of our investment portfolio held by our insurance subsidiaries, to receive favorable treatment under insurance regulatory requirements and full credit as Available Assets under the PMIERs, we generally are limited to investing in investment grade fixed income investments with yields that reflect their lower credit risk profile. Because we depend on our investments as a source of revenue, a prolonged period of lower than expected investment yields has an adverse impact on our revenues and could adversely affect our results of operations. In addition, tailoring our investment strategy to ensure regulatory and PMIERs compliance may restrict our ability to pursue opportunities and optimize returns in our investment portfolio, and future changes to these regulations and the PMIERs could negatively impact our investment strategy.
Volatility or lack of liquidity in the markets in which we invest has at times reduced the market value of some of our investments, including as a result of disruption in the financial markets such as occurred following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and more recently, inflationary and interest rate trends along with actual or perceived instability in the financial services industry. The value of our investment portfolio is subject to market risk and may be adversely affected by other factors outside of our control, such as ratings downgrades, bankruptcies and credit spreads widening, any of which may cause unrealized or realized losses. When the credit environment deteriorates, the risk of impairments of our investments increases. Disruption and volatility in the financial markets, including sharp increases in market interest rates such as we experienced in 2023 and 2024, could also have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, financial condition and results of operations. See “Our reported earnings, stockholders’ equity and book value per share are subject to fluctuations based on changes in our investments that require us to adjust their fair market value.”
Many of our investment securities are issued by the U.S. government and government agencies and sponsored entities. As a result of uncertain domestic political conditions, potential political instability or the perceived inability of the U.S. government to legislate on matters in a timely fashion, there is the threat that potential future federal government shutdowns or
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the possibility of the federal government defaulting on its obligations for a short period of time due to debt ceiling limitations or other issues could pose general credit and liquidity risks for investments in financial instruments issued or guaranteed by the federal government. Any potential downgrades by rating agencies in long-term sovereign credit ratings, as well as sovereign debt issues facing the governments of other countries, could have a material adverse impact on financial markets and economic conditions worldwide.
In addition, we structure the maturities of investments in our investment portfolio to satisfy our expected liabilities, including claim payments in our Mortgage Insurance business. If we underestimate our future claim payments or other liabilities or improperly structure our investments to meet these liabilities, we could have unexpected losses resulting from the forced liquidation of investments before their maturity, which could adversely affect our results of operations.
Climate change and extreme weather events could adversely affect our businesses, results of operations and financial condition.
Our businesses, results of operations and financial performance could be adversely impacted by climate change and extreme weather events, especially if these occurrences negatively impact the housing and real estate markets and the broader economy. Climate change may increase the frequency and severity of natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and forest fires and drive other ecologically related changes such as rising sea waters, which in turn could negatively affect regional economies in ways that impact home values or unemployment in affected areas, and therefore, the credit performance of the mortgages we insure and our other investments in mortgage assets, including mortgage loans held for sale and any investment in or retained interest in RMBS. In addition, the inability of a borrower to obtain hazard and/or flood insurance, or the increased cost of such insurance, could lead to an increase in delinquencies or a decrease in home prices in the affected areas. If we were to attempt to limit our new insurance written in affected areas, lenders may choose not to do business with us. Natural disasters could also lead to increased reinsurance rates or reduced availability of reinsurance. This may cause us to retain more risk than we otherwise would retain and could negatively affect our compliance with financial requirements.
Further, climate change and natural disasters may impact the value of and cause volatility in our investment portfolio, and we might not achieve our investment objectives. Climate change and the frequency, severity, duration, and geography of severe weather events, other natural disasters and ecological-related changes are inherently uncertain, and we cannot predict the ultimate impact these events may have on our business and financial condition.
Our reported earnings, stockholders’ equity and book value per share are subject to fluctuations based on changes in our investments that require us to adjust their fair market value.
We hold investments in trading securities, equity securities, residential mortgage loans held for sale and short-term investments that we carry at fair value, as well as consolidated VIE assets and liabilities from mortgage loan securitizations that are also carried at fair value. Because the changes in fair value of these financial instruments are reflected on our statements of operations each period, they affect our reported earnings and can create earnings volatility. While we employ hedging strategies in an attempt to mitigate fluctuations in fair value of our residential mortgage loans held for sale portfolio, growth in our Mortgage Conduit business may result in greater earnings volatility as our exposure to residential mortgage loans grows. In addition, we increase or decrease our stockholders’ equity by the amount of change in the unrealized gain or loss (the difference between the fair value and the amortized cost) of our available for sale securities portfolio, net of related tax, under the category of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). As a result, a decline in the fair value of our available for sale portfolio may result in a decline in reported stockholders’ equity, as well as book value per common share. Among other factors, interest rate changes, market volatility and declines in the value of underlying collateral will impact the value of our investments, including our residential mortgage loan exposure, potentially resulting in unrealized losses that could negatively impact our results of operations and stockholders’ equity. If we experience unrealized losses, these negative impacts will occur even though the securities are not sold. Also, in the event there are credit loss-related impairments, the credit loss component and subsequent recoveries, if any, are recognized in earnings.
Risks Related to Liquidity and Financing
Our sources of liquidity may be insufficient to fund our obligations.
Radian Group serves as the holding company for our operating subsidiaries and does not have any operations of its own. See “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Liquidity and
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Capital Resources-Liquidity Analysis-Holding Company” for more information on our available liquidity and short-term and long-term liquidity demands.
As discussed above under “Radian Guaranty may fail to maintain its eligibility status with the GSEs, and the additional capital required to support Radian Guaranty’s eligibility could reduce our available liquidity,” compliance with the PMIERs financial requirements could impact our holding company liquidity if additional capital support for Radian Guaranty is required for it to maintain this compliance. The amount of capital that Radian Group could be required to contribute to Radian Guaranty for this purpose is uncertain but could be significant.
In addition, Radian Mortgage Capital has entered into the Master Repurchase Agreements to finance its acquisition of residential mortgage loans, and Radian Group has guaranteed the obligations of certain of its subsidiaries under these loan repurchase facilities. Breaches of the financial and other covenants or a decline in the value of collateral pledged under these agreements could trigger immediate payment obligations, which Radian Mortgage Capital may be unable to satisfy. If Radian Mortgage Capital is unable to satisfy its obligations, Radian Group could be required to satisfy the obligations directly pursuant to its guarantee of Radian Mortgage Capital’s obligations under the Master Repurchase Agreements or indirectly through capital contributions to Radian Mortgage Capital, which could impact Radian Group’s available liquidity. See, “We face risks associated with our Mortgage Conduit business” and “Our revolving credit facility and the Parent Guarantees we provide for the Master Repurchase Agreements to finance loan purchases in our Mortgage Conduit business contain covenants that are restrictive and could limit our operating flexibility. A default under our credit facility or these Parent Guarantees could trigger an event of default under the terms of our senior notes. We may not have access to funding under our credit facility when we require it.”
In addition to available cash and marketable securities, including net investment income earned on such investments, Radian Group’s principal sources of cash to fund future liquidity needs include: (i) payments made to Radian Group by its subsidiaries under expense- and tax-sharing arrangements and (ii) to the extent available, dividends or other distributions from its subsidiaries. See Note 16 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on Radian Guaranty’s ability to pay dividends.
Radian Group’s expense-sharing arrangements with its principal operating subsidiaries require those subsidiaries to pay their allocated share of certain holding-company-level expenses, including interest payments on Radian Group’s outstanding senior notes. The expense-sharing arrangements between Radian Group and our mortgage insurance subsidiaries, as amended, have been approved by the Pennsylvania Insurance Department, but such approval may be modified or revoked at any time.
In light of Radian Group’s short- and long-term needs, it is possible that its sources of liquidity could be insufficient to fund its obligations. If this were to occur, we may choose not to pursue certain actions, such as issuing dividends or repurchasing shares of our common stock, or we may elect to reduce the levels of these activities to preserve our available liquidity. In addition, we may seek to increase our available liquidity, including by seeking additional capital, incurring additional debt, issuing additional equity, or selling assets, which we may be unable to do on favorable terms, if at all.
Our revolving credit facility and the Parent Guarantees we provide for the Master Repurchase Agreements to finance loan purchases in our Mortgage Conduit business contain covenants that are restrictive and could limit our operating flexibility. A default under our credit facility or these Parent Guarantees could trigger an event of default under the terms of our senior notes. We may not have access to funding under our credit facility when we require it.
Radian Group is a party to a $275 million unsecured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of bank lenders. As of December 31, 2024, no borrowings were outstanding under the credit facility.
The credit facility contains customary representations, warranties, covenants, terms and conditions. Our ability to borrow under the credit facility is conditioned on the satisfaction of certain financial and other negative and affirmative covenants, including covenants related to minimum net worth and statutory capital, a maximum debt-to-capitalization level, repayment or refinancing of our senior notes at or prior to their maturity, and limitations on our ability to incur additional indebtedness, make investments, create liens, transfer or dispose of assets and merge with or acquire other companies. The credit facility also requires that Radian Guaranty remain eligible under the PMIERs to insure loans purchased by the GSEs. A failure to comply with these covenants or the other terms of the credit facility could result in an event of default, which could: (i) result in the termination of the commitments by the lenders to make loans to Radian Group under the credit facility and (ii) enable the lenders to declare, subject to the terms and conditions of the credit facility, any outstanding obligations under the credit facility to be immediately due and payable.
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Further, the occurrence of an event of default under the terms of our credit facility may trigger an event of default under the terms of our senior notes. An event of default would occur under the terms of our senior notes if a default: (i) in any scheduled payment of principal of other indebtedness by Radian Group or its subsidiaries of more than $100 million principal amount occurs, after giving effect to any applicable grace period or (ii) in the performance of any term or provision of any indebtedness of Radian Group or its subsidiaries in excess of $100 million principal amount occurs that results in the acceleration of the date such indebtedness is due and payable, subject to certain limited exceptions. See Note 12 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for more information on the carrying value of our senior notes.
In connection with our mortgage conduit, Radian Group has entered into the Parent Guarantees that guarantee the obligations of certain of its subsidiaries pursuant to the Master Repurchase Agreements. Under these Parent Guarantees, Radian Group is subject to negative and affirmative covenants customary for this type of financing transaction, including compliance with financial covenants that are generally consistent with the comparable covenants in the Company’s revolving credit facility, as discussed above.
If we are unable to satisfy certain covenants or representations or experience an event of default under the credit facility or the Parent Guarantees, we may not have access to funding in a timely manner, or at all, when we require it. If funding is not available when we require it, our ability to continue our business practices and operations, or pursue our current strategy, could be limited. If the indebtedness under the credit facility, the Parent Guarantees or our senior notes is accelerated, we may not be able to repay our debt or borrow sufficient funds to refinance it.
Risks Related to Information Technology and Cybersecurity
Our information technology systems may fail or become outmoded, be temporarily interrupted or otherwise cause us to be unable to meet our customers’ demands.
Our business is highly dependent on the effective operation of our information technology systems, which are vulnerable to damage or interruption from power outages, computer and telecommunications failures, computer viruses, cyberattacks and security incidents or breaches, catastrophic events and errors in usage. Although we have disaster recovery and business continuity plans in place, we may not be able to adequately execute these plans in a timely fashion. Further, as various systems, technologies, software and applications become outdated or new technology is required, including as a result of end-of-life or end-of-support, we may not be able to replace or introduce them as quickly as needed or in a cost-effective and timely manner.
Our customers generally require that we provide an increasing number of our products and services electronically and, as such, we are dependent on e-commerce and other technologies to deliver our products and services. Our ability to meet the needs of our customers depends on our ability to keep pace with technological advances and to invest in new technology as it becomes available or to otherwise upgrade our technological capabilities. Accordingly, we may not satisfy our customers’ requirements if we fail to invest sufficient resources or are otherwise unable to maintain and upgrade our technological capabilities. Further, customers may choose to do business only with business partners with which they are technologically compatible and may choose to retain existing relationships with mortgage insurance or mortgage and real estate services providers rather than invest the time and resources to on-board new providers. As a result, technology can represent a potential barrier to signing new customers. We are also dependent on our ongoing relationships with key technology providers, including their products and technologies, and their ability to support those products and technologies. The inability of these providers to successfully provide and support those products could have an adverse impact on our business and results of operations.
Because we rely on our information technology systems for many critical functions, including connecting with our customers, if such systems were to fail, experience a prolonged interruption or become outmoded, we may experience a significant disruption in our operations and in the business we receive, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, reputation and future prospects, financial condition and operating results.
We could incur significant liability or reputational harm if the security of our information technology systems, or of our third-party vendors or service providers, is breached, including as result of a cyberattack, or we otherwise fail to protect confidential information, including personally identifiable information that we maintain.
We rely on information technology systems to process, transmit, store and protect the electronic information, financial data and proprietary models that are critical to our business. Furthermore, a significant portion of the communications and
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business transmissions between us and our employees, customers, business partners and service providers depends on information technology and electronic information exchange.
As our work environment has transformed into a hybrid environment, it has further increased our reliance on information technology and our exposure to the risk of cybersecurity threats and data security incidents.
Our information technology systems may be vulnerable to physical or electronic intrusions. We experience cyber activity directed at our computer systems, software, networks and network users on a daily basis. This malicious activity includes attempts at unauthorized access, implantation of computer viruses or malware and denial-of-service attacks that are intended to lead to interruptions and delays in our service and operations, as well as loss, misuse or theft of personal information and other data, confidential information or intellectual property. In addition, on a global scale, other forms of social engineering and insider threats designed to obtain confidential information, destroy data, disrupt or degrade service, sabotage systems or to cause other damage have also grown in volume and level of sophistication. Such attacks may also increase in response to actions taken by the U.S. in response to geopolitical events, such as the conflicts between Russia and Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war. The risks of cyberattacks and information security incidents and breaches continue to increase in businesses such as ours due to, among other things, the proliferation of new technologies and the use of digital channels to conduct our business, including connectivity with customer devices that are beyond our security control systems and the use of portable computers or mobile devices that can be stolen, lost or damaged. We expect attacks to continue accelerating in both frequency and sophistication with increasing use by actors of tools and techniques that could hinder our ability to identify, investigate and recover from incidents.
We also rely on numerous third-party service providers to conduct important aspects of our business operations, and we face similar risks relating to them. While we regularly conduct security assessments on these third-party vendors, we cannot be certain that their information security protocols are sufficient to withstand a cyberattack or other security breach. We also cannot be certain that we will receive timely notification of such cyberattacks or other security breaches. In addition, to access our products and services, our clients may use computers and other devices that are beyond our security control systems.
We and many of the third parties we work with rely on open-source software and libraries that are integrated into a variety of applications, tools and systems, which may increase our exposure to vulnerabilities. Additionally, outside parties may use social engineering or fraudulent communications to employees, vendors, partners, or users to try and obtain sensitive or confidential information in order to gain access to data. Any attempt by bad actors to obtain our data or intellectual property, disrupt our service, or otherwise access our systems, or those of third parties we use, if successful, could harm our business, be expensive to remedy and damage our reputation.
As part of our business, we, and certain subsidiaries, affiliates, and third-party vendors maintain large amounts of confidential information, including personally identifiable information on borrowers, consumers and our employees. As a result, we are subject to numerous laws and regulations designed to protect this information, such as U.S. federal and state laws governing the protection of personally identifiable information, and to significant contractual commitments with our customers. These laws and regulations are increasing in complexity and number and the contractual commitments are increasing in requirements and in demands on our businesses. If the security of our information technology or the technology of our third-party vendors is breached, including as a result of a cyberattack, it could result in the loss or misuse of this information, which could, in turn, result in potential regulatory actions or litigation, including material claims for damages, as well as interruption to our operations and damage to our customer relationships and reputation. While we have information security policies, controls and systems in place in order to attempt to prevent, detect and respond to unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information, including personally identifiable information, there can be no assurance that such unauthorized use or disclosure will not occur either through the actions of third parties or our employees. Any cybersecurity event or other compromise of the security of our information technology systems, or unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information, could subject us to liability, regulatory scrutiny and action, damage our reputation and negatively affect our ability to attract and maintain customers, and could have a material adverse effect on our business prospects, financial condition and results of operations.
We use statistical models, including artificial intelligence and machine learning models, to assist our decision making in key areas, such as underwriting, claims and pricing, but actual results could differ materially from the model outputs and related analyses.
We use various modeling and advanced learning techniques along with data analytics to analyze and estimate loss trends and other risks associated with our underwriting and claims operations. We use the modeled outputs and related analyses to assist us in certain decisions involving underwriting, pricing, claims, reserving and risk distribution. Our modeled outputs and related analyses may contain inaccuracies that could adversely affect our businesses. As with many technological
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innovations, artificial intelligence (“AI”) and machine learning present risks and challenges that could affect their adoption as well as our business. The assumptions used in deriving modeled outputs and related analyses are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, limitations of historical internal and industry data as well as increased risks associated with intellectual property infringement or misappropriation, data privacy and operational risks. Additionally, in general, AI algorithms may be flawed and datasets underlying AI algorithms may be insufficient or may contain biased information. If our use of AI, machine learning and statistical models produce analyses or recommendations that are or are alleged to be deficient, inaccurate, or biased, it could subject us to liability or regulatory scrutiny, and our reputation, business, financial condition, and results of operations may be adversely affected.
We may face increased competition due to the rapid development and rising use of AI and machine learning technologies. AI technologies have rapidly developed and our businesses may be adversely affected if we cannot successfully integrate the technology into our internal business processes and product and service offerings in a timely, cost-effective, compliant and responsible manner.
There are emerging federal and state regulations and legislation that address the use of data and AI. There is a growing patchwork of current and proposed legal frameworks for regulation of AI development and deployment, with different jurisdictions proposing, and in certain cases adopting, diverse regulatory approaches, thereby creating an uncertain legal environment. We expect federal and state legislatures and regulators to continue to maintain a heightened focus on AI and to continue to promulgate new legislation and regulations, all of which could impact our businesses, including our exploration and use of AI, and those of our customers. This uncertain legal environment can create compliance challenges and increase operational costs. Ensuring compliance with evolving AI regulations will require significant investments in legal, compliance, technical, and operational resources. These investments and efforts could divert resources from other strategic initiatives. The absence of clear legal standards, precedents and guidelines on AI accountability pose compliance and operational challenges that could expose us to heightened risks, including regulatory and other legal action and litigation, any of which could have an adverse effect on our reputation, business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Risks Related to Us and Our Subsidiaries Generally
We may not continue to pay dividends at the same rate we are currently paying them, or at all, and any decrease in or suspension of payment of a dividend could cause our stock price to decline.
The payment of future cash dividends is subject to the determination each quarter by our board of directors that the dividend remains in the best interests of the Company and our stockholders, which determination will be based on a number of factors, including, among others, economic conditions, our earnings, financial condition, actual and forecasted cash flows, capital resources, capital requirements and alternative uses of capital, including potential investments to support our business strategy and possible acquisitions or investments in new businesses. Any decrease in the amount of the dividend, or suspension or discontinuance of payment of a dividend, could cause our stock price to decline.
We are subject to litigation and regulatory proceedings.
We operate in highly regulated industries that are subject to a heightened risk of litigation and regulatory proceedings. From time to time we are a party to material litigation and also are subject to legal and regulatory claims, assertions, actions, reviews, audits, inquiries and investigations. Additional lawsuits, legal and regulatory proceedings and inquiries and other matters may arise in the future. The outcome of existing and future legal and regulatory proceedings and inquiries and other matters could result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, injunctions, restitutions or other relief which could require significant expenditures or have a material adverse effect on our business prospects, results of operations and financial condition. See “Item 1. Business-Regulation,” “Item 3. Legal Proceedings” and Note 13 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
We rely on our management team and our business could be harmed if we are unable to retain qualified personnel or successfully develop and/or recruit their replacements.
Our success depends, in part, on the skills, working relationships and continued services of our management team and other key personnel, any of whom could terminate their relationship with us at any time, as well as on our ability to navigate succession planning and employee transitions. Competition for personnel is intense and has further increased in light of evolving labor and employment trends following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic including an increase in opportunities for remote, hybrid or other alternative flexible work arrangements. In addition, many jurisdictions have proposed or adopted laws and regulations aimed at limiting or eliminating the enforceability of non-competition and other restrictive covenants with
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employees. In light of these trends in the current labor and employment environment, it may be more difficult to retain key personnel or to attract new resources.
The unexpected departure of key personnel could adversely affect the conduct of our business. In such event, we would be required to obtain other personnel to manage and operate our business. In addition, we will be required to replace the knowledge and expertise of our workforce as our workers retire. In either case, there can be no assurance that we will be able to develop or recruit suitable replacements for the departing individuals, that replacements could be hired, if necessary, on terms that are favorable to us, or that we can successfully transition such replacements in a timely manner. Failure to effectively implement our succession planning efforts and to ensure effective transfers of knowledge and smooth transitions involving members of our management team and other key personnel could adversely affect our business and results of operations. Without a properly skilled and experienced workforce, our costs, including costs associated with a loss of productivity and costs to replace employees, may increase, and this could negatively impact our earnings.
Investments to grow our existing businesses, pursue new lines of business or develop new products and services within existing lines of business subject us to additional risks and uncertainties.
In support of our growth and diversification strategy, we may make investments to grow our existing businesses, pursue new lines of business or develop new products and services within existing lines of business. We may do this through strategic transactions, including investments and acquisitions, or pursue other transformative actions and initiatives. These activities expose us to additional risks and uncertainties that include, without limitation:
▪the use of capital and potential diversion of other resources, such as the diversion of management’s attention from our core businesses and potential disruption of those businesses;
▪the assumption of liabilities in connection with any strategic transaction, including any acquired business;
▪our ability to comply with additional regulatory requirements associated with new products, services, lines of business or other business or strategic initiatives;
▪our ability to successfully integrate or develop the operations of any new business initiative or acquisition;
▪new or existing business initiatives may be disruptive to, or competitive with, our existing customers;
▪we may fail to realize the anticipated benefits of a strategic transaction or initiative, including expected synergies, cost savings or sales or growth opportunities, within the anticipated timeframe or at all;
▪new business initiatives may expose us to liquidity risk, risks associated with the use of financial leverage, and market risks, including risk resulting from changes in the fair values of assets in which we invest. Further, new business initiatives may increase our exposure to interest rate risk and may involve changes in our investment, financing and hedging strategies;
▪we may fail to achieve forecasted results for a strategic transaction or initiative that could result in lower or negative earnings contribution and/or impairment charges associated with intangible assets acquired;
▪the risk of reputational harm if the strategic transaction or initiative fails to increase our market value; and
▪the risk that any of the above could alter our risk profile or perceived financial strength such that we experience ratings downgrades or other unfavorable changes in how we are perceived by our customers, regulators, counterparties and other stakeholders.

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ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.

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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
Item 2. Properties
In addition to leases of other properties and facilities to support our business operations, we currently lease approximately 30,000 square feet of office and storage space for our corporate headquarters, located at 550 East Swedesford Road, Suite 350, in Wayne, Pennsylvania. This property is used for our corporate functions and by certain of our businesses.
We believe our existing properties are suitable and adequate for their intended use. See Note 13 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding our lease commitments.

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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
We are not currently subject to any material legal proceedings. See Note 13 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding legal proceedings that may arise in the ordinary course of business and certain risks presented by such matters.

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ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
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ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “RDN.” At February 12, 2025, there were 145,063,145 shares of our common stock outstanding and 62 holders of record.
During 2023 and 2024, we declared and paid a quarterly cash dividend of $0.225 and $0.245 per share, respectively. In February 2025, Radian Group’s board of directors authorized an increase to our quarterly dividend from $0.245 to $0.255 per share. We presently expect to continue to declare a regular quarterly dividend on our common stock. For information on Radian Group’s ability to pay dividends, see “Limitations on Payments of Dividends” below and “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Liquidity and Capital Resources-Liquidity Analysis-Holding Company-Dividends and Dividend Equivalents.”
Information in Item 12 of this report under the caption “Equity Compensation Plans” is incorporated herein by reference.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
In the last three years, no equity securities of the Company were sold that were not registered under the Securities Act.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table provides information about purchases of Radian Group common stock by us (and our affiliated purchasers) during the three months ended December 31, 2024.
Share repurchase program
($ in thousands, except per-share amounts)
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased (1)
Average
Price
Paid per
Share
Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly
Announced Plans
or Programs (2)
Approximate Dollar
Value of Shares That
May Yet Be Purchased
Under the Plans or
Programs (2)
Period
10/1/2024 to 10/31/2024
763,421
$
34.55
760,782
$
591,470
11/1/2024 to 11/30/2024
716,565
33.63
705,054
567,744
12/1/2024 to 12/31/2024
778,878
32.20
776,692
542,744
Total
2,258,864
2,242,528
(1)Includes 16,336 shares tendered by employees for payment of taxes withheld on the vesting of certain RSUs granted under the Company’s equity compensation plans.
(2)In January 2023, Radian Group’s board of directors approved a share repurchase program authorizing the Company to spend up to $300 million, excluding commissions, to repurchase Radian Group common stock in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, based on market and business conditions, stock price and other factors. In May 2024, Radian Group’s board of directors approved an extension of this program to June 2026, as well as a $600 million increase in authorization for this program, bringing the total authorization to repurchase shares up to $900 million, excluding commissions. During the three months ended December 31, 2024, the Company purchased 2.2 million shares at an average price of $33.45, including commissions. See Note 14 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details on our share repurchase plan.
Limitations on Payment of Dividends
Radian Group is not subject to any legal or contractual limitations on its ability to pay dividends except as described below. The Company is subject to dividend limitations generally applicable to corporations that are incorporated in Delaware. In addition, pursuant to Radian Group’s revolving credit facility and the Parent Guarantees, Radian Group is permitted to pay dividends so long as no event of default exists and the Company is in pro forma compliance with the applicable financial covenants in the agreements on the date a dividend is declared. See Note 12 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details.

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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Item 6. [Reserved]

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Certain terms and acronyms used throughout this report are defined in the Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms included as part of this report.
Some of the information in this discussion and analysis or included elsewhere in this report, including information with respect to our projections, plans and strategy for our business, are forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those discussed under “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements-Safe Harbor Provisions” and in the Risk Factors detailed in Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Overview of Business Operating Environment
Key Factors Affecting Our Results
Mortgage Insurance Portfolio Metrics
Results of Operations-Consolidated
Results of Operations-Mortgage Insurance
Results of Operations-All Other
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Critical Accounting Estimates
Overview of Business Operating Environment
We are a mortgage and real estate company with one reportable business segment-Mortgage Insurance.
Our Mortgage Insurance segment aggregates, manages and distributes U.S. mortgage credit risk for the benefit of mortgage lending institutions and mortgage credit investors, principally through private mortgage insurance on residential first-lien mortgage loans, and also offers other credit risk management solutions, including contract underwriting, to our customers.
Our other immaterial businesses are reported collectively as All Other and include our Mortgage Conduit, Title, Real Estate Services and Real Estate Technology businesses, which provide our existing and new customers with an array of products and services across the residential real estate and mortgage finance industries.
As a mortgage and real estate company, our business results are subject to seasonal fluctuations impacting mortgage and real estate markets, as well as macroeconomic conditions and specific events that impact the housing, housing finance and residential real estate markets and the credit performance of our mortgage insurance portfolio. Among others, and as discussed throughout “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” these factors may include home prices and housing supply, inflationary pressures, interest rate changes, unemployment levels, the volume of mortgage originations and the availability of credit, national and regional economic conditions, legislative and regulatory developments and other events, including macroeconomic stresses and uncertainties resulting from global conflicts and other political and geopolitical events. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” for a discussion of material risks that could impact our business results.
In recent years, including 2024, our financial performance and results have benefited from generally favorable macroeconomic conditions, including most notably:
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▪Strong Credit Environment and Housing Market - Our Mortgage Insurance business generally benefits from increases in housing demand, home prices and the volume of home purchases, all of which are influenced by the current market imbalance between a constrained housing supply and strong market demand. The housing shortage combined with strong market demand has resulted in strong home appreciation in recent years, leading to low paid claim volumes and loss severities in our Mortgage Insurance business. Further, the embedded equity borrowers have in their homes as a result of this home price appreciation is a factor that is positively impacting our loan default and Cure trends. Importantly, the strong demographics supporting continued demand from first-time homebuyers are likely to continue to support home prices and drive further growth in purchase originations that is expected to continue to benefit our IIF. The combination of stable and low levels of unemployment and positive home price appreciation has resulted in favorable loss reserve development on prior period defaults, which has positively impacted our financial results in recent periods. See Note 11 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on our reserve for losses.
▪Elevated Interest Rates, Resulting in Higher Persistency due to Low Levels of Mortgage Refinancings - Following a period of historically low interest rates, mortgage interest rates rose sharply and significantly in 2022 driven by aggressive monetary policy changes by the U.S. Federal Reserve in an effort to curb rising inflation. Since that time, mortgage interest rates have remained elevated. These macroeconomic conditions have reduced the overall volume of mortgage transactions taking place, which, in turn, has reduced the amount of NIW we are writing. At the same time, the higher interest rate environment has benefited our financial performance through higher Persistency Rates, which has resulted in continued growth in our IIF despite lower NIW, as well as through the recognition of higher net investment income. Although in recent years the inflationary pressures and higher interest rate environment have negatively impacted U.S. housing market affordability and broadly reduced refinance activity, longer-term, we continue to believe that the housing market fundamentals and outlook remain favorable, including demographics supporting growth in the population of first-time homebuyers.
▪Improvements in Mortgage Finance System and Mortgage Insurance Fundamentals - We believe that mortgage industry fundamentals remain strong and have benefited from improvements to the mortgage and real estate ecosystem since the great financial crisis in 2008, including more stringent underwriting and product standards, higher-quality borrowers with strong credit profiles and strengthened servicing standards and government support to help borrowers stay in their homes. In addition, enhancements in the mortgage insurance industry since the great financial crisis in 2008, including the implementation of strong capital and operating standards under the PMIERs, the implementation of greater risk-based granularity into our pricing methodologies and the increased use of risk distribution strategies to lower the risk profile and financial volatility of our mortgage insurance portfolio, have increased returns on our NIW, provided capital relief under the PMIERs and have helped position our Mortgage Insurance business to better withstand the negative effects from macroeconomic stresses. While changes in the PMIERs, business practices of the GSEs or the strategic direction of U.S. housing finance set by new government administrations can impact our businesses and financial performance, in recent years the stable and supportive regulatory environment has benefited our results.
The macroeconomic conditions and other factors discussed above influence the size of the overall mortgage origination market, which in turn significantly impacts our mortgage and real estate businesses. Private mortgage insurance penetration of the overall mortgage market further impacts our results and has generally been higher on new mortgages for purchased homes than on the refinance of existing mortgages because average LTVs are typically higher on home purchases, and therefore, these lower down payment loans are more likely to require mortgage insurance. The penetration percentage of private mortgage insurance is mainly influenced by: (i) the competitiveness of private mortgage insurance for GSE conforming loans compared to FHA and VA insured loans and (ii) the relative percentage of mortgage originations that are for purchased homes versus refinances. Radian Guaranty’s share of the private mortgage insurance market is also influenced by competition in that market.
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The following charts provide a perspective on mortgage origination volumes and private mortgage insurance penetration in recent periods.
Mortgage origination market (1)
Origination Market
(In billions)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
■
Refinance
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
■
Purchase
Total
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
Private mortgage insurance penetration of mortgage origination market (1)
Market
Penetration (%)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
●
Purchase
25.3%
24.2%
24.4%
21.9%
24.4%
22.4%
22.3%
19.4%
20.4%
22.4%
22.3%
22.6%
●
Overall
14.2%
17.7%
20.1%
18.6%
21.0%
19.4%
19.4%
17.0%
16.5%
18.5%
17.6%
16.2%
●
Refinance
1.9%
1.5%
1.7%
2.1%
2.9%
2.3%
2.0%
2.3%
2.2%
2.0%
2.7%
4.5%
(1)Based on actual dollars generated in the credit enhanced market as reported by HUD and publicly reported industry information. Mortgage originations are based upon the average of originations reported by the Mortgage Bankers Association, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae in their most recent published industry reports.
Although it is difficult to project future volumes, recent industry projections for 2025 estimate total mortgage originations of approximately $2.0 trillion, which would represent an increase in the total annual mortgage origination market of approximately 14% as compared to 2024.
Factoring in our projections of private mortgage insurance penetration in the overall insurable mortgage market, we estimate that the private mortgage insurance market will be slightly larger in 2025 as compared to a reported market of approximately $300 billion in 2024. There is an industry-wide consensus that we should expect a healthy purchase market in 2025 driven by ongoing homebuyer demand and a potential modest decline in interest rates that we expect to benefit affordability for potential homebuyers. A healthy purchase market is a positive for mortgage insurers given the higher likelihood that purchase loans will utilize private mortgage insurance as compared to refinance loans. This outlook also anticipates that a decrease in interest rates would result in an increase in refinance originations in 2025.
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See Note 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information about our businesses. See “Key Factors Affecting Our Results” and “Mortgage Insurance Portfolio Metrics” below for additional discussion on specific key drivers that affect our performance.
Key Factors Affecting Our Results
Mortgage Insurance
NIW
Our current business strategy for our Mortgage Insurance business is to write NIW that we believe will generate future earnings and economic value while effectively maintaining the portfolio’s health, balance and profitability. NIW increases our IIF and our premiums written and earned. NIW is affected by the overall size of the mortgage origination market, the penetration percentage of private mortgage insurance into the overall mortgage origination market and our market share of the private mortgage insurance market. See “Overview of Business Operating Environment” above for additional information.
IIF and Persistency
Our IIF is one of the primary drivers of our future premiums that we expect to earn over time. Although not reflected in the current period financial statements, nor in our reported book value, we expect our IIF to generate substantial earnings in future periods due to the high credit quality of our current mortgage insurance portfolio and our expectations for future Persistency Rates.
The ultimate profitability of our Mortgage Insurance business is affected by the impact of mortgage prepayment speeds on the mix of business we write. The measure for assessing the impact of policy cancellations on our IIF is our Persistency Rate, defined as the percentage of IIF that remains in force over a period of time. Assuming all other factors remain constant, over the life of the policies, prepayment speeds have an inverse impact on IIF and the expected revenue from our Monthly Premium Policies. Slower loan prepayment speeds, demonstrated by a higher Persistency Rate, result in more IIF remaining in place, providing increased revenue from Monthly Premium Policies over time as premium payments continue. Earlier than anticipated loan prepayments, demonstrated by a lower Persistency Rate, reduce IIF and the revenue from our Monthly Premium Policies. Among other factors, prepayment speeds may be affected by changes in interest rates and other macroeconomic factors. A rising interest rate environment generally will reduce refinancing activity and result in lower prepayments, whereas a declining interest rate environment generally will increase the level of refinancing activity and therefore increase prepayments.
In contrast to Monthly Premium Policies, when Single Premium Policies are canceled by the insured because the loan has been paid off or otherwise, we accelerate the recognition of any remaining unearned premiums, net of any refunds that may be owed to the borrower. Although these cancellations reduce IIF, assuming all other factors remain constant, the profitability of our Single Premium business increases when Persistency Rates are lower.
Premiums
The premium rates we charge for our insurance are based on multiple borrower, loan and property characteristics. The mortgage insurance industry is highly competitive and private mortgage insurers compete with each other and with the FHA and VA with respect to price and other factors.
Our pricing is risk-based and is intended to generally align with the capital requirements under the PMIERs, while also considering pricing trends within the private mortgage insurance industry among other factors. As a result, our pricing is expected to generate relatively consistent returns across the credit spectrum. In developing our pricing strategies, we monitor various competitive and economic factors while seeking to maximize the long-term economic value of our portfolio by balancing credit risk, lender and geographic concentration risk, profitability and volume considerations, and aim to achieve an overall risk-adjusted rate of return on capital given our modeled performance expectations. Our actual portfolio returns will depend on a number of factors, including the success of our pricing strategy, economic conditions, the mix of NIW that we are able to write, our pricing, the amount of reinsurance we use and the level of capital we hold, including amounts that may be in excess of minimum PMIERs financial and statutory capital requirements. See “Item 1. Business-Mortgage Insurance-Pricing-Primary Mortgage Insurance Premiums.”
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Our pricing actions gradually affect our results over time, as existing IIF cancels and is replaced with NIW at current pricing. See “Mortgage Insurance Portfolio Metrics-New Insurance Written” for additional information.
Premiums on our mortgage insurance products are generally paid either on an installment basis, pursuant to Monthly Premium Policies, or in a single payment at the time of loan origination, pursuant to Single Premium Policies. See “Item 1. Business-Mortgage Insurance-Pricing-Primary Mortgage Insurance Premiums.” As discussed above, the ultimate profitability of Single Premium Policies may be higher or lower than expected due to the impact of prepayment speeds. See “IIF and Persistency” above.
Monthly Premium Policies typically provide a level monthly premium for the first 10 years of the policy, followed by a lower level monthly premium thereafter. Generally, a borrower is able to cancel the policy when the LTV reaches 80% of the original value, and the servicer is required to review the policy for automatic cancellation on the date the LTV is scheduled to reach 78% of the original value. As a result, the volume of loans that remain insured after 10 years and would be subject to the premium reset is generally not material in relation to the total loans originated. However, to the extent the volume of loans resetting from year to year varies significantly, the trend in earned premiums may also vary.
Losses
Incurred losses reduce our pretax income and represent the estimated future claim payments on newly defaulted insured loans as well as any change in our claim estimates for existing defaults, including changes in our estimates with respect to the frequency, magnitude and timing of anticipated losses on defaulted loans. Factors influencing incurred losses include:
▪The mix of credit characteristics in our total direct RIF (e.g., loans with higher risk characteristics, or loans with layered risk that combine multiple higher-risk attributes within the same loan, generally result in more delinquencies and claims). See “Mortgage Insurance Portfolio Metrics-Insurance and Risk in Force;”
▪The average loan size (relatively higher priced properties with larger average loan amounts may result in higher incurred losses);
▪The percentage of coverage on insured loans (higher percentages of insurance coverage generally correlate with higher incurred losses) and the presence of structural mitigants such as deductibles or stop losses;
▪Changes in housing values (declines in housing values generally make it more difficult for borrowers to sell a home to avoid default or for the property to be sold to mitigate a claim, and also may negatively affect a borrower’s willingness to continue to make mortgage payments when the home value is less than the mortgage balance; conversely, increases in housing values tend to reduce the level of defaults as well as make it more likely that foreclosures will result in the loan being satisfied);
▪The distribution of claims over the life cycle of a portfolio (historically, claims are relatively low during the first two years after a loan is originated and then increase over a period of several years before declining; however, several factors can impact and change this cycle, including the economic environment, the quality of the underwriting of the loan, characteristics of the mortgage loan, the credit profile of the borrower, housing prices and unemployment rates); and
▪Our ability to mitigate potential losses through Rescissions, Claim Denials, cancellations and Claim Curtailments on claims submitted to us.
Risk Distribution
We use third-party reinsurance in our Mortgage Insurance business to manage capital and risk in an effort to optimize the amounts and types of capital and risk distribution deployed against insured risk. The objectives of our risk distribution strategy include: (i) supporting our overall capital plan by reducing our cost of capital, increasing capital efficiency and enhancing our projected returns on capital and (ii) reducing portfolio risk and financial volatility through economic cycles. We have distributed risk through traditional quota share and excess-of-loss reinsurance arrangements, as well as to investors through the capital markets using mortgage insurance-linked notes transactions.
When we enter into a quota share reinsurance agreement, the reinsurer receives a premium and, in exchange, agrees to insure an agreed upon portion of incurred losses. These arrangements reduce our earned premiums but also reduce our net RIF, which provides capital relief, including under the PMIERs financial requirements. In addition, our incurred losses are reduced by any incurred losses ceded in accordance with the reinsurance agreement, which reduces the volatility of our
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provision for losses in certain stressed economic environments, and we often receive ceding commissions from the reinsurer as part of the transaction, which, in turn, reduce our reported operating expenses and policy acquisition costs.
Our XOL Program accesses reinsurance coverage through traditional excess-of-loss reinsurance arrangements, as well as through the capital markets through the Eagle Re Issuers’ mortgage insurance-linked notes transactions. Our XOL Program reduces our earned premiums, but also reduces our net RIF and PMIERs financial requirements, and potentially our incurred losses, which are allocated in accordance with the structure of the transaction. The Eagle Re Issuers are special purpose VIEs that are not consolidated in our consolidated financial statements because we do not have the unilateral power to direct those activities that are significant to their economic performance.
See Note 8 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for more information about our reinsurance arrangements, including the total assets and liabilities of the Eagle Re Issuers.
Investment Income
Investment income is determined primarily by the investment balances held and the average yield on our overall investment portfolio. Increases in our investment balances and average yields result in higher pretax income and operating cash flows, while declining balances and yields can negatively affect our financial results.
Other Operating Expenses
Our other operating expenses include salaries and other base employee costs, variable and share-based incentive compensation and other general operating expenses, such as fees for professional and consulting services, software, rent and depreciation, among other costs. Employee related expenses are driven by our headcount, which can fluctuate due to the amount of our NIW and IIF, as well as our plans for other business initiatives. Our other operating expenses may also fluctuate due to the impact of performance on our incentive compensation programs, as a result of our pay-for-performance approach to compensation that is based on the level of achievement of both short-term and long-term goals.
These operating expenses are reported net of ceding commissions associated with our QSR Program. As a result, changes to our QSR Program and the amount of our ceded premiums earned also can impact our other operating expenses.
Other Factors
Net Gains (Losses) on Investments and Other Financial Instruments
Net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments also may impact our consolidated results in the ordinary course. The recognition of realized investment gains or losses can vary significantly across periods, as the activity is highly discretionary based on the timing of individual securities sales due to such factors as market opportunities, our tax and capital profile and overall market cycles. Realized gains or losses can also be driven by the timing of residential mortgage loan securitizations and other transactions executed by Radian Mortgage Capital.
Unrealized gains and losses arise primarily from changes in the market value of our investments that are classified as trading or equity securities, as well as changes from residential mortgage loans and hedging activities related to our Mortgage Conduit business. These valuation adjustments may not necessarily result in realized economic gains or losses.
Mortgage Insurance Portfolio Metrics
New Insurance Written
The following table provides selected information for the periods indicated related to our mortgage insurance NIW. For direct Single Premium Policies, NIW includes policies written on an individual basis (as each loan is originated) and on an aggregated basis (in which each individual loan in a group of loans is insured in a single transaction, typically after the loans have been originated).
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NIW
Years Ended December 31,
($ in millions)
NIW
$
51,984
$
52,670
$
67,954
Primary risk written
$
13,186
$
13,533
$
17,368
Average coverage percentage
25.4
%
25.7
%
25.6
%
NIW by loan purpose
Purchases
95.3
%
98.5
%
96.1
%
Refinances
4.7
%
1.5
%
3.9
%
NIW by premium type
Direct Monthly and Other Recurring Premiums
96.4
%
96.0
%
95.1
%
Direct single premiums
3.6
%
4.0
%
4.9
%
NIW by FICO score (1)
>=740
69.6
%
65.4
%
59.8
%
680-739
25.1
%
28.9
%
32.4
%
620-679
5.3
%
5.7
%
7.8
%
<=619
0.0
%
0.0
%
0.0
%
NIW by LTV (2)
95.01% and above
16.1
%
16.9
%
16.6
%
90.01% to 95.00%
38.0
%
39.4
%
39.9
%
85.01% to 90.00%
31.8
%
29.9
%
28.4
%
85.00% and below
14.1
%
13.8
%
15.1
%
(1)For loans with multiple borrowers, the percentage of NIW by FICO score represents the lowest of the borrowers’ FICO scores at origination.
(2)LTV at origination.
Insurance and Risk in Force
Year of origination - IIF
($ in billions)
IIF as of:
By vintage:
December 31, 2024
December 31, 2023
December 31, 2022
$
49.3
17.9
%
$
-
-
%
$
-
-
%
45.3
16.5
%
50.6
18.7
%
-
-
%
54.2
19.7
%
60.5
22.4
%
65.2
25.0
%
53.5
19.4
%
65.7
24.3
%
77.3
29.6
%
34.1
12.4
%
45.1
16.7
%
57.7
22.1
%
12.1
4.4
%
14.7
5.4
%
17.9
6.8
%
2009 - 2018
20.1
7.3
%
25.7
9.6
%
33.9
13.0
%
2008 & Prior
6.5
2.4
%
7.7
2.9
%
9.0
3.5
%
Total
$
275.1
100.0
%
$
270.0
100.0
%
$
261.0
100.0
%
The primary driver of the future premiums that we expect to earn over time is our IIF, which increases as a result of our NIW and decreases as a result of policy cancellations and amortization.
Historically, there is a close correlation between interest rates and Persistency Rates. Higher interest rate environments generally decrease refinancings, which decrease the cancellation rate of our insurance and positively affect our Persistency Rates. As shown in the table below, our 12-month Persistency Rate at December 31, 2024, decreased slightly as compared to
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the same period in 2023, which we believe is primarily attributable to a slight increase in refinance activity in 2024 compared to 2023.
Following a three-year period of benchmark interest rate increases, the U.S. Federal Reserve reduced benchmark interest rates for the first time in September 2024 and then again in both November and December 2024. While decreases in benchmark interest rates generally reduce longer-term U.S. treasury rates and result in lower mortgage interest rates and a corresponding increase in mortgage refinance transactions, we do not expect these recent interest rate changes to have a significant impact on our Persistency Rate in the near term. As of December 31, 2024, 68% of our IIF had a mortgage note interest rate of 6.0% or less, which remains below the current mortgage interest rates based on reported industry averages. If mortgage rates were to decrease further, however, refinance volumes could increase, which could have a negative impact on our Persistency Rate and the size of our IIF portfolio. See “If the length of time that our mortgage insurance policies remain in force declines, it could result in a decrease in our future revenues” under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” for more information.
The following table provides selected information as of and for the periods indicated related to mortgage insurance IIF and RIF. Throughout this report, unless otherwise noted, RIF is presented on a gross basis and includes the amount ceded under reinsurance. RIF and IIF for direct Single Premium Policies include policies written on an individual basis (as each loan is originated) and on an aggregated basis (in which each individual loan in a group of loans is insured in a single transaction, typically after the loans have been originated).
IIF and RIF
As of December 31,
($ in millions)
Primary IIF
$
275,126
$
269,979
$
260,994
Primary RIF
$
72,074
$
69,710
$
66,094
Average coverage percentage
26.2
%
25.8
%
25.3
%
Persistency Rate (12 months ended)
83.6
%
84.0
%
79.6
%
Persistency Rate (quarterly, annualized) (1)
82.7
%
85.8
%
84.1
%
Primary RIF by premium type
Direct Monthly and Other Recurring Premiums
90.0
%
88.9
%
87.1
%
Direct single premiums
10.0
%
11.1
%
12.9
%
Primary RIF by FICO score (2)
>=740
60.1
%
58.5
%
57.4
%
680-739
32.6
%
33.9
%
34.6
%
620-679
7.0
%
7.3
%
7.6
%
<=619
0.3
%
0.3
%
0.4
%
Primary RIF by LTV (3)
95.01% and above
19.8
%
18.6
%
17.1
%
90.01% to 95.00%
47.9
%
48.2
%
48.4
%
85.01% to 90.00%
27.3
%
27.1
%
27.2
%
85.00% and below
5.0
%
6.1
%
7.3
%
(1)The Persistency Rate on a quarterly, annualized basis is calculated based on loan-level detail for the quarter ending as of the date shown. It may be impacted by seasonality or other factors, including the level of refinance activity during the applicable periods and may not be indicative of full-year trends.
(2)For loans with multiple borrowers, the percentage of primary RIF by FICO score represents the lowest of the borrowers’ FICO scores at origination.
(3)LTV at origination.
At December 31, 2024, 90% of our total Primary Mortgage RIF are Monthly and Other Recurring Premium Policies. Based on the current composition of our mortgage insurance portfolio, with Monthly Premium Policies comprising a larger proportion of our total portfolio than Single Premium Policies, an increase in IIF generally has a corresponding positive impact on premiums earned, while a decrease in IIF generally has a corresponding negative impact on premiums earned. Reductions
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in IIF through cancellations of our insurance policies as a result of prepayments, as well as other insurance policy terminations such as Rescissions of coverage and claims paid, generally have a negative effect on premiums earned over time.
The following table shows our direct Primary Mortgage Insurance RIF by year of origination and selected information related to that risk as of the dates indicated.
Year of origination - RIF
December 31,
($ in millions)
RIF
Number of Defaults
Delinquency Rate
Percentage of Reserve for Losses
RIF
Number of Defaults
Delinquency Rate
Percentage of Reserve for Losses
$
12,516
0.4
%
1.7
%
$
-
-
-
-
11,677
2,117
1.6
%
9.4
%
13,008
0.4
%
1.6
%
14,121
4,181
2.5
%
23.2
%
15,589
2,899
1.6
%
13.9
%
14,413
4,124
2.2
%
19.9
%
17,065
3,630
1.6
%
17.0
%
9,302
2,215
1.6
%
8.9
%
11,596
2,111
1.2
%
9.2
%
3,151
1,780
3.0
%
6.4
%
3,740
1,904
2.7
%
7.9
%
2009 - 2018
5,244
5,228
4.6
%
17.3
%
6,775
6,158
4.2
%
26.5
%
2008 and prior
1,650
3,825
8.1
%
13.2
%
1,937
4,735
8.7
%
23.9
%
Total
$
72,074
24,055
100.0
%
$
69,710
22,021
100.0
%
Historical loan performance data indicates that credit scores and underwriting quality are key drivers of credit performance, and loan originations after 2008 have consisted primarily of high credit quality loans with significantly better credit performance than loans originated during 2008 and prior periods.
The following table illustrates the trends of our cumulative incurred loss ratios by year of origination and development year.
Cumulative incurred loss ratio by vintage (1)
Vintage
Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec
2020 (2)
Dec
2021 (2)
Dec
Dec
Dec
2.1%
4.8%
5.2%
5.0%
4.7%
7.4%
6.8%
3.8%
2.9%
2.4%
2.9%
5.0%
4.8%
4.7%
9.7%
8.0%
3.7%
2.7%
2.1%
4.7%
5.1%
6.1%
14.3%
11.9%
5.1%
3.7%
2.9%
3.0%
6.4%
22.8%
19.0%
7.2%
4.9%
3.9%
2.8%
35.6%
23.5%
6.8%
4.6%
3.5%
25.6%
14.9%
6.0%
3.8%
3.1%
7.9%
10.9%
9.1%
8.0%
9.4%
15.2%
17.0%
7.1%
12.6%
6.9%
(1)Represents inception-to-date losses incurred as a percentage of net premiums earned.
(2)Losses incurred in 2021 and 2020 across all vintages were elevated due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Geographic Dispersion
The following table shows, as of the dates indicated, the percentage of our direct Primary Mortgage Insurance RIF and the associated percentage of our mortgage insurance reserve for losses (by location of property) for the top 10 states in the U.S. (as measured by our direct Primary Mortgage Insurance RIF as of December 31, 2024).
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Top 10 U.S. states - RIF
December 31,
Top 10 States
RIF
Reserve for Losses
RIF
Reserve for Losses
Texas
10.3
%
11.8
%
10.0
%
9.5
%
California
8.3
%
8.9
%
8.5
%
9.3
%
Florida
5.5
%
8.4
%
5.8
%
8.5
%
Illinois
5.1
%
5.8
%
5.0
%
6.0
%
Virginia
4.4
%
2.5
%
4.2
%
2.2
%
Maryland
3.9
%
3.4
%
3.7
%
3.5
%
New York
3.9
%
7.1
%
4.2
%
9.4
%
Pennsylvania
3.7
%
3.2
%
3.8
%
3.5
%
Colorado
3.7
%
2.2
%
3.4
%
1.6
%
Washington
3.7
%
1.8
%
3.6
%
2.2
%
Total
52.5
%
55.1
%
52.2
%
55.7
%
The following table shows, as of the dates indicated, the percentage of our direct Primary Mortgage Insurance RIF and the associated percentage of our mortgage insurance reserve for losses (by location of property) for the top 10 Core Based Statistical Areas, referred to as “CBSAs,” in the U.S. (as measured by our direct Primary Mortgage Insurance RIF as of December 31, 2024).
Top 10 Core Based Statistical Areas - RIF
December 31,
Top 10 CBSAs (1)
RIF
Reserve for Losses
RIF
Reserve for Losses
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
5.0
%
8.9
%
5.3
%
10.7
%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
4.7
%
5.5
%
4.6
%
5.6
%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
4.4
%
3.5
%
4.3
%
3.1
%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
3.4
%
3.9
%
3.4
%
3.0
%
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
3.0
%
4.3
%
2.9
%
3.2
%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
2.7
%
2.4
%
2.7
%
2.6
%
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
2.4
%
1.5
%
2.2
%
1.0
%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
2.3
%
2.2
%
2.3
%
2.5
%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
2.2
%
1.8
%
2.2
%
1.5
%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
2.2
%
1.0
%
2.1
%
1.1
%
Total
32.3
%
35.0
%
32.0
%
34.3
%
(1)CBSAs are metropolitan areas and may include a portion of adjoining states as noted above.
Risk Distribution
We use third-party reinsurance in our Mortgage Insurance business as part of our risk distribution strategy, including to manage our capital position and risk profile.
The impact of these programs on our financial results will vary depending on the level of ceded RIF, as well as the levels of prepayments and incurred losses on the reinsured portfolios, among other factors. See “Key Factors Affecting Our Results-Mortgage Insurance-Risk Distribution” and Note 8 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for more information about our reinsurance transactions.
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The table below provides information about the amounts by which Radian Guaranty’s reinsurance programs reduced its Minimum Required Assets as of the dates indicated.
PMIERs benefit from risk distribution
December 31,
($ in thousands)
PMIERs impact - reduction in Minimum Required Assets
XOL Program
Mortgage insurance-linked notes
$
558,939
$
770,335
$
665,617
Traditional reinsurance
160,742
218,294
-
Total XOL Program
719,681
988,629
665,617
Other QSR Agreements (1)
572,229
420,989
241,889
Single Premium QSR Program
172,968
193,807
231,339
Total PMIERs impact
$
1,464,878
$
1,603,425
$
1,138,845
Percentage of gross Minimum Required Assets
27.4
%
30.6
%
22.9
%
(1)Consists primarily of the 2022, 2023 and 2024 QSR Agreements, which include both single and monthly premium policies.
See “Results of Operations-Mortgage Insurance-Revenues-Net Premiums Earned” for information about the impact on premiums earned from each of Radian Guaranty’s reinsurance programs.
Results of Operations-Consolidated
Radian Group serves as the holding company for our operating subsidiaries and does not have any operations of its own. Our consolidated operating results for 2024 primarily reflect the financial results and performance of our one reportable segment-Mortgage Insurance. See “Results of Operations-Mortgage Insurance” for the operating results of this business segment.
In addition to the results of our operating segments, pretax income (loss) is also affected by other factors. See “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below and “Key Factors Affecting Our Results” for more information regarding items that are not included in the operating results of our operating segments.
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The following table highlights selected information related to our consolidated results of operations for the periods indicated.
Summary results of operations - Consolidated
Years Ended December 31,
Change
Favorable (Unfavorable)
($ in thousands, except per-share amounts)
2024 vs. 2023
2023 vs. 2022
Revenues
Net premiums earned
$
951,283
$
919,578
$
981,131
$
31,705
$
(61,553
)
Services revenue
50,270
46,092
92,216
4,178
(46,124
)
Net investment income
292,693
258,430
195,658
34,263
62,772
Net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments
(10,114
)
10,241
(80,733
)
(20,355
)
90,974
Income (loss) on consolidated VIEs
(2
)
-
-
(2
)
-
Other income
6,153
6,247
2,454
(94
)
3,793
Total revenues
1,290,283
1,240,588
1,190,726
49,695
49,862
Expenses
Provision for losses
(2,514
)
(42,526
)
(338,239
)
(40,012
)
(295,713
)
Policy acquisition costs
27,316
24,578
23,918
(2,738
)
(660
)
Cost of services
38,271
38,491
82,358
43,867
Other operating expenses
347,906
347,578
381,148
(328
)
33,570
Interest expense
108,014
89,695
84,454
(18,319
)
(5,241
)
Impairment of goodwill
-
9,802
-
9,802
(9,802
)
Amortization of other acquired intangible assets
-
5,483
4,308
5,483
(1,175
)
Total expenses
518,993
473,101
237,947
(45,892
)
(235,154
)
Pretax income
771,290
767,487
952,779
3,803
(185,292
)
Income tax provision
166,850
164,368
209,845
(2,482
)
45,477
Net income
$
604,440
$
603,119
$
742,934
$
1,321
$
(139,815
)
Diluted net income per share
$
3.92
$
3.77
$
4.35
$
0.15
$
(0.58
)
Return on equity
13.4
%
14.5
%
18.2
%
(1.1
)%
(3.7
)%
Non-GAAP Financial Measures (1)
Adjusted pretax operating income
$
803,005
$
786,427
$
1,052,717
$
16,578
$
(266,290
)
Adjusted diluted net operating income per share
$
4.11
$
3.88
$
4.87
$
0.23
$
(0.99
)
Adjusted net operating return on equity
14.1
%
14.9
%
20.3
%
(0.8
)%
(5.4
)%
(1)See “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.
This section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K generally discusses our consolidated results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, and a year-over-year comparison between 2024 and 2023. Detailed discussions of our consolidated results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023, as well as the results of operations for our one reportable segment, Mortgage Insurance, for the year ended December 31, 2023, including the year-over-year comparisons between 2023 and 2022, that are not included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K can be found in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on February 23, 2024.
In the first quarter of 2024, our Chief Executive Officer (Radian’s chief operating decision maker) made certain changes to the way that he organizes and assesses the performance of our operating segments, which resulted in updates to our quantitative and aggregation analyses in accordance with the accounting standard regarding segment reporting. Whereas previously we aggregated our Title, Real Estate Services and Real Estate Technology businesses and reported them as a
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single reportable segment named homegenius, effective for the year ended December 31, 2024, the individual results of operations for these immaterial businesses, as well as the results of our Mortgage Conduit business (our other operating segment that does not meet the reportable quantitative thresholds) is presented in the All Other category, along with certain corporate and other activities. We have not presented separate year-over-year comparisons between 2023 and 2022 for these immaterial businesses in the All Other category because, in management’s judgment, they are not necessary to an understanding of the business.
Revenues
Net Premiums Earned. The increase in net premiums earned for 2024 compared to 2023 is primarily due to growth in IIF and a corresponding increase in direct premiums earned in 2024. For more information, see “Revenues-Net Premiums Earned” under “Results of Operations-Mortgage Insurance.”
Net Investment Income. The increase in net investment income for 2024 compared to 2023 is primarily attributable to higher balances of residential mortgage loans held for sale and short-term investments. See Note 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for comparative detail about net investment income. See “Results of Operations-Mortgage Insurance-Revenues-Net Investment Income” and “Results of Operations-All Other” for more information.
Net Gains (Losses) on Investments and Other Financial Instruments. See Note 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional detail about our net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments by investment category.
Expenses
Provision for Losses. The change in the provision for losses for 2024 compared to 2023 is primarily driven by a reduction in favorable development on prior year defaults and an increase in current year new primary defaults, which impacted our mortgage insurance reserves. See “Results of Operations-Mortgage Insurance-Expenses-Provision for Losses” for more information.
Other Operating Expenses. The slight increase in other operating expenses for 2024 compared to 2023 is primarily due to impairments of other long-lived assets and other non-operating expenses of $23 million in 2024 as compared to $13 million in 2023. These items were mostly offset by: (i) a decrease in other general operating expenses and (ii) an increase in ceding commissions. For more information, see “Results of Operations-Mortgage Insurance-Expenses-Other Operating Expenses” and “Results of Operations-All Other.”
Interest Expense. The increase in interest expense for 2024, as compared to 2023, is primarily due to: (i) an increase in secured borrowings under our mortgage loan financing facilities and (ii) the net impact of the March 2024 issuance and redemption of the Senior Notes due 2029 and Senior Notes due 2025, respectively, including the impact of a $4 million loss on extinguishment of debt related to the redemption of the Senior Notes due 2025. See Note 12 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional detail about our interest expense.
Income Tax Provision
Our 2024 effective tax rate was 21.6%, generally consistent with the federal statutory rate of 21%. State income taxes and certain permanent book-to-tax adjustments were the primary drivers of minor differences in the effective tax rate compared to the federal statutory rate. See Note 10 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a reconciliation of our provision for income taxes.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to the traditional GAAP financial measures, we have presented “adjusted pretax operating income (loss),” “adjusted diluted net operating income (loss) per share” and “adjusted net operating return on equity,” which are non-GAAP financial measures for the consolidated company, among our key performance indicators to evaluate our fundamental financial performance. These non-GAAP financial measures align with the way our business performance is evaluated by both management and by our board of directors. These measures have been established in order to increase transparency for the purposes of evaluating our operating trends and enabling more meaningful comparisons with our peers. Although on a consolidated basis, adjusted pretax operating income (loss), adjusted diluted net operating income (loss) per share and
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adjusted net operating return on equity are non-GAAP financial measures, for the reasons discussed above we believe these measures aid in understanding the underlying performance of our operations.
Total adjusted pretax operating income (loss), adjusted diluted net operating income (loss) per share and adjusted net operating return on equity are not measures of overall profitability, and therefore should not be considered in isolation or viewed as substitutes for GAAP pretax income (loss), diluted net income (loss) per share or return on equity. Our definitions of adjusted pretax operating income (loss), adjusted diluted net operating income (loss) per share and adjusted net operating return on equity, as discussed and reconciled below to the most comparable respective GAAP measures, may not be comparable to similarly named measures reported by other companies.
Our senior management, including our Chief Executive Officer (Radian’s chief operating decision maker), uses adjusted pretax operating income (loss) as our primary measure to evaluate the fundamental financial performance of our business segments and to allocate resources to the segments.
Adjusted pretax operating income (loss) is defined as GAAP consolidated pretax income (loss) excluding the effects of: (i) net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments, except for those investments and other financial instruments attributable to our Mortgage Conduit business; (ii) amortization and impairment of goodwill and other acquired intangible assets; and (iii) impairment of other long-lived assets and other non-operating items, if any, such as gains (losses) from the sale of lines of business, acquisition-related income and expenses and gains (losses) on extinguishment of debt.
Although adjusted pretax operating income (loss) excludes certain items that have occurred in the past and are expected to occur in the future, the excluded items represent those that are: (i) not viewed as part of the operating performance of our primary activities or (ii) not expected to result in an economic impact equal to the amount reflected in pretax income (loss). These adjustments, along with the reasons for their treatment, are described in Note 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
The following table provides a reconciliation of consolidated pretax income to our non-GAAP financial measure for the consolidated Company of adjusted pretax operating income.
Reconciliation of consolidated pretax income to adjusted pretax operating income
December 31,
(In thousands)
Consolidated pretax income
$
771,290
$
767,487
$
952,779
Less: income (expense) items
Net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments (1)
(4,316
)
9,427
(80,780
)
Amortization and impairment of goodwill and other acquired intangible assets
-
(15,285
)
(4,308
)
Impairment of other long-lived assets and other non-operating items (2)
(27,399
)
(13,082
)
(14,850
)
Total adjusted pretax operating income (3)
$
803,005
$
786,427
$
1,052,717
(1)Excludes net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments that are attributable to our Mortgage Conduit business, which are included in adjusted pretax operating income (loss).
(2)Related primarily to impairments of other long-lived assets that are included in other operating expenses on the consolidated statements of operations. See Note 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
(3)Total adjusted pretax operating income on a consolidated basis consists of adjusted pretax operating income (loss) for our Mortgage Insurance segment and All Other activities, as further detailed in Note 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Adjusted diluted net operating income (loss) per share is calculated by dividing adjusted pretax operating income (loss) attributable to common stockholders, net of taxes computed using the Company’s statutory tax rate, by the sum of the weighted average number of common shares outstanding and all dilutive potential common shares outstanding. The following table provides a reconciliation of diluted net income (loss) per share to our non-GAAP financial measure for the consolidated Company of adjusted diluted net operating income (loss) per share.
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Reconciliation of diluted net income per share to adjusted diluted net operating income per share
Years Ended December 31,
Diluted net income per share
$
3.92
$
3.77
$
4.35
Less: per-share impact of reconciling income (expense) items
Net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments
(0.03
)
0.06
(0.47
)
Amortization and impairment of goodwill and other acquired intangible assets
-
(0.09
)
(0.03
)
Impairment of other long-lived assets and other non-operating items
(0.17
)
(0.08
)
(0.09
)
Income tax (provision) benefit on reconciling income (expense) items (1)
0.04
0.02
0.12
Difference between statutory and effective tax rates
(0.03
)
(0.02
)
(0.05
)
Per-share impact of reconciling income (expense) items
(0.19
)
(0.11
)
(0.52
)
Adjusted diluted net operating income per share (1)
$
4.11
$
3.88
$
4.87
(1)Calculated using the Company’s federal statutory tax rate of 21%.
Adjusted net operating return on equity is calculated by dividing annualized adjusted pretax operating income (loss), net of taxes computed using the Company’s statutory tax rate, by average stockholders’ equity, based on the average of the beginning and ending balances for each period presented. The following table provides a reconciliation of return on equity to our non-GAAP financial measure for the consolidated Company of adjusted net operating return on equity.
Reconciliation of return on equity to adjusted net operating return on equity
Years Ended December 31,
Return on equity (1)
13.4
%
14.5
%
18.2
%
Less: impact of reconciling income (expense) items (2)
Net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments
(0.1
)%
0.2
%
(2.0
)%
Amortization and impairment of goodwill and other acquired intangible assets
-
%
(0.3
)%
(0.1
)%
Impairment of other long-lived assets and other non-operating items
(0.6
)%
(0.3
)%
(0.4
)%
Income tax (provision) benefit on reconciling income (expense) items (3)
0.1
%
0.1
%
0.5
%
Difference between statutory and effective tax rates
(0.1
)%
(0.1
)%
(0.1
)%
Impact of reconciling income (expense) items
(0.7
)%
(0.4
)%
(2.1
)%
Adjusted net operating return on equity (3)
14.1
%
14.9
%
20.3
%
(1)Calculated by dividing net income by average stockholders’ equity.
(2)As a percentage of average stockholders’ equity.
(3)Calculated using the Company’s federal statutory tax rates of 21%.
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Results of Operations-Mortgage Insurance
The following table summarizes our Mortgage Insurance segment’s results of operations for the periods indicated.
Summary results of operations - Mortgage Insurance
Years Ended December 31,
Change
Favorable (Unfavorable)
(In thousands)
2024 vs. 2023
2023 vs. 2022
Revenues
Net premiums written
$
930,149
$
904,240
$
959,872
$
25,909
$
(55,632
)
(Increase) decrease in unearned premiums
9,088
5,123
(2,659
)
3,965
7,782
Net premiums earned
939,237
909,363
957,213
29,874
(47,850
)
Services revenue
1,025
1,088
7,390
(63
)
(6,302
)
Net investment income
201,453
195,077
171,221
6,376
23,856
Other income
5,649
5,372
2,376
2,996
Total revenues
1,147,364
1,110,900
1,138,200
36,464
(27,300
)
Expenses
Provision for losses
(2,248
)
(42,136
)
(339,374
)
(39,888
)
(297,238
)
Policy acquisition costs
27,316
24,578
23,918
(2,738
)
(660
)
Cost of services
5,951
5,238
Other operating expenses
210,668
211,733
231,322
1,065
19,589
Interest expense
83,731
86,188
84,440
2,457
(1,748
)
Total expenses
320,001
281,076
6,257
(38,925
)
(274,819
)
Adjusted pretax operating income (1)
$
827,363
$
829,824
$
1,131,943
$
(2,461
)
$
(302,119
)
(1)Our senior management uses adjusted pretax operating income as our primary measure to evaluate the fundamental financial performance of our business segments. See Note 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for more information.
Revenues
Net Premiums Earned. Net premiums earned increased for 2024 compared to 2023, primarily due to an increase in direct premiums earned resulting from higher IIF. As further discussed in “Overview of Business Operating Environment” above, in 2025 our IIF is expected to continue to benefit from a slightly larger mortgage origination market as compared to 2024.
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The table below provides additional information about the components of mortgage insurance net premiums earned for the periods indicated, including the effects of our reinsurance programs.
Net premiums earned
Years Ended December 31,
Change
Favorable
(Unfavorable)
(In thousands, except as otherwise indicated)
2024 vs. 2023
2023 vs. 2022
Direct
Premiums earned, excluding revenue from cancellations
$
1,040,678
$
1,015,238
$
991,556
$
25,440
$
23,682
Single Premium Policy cancellations
8,336
14,703
34,051
(6,367
)
(19,348
)
Direct
1,049,014
1,029,941
1,025,607
19,073
4,334
Assumed
-
-
4,025
-
(4,025
)
Ceded
Premiums earned, excluding revenue from cancellations
(164,055
)
(165,870
)
(130,556
)
1,815
(35,314
)
Single Premium Policy cancellations (1)
2,390
(3,903
)
(9,677
)
6,293
5,774
Profit commission-other (2)
51,888
49,195
67,814
2,693
(18,619
)
Ceded premiums, net of profit commission
(109,777
)
(120,578
)
(72,419
)
10,801
(48,159
)
Total net premiums earned
$
939,237
$
909,363
$
957,213
$
29,874
$
(47,850
)
In force portfolio premium yield (in basis points) (3)
38.2
38.2
39.3
-
(1.1
)
Direct premium yield (in basis points) (4)
38.5
38.8
40.6
(0.3
)
(1.8
)
Net premium yield (in basis points) (5)
34.5
34.3
37.8
0.2
(3.5
)
Average primary IIF (in billions) (6)
$
272.6
$
265.5
$
253.5
$
7.1
$
12.0
(1)Includes the impact of related profit commissions.
(2)Represents the profit commission on the Single Premium QSR Program and 2022, 2023 and 2024 QSR Agreements, excluding the impact of Single Premium Policy cancellations.
(3)Calculated by dividing direct premiums earned, including assumed revenue and excluding revenue from cancellations, by average primary IIF.
(4)Calculated by dividing direct premiums earned, including assumed revenue, by average primary IIF.
(5)Calculated by dividing net premiums earned by average primary IIF. The calculation for all periods presented incorporates the impact of profit commission adjustments related to our reinsurance programs. See Note 8 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.
(6)The average of beginning and ending balances of primary IIF, for each period presented.
Our in force portfolio premium yield was stable for 2024, as compared to 2023. Based on current NIW pricing and the impact of higher Persistency Rates we have been experiencing, we currently expect our in force portfolio premium yield in 2025 to remain stable; however, due to the potential impacts of Single Premium Policy cancellations and reinsurance, among other things, the net premium yield may continue to fluctuate from period to period.
The level of mortgage prepayments affects the revenue ultimately produced by our Mortgage Insurance business and is influenced by the mix of business we write. See “Key Factors Affecting Our Results-Mortgage Insurance-IIF and Persistency” for more information.
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The following table provides information related to the impact of our reinsurance transactions on premiums earned. See Note 8 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for more information about our reinsurance programs.
Ceded premiums earned
Years Ended December 31,
($ in thousands)
XOL Program
Mortgage insurance-linked notes
$
38,797
$
76,926
$
76,988
Traditional reinsurance
8,624
-
-
Total XOL Program
47,421
76,926
76,988
Other QSR Agreements (1)
53,992
34,410
10,810
Single Premium QSR Program (2)
8,364
9,242
(15,379
)
Total ceded premiums earned (3)
$
109,777
$
120,578
$
72,419
Percentage of total direct and assumed premiums earned
10.5
%
11.7
%
6.8
%
(1)Consists primarily of the 2022, 2023 and 2024 QSR Agreements.
(2)Includes the impact of changes in the profit commission retained by the Company due to changes in loss reserves. See “Expenses-Provision for Losses” below for additional information on our favorable reserve development, particularly in 2022.
(3)Does not include the benefit from ceding commissions from the reinsurance agreements in our QSR Program, which is primarily included in other operating expenses on the consolidated statements of operations. See Note 8 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Net Investment Income. Increasing yields from higher interest rates and higher investment balances were the primary driver of the increases in net investment income for 2024 compared to 2023.
The following table provides information related to our Mortgage Insurance subsidiaries’ investment balances and investment yields for the periods indicated.
Investment balances and yields
Years Ended December 31,
Change
Favorable
(Unfavorable)
($ in thousands)
2024 vs. 2023
2023 vs. 2022
Investment income
$
211,363
$
202,219
$
177,478
$
9,144
$
24,741
Investment expenses
(9,910
)
(7,142
)
(6,257
)
(2,768
)
(885
)
Net investment income
$
201,453
$
195,077
$
171,221
$
6,376
$
23,856
Average investments (1)
$
5,399,675
$
5,358,882
$
5,546,198
$
40,793
$
(187,316
)
Average investment yield (2)
3.7
%
3.6
%
3.1
%
0.1
%
0.5
%
(1)The average of the beginning and ending amortized cost, for each period presented, of investments held by our Mortgage Insurance subsidiaries.
(2)Calculated by dividing net investment income by average investments balance.
Part II. Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Expenses
Provision for Losses. The following table details the financial impact of the significant components of our provision for losses for the periods indicated.
Provision for losses
Years Ended December 31,
Change
Favorable
(Unfavorable)
($ in thousands, except reserve per new default)
2024 vs. 2023
2023 vs. 2022
Current year defaults (1)
$
197,719
$
178,664
$
160,049
$
(19,055
)
$
(18,615
)
Prior year defaults (2)
(199,967
)
(220,800
)
(499,423
)
(20,833
)
(278,623
)
Total provision for losses
$
(2,248
)
$
(42,136
)
$
(339,374
)
$
(39,888
)
$
(297,238
)
Loss ratio (3)
(0.2
)%
(4.6
)%
(35.5
)%
(4.4
)%
(30.9
)%
Reserve per new default (4)
$
3,913
$
4,060
$
4,241
$
$
(1)Related to defaulted loans with a most recent default notice dated in the year indicated. For example, if a loan had defaulted in a prior year, but then subsequently cured and later re-defaulted in the current year, that default would be considered a current year default.
(2)Related to defaulted loans with a default notice dated in a year earlier than the year indicated, which have been continuously in default since that time.
(3)Provision for losses as a percentage of net premiums earned. See “Revenues-Net Premiums Earned” above for additional information on the changes in net premiums earned.
(4)Calculated by dividing provision for losses for new defaults, net of reinsurance, by the number of new primary defaults for each period.
Current year new primary defaults increased by 15% for 2024, as compared to 2023, consistent with the natural seasoning of the portfolio given the increase in our IIF in recent years. Our gross Default to Claim Rate assumption for new primary defaults was 7.5% at December 31, 2024, compared to 8.0% at December 31, 2023. We continue to closely monitor the trends in Cures and claims paid for our default inventory, while also weighing the risks and uncertainties associated with the current economic environment.
Our provision for losses during 2024, 2023 and 2022 was positively impacted by favorable reserve development on prior year defaults, primarily as a result of more favorable trends in Cures than originally estimated. These Cures have been due primarily to favorable outcomes resulting from positive trends in home price appreciation, which has also contributed to a higher rate of claims that result in no ultimate loss and that are withdrawn by servicers as a result. These favorable observed trends resulted in reductions in our Default to Claim Rate and other reserve adjustments for prior year default notices. See Note 11 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and “Item 1A. Risk Factors” for additional information.
Our primary default rate at December 31, 2024, was 2.4% compared to 2.2% at December 31, 2023. The following table shows a rollforward of the number of our primary loans in default.
Rollforward of primary loans in default
Years Ended December 31,
Beginning default inventory
22,021
21,913
29,061
New defaults
50,535
44,007
37,738
Cures (1)
(47,830
)
(43,354
)
(44,136
)
Claims paid
(524
)
(419
)
(659
)
Rescissions and Claim Denials (2)
(147
)
(126
)
(91
)
Ending default inventory
24,055
22,021
21,913
(1)Includes submitted claims that resolved without a claim payment.
(2)Net of any previous Rescission and Claim Denials that were reinstated during the period. Such reinstated Rescissions and Claim Denials may ultimately result in a paid claim.
Part II. Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following tables show additional information about our primary loans in default as of the dates indicated.
Primary loans in default - additional information
December 31, 2024
Total
Foreclosure
Stage
Defaulted
Loans
Cure %
During the
4th Quarter
Reserve
for
Losses
% of
Reserve
($ in thousands)
#
%
#
%
$
%
Missed payments
Three payments or less
12,699
52.8
%
37.5
%
$
103,078
30.6
%
Four to eleven payments
7,833
32.6
%
25.9
%
130,267
38.7
%
Twelve payments or more
3,230
13.4
%
16.1
%
87,163
25.9
%
Pending claims
1.2
%
N/A
34.1
%
16,046
4.8
%
Total
24,055
100.0
%
1,061
336,554
100.0
%
LAE
11,641
IBNR
1,757
Total primary reserve (1)
$
349,952
December 31, 2023
Total
Foreclosure
Stage
Defaulted
Loans
Cure %
During the
4th Quarter
Reserve
for
Losses
% of
Reserve
($ in thousands)
#
%
#
%
$
%
Missed payments
Three payments or less
11,054
50.2
%
36.2
%
$
94,856
27.5
%
Four to eleven payments
7,147
32.5
%
27.2
%
119,330
34.7
%
Twelve payments or more
3,438
15.6
%
17.3
%
111,141
32.3
%
Pending claims
1.7
%
N/A
30.6
%
18,908
5.5
%
Total
22,021
100.0
%
1,022
344,235
100.0
%
LAE
10,397
IBNR
1,780
Total primary reserve (1)
$
356,412
N/A - Not applicable
(1)Excludes pool and other reserves. See Note 11 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
We develop our Default to Claim Rate estimates on defaulted loans based on models that use a variety of loan characteristics to determine the likelihood that a default will reach claim status. See Note 11 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details about our Default to Claim Rate assumptions.
Our aggregate weighted-average net Default to Claim Rate assumption for our primary defaulted loans used in estimating our reserve for losses, which is net of estimated Claim Denials and Rescissions, was 23% and 25%, at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. This decrease was primarily due to a shift in the mix of defaults as of December 31, 2024, given the larger proportion of more recent defaults and loans with fewer missed payments, as well as reduced claim rate assumptions for prior period defaults due to more favorable trends in Cures than originally estimated. See Note 11 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding our reserve for losses and a reconciliation of our Mortgage Insurance segment’s beginning and ending reserves for losses and LAE.
Although expected claims are included in our reserve for losses, the timing of claims paid is subject to fluctuation from quarter to quarter, based on the rate that defaults cure and other factors, including the impact of foreclosure moratoriums (as further described in “Item 1. Business-Mortgage Insurance-Defaults and Claims”), which make the timing of paid claims difficult to predict.
Part II. Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following table shows net claims paid by product and the average claim paid by product for the periods indicated.
Claims paid
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Net claims paid (1)
Primary
$
11,012
$
9,301
$
12,012
Pool and other
(206
)
(925
)
(1,453
)
Subtotal
10,806
8,376
10,559
LAE
4,254
4,535
4,400
Commutations and settlements (2)
2,254
1,332
5,899
Total net claims paid
$
17,314
$
14,243
$
20,858
Average net primary claim paid (1) (3)
$
28.0
$
22.5
$
27.4
Average direct primary claim paid (3) (4)
$
32.0
$
27.2
$
33.4
(1)Net of reinsurance recoveries.
(2)Includes payments to commute mortgage insurance coverage on certain performing and non-performing loans.
(3)Calculated excluding the impact of: (i) LAE; (ii) commutations and settlements; and (iii) claims resolved without payment, including claims subsequently withdrawn by the servicer.
(4)Before reinsurance recoveries.
Hurricanes Helene and Milton made landfall in September and October 2024, respectively, causing extensive property damage in Florida and certain other states, as well as other general disruptions including power outages and flooding. Although the Primary Mortgage Insurance we write protects lenders from a portion of losses resulting from mortgage defaults, it generally does not provide protection against property loss or physical damage, including damage caused by hurricanes or other severe weather events or natural disasters. As expected, new defaults from the affected areas increased in the fourth quarter of 2024. Absent a prolonged negative impact on the local economies in these areas, as of December 31, 2024, we do not expect to incur any material losses due to current or future defaults in FEMA Designated Areas related to these hurricanes.
Other Operating Expenses. The decrease in other operating expenses for 2024, as compared to 2023, is primarily related to: (i) an increase in ceding commissions under Radian Guaranty’s QSR Program and (ii) a reduction in other general operating expenses related to expense savings actions implemented for the segment during the past year. These items were partially offset by: (i) an increase in severance related expenses, incurred primarily in the first half of the year and (ii) an increase in performance-based variable compensation in 2024.
Part II. Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following tables show additional information about other operating expenses for our Mortgage Insurance segment for the periods indicated.
Other operating expenses
Years Ended December 31,
Change
Favorable
(Unfavorable)
($ in thousands)
2024 vs. 2023
2023 vs. 2022
Direct
Salaries and other base employee expenses
$
41,789
$
41,534
$
51,537
$
(255
)
$
10,003
Variable and share-based incentive compensation
20,956
17,294
16,937
(3,662
)
(357
)
Other general operating expenses
28,169
32,255
40,446
4,086
8,191
Ceding commissions
(24,497
)
(19,933
)
(16,164
)
4,564
3,769
Total direct
66,417
71,150
92,756
4,733
21,606
Allocated (1)
Salaries and other base employee expenses
51,806
46,060
46,955
(5,746
)
Variable and share-based incentive compensation
36,203
37,758
31,889
1,555
(5,869
)
Other general operating expenses
56,242
56,765
59,722
2,957
Total allocated
144,251
140,583
138,566
(3,668
)
(2,017
)
Total other operating expenses
$
210,668
$
211,733
$
231,322
$
1,065
$
19,589
Expense ratio (2)
25.3
%
26.0
%
26.7
%
0.7
%
0.7
%
(1)See Note 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for more information about our allocation of corporate operating expenses.
(2)Operating expenses (which consist of policy acquisition costs and other operating expenses, as well as allocated corporate operating expenses), expressed as a percentage of net premiums earned. See “Revenues-Net Premiums Earned” above for additional information on the changes in net premiums earned.
Part II. Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Results of Operations-All Other
The following table summarizes our results of operations for our All Other activities for the periods indicated.
Summary results of operations - All Other
Years Ended December 31,
Change
Favorable (Unfavorable)
(In thousands)
2024 vs. 2023
2023 vs. 2022
Revenues
Net premiums earned
$
12,046
$
10,215
$
23,918
$
1,831
$
(13,703
)
Services revenue
49,646
45,394
85,158
4,252
(39,764
)
Net investment income
91,240
63,353
24,437
27,887
38,916
Net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments
(5,798
)
(6,612
)
Income (loss) on consolidated VIEs
(2
)
-
-
(2
)
-
Other income
(221
)
Total revenues
147,714
119,803
133,808
27,911
(14,005
)
Expenses
Provision for losses
(266
)
(390
)
1,135
(124
)
1,525
Cost of services
37,737
37,778
76,407
38,629
Other operating expenses
114,593
122,305
135,478
7,712
13,173
Interest expense
20,008
3,507
(16,501
)
(3,493
)
Total expenses
172,072
163,200
213,034
(8,872
)
49,834
Adjusted pretax operating income (loss) (1)
$
(24,358
)
$
(43,397
)
$
(79,226
)
$
19,039
$
35,829
(1)Our senior management uses adjusted pretax operating income (loss) as our primary measure to evaluate the fundamental financial performance of each of our business segments. See Note 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Our All Other results include income from investments held at Radian Group, which have benefited from rising interest rates over the past year as well as from rising balances resulting from distributions by Radian Guaranty.
All Other also includes the financial results of our other immaterial operating segments, comprising our Mortgage Conduit, Title, Real Estate Services and Real Estate Technology businesses. In particular, Radian Mortgage Capital contributed to the increase in net investment income, net losses on investments and other financial instruments and interest expense during 2024, as our residential mortgage loan and securitization activities increased.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Consolidated Cash Flows
The following table summarizes our consolidated cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities.
Summary cash flows - Consolidated
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Net cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities
$
(663,572
)
$
529,434
$
388,298
Investing activities
327,746
(300,842
)
(5,175
)
Financing activities
357,233
(265,087
)
(479,183
)
Increase (decrease) in cash and restricted cash
$
21,407
$
(36,495
)
$
(96,060
)
Part II. Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Operating Activities. Our most significant source of operating cash flows is from premiums received from our mortgage insurance policies, while our most significant uses of operating cash flows have typically been for our operating expenses, taxes and claims paid on our mortgage insurance policies. In addition, our operating activities also include Radian Mortgage Capital’s purchases, sales and principal payments related to residential mortgage loans held for sale, which can fluctuate from period to period. The increase in cash used in operating activities in 2024, as compared to cash provided by operating activities in 2023 or 2022, is primarily due to increases in net purchases of residential mortgage loans held for sale, which increased from $31 million in 2023 to $1.3 billion in 2024.
Investing Activities. Net cash provided by investing activities increased for 2024, as compared to cash used in investing activities in 2023. This increase was primarily from sales and redemptions, net of purchases, of short-term investments and fixed-maturities available for sale, which helped to fund certain of our financing activities described below.
Financing Activities. For 2024, our primary financing activities impacting cash included proceeds from the issuance of securitized nonrecourse debt as well as an increase in secured borrowings, primarily related to funding from mortgage loan financing facilities. These increases were partially offset by: (i) net changes in our senior notes; (ii) repurchases of our common stock; and (iii) payment of dividends. See Notes 12 and 14 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding our borrowings and share repurchases, respectively.
See “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data-Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows” for additional information.
Investment Portfolio
At December 31, 2024 and 2023, the following tables include $139 million and $204 million, respectively, of securities loaned to third-party borrowers under securities lending agreements, which are classified as other assets in our consolidated balance sheets. See Note 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for more information about our investment portfolio, including our securities lending agreements.
The composition of our investment portfolio, other than our retained interests in Radian Mortgage Capital’s mortgage loan securitizations, is presented below as a percentage of overall fair value as of the dates indicated. See Note 7 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for more information on our Radian Mortgage Capital securitizations.
Investment portfolio diversification
December 31,
($ in millions)
Fair Value
Percent
Fair Value
Percent
Corporate bonds and commercial paper
$
2,749
42.4
%
$
2,938
46.8
%
RMBS
1,015
15.7
%
1,020
16.2
%
Residential mortgage loans
8.0
%
0.5
%
CMBS
6.4
%
9.0
%
CLO
6.3
%
7.8
%
Other ABS
7.0
%
4.5
%
Money market instruments and certificates of deposit
6.0
%
6.0
%
State and municipal obligations (1)
3.1
%
3.4
%
U.S. government and agency securities
2.0
%
2.3
%
Equity securities
2.3
%
2.6
%
Mortgage insurance-linked notes (2)
0.7
%
0.8
%
Other investments
0.1
%
0.1
%
Total
$
6,484
100.0
%
$
6,289
100.0
%
(1)Primarily consists of taxable state and municipal investments.
(2)Includes mortgage insurance-linked notes purchased by Radian Group in connection with the XOL Program. See Note 8 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for more information.
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The following table shows the scheduled maturities of the securities held in our investment portfolio as of the dates indicated.
Investment portfolio scheduled maturity
December 31,
($ in millions)
Fair Value
Percent
Fair Value
Percent
Short-term investments
$
8.0
%
$
10.5
%
Due in one year or less (1)
2.1
%
1.9
%
Due after one year through five years (1)
1,068
16.5
%
1,248
19.9
%
Due after five years through 10 years (1)
14.9
%
13.9
%
Due after 10 years (1)
12.2
%
12.3
%
Asset-backed securities and mortgage-related assets (2)
2,849
43.9
%
2,437
38.8
%
Equity securities (3)
2.3
%
2.6
%
Other invested assets (3)
0.1
%
0.1
%
Total
$
6,484
100.0
%
$
6,289
100.0
%
(1)Actual maturities may differ as a result of calls before scheduled maturity.
(2)Includes RMBS, CMBS, CLO, Other ABS, mortgage insurance-linked notes and residential mortgage loans, which are not due at a single maturity date.
(3)No stated maturity date.
The following table provides the ratings of our investment portfolio, from a nationally recognized statistical ratings organization, presented as a percentage of overall fair value, as of the dates indicated.
Investment portfolio by rating
December 31,
($ in millions)
Fair Value
Percent
Fair Value
Percent
U.S. government / AAA
$
2,554
39.4
%
$
2,456
39.0
%
AA
11.6
%
14.4
%
A
1,662
25.6
%
1,795
28.6
%
BBB
12.4
%
13.4
%
BB and below
0.4
%
1.2
%
Not rated (1)
10.6
%
3.4
%
Total
$
6,484
100.0
%
$
6,289
100.0
%
(1)Primarily consists of residential mortgage loans and equity securities.
Liquidity Analysis-Holding Company
Radian Group serves as the holding company for our operating subsidiaries and does not have any operations of its own. At December 31, 2024, Radian Group had available, either directly or through unregulated subsidiaries, unrestricted cash and liquid investments of $885 million. Total liquidity, which includes our undrawn $275 million unsecured revolving credit facility, as described below, was $1.2 billion as of December 31, 2024.
During 2024, Radian Group’s available liquidity decreased by $107 million, due to the net impact of the redemption of the Senior Notes due 2025 and 2024 and the issuance of the Senior Notes due 2029, plus payments for dividends and share repurchases, as described below, partially offset by $675 million in ordinary dividends received from Radian Guaranty.
In addition to available cash and marketable securities, including net investment income earned on such investments, Radian Group’s principal sources of cash to fund future liquidity needs include: (i) payments made to Radian Group by its subsidiaries under expense- and tax-sharing arrangements and (ii) to the extent available, dividends or other distributions from its subsidiaries.
Part II. Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Radian Group has in place a $275 million unsecured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of bank lenders. The revolving credit facility matures in December 2026, although under certain conditions Radian Group may be required to offer to repay any outstanding amounts and terminate lender commitments earlier than the maturity date. Subject to certain limitations, borrowings under the credit facility may be used for working capital and general corporate purposes, including, without limitation, capital contributions to our insurance and other subsidiaries as well as growth initiatives. At December 31, 2024, the full $275 million remains undrawn and available under the facility. See Note 12 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on the unsecured revolving credit facility.
In connection with our Mortgage Conduit business, Radian Mortgage Capital has entered into three Master Repurchase Agreements. As of December 31, 2024, Radian Group has entered into three separate Parent Guarantees to guaranty the obligations under the Master Repurchase Agreements. Under these Parent Guarantees, Radian Group is subject to negative and affirmative covenants customary for this type of financing transaction, including compliance with financial covenants that are generally consistent with the comparable covenants in the Company’s revolving credit facility. See Note 12 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information. Radian Mortgage Capital plans to continue to make use of this type of financing arrangement in the future, which may include extending the termination dates of the Master Repurchase Agreements, increasing the amount available for borrowing thereunder, and entering into agreements with additional lenders. In addition to financing the acquisition of mortgage loan assets under the Master Repurchase Agreements, Radian Mortgage Capital may fund such purchases directly using capital contributed from Radian Group.
We expect Radian Group’s principal liquidity demands for the next 12 months to be: (i) the payment of corporate expenses, including taxes; (ii) interest payments on our outstanding debt obligations; (iii) the payment of quarterly dividends on our common stock, which were $0.245 per share in 2024 and subsequently increased to $0.255 per share for the first quarterly dividend in 2025, and which remain subject to approval by our board of directors and our ongoing assessment of our financial condition and potential needs related to the execution and implementation of our business plans and strategies; (iv) the potential continued repurchases of shares of our common stock pursuant to share repurchase authorizations, as described below; and (v) investments to support our business strategy, including capital contributions to our subsidiaries.
In addition to our ongoing short-term liquidity needs discussed above, our most significant need for liquidity beyond the next 12 months is the repayment of $1.1 billion aggregate principal amount of our senior debt due in future years. See “Capitalization-Holding Company” below for details of our debt maturity profile.
Radian Group’s liquidity demands for the next 12 months or in future periods could also include: (i) early repurchases or redemptions of portions of our debt obligations and (ii) potential payments pursuant to the Parent Guarantees.
For additional information about related risks and uncertainties, see “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” including “Our sources of liquidity may be insufficient to fund our obligations.” and “Radian Guaranty may fail to maintain its eligibility status with the GSEs, and the additional capital required to support Radian Guaranty’s eligibility could reduce our available liquidity.” See also “Overview of Business Operating Environment” above and Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.
In addition to Radian Group’s existing sources of liquidity to fund its obligations, we may decide to seek additional capital, including by incurring additional debt, issuing additional equity, or selling assets, which we may not be able to do on favorable terms, if at all.
Share Repurchases. During 2024 and 2023, the Company repurchased 7.0 million shares and 5.3 million shares of Radian Group common stock, respectively, under programs authorized by Radian Group’s board of directors, at a total cost of $224 million and $133 million, respectively, including commissions. See Note 14 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details on our share repurchase programs.
Dividends and Dividend Equivalents. Throughout 2024 and 2023, our quarterly dividend was $0.245 and $0.225 per share, respectively. In February 2025, Radian Group’s board of directors authorized an increase to our quarterly dividend from $0.245 to $0.255 per share. Based on our outstanding shares of common stock and our current dividend level, which our board of directors may change as discussed above, we would require approximately $151 million in the aggregate to pay dividends for the next 12 months, plus an incremental amount for dividend equivalents that will fluctuate based on final shares vested under our performance-based RSU programs. So long as no default or event of default exists under our revolving credit facility or the Parent Guarantees, Radian Group is not subject to any legal or contractual limitations on its ability to pay dividends except those generally applicable to corporations that are incorporated in Delaware. Delaware corporation law provides that dividends are only payable out of a corporation’s capital surplus or (subject to certain limitations) recent net profits. As of December 31, 2024, our capital surplus was $4 billion, representing our dividend limitation under Delaware law.
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The declaration and payment of future quarterly dividends remains subject to the board of directors’ discretion and determination.
Corporate Expenses and Interest Expense. Radian Group has expense-sharing arrangements in place with its principal operating subsidiaries that require those subsidiaries to pay their allocated share of certain holding-company-level expenses, including interest payments on Radian Group’s outstanding debt obligations. Corporate expenses and interest expense on Radian Group’s debt obligations allocated under these arrangements during 2024 of $169 million and $81 million, respectively, were substantially all reimbursed by its subsidiaries. We expect substantially all of our holding company expenses to continue to be reimbursed by our subsidiaries under our expense-sharing arrangements. The expense-sharing arrangements between Radian Group and its mortgage insurance subsidiaries, as amended, have been approved by the Pennsylvania Insurance Department, but such approval may be modified or revoked at any time.
Taxes. Pursuant to our tax-sharing agreements, our operating subsidiaries pay Radian Group an amount equal to any federal income tax the subsidiary would have paid on a standalone basis if they were not part of our consolidated tax return. As a result, from time to time, under the provisions of our tax-sharing agreements, Radian Group may pay to or receive from its operating subsidiaries amounts that differ from Radian Group’s consolidated federal tax payment obligation. During 2024, Radian Group received $1 million of tax-sharing agreement payments from its subsidiaries.
Capitalization-Holding Company
The following table presents our holding company capital structure.
Capital structure
December 31,
(In thousands, except per-share amounts and ratios)
Debt
Senior Notes due 2024
$
-
$
450,000
Senior Notes due 2025
-
525,000
Senior Notes due 2027
450,000
450,000
Senior Notes due 2029
625,000
-
Unamortized discount and debt issuance costs
(9,663
)
(7,219
)
Revolving credit facility
-
-
Total
1,065,337
1,417,781
Stockholders’ equity
4,623,858
4,397,805
Total capitalization
$
5,689,195
$
5,815,586
Holding company debt-to-capital ratio (1)
18.7
%
24.4
%
Shares outstanding
147,569
153,179
Book value per share
$
31.33
$
28.71
(1)Calculated as carrying value of senior notes, which were issued and are owed by our holding company, divided by carrying value of senior notes and stockholders’ equity. This holding company ratio does not include the effects of amounts owed by our subsidiaries related to secured borrowings.
Stockholders’ equity increased by $226 million from December 31, 2023, to December 31, 2024. The net increase in stockholders’ equity for 2024 resulted primarily from our net income of $604 million. This item was partially offset by: (i) share repurchases of $224 million, excluding related excise taxes due, and (ii) dividends and dividend equivalents of $153 million.
The increase in book value per share from $28.71 at December 31, 2023, to $31.33 at December 31, 2024, was primarily due to an increase of $3.95 per share attributable to our net income for 2024. This increase was partially offset by a decrease of $1.00 per share attributable to dividends and dividend equivalents.
We regularly evaluate opportunities, based on market conditions, to finance our operations by accessing the capital markets or entering into other types of financing arrangements with institutional and other lenders. We also regularly consider various measures to improve our capital and liquidity positions, as well as to strengthen our balance sheet, improve Radian Group’s debt maturity profile and maintain adequate liquidity for our operations. Among other things, these measures may include borrowing agreements or arrangements, such as securities or other master repurchase agreements and revolving
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credit facilities. In the past we have repurchased or exchanged, prior to maturity, some of our outstanding debt, and in the future, we may from time to time seek to redeem, repurchase or exchange for other securities, or otherwise restructure or refinance some or all of our outstanding debt prior to maturity in the open market through other public or private transactions, including pursuant to one or more tender offers or through any combination of the foregoing, as circumstances may allow. The timing or amount of any potential transactions will depend on a number of factors, including market opportunities and our views regarding our capital and liquidity positions and potential future needs. There can be no assurance that any such transactions will be completed on favorable terms, or at all.
Mortgage Insurance
Historically, one of the primary demands for liquidity in our Mortgage Insurance business is the payment of claims, net of reinsurance, including from commutations and settlements. See Note 11 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for information on our mortgage insurance reserve for losses and LAE, which represents our best estimate for the costs of settling future claims on currently defaulted mortgage loans.
Other principal demands for liquidity in our Mortgage Insurance business are expected to include: (i) expenses (including those allocated from Radian Group); (ii) repayments of FHLB advances; (iii) distributions from Radian Guaranty to Radian Group, including returns of capital or recurring ordinary dividends, as discussed below; and (iv) taxes, including potential additional purchases of U.S. Mortgage Guaranty Tax and Loss Bonds. See Notes 10 and 16 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for information related to these non-interest-bearing instruments.
The principal sources of liquidity in our Mortgage Insurance business currently include insurance premiums, net investment income and cash flows from: (i) investment sales and maturities; (ii) FHLB advances; and (iii) if necessary, capital contributions from Radian Group. We believe that the operating cash flows generated by Radian Guaranty, as well as our additional immaterial mortgage insurance subsidiaries, will provide them with the funds necessary to satisfy their needs for the foreseeable future.
As of December 31, 2024, Radian Guaranty maintained claims paying resources of $6.2 billion on a statutory basis, which consist of contingency reserves, statutory policyholders’ surplus, premiums received but not yet earned and loss reserves. In addition, our reinsurance programs are designed to provide additional claims-paying resources during times of economic stress and elevated losses. See Note 8 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Radian Guaranty’s Risk-to-capital as of December 31, 2024, was 10.2 to 1. Radian Guaranty is not expected to need additional capital to satisfy state insurance regulatory requirements in their current form. At December 31, 2024, Radian Guaranty had statutory policyholders’ surplus of $723 million. This balance includes a $921 million benefit from U.S. Mortgage Guaranty Tax and Loss Bonds issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, which mortgage guaranty insurers such as Radian Guaranty may purchase in order to be eligible for a tax deduction, subject to certain limitations, related to amounts required to be set aside in statutory contingency reserves. See Note 16 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for more information.
Radian Guaranty currently is an approved mortgage insurer under the PMIERs. Private mortgage insurers, including Radian Guaranty, are required to comply with the PMIERs to remain approved insurers of loans purchased by the GSEs. At December 31, 2024, Radian Guaranty’s Available Assets under the PMIERs financial requirements totaled $6.0 billion, resulting in a PMIERs Cushion of $2.2 billion, or 56%, over its Minimum Required Assets. Those amounts compare to Available Assets and a PMIERs Cushion of $5.9 billion and $2.3 billion, respectively, at December 31, 2023.
Despite holding assets above the minimum statutory capital thresholds and PMIERs financial requirements, the ability of Radian’s mortgage insurance subsidiaries to pay dividends on their common stock is restricted by certain provisions of the insurance laws of Pennsylvania, their state of domicile. Under Pennsylvania’s insurance laws, ordinary dividends and other distributions may only be paid out of an insurer’s positive unassigned surplus unless the Pennsylvania Insurance Department approves the payment of dividends or other distributions from another source.
Radian Guaranty paid ordinary dividends to Radian Group of $675 million during 2024. Radian Guaranty expects to distribute $200 million to Radian Group prior to end of February 2025, and to have the ability to continue paying ordinary dividends in 2025 and for the foreseeable future. See Note 16 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on our statutory dividend restrictions and contingency reserve requirements.
Radian Guaranty is a member of the FHLB. As a member, it may borrow from the FHLB subject to certain conditions, which include requirements to post collateral and to maintain a minimum investment in FHLB stock. Advances from the FHLB
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may be used to provide low-cost, supplemental liquidity for various purposes, including to fund incremental investments. Radian’s current strategy includes using FHLB advances as financing for general cash management and liquidity purposes. As of December 31, 2024, there were $46 million of FHLB advances outstanding. See Note 12 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
All Other
Additional capital support may also be required for potential investments in our other business initiatives to support our strategy of growing our businesses. During 2024 and 2023, Radian Group made $72 million and $100 million, respectively, of additional equity contributions to support our Title, Real Estate Services and Real Estate Technology businesses. During those same periods, Radian Group also made $83 million and $45 million, respectively, of net additional equity contributions to facilitate the growth of our Mortgage Conduit business.
In the event the cash flows from operations of our All Other businesses continue to be insufficient to fund all of their needs, Radian Group may continue to provide additional funds in the form of additional capital contributions or other support. See “Investments to grow our existing businesses, pursue new lines of business or develop new products and services within existing lines of business subject us to additional risks and uncertainties” under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” for additional information.
Ratings
Ratings independently assigned by third-party statistical rating organizations often are considered in assessing our credit strength and the financial strength of our primary insurance subsidiaries. Radian Group, Radian Guaranty and Radian Title Insurance are currently assigned the financial strength ratings set forth in the chart below, which are provided for informational purposes only and are subject to change. See “Potential downgrades by rating agencies to the current financial strength ratings assigned to Radian Guaranty and/or the credit ratings assigned to Radian Group could adversely affect the Company” under “Item 1A. Risk Factors.”
Ratings
Subsidiary
Demotech, Inc.
Fitch (1)
Moody’s (1)
S&P (1)
Radian Group (2)
N/A
BBB
Baa3
BBB-
Radian Guaranty
N/A
A
A3
A-
Radian Title Insurance
A
N/A
N/A
N/A
(1)Fitch Ratings, Moody’s and S&P each currently rate the outlook for both Radian Group and Radian Guaranty as Stable.
(2)Senior debt ratings.
Critical Accounting Estimates
SEC guidance defines Critical Accounting Estimates as those estimates made in accordance with GAAP that involve a significant level of estimation uncertainty and have had or are reasonably likely to have a material impact on the financial condition or results of operations of the registrant. These items require the application of management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often because of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and that may change in subsequent periods. In preparing our consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP, management has made estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods.
In preparing these financial statements, management has utilized available information, including our past history, industry standards and the current and projected economic and housing environments, among other factors, in forming its estimates, assumptions and judgments, giving due consideration to materiality. Because the use of estimates is inherent in GAAP, actual results could differ from those estimates. In addition, other companies may utilize different estimates, which may impact comparability of our results of operations to those of companies in similar businesses. A summary of the accounting estimates that management believes are critical to the preparation of our consolidated financial statements is set forth below. See Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional disclosures regarding our significant accounting policies.
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Mortgage Insurance Portfolio
Reserve for Losses and LAE
We establish reserves to provide for losses and LAE, which include the estimated costs of settling claims in our mortgage insurance portfolio, in accordance with the accounting standard regarding accounting and reporting by insurance enterprises. In our Mortgage Insurance business, the default and claim cycle begins with the receipt of a default notice from the loan servicer that a borrower has missed two consecutive monthly mortgage payments. We maintain an extensive database of default and claim payment history, and use models based on a variety of loan characteristics to determine the likelihood that a default will reach claim status.
With respect to loans that are in default, considerable judgment is exercised as to the adequacy of reserve levels. We use an actuarial projection methodology referred to as a “roll rate” analysis that uses historical claim frequency information to determine the projected ultimate Default to Claim Rates based on the Stage of Default and Time in Default as well as the date that a loan goes into default. The Default to Claim Rate also includes our estimates with respect to expected Rescissions and Claim Denials, which have the effect of reducing our Default to Claim Rates. See Note 11 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for the table detailing our Default to Claim Rate assumptions.
After estimating the Default to Claim Rate, beginning in 2024, we estimate Claim Severity by applying observed severity rates for past paid claims within cohorts based on both Time in Default and estimated borrower equity, as adjusted to account for anticipated differences and risks in future results compared to past trends, including potential declines in estimated borrower equity. These severity estimates are then applied to individual loan coverage amounts to determine reserves. Similar to the Default to Claim Rate, Claim Severity also is impacted by the length of time that loans are in default. For claims under our Primary Mortgage Insurance, the coverage percentage is applied to the claim amount, which consists of the unpaid loan principal, plus past due interest (for which our liability is contractually capped in accordance with the terms of our Master Policies) and certain expenses associated with the default, to determine our maximum liability. Therefore, Claim Severity generally increases the longer that a loan is in default.
We considered the sensitivity of first-lien loss reserve estimates at December 31, 2024, by assessing the potential changes resulting from a parallel shift in Claim Severity and Default to Claim Rate estimates for primary loans, excluding any potential benefits from reinsurance. For example, assuming all other factors remain constant, for every one percentage point change in primary Claim Severity (which we estimate to be 89% of defaulted risk exposure at December 31, 2024), we estimated that our loss reserves would change by approximately $4 million at December 31, 2024. Assuming all other factors remain constant, for every one percentage point change in our overall primary net Default to Claim Rate (which we estimate to be 23% at December 31, 2024, including our assumptions related to Loss Mitigation Activities), we estimated an approximate $15 million change in our loss reserves at December 31, 2024.
Senior management regularly reviews the modeled frequency, Claim Severity and Loss Mitigation Activity estimates, which are based on historical trends, as described above. If recent emerging or projected trends, including related to current and future macroeconomic conditions, differ significantly from the historical trends used to develop the modeled estimates, management evaluates these trends and determines how they should be considered in its reserve estimates.
Estimating our case reserve for losses involves significant reliance upon assumptions and estimates with regard to the likelihood, magnitude and timing of each potential loss. The models, assumptions and estimates we use to establish loss reserves may prove to be inaccurate, especially during an extended economic downturn or a period of market volatility and economic uncertainty. These assumptions require management to use considerable judgment in estimating the rate at which these loans will result in claims and the amount of such claims. As such, there is uncertainty around our reserve estimate.
Premium Revenue Recognition
Premiums on mortgage insurance products are written on a recurring basis, either as monthly or annual premiums, or on a multi-year basis as a single premium. Monthly premiums written are earned as coverage is provided each month. For certain monthly policies where the billing is deferred for the first month’s coverage period, currently to the end of the policy, we record a net premium receivable representing the present value of such deferred premiums that we estimate will be collected at that future date.
We recognize changes in this receivable based on changes in the estimated amount and timing of such collections, including as a result of changes in observed trends as well as our periodic review of our servicing guide and our operations
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and collections practices. Key assumptions supporting our estimate of this net premium receivable, which equaled $38 million and $36 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, include a collection rate and average life. During both 2024 and 2023, we made no changes to these assumptions.
Single premiums written are initially recorded as unearned premiums and earned over time based on the anticipated loss pattern and the estimated period of risk exposure, which is primarily derived from historical experience and other factors such as projected losses, premium type and projected contractual periods of risk based on original LTV. Our estimate for the single premium earnings pattern is updated periodically and subject to change given uncertainty as to the underlying loss development and duration of risk. There were no changes to our single premium earnings pattern estimate in 2024 and 2023.
Actual future experience that is different than expected loss development or policy cancellations could result in further material increases or decreases in the recognition of net premiums earned. Based on historical experience, losses are relatively low during the first two years after a loan is originated and then increase over a period of several years before declining; however, several factors can impact and change this cycle, including the economic environment, the quality of the underwriting of the loan, characteristics of the mortgage loan, the credit profile of the borrower, housing prices and unemployment rates. If the timing of losses were to shift, it could accelerate or decelerate our recognition of net premiums earned and could have a material impact on our results of operations.
Financial Instruments
Fair Value
Our estimated fair value measurements are intended to reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability based on the best information available. Assumptions include the risks inherent in a particular valuation technique (such as a pricing model) and the risks inherent in the inputs to the model. Changes in economic conditions and capital market conditions, including but not limited to, benchmark interest rate changes, credit spread changes, market volatility and changes in the value of underlying collateral, could cause actual results to differ materially from our estimated fair value measurements.
Nearly all of our financial instruments recorded at fair value relate to our investment portfolio which, including residential mortgage loans held for sale in our Mortgage Conduit business and securities loaned to third-party borrowers under securities lending agreements, totaled $6.5 billion as of December 31, 2024. The primary risks in our investment portfolio are interest-rate risk and credit-spread risk, namely the fair value sensitivity of our fixed income securities and residential mortgage loans to changes in interest rates and credit spreads, respectively. We regularly analyze our exposure to interest-rate risk and credit-spread risk and have determined that the fair value of our investments is materially exposed to changes in both interest rates and credit spreads. For additional information regarding the sensitivity of our investment portfolio to these inputs, see “Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.”
See also Note 5 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information pertaining to financial instruments at fair value and our valuation methodologies.
Credit Losses and Other Impairments
We perform an evaluation of fixed-maturity securities available for sale each quarter to assess whether any decline in their fair value below cost is deemed to be a credit impairment recognized in earnings. Factors considered in our assessment for impairment include the extent to which the amortized cost basis is greater than fair value and the reasons for the decline in value. As of December 31, 2024, our gross unrealized losses on available for sale securities were $460 million, which can fluctuate materially over time based on changes in market conditions. See Note 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding impairments related to investments.
Income Taxes
We are required to establish a valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that all or some portion of our deferred tax assets will not be realized. At each balance sheet date, we assess our need for a valuation allowance and this assessment is based on all available evidence, both positive and negative, and requires management to exercise judgment and make assumptions regarding whether such deferred tax assets will be realized in future periods. Future realization of our deferred tax assets will ultimately depend on the existence of sufficient taxable income of the appropriate character (ordinary income or capital gains) within the applicable carryback and carryforward periods provided under the tax
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law. In making our assessment of the more likely than not standard, the weight assigned to the effect of both positive and negative evidence is commensurate with the extent to which such evidence can be objectively verified.
We have determined that certain non-insurance entities within Radian may continue to generate taxable losses on a separate company basis in the near term and may not be able to fully utilize certain state and local NOLs on their state and local tax returns. Therefore, with respect to deferred tax assets relating to these state and local NOLs and other state timing adjustments, we retained a valuation allowance of $67 million and $63 million at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Estimated factors in this assessment include, but are not limited to, forecasts of future income and actual and planned business and operational changes. An amount up to the total valuation allowance currently recorded could be recognized if our assessment of realizability changes. Our assumptions around these items and the weight assigned to them have remained consistent in recent periods. See Note 10 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Market risk represents the potential for loss due to adverse changes in the value of financial instruments as a result of changes in market conditions. Examples of market risk include changes in interest rates, credit spreads, foreign currency exchange rates and equity prices. We perform sensitivity analyses to determine the effects of market risk exposures on our investment securities by determining the potential loss in future earnings, fair values or cash flows of market-risk-sensitive instruments resulting from one or more selected hypothetical changes in the above-mentioned market risks.
Interest-Rate Risk and Credit-Spread Risk
The primary market risks in our investment portfolio are interest rate risk and credit spread risk, namely the fair value sensitivity of our fixed income securities to changes in interest rates and credit spreads, respectively. We regularly analyze our exposure to interest-rate risk and credit-spread risk and have determined that the fair value of our investments is materially exposed to changes in both interest rates and credit spreads. As of December 31, 2024, we held $83 million of investment securities for trading purposes, representing less than 2% of our total investment portfolio. Accordingly, in presenting this discussion, we have not distinguished between trading and non-trading instruments.
We calculate the duration of our fixed income securities, expressed in years, in order to estimate the interest-rate sensitivity of these securities. The average duration of our total fixed income portfolio was 4.3 years and 4.1 years at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. To assist us in setting duration targets for the investment portfolio, we analyze: (i) the interest-rate sensitivities of our liabilities, including prepayment risk associated with premium cash flows and credit losses; (ii) entity specific cash flows under various economic scenarios; (iii) return, volatility and correlation of specific asset classes and the interconnection with our liabilities; and (iv) our current risk appetite.
Our stress analysis for interest rates is based on the change in fair value of our fixed income securities, assuming a hypothetical instantaneous and parallel 100-basis point increase in the U.S. Treasury yield curve, with all other factors remaining constant. The carrying value of our fixed income securities has a balance of $5.8 billion and $6.1 billion as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. If interest rates experienced an increase of 100 basis points, our fixed income portfolio would decrease by $244 million of the market value of the related fixed income portfolio for both 2024 and 2023.
Credit spread represents the additional yield on a fixed income security, above the risk-free rate, that is paid by an issuer to compensate investors for assuming the credit risk of the issuer and market liquidity of the fixed income security. We manage credit spread risk on both an entity and group level, across issuer, maturity, sector and asset class. Our stress analysis for credit spread risk is based on the change in fair value of our fixed income securities, assuming a hypothetical 100-basis point increase in all credit spreads, with the exception of U.S. Treasury and agency RMBS obligations for which we have assumed no change in credit spreads, and assuming all other factors remain constant. If credit spreads experienced an increase of 100 basis points, our fixed income portfolio would decrease by $204 million and $205 million of the market value of the related fixed income portfolio for 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Actual shifts in credit spreads generally vary by issuer and security, based on issuer-specific and security-specific factors such as credit quality, maturity, sector and asset class. Within a given asset class, investment grade securities generally
exhibit less credit-spread volatility than securities with lower credit ratings. At December 31, 2024, 97% of our investment portfolio was rated investment grade.
Our sensitivity analyses for interest-rate risk and credit-spread risk provide an indication of our investment portfolio’s sensitivity to shifts in interest rates and credit spreads. However, the timing and magnitude of actual market changes may differ from the hypothetical assumptions used in our sensitivity calculations.
We also have exposure to market risks through our Mortgage Conduit business, including interest rate and credit risk associated with our mortgage loan activities. The fair value of our residential mortgage loans held for sale is subject to volatility resulting from changes in interest rates and credit performance. As part of our risk management strategies, we enter into derivatives that are intended to mitigate fluctuations in the fair value of our residential mortgage loans held for sale due to interest rate risk. The carrying value of our residential mortgage loans held for sale was $520 million and $33 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. If interest rates experienced an increase of 100 basis points, the net change in fair value of our residential mortgage loans held for sale and our interest rate derivatives would be immaterial for both 2024 and 2023. Our mortgage loan portfolio is also subject to credit risk, which is the risk of default that results from a borrower’s inability or unwillingness to make contractually required mortgage payments. Our residential mortgage loans held for sale are typically recently originated and held for less than six months before resale or securitization; as a result, we do not currently expect the impact from deteriorating credit on our residential mortgage loans held for sale portfolio to be material. In addition, as of December 31, 2024, none of these mortgage loans were greater than ninety days delinquent. For additional information on our residential mortgage loans held for sale and related hedges, see Note 7 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
See “Item 1. Business-Investment Policy and Portfolio” for a discussion of portfolio strategy and risk exposure.
Securities Lending Agreements. Radian Group and Radian Guaranty from time to time enter into short-term securities lending agreements with third-party borrowers for the purpose of increasing the income on our investment securities portfolio with limited incremental risk. Market factors, including changes in interest rates, credit spreads and equity prices, may impact the timing or magnitude of cash outflows for the return of cash collateral. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the carrying value of these securities included in the sensitivity analyses above was $130 million and $195 million, respectively.
We also have the right to request the return of the loaned securities at any time. For additional information on our securities lending agreements, see Note 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
INDEX TO ITEM 8. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Page
Annual Financial Statements
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm-PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PCAOB ID 238)
Financial Statements as of December 2024 and 2023 and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022
Consolidated Balance Sheets
Consolidated Statements of Operations
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Common Stockholders’ Equity
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 1 - Description of Business
Note 2 - Significant Accounting Policies
Note 3 - Net Income Per Share
Note 4 - Segment Reporting
Note 5 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Note 6 - Investments
Note 7 - Residential Mortgage Loans
Note 8 - Reinsurance
Note 9 - Other Assets and Liabilities
Note 10 - Income Taxes
Note 11 - Losses and LAE
Note 12 - Borrowings and Financing Activities
Note 13 - Commitments and Contingencies
Note 14 - Capital Stock
Note 15 - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Note 16 - Statutory Information
Note 17 - Share-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Programs
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Radian Group Inc.
Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Radian Group Inc. and its subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the related consolidated statements of operations, of comprehensive income, of changes in common stockholders' equity and of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, including the related notes and financial statement schedules listed in the index appearing under Item 15(a)3 (collectively referred to as the "consolidated financial statements"). We also have audited the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the COSO.
Basis for Opinions
The Company's management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting appearing under Item 9A. Our responsibility is to express opinions on the Company's consolidated financial statements and on the Company's internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.
Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the
company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Critical Audit Matters
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (i) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (ii) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
Valuation of Primary Case Reserves for Mortgage Insurance Policies
As described in Notes 2 and 11 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company establishes case reserves for losses on mortgage insurance policies for loans that are considered to be in default. As of December 31, 2024, primary case reserves were $336.6 million of the total $354.4 million of mortgage insurance loss reserves. Management’s estimate of the case reserves for losses involves significant reliance upon assumptions and estimates with regard to the likelihood, magnitude and timing of each potential loss. Management uses an actuarial projection methodology referred to as a “roll rate” analysis that uses historical claim frequency information to determine the projected ultimate Default to Claim Rates based on the Stage of Default and Time in Default as well as the date that a loan goes into default. After estimating the Default to Claim Rate, management estimates Claim Severity based on applying observed severity rates for past paid claims within cohorts based on both Time in Default and estimated borrower equity.
The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the valuation of primary case reserves for mortgage insurance policies is a critical audit matter are (i) the significant judgment by management when developing the Default to Claim Rates and Claim Severity assumptions, (ii) a high degree of auditor subjectivity, judgment and effort in performing procedures and evaluating management’s assumptions related to the Default to Claim Rates and Claim Severity; and (iii) the audit effort involved the use of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge.
Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to management’s valuation of primary case reserves for mortgage insurance policies, including controls over the development of the Default to Claim Rates and Claim Severity assumptions. These procedures also included, among others, the involvement of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge to assist in independently developing the Default to Claim Rates and Claim Severity assumptions to develop an independent estimate of the case reserves for primary mortgage insurance policies and comparing this independent estimate to management’s determined case reserves. Independently developing the Default to Claim Rates and Claim Severity assumptions based on historical data provided by management involved testing the completeness and accuracy of historical data provided by management.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 14, 2025
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2007.
Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
December 31,
(In thousands, except per-share amounts)
Assets
Investments (Notes 5 and 6)
Fixed maturities
Available for sale-at fair value (amortized cost of $5,511,501 and $5,599,111)
$
5,074,920
$
5,188,228
Trading-at fair value (amortized cost of $89,479 and $110,484)
82,652
106,423
Equity securities-at fair value (cost of $144,579 and $92,124)
138,189
89,057
Residential mortgage loans held for sale-at fair value (Note 7)
519,885
32,755
Other long-term invested assets-at fair value
7,942
8,625
Short-term investments-at fair value (includes $125,723 and $149,364 of reinvested cash collateral held under securities lending agreements)
521,648
660,566
Total investments
6,345,236
6,085,654
Cash
38,823
18,999
Restricted cash
2,649
1,066
Accrued investment income
49,053
45,783
Accounts and notes receivable
128,093
123,857
Reinsurance recoverables (includes $444 and $59 for paid losses)
36,433
25,909
Deferred policy acquisition costs
17,746
18,718
Property and equipment, net
27,637
63,822
Prepaid federal income taxes (Note 10)
921,080
750,320
Other assets (Note 9)
375,931
459,805
Consolidated VIE assets (Note 7)
Securitized residential mortgage loans held for investment-at fair value
717,227
-
Other VIE assets
4,080
-
Total assets
$
8,663,988
$
7,593,933
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Liabilities
Reserve for losses and LAE (Note 11)
$
360,326
$
370,148
Unearned premiums
188,337
225,396
Senior notes (Note 12)
1,065,337
1,417,781
Secured borrowings (Note 12)
538,294
119,476
Net deferred tax liability (Note 10)
746,685
589,564
Other liabilities (Note 9)
431,556
473,763
Consolidated VIE liabilities (Note 7)
Securitized nonrecourse debt-at fair value
703,526
-
Other VIE liabilities
6,069
-
Total liabilities
4,040,130
3,196,128
Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)
Stockholders’ equity
Common stock ($0.001 par value; 485,000 shares authorized; 2024: 168,350 and 147,569 shares issued and outstanding, respectively; 2023: 173,247 and 153,179 shares issued and outstanding, respectively)
Treasury stock, at cost (2024: 20,782 shares; 2023: 20,068 shares)
(968,246
)
(945,870
)
Additional paid-in capital
1,246,826
1,430,594
Retained earnings
4,695,348
4,243,759
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (Note 15)
(350,238
)
(330,851
)
Total stockholders’ equity
4,623,858
4,397,805
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$
8,663,988
$
7,593,933
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Operations
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands, except per-share amounts)
Revenues
Net premiums earned (Note 8)
$
951,283
$
919,578
$
981,131
Services revenue (Note 4)
50,270
46,092
92,216
Net investment income (Note 6)
292,693
258,430
195,658
Net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments (includes net realized gains (losses) on investments of $(10,510), $(10,733) and $(8,306)) (Note 6)
(10,114
)
10,241
(80,733
)
Income (loss) on consolidated VIEs (Note 7)
(2
)
-
-
Other income
6,153
6,247
2,454
Total revenues
1,290,283
1,240,588
1,190,726
Expenses
Provision for losses (Note 11)
(2,514
)
(42,526
)
(338,239
)
Policy acquisition costs
27,316
24,578
23,918
Cost of services
38,271
38,491
82,358
Other operating expenses
347,906
347,578
381,148
Interest expense (Note 12)
108,014
89,695
84,454
Impairment of goodwill
-
9,802
-
Amortization of other acquired intangible assets
-
5,483
4,308
Total expenses
518,993
473,101
237,947
Pretax income
771,290
767,487
952,779
Income tax provision
166,850
164,368
209,845
Net income
$
604,440
$
603,119
$
742,934
Net income per share
Basic
$
3.96
$
3.81
$
4.42
Diluted
$
3.92
$
3.77
$
4.35
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding-basic
152,465
158,140
167,930
Weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding-diluted
154,191
160,133
170,664
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Net income
$
604,440
$
603,119
$
742,934
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax (Note 15)
Unrealized holding gains (losses) on investments arising during the period for which an allowance for expected losses has not been recognized
(26,750
)
114,917
(584,856
)
Less: Reclassification adjustment for net gains (losses) on investments included in net income
Net realized gains (losses) on disposals and non-credit related impairment losses
(7,431
)
(10,852
)
(7,880
)
Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments
(19,319
)
125,769
(576,976
)
Other adjustments to comprehensive income (loss), net
(68
)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
(19,387
)
125,948
(576,892
)
Comprehensive income (loss)
$
585,053
$
729,067
$
166,042
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Common Stockholders’ Equity
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Common stock
Balance, beginning of period
$
$
$
Issuance of common stock under incentive and benefit plans
Shares repurchased under share repurchase program (Note 14)
(7
)
(5
)
(20
)
Balance, end of period
Treasury stock
Balance, beginning of period
(945,870
)
(930,643
)
(920,798
)
Repurchases of common stock under incentive plans
(22,376
)
(15,227
)
(9,845
)
Balance, end of period
(968,246
)
(945,870
)
(930,643
)
Additional paid-in capital
Balance, beginning of period
1,430,594
1,519,641
1,878,372
Issuance of common stock under incentive and benefit plans
3,592
4,173
3,386
Share-based compensation
38,473
41,129
38,058
Shares repurchased under share repurchase program (Note 14)
(225,833
)
(134,349
)
(400,175
)
Balance, end of period
1,246,826
1,430,594
1,519,641
Retained earnings
Balance, beginning of period
4,243,759
3,786,952
3,180,935
Net income
604,440
603,119
742,934
Dividends and dividend equivalents declared
(152,851
)
(146,312
)
(136,917
)
Balance, end of period
4,695,348
4,243,759
3,786,952
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
Balance, beginning of period
(330,851
)
(456,799
)
120,093
Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments, net of tax
(19,319
)
125,769
(576,976
)
Other adjustments to other comprehensive income (loss)
(68
)
Balance, end of period
(350,238
)
(330,851
)
(456,799
)
Total stockholders’ equity
$
4,623,858
$
4,397,805
$
3,919,327
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income
$
604,440
$
603,119
$
742,934
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Purchases of residential mortgage loans held for sale
(1,649,063
)
(220,885
)
(3,890
)
Proceeds from sales of residential mortgage loans held for sale
338,862
172,573
-
Principal payments from residential mortgage loans held for sale
29,952
17,064
Net (gains) losses on investments and other financial instruments
10,114
(10,241
)
80,733
Net (gains) losses on consolidated VIE assets and liabilities
1,169
-
-
Loss on extinguishment of debt
4,275
-
-
Amortization and impairment of goodwill and other acquired intangible assets
-
15,285
4,308
Depreciation, other amortization, and other impairments, net
78,750
73,632
72,267
Deferred income tax provision
162,275
165,001
206,925
Change in:
Accrued investment income
(7,350
)
(5,690
)
(7,281
)
Accounts and notes receivable
(1,482
)
(1,618
)
4,210
Reinsurance recoverable
(10,524
)
(276
)
42,263
Deferred policy acquisition costs
(258
)
(2,143
)
Prepaid federal income tax
(170,760
)
(153,952
)
(242,245
)
Other assets
28,105
37,960
65,744
Unearned premiums
(37,059
)
(46,083
)
(57,611
)
Reserve for losses and LAE
(9,822
)
(56,695
)
(401,799
)
Reinsurance funds withheld
(8,581
)
(21,503
)
(76,011
)
Other liabilities
(27,845
)
(37,999
)
(40,499
)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
(663,572
)
529,434
388,298
Cash flows from investing activities
Proceeds from sales of:
Available for sale securities
511,647
331,880
399,371
Trading securities
-
9,123
8,868
Equity securities
45,747
67,953
8,004
Proceeds from redemptions of:
Available for sale securities
903,395
498,081
789,929
Trading securities
17,081
1,707
102,121
Purchases of:
Available for sale securities
(1,344,925
)
(933,264
)
(1,414,966
)
Equity securities
(23,425
)
(8,334
)
(24,637
)
Sales, redemptions and (purchases) of:
Short-term investments, net
153,243
(251,662
)
150,694
Other assets and other invested assets, net
1,115
(45
)
(6,887
)
Principal payments from securitized residential mortgage loans held for investment
67,041
-
-
Additions to property and equipment
(3,173
)
(16,281
)
(17,672
)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
327,746
(300,842
)
(5,175
)
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (continued)
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Cash flows from financing activities
Dividends and dividend equivalents paid
(151,961
)
(145,908
)
(135,437
)
Issuance of common stock
1,755
1,341
Repurchases of common stock
(225,059
)
(133,314
)
(400,195
)
Issuance of senior notes
616,745
-
-
Redemption of senior notes
(977,079
)
-
-
Issuance of securitized nonrecourse debt
766,336
-
-
Repayments of securitized nonrecourse debt
(67,041
)
-
-
Proceeds (repayments) related to cash collateral for loaned securities, net
(23,641
)
49,629
51,083
Proceeds from secured borrowings
2,188,897
761,560
381,887
Repayments of secured borrowings
(1,770,080
)
(797,905
)
(377,048
)
Credit facility commitment fees paid
(812
)
(904
)
(814
)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
357,233
(265,087
)
(479,183
)
Increase (decrease) in cash and restricted cash
21,407
(36,495
)
(96,060
)
Cash and restricted cash, beginning of period
20,065
56,560
152,620
Cash and restricted cash, end of period
$
41,472
$
20,065
$
56,560
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
Income taxes paid (Note 10)
$
172,647
$
153,974
$
243,500
Interest paid
107,692
86,532
79,062
Supplemental noncash information
Transfer from residential mortgage loans held for sale to securitized residential mortgage loans held for investment
$
778,523
$
-
$
-
Retention of mortgage servicing rights from residential mortgage loan sales
2,615
-
Operating lease right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities
1,242
1,097
4,804
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
1. Description of Business
We are a mortgage and real estate company, providing both credit-related mortgage insurance coverage and an array of products and services across the residential real estate and mortgage finance industries. We have one reportable business segment-Mortgage Insurance.
Mortgage Insurance
Our Mortgage Insurance segment provides credit-related insurance coverage, principally through private mortgage insurance on residential first-lien mortgage loans, as well as contract underwriting and other credit risk management solutions, to mortgage lending institutions and mortgage credit investors. We provide our mortgage insurance products and services through our wholly owned subsidiary, Radian Guaranty.
Private mortgage insurance plays an important role in the U.S. housing finance system because it promotes affordable home ownership and helps protect mortgage lenders and mortgage investors, as well as other beneficiaries such as the GSEs, by mitigating default-related losses on residential mortgage loans. Generally, these loans are made to home buyers who make down payments of less than 20% of the purchase price for their home or, in the case of refinancings, have less than 20% equity in their home. Private mortgage insurance also facilitates the sale of these low down payment loans in the secondary mortgage market, almost all of which are currently sold to the GSEs.
Our total direct primary mortgage IIF and RIF were $275.1 billion and $72.1 billion, respectively, as of December 31, 2024, compared to $270.0 billion and $69.7 billion, respectively, as of December 31, 2023.
As our primary mortgage insurance subsidiary, Radian Guaranty is subject to various capital and financial requirements imposed by the GSEs and state insurance regulators. These include the PMIERs financial requirements, as well as Risk-to-capital and other risk-based capital measures and surplus requirements. Failure to comply with these capital and financial requirements may limit the amount of insurance that Radian Guaranty writes or may prohibit it from writing insurance altogether. The GSEs and state insurance regulators possess significant discretion regarding all aspects of Radian Guaranty’s business. See Note 16 for additional information on PMIERs and other regulatory information.
All Other
We report on our other operating segments and business activities within an All Other category, which includes the results of our Mortgage Conduit, Title, Real Estate Services and Real Estate Technology businesses.
See Note 4 for additional information about our Mortgage Insurance reportable segment and All Other business activities.
Risks and Uncertainties
In assessing the Company’s current financial condition and developing forecasts of future operations, management has made significant judgments and estimates with respect to potential factors impacting our financial and liquidity position. These judgments and estimates are subject to risks and uncertainties that could affect amounts reported in our financial statements in future periods and that could cause actual results to be materially different from our estimates.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP and include the accounts of Radian Group and its subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions, and intercompany profits and losses, have been eliminated. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.
We generally refer to our holding company alone, without its consolidated subsidiaries, as “Radian Group.” We refer to Radian Group together with its consolidated subsidiaries as “Radian,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our,” unless the context
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requires otherwise. Unless otherwise defined in this report, certain terms and acronyms used throughout this report are defined in the Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms included as part of this report.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of our contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. While the amounts included in our consolidated financial statements include our best estimates and assumptions, actual results may vary materially.
Investments
We group fixed-maturity securities in our investment portfolio into trading or available for sale securities. Trading securities are reported at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses reported as a separate component of income. Investments in fixed-maturity securities classified as available for sale are reported at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses (net of tax) reported as a separate component of stockholders’ equity as accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).
We also invest in several other types of investments including equity securities, which primarily consist of our interests in a variety of broadly diversified exchange traded funds and are recorded at fair value with unrealized gains and losses reported in income. Residential mortgage loans held for sale consist of residential mortgage loans, which we purchase with the intention of reselling through whole loan sales or securitizations and have elected to measure at fair value with unrealized gains and losses reported in income. Short-term investments are also carried at fair value and consist of money market instruments, certificates of deposit and highly liquid, interest-bearing instruments with an original maturity of 12 months or less at the time of purchase.
Amortization of premium and accretion of discount are calculated principally using the interest method over the term of the investment. Realized gains and losses on investments are recognized using the specific identification method. See Notes 5 and 6 for further discussion on investments.
We recognize an impairment as a loss for fixed-maturities available for sale on the consolidated statements of operations if: (i) we intend to sell the impaired security; (ii) it is more likely than not that we will be required to sell the impaired security prior to recovery of its amortized cost basis; or (iii) the present value of cash flows we expect to collect is less than the amortized cost basis of a security. In those instances, we record an impairment loss through earnings that varies depending on specific circumstances. If a sale is likely, the full amount of the impairment is recognized as a loss in the consolidated statements of operations. Otherwise, unrealized losses on securities are separated into: (i) the portion of loss that represents the credit loss and (ii) the portion that is due to other factors. In evaluating whether a decline in value for other securities relates to an existing credit loss, we consider several factors, including, but not limited to, the following:
▪the extent to which the amortized cost basis is greater than fair value;
▪reasons for the decline in value (e.g., adverse conditions related to industry or geographic area, changes in financial condition to the issuers or underlying loan obligors);
▪any changes to the rating of the security by a rating agency;
▪the failure of the issuer to make a scheduled payment;
▪the financial position, access to capital and near-term prospects of the issuer, including the current and future impact of any specific events; and
▪our best estimate of the present value of cash flows expected to be collected.
If a credit loss is determined to exist, the impairment amount is calculated as the difference between the amortized cost and the present value of future expected cash flows, limited to the difference between the carrying amount (i.e., fair value) and amortized cost. This credit loss impairment is included in net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments in the consolidated statements of operations, with an offset to an allowance for credit losses. Subsequent changes (favorable
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and unfavorable) in expected credit losses are recognized immediately in net income as a credit loss impairment or a reversal of credit loss impairment.
Derivative Assets and Liabilities
Our derivative assets and liabilities include the fair value of forward mortgage loan purchase commitments, which are treated as derivatives for financial reporting purposes, as well as hedging instruments used to manage interest rate risk related to our investments in residential mortgage loans held for sale. These derivative instruments are not designated as accounting hedging instruments; therefore, changes in fair value are recorded in our consolidated statements of operations. Our derivative assets and liabilities also include embedded derivatives related to our XOL Program. See Note 5 for additional information.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Our estimated fair value measurements are intended to reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability based on the best information available. Assumptions include the risks inherent in a particular valuation technique (such as a pricing model) and the risks inherent in the inputs to the model. Changes in economic conditions and capital market conditions, including but not limited to, credit spread changes, benchmark interest rate changes, market volatility and changes in the value of underlying collateral, could cause actual results to differ materially from our estimated fair value measurements. We define fair value as the current amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
In accordance with GAAP, which establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy, we disclose fair value measurements based on the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level I measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level III measurements). The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the measurement in its entirety. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are defined below:
Level I
-
Unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;
Level II
-
Prices or valuations based on observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities; and
Level III
-
Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable. Level III inputs are used to measure fair value only to the extent that observable inputs are not available.
For markets in which inputs are not observable or are limited, we use significant judgment and assumptions that a typical market participant would use to evaluate the market price of an asset or liability. Given the level of judgment necessary, another market participant may derive a materially different estimate of fair value. These assets and liabilities are classified in Level III of our fair value hierarchy.
Available for sale securities, trading securities, equity securities, residential mortgage loans held for sale and certain other assets and liabilities are recorded at fair value as described in Note 5. All changes in fair value of trading securities, equity securities, residential mortgage loans held for sale and certain other assets and liabilities are included in our consolidated statements of operations.
Restricted Cash
Included in our restricted cash balances as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, were cash funds held in trusts for the benefit of certain counterparties, primarily as security for the payment and performance of the Company’s obligations.
Accounts and Notes Receivable
Accounts and notes receivable primarily consist of accrued premiums receivable, amounts billed and due from our customers for services performed, and certain receivables related to our reinsurance transactions. Accounts and notes receivable are carried at their estimated collectible amounts, net of any allowance for doubtful accounts, and are periodically
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evaluated for collectability based on past payment history and current economic conditions. See “Revenue Recognition-Mortgage Insurance” below for information on our deferred premiums and Note 8 for details on our reinsurance agreements.
Revenue recognized related to services made available to customers and billed is reflected in accounts and notes receivable. Accounts and notes receivable include $5 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, related to services revenue contracts. Revenue recognized related to services performed and not yet billed is recorded in unbilled receivables and reflected in other assets. Deferred revenue, which represents advance payments received from customers in advance of revenue recognition, is immaterial for all periods presented. We have no material bad-debt expense.
Income Taxes
We provide for income taxes in accordance with the provisions of the accounting standard regarding accounting for income taxes. As required under this standard, our deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are recognized under the balance sheet method, which recognizes the future tax effect of temporary differences between the amounts recorded in our consolidated financial statements and the tax bases of these amounts. Deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are measured using the enacted tax rates that are expected to apply to taxable income in the periods in which the deferred tax asset or deferred tax liability is expected to be realized or settled. In regard to accumulated other comprehensive income, the Company’s policy for releasing disproportionate income tax effects is to release the effects as individual items are sold. Our policy for the recognition of interest and penalties associated with uncertain tax positions is to record such items as a component of our income tax provision.
We are required to establish a valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that all or some portion of our deferred tax assets will not be realized. At each balance sheet date, we assess our need for a valuation allowance. Our assessment is based on all available evidence, both positive and negative. This requires management to exercise judgment and make assumptions regarding whether our deferred tax assets will be realized in future periods.
See Note 10 for further discussion on income taxes.
Reserve for Losses and LAE
Mortgage Insurance
We establish reserves to provide for losses and LAE on our mortgage insurance policies, which include the estimated costs of settling claims, in accordance with the accounting standard regarding accounting and reporting by insurance enterprises (ASC 944). Although this standard specifically excludes mortgage insurance from its guidance relating to the reserve for losses, because there is no specific guidance for mortgage insurance, we establish reserves for mortgage insurance as described below, using the guidance contained in this standard supplemented with other accounting guidance.
In our Mortgage Insurance business, the default and claim cycle begins with the receipt of a default notice from the loan servicer. Case reserves for losses are established upon receipt of notification from servicers that a borrower has missed two monthly payments, which is when we consider a loan to be in default for financial statement and internal tracking purposes. We also establish reserves for associated LAE, consisting of the estimated cost of the claims administration process, including legal and other fees and expenses associated with administering the claims process.
We do not establish reserves for loans that are in default if we believe that we will not be liable for the payment of a claim with respect to that default. We generally do not establish loss reserves for expected future claims on insured mortgages that are not in default. See “Reserve for Premium Deficiency” below for an exception to these general principles.
With respect to loans that are in default, considerable judgment is exercised as to the adequacy of reserve levels. We use an actuarial projection methodology referred to as a “roll rate” analysis that uses historical claim frequency information to determine the projected ultimate Default to Claim Rates based on the Stage of Default and Time in Default as well as the date that a loan goes into default. The Default to Claim Rate also includes our estimates with respect to expected Loss Mitigation Activities, which have the effect of reducing our Default to Claim Rates.
After estimating the Default to Claim Rate, we estimate Claim Severity by applying observed severity rates for past paid claims within cohorts based on both Time in Default and estimated borrower equity, as adjusted to account for anticipated differences and risks in future results compared to past trends, including potential declines in estimated borrower equity. These severity estimates are then applied to individual loan coverage amounts to determine reserves.
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Rescissions, Claim Denials and Claim Curtailments may occur for various reasons, including, without limitation, underwriting negligence, fraudulent applications and appraisals, breach of representations and warranties and inadequate documentation, primarily related to our insurance written in years prior to and including 2008. For our Loss Mitigation Activities, we incorporate a process referred to as a claims rebuttal process by which the insured or servicer of loans may challenge our decisions. Our estimate of future Loss Mitigation Activities incorporates our estimates of the likely outcomes of our claims rebuttal process based on historical practices.
Estimating our case reserve for losses involves significant reliance upon assumptions and estimates with regard to the likelihood, magnitude and timing of each potential loss. The models, assumptions and estimates we use to establish loss reserves may not prove to be accurate, especially in the event of an extended economic downturn or a period of market volatility and economic uncertainty. These assumptions require management to use considerable judgment in estimating the rate at which these loans will result in claims and the amount of claims we expect to pay. As such, there is uncertainty around our reserve estimate.
Title Insurance
We establish reserves for estimated future claims payments on our title insurance policies at the time the related policy revenue is recorded. Our Title insurance reserve for losses and LAE comprises estimates of both known claims and incurred but unreported claims expected to be paid in the future for policies issued as of the balance sheet date.
We provide for losses associated with these policies based upon our historical experience and other factors. However, by their nature, title claims can often be complex, vary greatly in dollar amounts, vary in number due to economic and market conditions such as an increase in mortgage foreclosures, and involve uncertainties as to ultimate exposure. Due to the length of time over which claim payments are made and regularly occurring changes in underlying economic and market conditions, these estimates are subject to variability.
Reserve for Premium Deficiency
Insurance enterprises are required to establish a premium deficiency reserve if the net present value of the expected future losses and expenses for a particular product line exceeds the net present value of expected future premiums and existing reserves for that product line. We reassess our expectations for premiums, losses and expenses for our Mortgage Insurance business at least quarterly and update our premium deficiency analyses accordingly. For our Mortgage Insurance business, we group our mortgage insurance products into two categories: first-lien and second-lien mortgage loans.
We did not require a first-lien or second-lien premium deficiency reserve as of December 31, 2024 or 2023.
Revenue Recognition
Mortgage Insurance
Premiums on mortgage insurance products are written on a recurring basis, either as monthly or annual premiums, or on a multi-year basis as a single premium. Monthly premiums written are earned as coverage is provided each month. For certain monthly policies where the billing is deferred for the first month’s coverage period, currently to the end of the policy, we record a net premium receivable representing the present value of such deferred premiums that we estimate will be collected at that future date. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, this net premium receivable was $38 million and $36 million, respectively, representing the present values of $83 million and $81 million, respectively, in contractual deferred monthly premiums, after adjustments for the estimated collectability and timing of future billing. We recognize changes in this receivable based on changes in the estimated amount and timing of such collections, including as a result of changes in observed trends as well as our periodic review of our servicing guide and our operations and collections practices. Given the difference between the present value of the net premium receivable recorded and the contractual premiums due, such changes to the preceding factors could have a material effect on our results of operations in future periods if any changes are implemented.
Annual premiums written are initially recorded as unearned premiums and amortized on a monthly, straight-line basis. Single premiums written are initially recorded as unearned premiums and earned over time based on the anticipated claim payment pattern, which includes historical industry experience and is updated periodically.
When we rescind insurance coverage on a loan, we refund all premiums received in connection with such coverage. When insurance coverage on a loan is canceled due to claim payment, we refund all premiums received since the date of
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delinquency. When insurance coverage is canceled for a reason other than Rescission or claim payment, all premium that is nonrefundable is immediately earned. Premium revenue is recognized net of our accrual for estimated premium refunds due to Rescissions, claim payments or other factors.
With respect to our reinsurance transactions, ceded premiums written on an annual or multi-year basis are initially set up as prepaid reinsurance and are amortized in a manner consistent with the recognition of income on direct premiums.
Title Insurance and Related Services
Title insurance premiums are recognized as revenue upon closing and completion of the real estate transaction. Premiums generally are calculated with reference to the policy amount. Premiums are charged to customers based on rates predetermined in coordination with each state’s respective Department of Insurance. Such regulations vary from state to state. Premium revenues from agency title operations are primarily comprised of premiums recognized upon title order and completion of real estate transaction closing.
Other title-related fees and income are closely related to title insurance premiums and are primarily associated with managing the closing of real estate transactions. As such, revenue is primarily recognized upon closing of the real estate transaction or completion and billing of services. We offer title services that include tax and title data services; centralized recording services; document retrieval; default curative title services; deed reports; property reports and other real estate or title-related activities. Expenses typically associated with premiums include third-party agent commissions and premium taxes.
Other Products and Services
We recognize revenue representing the transfer of services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration that we expect to be entitled to receive in exchange for those services, which are recognized as the performance obligations are satisfied. Due to the transactional nature of our business, our services revenue may fluctuate from period to period as transactions are commenced or completed.
Our services and related revenue recognition considerations are primarily as follows:
Real Estate Services. We provide real estate services, including asset management and valuation services. Asset management services include management of the entire REO disposition process and services such as diligence and underwriting that serve the single-family rental asset class. In certain instances, fees are received at the time that an asset is assigned to Radian for management. These fees are recorded as deferred revenue and are recognized over time based on progress to date and the availability to customers. In addition, we offer a web-based asset management workflow solution to assist in managing REO assets, rental properties, due diligence for bulk acquisitions of multiple properties, loss mitigation efforts and short sales.
For valuation services, we leverage technology and a quality control process to deliver real estate valuation products and services to our customers, which include: appraisal review products; hybrid/ancillary appraisal products; automated valuation products; interactive valuation products; and broker price opinions. Each service qualifies as a separate performance obligation for which revenue is recognized as the service is performed and made available to the client.
Mortgage Services. We provide third-party contract underwriting solutions to our mortgage customers. Generally, revenue is recognized when contract underwriting results are made available to the customer or when other related services are completed.
Cost of Services
Cost of services consists primarily of costs paid for employee compensation and related payroll benefits, as well as corresponding travel and related expenses, incurred in providing such services to clients.
Leases
We determine if an arrangement includes a lease at inception, and if it does, we recognize a right-of-use asset and lease liability. Right-of-use assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and are recognized net of any payments made or received from the lessor. Lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments and are based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. In determining the net present value of lease payments, we use our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date.
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Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the expected lease term. Lease and non-lease components are generally not accounted for separately.
Our lease agreements primarily relate to operating leases for office space we use in our operations. Certain of our leases include renewal options and/or termination options that we did not consider in the determination of the right-of-use asset or the lease liability as we did not believe it was reasonably certain that we would exercise such options.
We assess our various asset groups, which include right-of-use assets, for changes in grouping and for potential impairment when certain events occur or when there are changes in circumstances, including potential alternative uses. If circumstances require a change in asset groupings or a right-of-use asset to be tested for possible impairment, and the carrying value of the right-of-use asset is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, an impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying value exceeds its fair value. See Note 13 for additional information on our leases.
Reinsurance
We cede insurance risk through the use of reinsurance contracts and follow reinsurance accounting for those transactions where significant risk is transferred. Loss reserves and unearned premiums are established before consideration is given to amounts related to our reinsurance agreements.
In accordance with the terms of the QSR Program, rather than making a cash payment or transferring investments for ceded premiums written, Radian Guaranty holds the related amounts to collateralize the reinsurers’ obligations and has established a corresponding funds withheld liability. Any loss recoveries and any potential profit commission to Radian Guaranty will be realized from this account. The reinsurers’ share of earned premiums is paid from this account on a quarterly basis. For our Single Premium QSR Program, this liability also includes an interest credit on funds withheld, which is recorded as ceded premiums at a rate specified in the agreement and, depending on experience under the contract, may be paid to either Radian Guaranty or the reinsurers.
The ceding commission earned for premiums ceded pursuant to this transaction is attributable to other underwriting costs (including any related deferred policy acquisition costs). The unamortized portion of the ceding commission in excess of our related acquisition cost is reflected in other liabilities. Ceded premiums written are recorded on the balance sheet as prepaid reinsurance premiums and amortized to ceded premiums earned in a manner consistent with the recognition of income on direct premiums. See Note 8 for further discussion of our reinsurance transactions.
Variable Interest Entities
VIEs include corporations, trusts or partnerships in which: (i) the entity has insufficient equity at risk to allow it to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support or (ii) at-risk equity holders, as a group, do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest. We may enter into contracts with VIEs in connection with our reinsurance programs for our Mortgage Insurance business and securitizations in connection with our mortgage conduit activities.
In accordance with GAAP, we perform an evaluation to determine whether we are required to consolidate the VIE’s assets and liabilities in our consolidated financial statements, based on whether we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary. The primary beneficiary of a VIE is the variable interest holder that is determined to have the controlling financial interest as a result of having both: (i) the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE and (ii) the obligation to absorb losses or right to receive benefits from the VIE that potentially could be significant to the VIE.
We review governing contracts, formation documents and any other contractual arrangements for relevant terms to determine the activities that have the most significant impact on the VIE’s economic performance and which party is the primary beneficiary. We continuously analyze entities in which we hold variable interests, including when there is a reconsideration event, to determine whether such entities are VIEs and whether such potential VIEs should be consolidated or deconsolidated.
We have concluded that the trusts that hold our securitized residential mortgage loans are each considered to be a collateralized financing entity (“CFE”). A CFE is a VIE with no more than nominal equity that holds financial assets and issues beneficial interests in those assets, for which the issued beneficial interests have contractual recourse only to the related assets of the CFE. The accounting guidance that addresses VIEs allows us to elect to measure both the financial assets and financial liabilities of a CFE using the more observable of the fair value of the financial assets and the fair value of the financial
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liabilities of a CFE. The net equity in an entity accounted for under the CFE election effectively represents the fair value of the retained interests that we hold in the entity. We have determined the inputs to the fair value measurement of the financial liabilities of these VIEs to be more observable than those of the financial assets and, as a result, have used the fair value of the financial liabilities of these VIEs to measure the fair value of the financial assets of these VIEs. See Note 5 for more information on the fair value of our consolidated VIE assets and liabilities.
See Note 7 for additional information regarding our involvement with VIEs associated with our mortgage conduit securitizations and Note 8 for additional information regarding our involvement with VIEs associated with our reinsurance transactions.
Goodwill and Other Acquired Intangible Assets, Net
Goodwill is an asset representing the estimated future economic benefits arising from the assets we have acquired that were not individually identified and separately recognized. Goodwill is deemed to have an indefinite useful life and is subject to review for impairment annually, or more frequently whenever circumstances indicate potential impairment at the reporting unit level. A reporting unit represents a business for which discrete financial information is available. We generally perform our annual goodwill impairment test during the fourth quarter of each year, comparing the carrying value of the reporting unit as of the prior quarter to its estimated fair value. An impairment charge is recognized for any excess of the reporting unit’s carrying amount over the reporting unit’s estimated fair value, up to the full amount of the goodwill allocated to the reporting unit.
As a result of our updated financial forecast and annual goodwill impairment assessment both completed in the fourth quarter of 2023, we recorded a full impairment of the outstanding goodwill balance at that time of $10 million. As a result of this impairment, there was no remaining goodwill balance at December 31, 2024 or 2023.
All of our other acquired intangible assets have now been fully amortized and, as such, there was no remaining other acquired intangible asset balance at December 31, 2024 or 2023.
Property and Equipment, Net
We capitalize certain costs associated with the development of internal-use software and the purchase of property and equipment. Software, property and equipment are carried at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. Amortization and depreciation are calculated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the respective assets and commence during the month of our placement of the assets into use.
The estimated useful life used to calculate the amortization of internal-use software is generally seven years. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the lesser of the estimated useful life of the asset improved or the remaining term of the lease. The estimated useful life used to calculate the depreciation of furniture and equipment is generally three years. Depreciation and amortization expense associated with property and equipment was $18 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, and $15 million for both the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.
The following is a summary of the gross and net carrying amounts and accumulated amortization / depreciation (including impairment) of our property and equipment as of the periods indicated.
Property and equipment
December 31, 2024
December 31, 2023
(In thousands)
Gross
Carrying
Amount
Accumulated
Amortization /
Depreciation
Net Carrying
Amount
Gross
Carrying
Amount
Accumulated
Amortization /
Depreciation
Net Carrying
Amount
Internal-use software
$
155,605
$
(135,144
)
$
20,461
$
163,408
$
(110,845
)
$
52,563
Leasehold improvements
39,472
(35,747
)
3,725
39,339
(32,182
)
7,157
Furniture and equipment
73,403
(69,952
)
3,451
71,881
(67,779
)
4,102
Total
$
268,480
$
(240,843
)
$
27,637
$
274,628
$
(210,806
)
$
63,822
Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs
Incremental, direct costs associated with the successful acquisition of mortgage insurance policies, consisting of compensation, premium tax and other policy issuance and underwriting expenses, are initially deferred and reported as
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deferred policy acquisition costs. Consistent with industry accounting practice, amortization of these costs for each underwriting year is recognized in proportion to estimated gross profits over the estimated life of the policies.
Estimated gross profits are composed of earned premium, interest income, losses and LAE. Estimates of expected gross profit, including the Persistency Rate and loss development assumptions for each underwriting year used as a basis for amortization, are evaluated quarterly and the total amortization recorded to date is adjusted by a charge or credit to our consolidated statements of operations if actual experience or other evidence suggests that previous estimates should be revised. Considerable judgment is used in evaluating these estimates and the assumptions on which they are based. The use of different assumptions may have a significant effect on the amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs.
Ceding commissions received under our reinsurance arrangements related to these costs are also deferred and accounted for using similar assumptions. See Note 8 for additional information.
Earnings Per Share
Basic net income per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, while diluted net income per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to common stockholders by the sum of the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding and the weighted-average number of dilutive potential common shares.
Dilutive potential common shares relate primarily to our share-based compensation arrangements. In computing diluted net income per share, we use the treasury stock method, which is computed by assuming the issuance of common stock for the potential dilution of our unvested RSUs. For all calculations, the determination of whether potential common shares are dilutive or anti-dilutive is based on net income.
Share-Based Compensation
The cost related to share-based equity instruments is measured based on the grant-date fair value at the date of issuance, which for RSU awards is primarily determined by our common stock price on the date of grant. For share-based awards with performance conditions related to our own operations, the expense recognized is dependent on the probability of the performance measure being achieved. Compensation cost is generally recognized over the periods that an employee provides service in exchange for the award. Any forfeitures of awards are recognized as they occur. See Note 17 for further information.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Accounting Standards Adopted During 2024
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting-Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. This update enhances disclosure requirements, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant reportable segment expenses under ASC 280. This update is applicable to all public entities and is effective for fiscal years starting after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal periods commencing after December 15, 2024. The amendments in this update should be applied retrospectively for all periods presented in the financial statements. The retrospective adoption of this update in December 2024 did not have a material impact on our disclosures. See Note 4 for additional required disclosures.
Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes-Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, an update which enhances income tax disclosures. This guidance requires disaggregated information about an entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation as well as information on income taxes paid. This update is applicable to all public entities and is effective for fiscal years starting after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments in this update should be applied prospectively; however, retrospective application is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact the new accounting guidance will have on our disclosures.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. This update requires enhanced disclosures of certain costs and expenses in the notes to the financial statements. This update is applicable to all public entities and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods beginning after
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December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments in this update should be applied prospectively; however, retrospective application is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact the new accounting guidance will have on our disclosures.
3. Net Income Per Share
The calculation of basic and diluted net income per share is as follows.
Net income per share
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands, except per-share amounts)
Net income-basic and diluted
$
604,440
$
603,119
$
742,934
Average common shares outstanding-basic
152,465
158,140
167,930
Dilutive effect of share-based compensation arrangements (1)
1,726
1,993
2,734
Adjusted average common shares outstanding-diluted
154,191
160,133
170,664
Net income per share
Basic
$
3.96
$
3.81
$
4.42
Diluted
$
3.92
$
3.77
$
4.35
(1)The following number of shares of our common stock equivalents issued under our share-based compensation arrangements are not included in the calculation of diluted net income per share because their effect would be anti-dilutive.
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Shares of common stock equivalents
-
4. Segment Reporting
In 2024, our Chief Executive Officer (Radian’s chief operating decision maker) made certain changes to the way that he organizes and assesses the performance of our operating segments, which resulted in updates to our quantitative and aggregation analyses in accordance with the accounting standard regarding segment reporting. Whereas in prior years we aggregated our Title, Real Estate Services and Real Estate Technology businesses and reported them as a single reportable segment named homegenius, effective for 2024 we are reporting the results of operations for these individual businesses and our Mortgage Conduit business, none of which meet the reportable quantitative thresholds, in the All Other category, along with certain corporate and other activities. This reflects the way our Chief Executive Officer is currently evaluating these businesses individually, given that these businesses offer distinct products and services and are managed separately. This approach is also aligned with materiality considerations consistent with current accounting guidance.
As a result of the change described above, we now have one reportable segment, Mortgage Insurance, which derives its revenue from mortgage insurance and other mortgage and risk services, including contract underwriting solutions provided to mortgage lending institutions and mortgage credit investors.
In addition to this reportable segment, in All Other we report activities that include: (i) income (losses) from assets held by Radian Group, our holding company; (ii) related general corporate operating expenses not attributable or allocated to our reportable segment; and (iii) the operating results from certain other immaterial activities and operating segments, including our Mortgage Conduit, Title, Real Estate Services and Real Estate Technology businesses. We have reflected this change in our segment operating results for all periods presented, as shown below.
We allocate corporate operating expenses to our Mortgage Insurance business and our immaterial operating businesses included in All Other based primarily on their respective forecasted annual percentage of total revenue, which approximates the estimated percentage of management time spent on each business. In addition, we allocate all corporate interest expense to our Mortgage Insurance segment, due to the capital-intensive nature of our Mortgage Insurance business. We do not manage assets by operating segments.
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See Note 1 for additional details about our Mortgage Insurance business.
Adjusted Pretax Operating Income (Loss)
Our senior management, including our Chief Executive Officer, uses adjusted pretax operating income (loss) as our primary measure to evaluate the fundamental financial performance of each of Radian’s businesses and to allocate resources to them, including during the annual budget and forecasting process. Our Chief Executive Officer then reviews budget-to-actual variances on a monthly basis using this primary measure of segment profit or loss to assess performance and allocate capital and personnel to each business.
Adjusted pretax operating income (loss) is defined as pretax income (loss) excluding the effects of: (i) net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments, except for those investments and other financial instruments attributable to our Mortgage Conduit business; (ii) amortization and impairment of goodwill and other acquired intangible assets; and (iii) impairment of other long-lived assets and other non-operating items, if any, such as gains (losses) from the sale of lines of business, acquisition-related income (expenses) and gains (losses) on extinguishment of debt.
Although adjusted pretax operating income (loss) excludes certain items that have occurred in the past and are expected to occur in the future, the excluded items represent those that are: (i) not viewed as part of the operating performance of our primary activities or (ii) not expected to result in an economic impact equal to the amount reflected in pretax income (loss). These adjustments, along with the reasons for their treatment, are described below.
(1)Net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments. The recognition of realized investment gains or losses can vary significantly across periods as the activity is highly discretionary based on the timing of individual securities sales due to such factors as market opportunities, our tax and capital profile and overall market cycles. Unrealized gains and losses arise primarily from changes in the market value of our investments that are classified as trading or equity securities. These valuation adjustments may not necessarily result in realized economic gains or losses.
Trends in the profitability of our fundamental operating activities can be more clearly identified without the fluctuations of these realized and unrealized gains or losses and changes in fair value of other financial instruments. Except for certain investments and other financial instruments attributable to specific operating segments, we do not view them to be indicative of our fundamental operating activities.
(2)Amortization and impairment of goodwill and other acquired intangible assets. Amortization of acquired intangible assets represents the periodic expense required to amortize the cost of acquired intangible assets over their estimated useful lives. Acquired intangible assets are also periodically reviewed for potential impairment, and impairment adjustments are made whenever appropriate. We do not view these charges as part of the operating performance of our primary activities.
(3)Impairment of other long-lived assets and other non-operating items, if any. Impairment of other long-lived assets and other non-operating items includes activities that we do not view to be indicative of our fundamental operating activities, such as: (i) impairment of internal-use software and other long-lived assets; (ii) gains (losses) from the sale of lines of business; (iii) acquisition-related income and expenses; and (iv) gains (losses) on extinguishment of debt.
The reconciliation of adjusted pretax operating income (loss) for our reportable segment to consolidated pretax income is as follows.
Reconciliation of adjusted pretax operating income (loss) to consolidated pretax income
December 31,
(In thousands)
Mortgage Insurance adjusted pretax operating income
$
827,363
$
829,824
$
1,131,943
Reconciling items
All Other adjusted pretax operating income (loss)
(24,358
)
(43,397
)
(79,226
)
Net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments (1)
(4,316
)
9,427
(80,780
)
Amortization and impairment of goodwill and other acquired intangible assets
-
(15,285
)
(4,308
)
Impairment of other long-lived assets and other non-operating items (2)
(27,399
)
(13,082
)
(14,850
)
Consolidated pretax income
$
771,290
$
767,487
$
952,779
(1)Excludes net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments that are attributable to our Mortgage Conduit business, which are included in adjusted pretax operating income (loss).
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(2)For 2024, amount includes: (i) $19 million from impairments of internal-use software, due to strategic decisions made in 2024 to discontinue certain products; (ii) $4 million related to loss on extinguishment of debt; and (iii) $4 million from impairments of lease-related assets. For 2023, amount includes $9 million and $5 million related to impairments of our lease-related assets and internal use software, respectively. For 2022, amount is primarily related to impairments of our lease-related assets. See Note 13 for more information on our operating leases.
Revenue and Other Segment Information
The following tables reconcile reportable segment revenues to consolidated revenues and summarize interest expense, depreciation expense, allocation of corporate operating expenses and adjusted pretax operating income for our reportable segment as follows.
Reportable segment revenue and other segment information
December 31, 2024
(In thousands)
Mortgage
Insurance
All Other
Inter-segment
Adjustments (1)
Consolidated
Total
Net premiums earned
$
939,237
$
12,046
$
-
$
-
$
951,283
Services revenue
1,025
49,646
(401
)
-
50,270
Net investment income
201,453
91,240
-
-
292,693
Net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments
-
(5,798
)
-
(4,316
)
(10,114
)
Income (loss) on consolidated VIEs
-
(2
)
-
-
(2
)
Other income
5,649
(78
)
-
6,153
Total revenues
1,147,364
$
147,714
$
(479
)
$
(4,316
)
$
1,290,283
Less:
Provision for losses
(2,248
)
Policy acquisition costs
27,316
Direct other operating expenses
66,417
Allocated corporate operating expenses (2)
144,251
Interest expense
83,731
Other segment items
Adjusted pretax operating income
$
827,363
Other segment information:
Direct depreciation expense
$
7,974
Loss Ratio (3)
(0.2
)%
Expense Ratio (4)
25.3
%
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Reportable segment revenue and other segment information
December 31, 2023
(In thousands)
Mortgage
Insurance
All Other
Inter-segment
Adjustments (1)
Consolidated
Total
Net premiums earned
$
909,363
$
10,215
$
-
$
-
$
919,578
Services revenue
1,088
45,394
(390
)
-
46,092
Net investment income
195,077
63,353
-
-
258,430
Net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments
-
-
9,427
10,241
Other income
5,372
(20
)
6,247
Total revenues
1,110,900
$
119,803
$
(410
)
$
10,295
$
1,240,588
Less:
Provision for losses
(42,136
)
Policy acquisition costs
24,578
Direct other operating expenses
71,150
Allocated corporate operating expenses (2)
140,583
Interest expense
86,188
Other segment items
Adjusted pretax operating income
$
829,824
Other segment information:
Direct depreciation expense
$
8,164
Loss Ratio (3)
(4.6
)%
Expense Ratio (4)
26.0
%
December 31, 2022
(In thousands)
Mortgage
Insurance
All Other
Inter-segment
Adjustments (1)
Consolidated
Total
Net premiums earned
$
957,213
$
23,918
$
-
$
-
$
981,131
Services revenue
7,390
85,158
(332
)
-
92,216
Net investment income
171,221
24,437
-
-
195,658
Net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments
-
-
(80,780
)
(80,733
)
Other income
2,376
(170
)
-
2,454
Total revenues
1,138,200
$
133,808
$
(502
)
$
(80,780
)
$
1,190,726
Less:
Provision for losses
(339,374
)
Policy acquisition costs
23,918
Direct other operating expenses
92,756
Allocated corporate operating expenses (2)
138,566
Interest expense
84,440
Other segment items
5,951
Adjusted pretax operating income
$
1,131,943
Other segment information:
Direct depreciation expense
$
8,986
Loss Ratio (3)
(35.5
)%
Expense Ratio (4)
26.7
%
(1)Represents non-operating items not included in segment results. See “Adjusted Pretax Operating Income (Loss)” above for more information.
(2)Includes immaterial allocated depreciation expense.
(3)Calculated as provision for losses expressed as a percentage of net premiums earned.
(4)Calculated as operating expenses (which consist of policy acquisition costs and direct other operating expenses, as well as allocated corporate operating expenses) expressed as a percentage of net premiums earned.
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There was no single customer that accounted for more than 10% of our consolidated revenues (excluding net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments) in 2024, 2023 or 2022. There was no customer that accounted for more than 10% of NIW in 2024, 2023 or 2022.
The table below, which represents total services revenue in our consolidated statements of operations for the periods indicated, provides the disaggregation of services revenue by revenue type.
Services revenue
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Mortgage Insurance
Contract underwriting services
$
1,024
$
1,088
$
1,775
Loan fulfillment services
-
-
5,615
All Other
Real Estate Services
Valuation
15,768
14,555
30,002
Single family rental
8,412
7,743
24,387
Asset management technology platform
4,924
4,639
4,814
Real estate owned asset management
4,455
3,960
3,091
Other real estate services
Title
13,185
11,464
18,687
Real Estate Technology
2,482
2,613
3,730
Total services revenue
$
50,270
$
46,092
$
92,216
5. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The following tables include a list of assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value by hierarchy level as of the dates indicated.
Assets and liabilities carried at fair value by hierarchy level
December 31, 2024
(In thousands)
Level I
Level II
Level III
Total
Investments
Fixed maturities available for sale
U.S. government and agency securities
$
119,630
$
8,702
$
-
$
128,332
State and municipal obligations
-
148,891
-
148,891
Corporate bonds and notes
-
2,476,639
-
2,476,639
RMBS
-
1,011,630
-
1,011,630
CMBS
-
411,999
-
411,999
CLO
-
411,462
-
411,462
Other ABS
-
438,811
-
438,811
Mortgage insurance-linked notes (1)
-
47,156
-
47,156
Total fixed maturities available for sale
119,630
4,955,290
-
5,074,920
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Assets and liabilities carried at fair value by hierarchy level
December 31, 2024
(In thousands)
Level I
Level II
Level III
Total
Fixed maturities trading securities
State and municipal obligations
-
50,845
-
50,845
Corporate bonds and notes
-
23,940
-
23,940
RMBS
-
3,029
-
3,029
CMBS
-
4,838
-
4,838
Total fixed maturities trading securities
-
82,652
-
82,652
Equity securities
128,368
3,275
6,546
138,189
Residential mortgage loans held for sale (2)
-
519,885
-
519,885
Other invested assets (3) (4)
-
-
5,908
5,908
Short-term investments
State and municipal obligations
-
1,750
-
1,750
Money market instruments
384,934
-
-
384,934
Corporate bonds and notes
-
49,905
-
49,905
Other ABS
-
16,054
-
16,054
Other investments (5)
-
69,005
-
69,005
Total short-term investments
384,934
136,714
-
521,648
Total investments at fair value (4)
632,932
5,697,816
12,454
6,343,202
Other
Derivative assets
-
4,274
-
4,274
Mortgage servicing rights
-
-
2,702
2,702
Loaned securities (6)
Corporate bonds and notes
-
130,256
-
130,256
Other ABS
-
-
Equity securities
8,805
-
-
8,805
Securitized residential mortgage loans held for investment (2)
-
717,228
-
717,228
Total assets at fair value (4)
$
641,737
$
6,549,634
$
15,156
$
7,206,527
Liabilities
Derivative liabilities
$
-
$
$
1,249
$
1,289
Securitized nonrecourse debt (2)
-
703,526
-
703,526
Total liabilities at fair value
$
-
$
703,566
$
1,249
$
704,815
(1)Includes mortgage insurance-linked notes purchased by Radian Group in connection with the XOL Program. See Note 8 for more information.
(2)See Note 7 for more information about our residential mortgage loan activities, including our private label securitization program.
(3)Consists primarily of interests in private debt and equity investments.
(4)Does not include other invested assets of $2 million that are primarily invested in limited partnership investments valued using the net asset value as a practical expedient.
(5)Comprises short-term certificates of deposit and commercial paper.
(6)Securities loaned to third-party borrowers under securities lending agreements are classified as other assets on our consolidated balance sheets. See Note 6 for more information on our securities lending agreements.
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Assets and liabilities carried at fair value by hierarchy level
December 31, 2023
(In thousands)
Level I
Level II
Level III
Total
Investments
Fixed maturities available for sale
U.S. government and agency securities
$
124,734
$
9,859
$
-
$
134,593
State and municipal obligations
-
142,785
-
142,785
Corporate bonds and notes
-
2,511,905
-
2,511,905
RMBS
-
1,014,071
-
1,014,071
CMBS
-
558,383
-
558,383
CLO
-
487,849
-
487,849
Other ABS
-
284,559
-
284,559
Foreign government and agency securities
-
5,087
-
5,087
Mortgage insurance-linked notes (1)
-
48,996
-
48,996
Total fixed maturities available for sale
124,734
5,063,494
-
5,188,228
Fixed maturities trading securities
State and municipal obligations
-
70,844
-
70,844
Corporate bonds and notes
-
24,913
-
24,913
RMBS
-
5,930
-
5,930
CMBS
-
4,736
-
4,736
Total fixed maturities trading securities
-
106,423
-
106,423
Equity securities
81,170
5,387
2,500
89,057
Residential mortgage loans held for sale (2)
-
32,755
-
32,755
Other invested assets (3) (4)
-
-
7,196
7,196
Short-term investments
State and municipal obligations
-
2,700
-
2,700
Money market instruments
368,433
-
-
368,433
Corporate bonds and notes
-
150,930
-
150,930
CMBS
-
1,347
-
1,347
Other ABS
-
1,158
-
1,158
Other investments (5)
-
135,998
-
135,998
Total short-term investments
368,433
292,133
-
660,566
Total investments at fair value (4)
574,337
5,500,192
9,696
6,084,225
Other
Derivative assets
-
1,912
1,913
Loaned securities (6)
U.S. government and agency securities
9,803
-
-
9,803
Corporate bonds and notes
-
117,992
-
117,992
Equity securities
75,898
-
-
75,898
Total assets at fair value (4)
$
660,038
$
5,620,096
$
9,697
$
6,289,831
Liabilities
Derivative liabilities
$
-
$
$
$
1,509
Total liabilities at fair value
$
-
$
$
$
1,509
(1)Includes mortgage insurance-linked notes purchased by Radian Group in connection with the XOL Program. See Note 8 for more information.
(2)See Note 7 for more information about our residential mortgage loan activities.
(3)Consists primarily of interests in private debt and equity investments.
(4)Does not include other invested assets of $1 million that are primarily invested in limited partnership investments valued using the net asset value as a practical expedient.
(5)Comprises short-term certificates of deposit and commercial paper.
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(6)Securities loaned to third-party borrowers under securities lending agreements are classified as other assets in our consolidated balance sheets. See Note 6 for more information.
Activity related to Level III assets and liabilities (including realized and unrealized gains and losses, purchases, sales, issuances, settlements and transfers) was immaterial for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.
Valuation Methodologies for Assets Measured at Fair Value
We are responsible for the determination of the value of all investments carried at fair value and the supporting methodologies and assumptions. To assist us in this responsibility, we utilize independent third-party valuation service providers to gather, analyze and interpret market information and estimate fair values based upon relevant methodologies and assumptions for various asset classes and individual securities.
We perform monthly quantitative and qualitative analyses on the prices received from third parties to determine whether the prices are reasonable estimates of fair value. Our analysis includes: (i) a review of the methodology used by third-party pricing services; (ii) a comparison of pricing services’ valuations to other independent sources; (iii) a review of month-to-month price fluctuations; and (iv) a comparison of actual purchase and sale transactions with valuations received from third parties. These processes are designed to ensure that our investment values are accurately recorded, that the data inputs and valuation techniques utilized are appropriate and consistently applied and that the assumptions are reasonable and consistent with the objective of determining fair value.
The following are descriptions of our valuation methodologies for financial assets measured at fair value.
U.S. Government and Agency Securities. The fair value of U.S. government and agency securities is estimated using observed market transactions, including broker-dealer quotes and actual trade activity as a basis for valuation. U.S. government and agency securities are categorized in either Level I or Level II of the fair value hierarchy.
State and Municipal Obligations. The fair value of state and municipal obligations is estimated using recent transaction activity, including market observations. Valuation models are used, which incorporate bond structure, yield curve, credit spreads and other factors. These securities are generally categorized in Level II of the fair value hierarchy or in Level III when market-based transaction activity is unavailable.
Corporate Bonds and Notes. The fair value of corporate bonds and notes is estimated using recent transaction activity, including market observations. Spread models are used that incorporate issuer and structure characteristics, such as credit risk and early redemption features, where applicable. These securities are generally categorized in Level II of the fair value hierarchy or in Level III when market-based transaction activity is unavailable.
Asset-backed and Mortgage-backed Securities. The fair value of these instruments, which include RMBS, CMBS, CLO, Other ABS and mortgage insurance-linked notes, is estimated based on prices of comparable securities and spreads and observable prepayment speeds. These securities are generally categorized in Level II of the fair value hierarchy or in Level III when market-based transaction activity is unavailable. The fair value of any Level III securities is generally estimated by discounting estimated future cash flows.
Foreign Government and Agency Securities. The fair value of foreign government and agency securities is estimated using observed market yields used to create a maturity curve and observed credit spreads from market makers and broker-dealers. These securities are categorized in Level II of the fair value hierarchy.
Equity Securities. The fair value of equity securities is generally estimated using observable market data in active markets or bid prices from market makers and broker-dealers. Generally, these securities are categorized in Level I or II of the fair value hierarchy, as observable market data are readily available. Certain equity securities may be categorized in Level III of the fair value hierarchy due to a lack of market-based transaction data or the use of model-based valuations.
Residential Mortgage Loans Held for Sale. The fair value of residential mortgage loans is generally estimated using present value techniques with inputs derived from observable market data, including external market research on yields and prepayment speeds for comparable residential mortgage loan pools. The discounted cash flow models are adjusted for certain loan-level factors such as loan type, loan amount, note rate, LTV, and expected exit value of the loan. Credit risk does not significantly impact the valuation since these loans are typically purchased and resold shortly after origination. Based on the availability of observable market inputs, these loans are generally categorized in Level II of the fair value hierarchy.
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Other Investments. These securities primarily consist of commercial paper and short-term certificates of deposit, which are categorized in Level II of the fair value hierarchy. The fair value of these investments is estimated using market data for comparable instruments of similar maturity and average yield.
Money Market Instruments. The fair value of money market instruments is based on daily prices, which are published and available to all potential investors and market participants. As such, these securities are categorized in Level I of the fair value hierarchy.
Other Invested Assets. These assets consist of interests in private debt or equity investments. The estimated fair value of these other invested assets is primarily based on the private company’s performance, as well as the terms of the instrument and general market benchmarks. As such, these investments are categorized in Level III of the fair value hierarchy.
Derivative Assets and Liabilities. These assets and liabilities include forward RMBS purchase contracts and interest rate swap futures contracts used to hedge interest rate risk associated with our residential mortgage loans held for sale. The estimated fair value of these instruments is derived using a market-based approach based on market price inputs from similar contracts and corroborated with observable market data. In addition, we enter into forward mortgage loan purchase commitments, for which we determine estimated fair value using a market-based approach based on underlying loan level information, adjusted for the probability the mortgage loan will fund. These mortgage-related derivative assets and liabilities are generally categorized in Level II of the fair value hierarchy based on the availability of observable market inputs that are most significant to the fair value estimate. Our derivative assets and liabilities also include embedded derivatives related to our XOL Program, which are categorized in Level III of the fair value hierarchy. The fair value of these derivatives reflects the present value impact of the variation in investment income on the assets held by the reinsurance trusts and the contractual reference rate used to calculate the reinsurance premiums we will pay. See Notes 7 and 8 for additional information on our mortgage-related and reinsurance-related derivatives, respectively.
Securitized Residential Mortgage Loans Held for Investment and Securitized Nonrecourse Debt. As described in Note 2, we estimate the fair values of our consolidated VIE assets and liabilities using the more observable of the fair value of the financial assets and the fair value of the financial liabilities. For the VIE liabilities, which primarily represent investment grade asset-backed securities issued by the trusts, we determine fair value with the assistance of independent third-party valuation service providers, using external market information that includes observable market yields, spreads and projected prepayment speeds on securitizations with similar collateral characteristics. The fair value estimates of the securitized residential mortgage loans are then derived using the fair value of the VIE liabilities. As such, we classify both the securitized residential mortgage loans held by the VIEs and the nonrecourse debt issued by the VIEs as Level II in the fair value hierarchy.
Other Fair Value Disclosure
The carrying value and estimated fair value of other selected assets and liabilities not carried at fair value on our consolidated balance sheets were as follows as of the dates indicated.
Financial instruments not carried at fair value
December 31, 2024
December 31, 2023
(In thousands)
Carrying
Amount
Estimated
Fair Value
Carrying
Amount
Estimated
Fair Value
Company-owned life insurance
$
110,968
$
110,968
$
106,417
$
106,417
Senior notes
1,065,337
1,088,306
1,417,781
1,406,118
Secured borrowings
Mortgage loan financing facilities
$
492,429
$
492,429
$
24,199
$
24,199
FHLB advances
45,865
45,888
95,277
95,348
Total secured borrowings
$
538,294
$
538,317
$
119,476
$
119,547
The fair value of our company-owned life insurance is estimated based on the cash surrender value less applicable surrender charges. These assets are categorized in Level II of the fair value hierarchy. See Note 9 for further information on our company-owned life insurance.
The fair value of our senior notes is estimated based on quoted market prices. The fair value of our secured borrowings is estimated based on current market rates and contractual cash flows, including for FHLB advances any fees that may be
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required to be paid to the FHLB. The carrying amount of borrowings under our mortgage loan financing facilities approximates fair value due to the floating rate nature of that debt. These liabilities are all categorized in Level II of the fair value hierarchy. See Note 12 for further information about our senior notes and secured borrowings.
6. Investments
Available for Sale Securities
Our available for sale securities within our investment portfolio consisted of the following as of the dates indicated.
Available for sale securities
December 31, 2024
(In thousands)
Amortized
Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Fair Value
Fixed maturities available for sale
U.S. government and agency securities
$
160,509
$
-
$
(32,177
)
$
128,332
State and municipal obligations
167,114
(18,263
)
148,891
Corporate bonds and notes
2,878,705
5,261
(277,535
)
2,606,431
RMBS
1,104,721
6,965
(100,056
)
1,011,630
CMBS
438,139
(26,191
)
411,999
CLO
411,328
(849
)
411,462
Other ABS
442,620
1,556
(5,305
)
438,871
Mortgage insurance-linked notes (1)
45,447
1,709
-
47,156
Total securities available for sale, including loaned securities
5,648,583
$
16,565
$
(460,376
)
(2)
5,204,772
Less: loaned securities (3)
137,082
129,852
Total fixed maturities available for sale
$
5,511,501
$
5,074,920
December 31, 2023
(In thousands)
Amortized
Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Fair Value
Fixed maturities available for sale
U.S. government and agency securities
$
171,194
$
$
(26,891
)
$
144,396
State and municipal obligations
158,539
(16,037
)
142,785
Corporate bonds and notes
2,876,175
12,286
(259,177
)
2,629,284
RMBS
1,089,919
8,250
(84,098
)
1,014,071
CMBS
605,029
(46,697
)
558,383
CLO
494,339
(6,553
)
487,849
Other ABS
286,988
1,608
(4,037
)
284,559
Foreign government and agency securities
5,128
-
(41
)
5,087
Mortgage insurance-linked notes (1)
47,456
1,540
-
48,996
Total securities available for sale, including loaned securities
5,734,767
$
24,174
$
(443,531
)
(2)
5,315,410
Less: loaned securities (3)
135,656
127,182
Total fixed maturities available for sale
$
5,599,111
$
5,188,228
(1)Includes mortgage insurance-linked notes purchased by Radian Group in connection with the XOL Program. See Note 8 for more information.
(2)See “Gross Unrealized Losses and Related Fair Value of Available for Sale Securities” below for additional details.
(3)Included in other assets on our consolidated balance sheets. See “Loaned Securities” below for a discussion of our securities lending agreements.
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Gross Unrealized Losses and Related Fair Value of Available for Sale Securities
For securities deemed “available for sale” that are in an unrealized loss position and for which an allowance for credit loss has not been established, the following tables show the gross unrealized losses and fair value, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, as of the dates indicated. Included in the amounts as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, are loaned securities that are classified as other assets on our consolidated balance sheets, as further described below.
Unrealized losses on fixed maturities available for sale by category and length of time
December 31, 2024
Less Than 12 Months
12 Months or Greater
Total
(In thousands)
Description of Securities
Fair Value
Unrealized
Losses
Fair Value
Unrealized
Losses
Fair Value
Unrealized
Losses
U.S. government and agency securities
$
5,807
$
(574
)
$
113,783
$
(31,603
)
$
119,590
$
(32,177
)
State and municipal obligations
45,539
(2,399
)
78,523
(15,864
)
124,062
(18,263
)
Corporate bonds and notes
749,427
(18,113
)
1,552,535
(259,422
)
2,301,962
(277,535
)
RMBS
296,899
(6,467
)
559,525
(93,589
)
856,424
(100,056
)
CMBS
15,179
(139
)
388,282
(26,052
)
403,461
(26,191
)
CLO
44,350
(65
)
43,542
(784
)
87,892
(849
)
Other ABS
180,824
(3,081
)
45,192
(2,224
)
226,016
(5,305
)
Total
$
1,338,025
$
(30,838
)
$
2,781,382
$
(429,538
)
$
4,119,407
$
(460,376
)
December 31, 2023
Less Than 12 Months
12 Months or Greater
Total
(In thousands)
Description of Securities
Fair Value
Unrealized
Losses
Fair Value
Unrealized
Losses
Fair Value
Unrealized
Losses
U.S. government and agency securities
$
15,650
$
(938
)
$
113,678
$
(25,953
)
$
129,328
$
(26,891
)
State and municipal obligations
17,154
(551
)
104,949
(15,486
)
122,103
(16,037
)
Corporate bonds and notes
161,924
(1,261
)
2,055,113
(257,916
)
2,217,037
(259,177
)
RMBS
113,506
(1,439
)
653,955
(82,659
)
767,461
(84,098
)
CMBS
8,558
(31
)
546,104
(46,666
)
554,662
(46,697
)
CLO
15,083
(25
)
438,294
(6,528
)
453,377
(6,553
)
Other ABS
49,513
(322
)
64,078
(3,715
)
113,591
(4,037
)
Foreign government and agency securities
-
-
5,087
(41
)
5,087
(41
)
Total
$
381,388
$
(4,567
)
$
3,981,258
$
(438,964
)
$
4,362,646
$
(443,531
)
There were 1,059 and 1,063 securities in an unrealized loss position at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. We determined that these unrealized losses were due to non-credit factors and that, as of December 31, 2024, we did not expect to realize a loss for our investments in an unrealized loss position given our intent and ability to hold these investment securities until recovery of their amortized cost basis. See Note 2 for information regarding our accounting policy for impairments of investments.
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Contractual Maturities
The contractual maturities of fixed-maturities available for sale were as follows.
Contractual maturities of fixed maturities available for sale
December 31, 2024
(In thousands)
Amortized Cost
Fair Value
Due in one year or less
$
134,289
$
133,121
Due after one year through five years (1)
1,104,983
1,067,941
Due after five years through 10 years (1)
1,032,245
954,004
Due after 10 years (1)
934,811
728,588
Asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities (2)
2,442,255
2,321,118
Total
5,648,583
5,204,772
Less: loaned securities
137,082
129,852
Total fixed maturities available for sale
$
5,511,501
$
5,074,920
(1)Actual maturities may differ as a result of calls before scheduled maturity.
(2)Includes RMBS, CMBS, CLO, Other ABS and mortgage insurance-linked notes, which are not due at a single maturity date.
Net Investment Income
Net investment income consisted of the following.
Net investment income
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Investment income
Fixed maturities
$
231,769
$
226,654
$
184,189
Equity securities
12,003
13,420
11,210
Residential mortgage loans held for sale (1)
22,569
4,212
Short-term investments
31,736
18,840
5,716
Other (2)
6,282
5,286
1,370
Gross investment income
304,359
268,412
202,524
Investment expenses (2)
(11,666
)
(9,982
)
(6,866
)
Net investment income
$
292,693
$
258,430
$
195,658
(1)See Note 7 for additional information on our residential mortgage loans held for sale.
(2)Includes the impact from our securities lending activities. Investment expenses also include other investment management expenses.
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Net Gains (Losses) on Investments and Other Financial Instruments
Net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments consisted of the following.
Net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Net realized gains (losses) on investments sold or redeemed (1)
Fixed maturities available for sale
Gross realized gains
$
3,428
$
1,609
$
2,763
Gross realized losses
(12,465
)
(15,346
)
(12,737
)
Fixed maturities available for sale, net
(9,037
)
(13,737
)
(9,974
)
Fixed maturities trading securities
(704
)
(402
)
(135
)
Equity securities
1,867
3,350
1,655
Other investments
Net realized gains (losses) on investments sold or redeemed (1)
(7,805
)
(10,733
)
(8,306
)
Change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments sold or redeemed (1)
(281
)
(3,458
)
Impairment losses due to intent to sell
(369
)
-
-
Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments still held (1)
Fixed maturities trading securities
(3,135
)
2,308
(27,700
)
Equity securities
3,054
7,625
(25,255
)
Other investments
(387
)
Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments still held (1)
(6
)
9,958
(53,342
)
Total net gains (losses) on investments (1)
(8,461
)
(65,106
)
Net gains (losses) on residential mortgage loans held for sale (Note 7) (2)
(5,798
)
Net gains (losses) on other financial instruments (1) (3)
4,145
9,287
(15,675
)
Net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments
$
(10,114
)
$
10,241
$
(80,733
)
(1)Excludes activities related to our residential mortgage loans held for sale. See Note 7 for additional information.
(2)Includes realized and unrealized net gains (losses) on residential mortgage loans held for sale and related activities, including interest rate hedges. See Note 7 for additional details.
(3)Includes changes in the fair value of embedded derivatives associated with our XOL Program. See Note 8 for additional information.
Loaned Securities
We participate in a securities lending program whereby we loan certain securities in our investment portfolio to third-party borrowers for short periods of time. These securities lending agreements are collateralized financing arrangements whereby we transfer securities to third parties through an intermediary in exchange for cash or other securities. However, pursuant to the terms of these agreements, we maintain effective control over all loaned securities. Although we report such securities at fair value within other assets in our consolidated balance sheets, rather than within investments, the detailed information we provide in this Note 6 includes these securities. See Note 5 for additional detail on the loaned securities.
Under our securities lending agreements, the borrower is required to provide to us collateral, consisting of cash or securities, in amounts generally equal to or exceeding: (i) 102% of the value of the loaned securities (105% in the case of foreign securities) or (ii) another agreed-upon percentage not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities. Any cash collateral we receive may be invested in liquid assets. Cash collateral, which is reinvested for our benefit by the intermediary in accordance with the investment guidelines contained in the securities lending and collateral agreements, is reflected in short-term investments, with an offsetting liability recognized in other liabilities for the obligation to return the cash collateral. Securities collateral we receive is held on deposit for the borrower’s benefit and we may not transfer or loan such securities collateral unless the borrower is in default. Therefore, such securities collateral is not reflected in our consolidated financial statements given that the risks and rewards of ownership are not transferred to us from the borrowers.
Fees received and paid in connection with securities lending agreements are recorded in net investment income on the consolidated statements of operations.
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All of our securities lending agreements are classified as overnight and revolving. Securities collateral on deposit with us from third-party borrowers totaling $18 million and $61 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, may not be transferred or re-pledged unless the third-party borrower is in default, and is therefore not reflected in our consolidated financial statements.
Other
Our investments include securities totaling $14 million at both December 31, 2024 and 2023, that are on deposit and serving as collateral with various state regulatory authorities. Our fixed-maturities available for sale also include securities serving as collateral for our FHLB advances. See Note 12 for additional information about our FHLB advances.
7. Residential Mortgage Loans
Radian Mortgage Capital, our mortgage conduit subsidiary, acquires residential mortgage loans with the intention of then either selling the loans directly to mortgage investors, including the GSEs, or distributing them into the capital markets through private label securitizations, with the option to retain and manage certain components of the underlying credit risk.
During the aggregation period following loan acquisition, we carry these loans as residential mortgage loans held for sale until the loan is either sold or securitized. If the loan is ultimately contributed to a securitization, we perform an analysis of our ongoing participation and rights in the securitization to determine if we need to consolidate the securitization trust. If we conclude that we are required to consolidate the securitization trust and continue to reflect those securitized mortgage loans on our consolidated balance sheets, we then reclassify those loans as securitized residential mortgage loans held for investment, as described further below.
Residential Mortgage Loans Held for Sale
The carrying value of our residential mortgage loans held for sale owned by Radian Mortgage Capital totaled $520 million and $33 million at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and is based on fair value. The estimated fair value of our residential mortgage loans held for sale is subject to, among other things, changes in mortgage interest rates from the date we agree to purchase the mortgage loan through the date we agree to sell the mortgage loan. In an effort to mitigate this interest rate risk, we enter into certain derivative contracts with third parties during the period from the commitment to purchase the mortgage loans until the loans are either securitized or sold directly to mortgage investors.
We elected the fair value option for our residential mortgage loans held for sale to allow for consistent treatment of both mortgage loans and any associated hedges or derivatives. Net gains (losses) associated with our residential mortgage loans held for sale and any related hedges are included in net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments in our consolidated statements of operations.
As of December 31, 2024, our residential mortgage loans held for sale consisted of 808 mortgage loans with a total unpaid principal balance of $521 million, related to properties in 44 states and the District of Columbia. As measured by the unpaid principal balance as of December 31, 2024, 97% of these loans were originated in the second half of 2024, including 63% that were originated in the fourth quarter of 2024. Loans on properties in California accounted for 24% of this balance, with no other state concentration exceeding 10% as of December 31, 2024. Of these loans in California, $3 million (or less than 1% of our total residential mortgage loans held for sale as of December 31, 2024) were in the immediate areas impacted by the January 2025 wildfires, with no damage from the wildfires reported to those properties following inspections. The majority of our loans are non-agency loans, with balances in excess of the GSEs’ conforming loan limits and with credit risk characteristics commensurate with the prime jumbo private label securitization market. As of December 31, 2024, none of these mortgage loans were greater than ninety days delinquent or in nonaccrual status. Interest earned on residential mortgage loans held for sale is included in net investment income in our consolidated statements of operations.
Further, as of December 31, 2024, the Company had commitments to purchase and fund additional recently originated mortgage loans with a total unpaid principal balance of $52 million. Prior to the settlement and funding of these loan purchases, any unrealized net gains (losses) related to these commitments are recorded as derivative assets or liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets, with the corresponding gain or loss included in net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments in our consolidated statements of operations.
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The following table reflects the outstanding derivative instruments related to our mortgage loan activity as of the dates indicated.
Derivative instruments
December 31, 2024
December 31, 2023
Fair Value
Fair Value
(In thousands)
Notional (1)
Derivative
Assets
Derivative
Liabilities
Notional (1)
Derivative
Assets
Derivative
Liabilities
Forward mortgage loan purchase commitments
$
51,732
$
$
-
$
83,962
$
$
-
Hedging instruments (2)
Forward RMBS purchase contracts
$
394,000
$
2,492
$
$
51,100
$
$
Interest rate swap futures contracts
58,500
1,717
-
7,300
-
(1)Notional amounts provide an indication of the volume of the Company’s derivative capacity. The notional amount is the face amount of our contracts and does not represent our exposure to credit loss and therefore is not reflected on our consolidated balance sheets.
(2)All of the derivatives used for hedging purposes are interest rate derivatives subject to master netting agreements and are considered economic hedges.
The impact to net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments from our residential mortgage loans held for sale and related hedging activities was as follows.
Net gains (losses) on residential mortgage loans held for sale, net of hedging activities
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Net realized gains (losses) on residential mortgage loans held for sale
Mortgage loans held for sale (1)
$
(5,430
)
$
(2,634
)
$
Mortgage loan servicing rights resulting from mortgage loan sales
2,725
-
Total realized gains (losses) on residential mortgage loans held for sale
(2,705
)
(2,593
)
Change in unrealized gains (losses) on residential mortgage loans sold
(1,322
)
(62
)
-
Unrealized gains (losses) on residential mortgage loans held for sale still held (2)
(5,730
)
1,331
Total net gains (losses) on residential mortgage loans held for sale
(9,757
)
(1,324
)
Net gains (losses) on mortgage loans held for sale hedging activities
3,959
2,138
(42
)
Net gains (losses) on residential mortgage loans held for sale, net of hedging activities
$
(5,798
)
$
$
(1)Includes net gains (losses) on residential mortgage loans held for sale through the date of transfer to a securitization trust, if applicable. See “Securitized Residential Mortgage Loans Held for Investment” below for information on subsequent gains (losses) for those securitized loans.
(2)Includes net gains (losses) on mortgage loan commitments accounted for as derivatives prior to settlement.
We primarily fund the purchases of our residential mortgage loans held for sale with amounts borrowed under our mortgage loan financing facilities. Expenses related to these facilities are included in interest expense in our consolidated statements of operations. See Note 12 for additional information on these facilities and their related terms and covenants.
Net investment income earned on our residential mortgage loans held for sale and interest expense incurred on our mortgage loan financing facilities consisted of the following.
Net interest on residential mortgage loans held for sale
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Interest income
$
22,569
$
4,212
$
Interest expense
(20,008
)
(3,507
)
(15
)
Net interest on residential mortgage loans held for sale
$
2,561
$
$
In addition to the debt covenants under its financing facilities, Radian Mortgage Capital is also subject to certain requirements established by state and other regulators and loan purchasers, including Freddie Mac, such as certain minimum net worth and capital requirements and ratios. As of December 31, 2024, the most restrictive of these financial conditions
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required Radian Mortgage Capital to maintain a ratio of tangible net worth to total assets of at least 6%. As of December 31, 2024, Radian Mortgage Capital’s tangible net worth was $103 million, compared to a required minimum tangible net worth of $36 million based on this ratio. Changes in the fair value of residential mortgage loans held for sale and related hedges could materially impact Radian Mortgage Capital’s net worth in future periods. To the extent any capital requirements are not met, regulators and loan purchasers may exercise certain remedies, which may include, as applicable, prohibiting Radian Mortgage Capital from purchasing, selling, or servicing loans. As of December 31, 2024, Radian Mortgage Capital was in compliance with all such requirements.
Securitized Residential Mortgage Loans Held for Investment
During 2024, Radian Mortgage Capital closed its first two private label prime jumbo securitization transactions. The securitizations involved the transfer of portfolios of residential mortgage loans to newly created special purpose vehicles, Radian Mortgage Capital Trust 2024-J1 and Radian Mortgage Capital Trust 2024-J2, and the private offering and issuance of $349 million and $423 million, respectively, of unregistered mortgage pass-through certificates collateralized by the cash flows of the underlying residential mortgage loans. At each closing, we retained an interest in certain of the certificates, and Radian Mortgage Capital and its affiliates (excluding its mortgage insurance affiliates) may hold an interest in the certificates from time to time. Because these securitizations consist entirely of qualified mortgages as defined in the Dodd-Frank Act, pursuant to applicable federal securities laws and regulations, Radian Mortgage Capital is not obligated to retain these certificates for a minimum length of time as part of any risk retention requirements.
We concluded that the special purpose vehicles created to facilitate these transactions are VIEs, primarily due to the minimal equity that the securitization trusts hold to be able to finance their activities without additional support. In addition to being the sponsor and depositor for the trusts, our involvement with these VIEs is ongoing and includes retaining the subordinate certificates that are in a first loss position and maintaining certain discretionary rights associated with those subordinate investments, including certain rights to direct the loss mitigation activities of the servicer. As a result of our having both: (i) the economic obligation to absorb losses and receive benefits that could be significant to each VIE and (ii) the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the performance of the VIE, we concluded that we are the primary beneficiary of these VIEs. As a result, we consolidate the assets, liabilities, operations and cash flows of the securitization trusts on our consolidated financial statements. Since we were already carrying the loans transferred to the trusts at fair value prior to the securitizations, consistent with our policy election for all residential mortgage loans held for sale, we did not recognize any material gain or loss upon consolidation of these VIEs.
Despite being the primary beneficiary of the VIEs and consolidating the trusts’ activities, the holders of the securitized debt have no recourse to the general credit of Radian and we neither own nor are liable for the assets and liabilities of the VIEs. Rather, our exposure to these trusts is primarily through the risk of loss on the interests we have retained, as well as the obligation, under certain circumstances, for Radian Mortgage Capital to repurchase assets from the VIEs upon the breach of certain representations and warranties with respect to the residential mortgage loans transferred to the VIEs. Furthermore, liquidity available at the consolidated VIEs is not available for corporate liquidity needs, other than through distributions on the certificates we have retained.
We have elected the fair value option for the initial and subsequent recognition of the securitized residential mortgage loans and the related liabilities issued by the consolidated VIEs. Electing this option allows us to record changes in fair value in the consolidated statement of operations, which, in management’s view, appropriately reflects the results of operations for a particular reporting period as all activities will be recorded in a comparable manner.
As a result of this fair value election, we report both the assets and liabilities of the consolidated VIEs at fair value on our consolidated balance sheets, including reporting the VIEs’ mortgage loans in securitized residential mortgage loans held for investment and the asset-backed securities issued by the VIEs in securitized nonrecourse debt. We eliminate from this debt the value of the certificates that we retained. As of December 31, 2024, the net reported value of our consolidated VIE assets and liabilities was $12 million, which represents the aggregate fair value of our retained interests from the VIEs, including accrued interest, as of that date. See Notes 2 and 5 for additional information on our fair value methodologies related to these securitized assets and liabilities.
We report the net financial results from consolidated VIEs in income (loss) on consolidated VIEs in our consolidated statements of operations, which also equals the income (loss) from our retained interests in any given period, based on the interest income and change in fair value for those interests. As of December 31, 2024, none of the loans in the securitization trust were greater than ninety days delinquent or in nonaccrual status.
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The following table details the components of income (loss) on consolidated VIEs for the year ended December 31, 2024. There was no activity prior to this period.
Income (loss) on consolidated VIEs
Year Ended
December 31,
(In thousands)
Net change in fair value of VIE assets and liabilities reported under the fair value option
$
(1,169
)
Interest income
15,014
Interest expense
(13,296
)
Other expenses
(551
)
Total income (loss) on consolidated VIEs
$
(2
)
As part of our overall business strategy, we expect to continue to expand Radian Mortgage Capital’s use of securitizations in the future. It is possible that we may consolidate additional VIEs in future periods, depending on the facts and circumstances regarding our involvement with each VIE. We continuously analyze entities in which we hold variable interests, including when there is a reconsideration event, to determine whether our consolidation conclusions regarding any VIE should change.
8. Reinsurance
In our mortgage insurance and title insurance businesses, we use reinsurance as part of our risk distribution strategy, including to manage our capital position and risk profile. The reinsurance arrangements for our Mortgage Insurance business include premiums ceded under the QSR Program and the XOL Program. The initial and ongoing credit that we receive under the PMIERs financial requirements for these risk distribution transactions is subject to the periodic review of the GSEs.
The effect of all of our reinsurance programs on our net income is as follows.
Reinsurance impacts on net premiums written and earned
Net Premiums Written
Net Premiums Earned
Years Ended December 31,
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Direct
Mortgage insurance
$
1,011,955
$
983,858
$
967,996
$
1,049,014
$
1,029,941
$
1,025,607
Title insurance
12,406
10,465
24,422
12,406
10,465
24,422
Total direct
1,024,361
994,323
992,418
1,061,420
1,040,406
1,050,029
Assumed
Mortgage insurance
-
-
4,025
-
-
4,025
Ceded
Mortgage insurance (1)
(81,806
)
(79,618
)
(12,148
)
(109,777
)
(120,578
)
(72,419
)
Title insurance
(359
)
(250
)
(504
)
(360
)
(250
)
(504
)
Total ceded (1)
(82,165
)
(79,868
)
(12,652
)
(110,137
)
(120,828
)
(72,923
)
Total net premiums
$
942,196
$
914,455
$
983,791
$
951,283
$
919,578
$
981,131
(1)Net of profit commission, which is impacted by the level of ceded losses recoverable, if any, on reinsurance transactions. See Note 11 for additional information on our reserve for losses and reinsurance recoverable.
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Other reinsurance impacts
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Ceding commissions earned (1)
$
26,099
$
21,719
$
18,998
Ceded losses (2)
11,153
(41,980
)
(1)Ceding commissions earned are related to mortgage insurance and are included as an offset to expenses primarily in other operating expenses in our consolidated statements of operations. Deferred ceding commissions are included in other liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets. See Note 9 for additional detail.
(2)Ceded losses are primarily related to mortgage insurance.
QSR Program
2024, 2023 and 2022 QSR Agreements
Radian Guaranty entered into each of the 2024, 2023 and 2022 QSR Agreements with panels of third-party reinsurance providers to cede a contractual quota share percentage of certain of our NIW, which includes both Recurring Premium Policies and Single Premium Policies (as set forth in the table below), subject to certain conditions, including a limitation for the 2024 QSR Agreement on ceded RIF equal to $4.3 billion over the term of the agreement.
Radian Guaranty receives a ceding commission for ceded premiums earned pursuant to these transactions. Radian Guaranty is also entitled to receive a profit commission quarterly, subject to a final annual re-calculation, provided that the loss ratio on the loans covered under the agreements generally remains below the applicable prescribed thresholds. Losses on the ceded risk up to these thresholds reduce Radian Guaranty’s profit commission on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
Radian Guaranty has the option to discontinue ceding NIW under the 2024 QSR agreement at the end of any calendar quarter. As of July 1, 2024, Radian Guaranty is no longer ceding NIW under the 2023 QSR Agreement. As of July 1, 2023, Radian Guaranty is no longer ceding NIW under the 2022 QSR Agreement.
Single Premium QSR Program
Radian Guaranty entered into each of the 2016 Single Premium QSR Agreement, 2018 Single Premium QSR Agreement and 2020 Single Premium QSR Agreement with panels of third-party reinsurers to cede a contractual quota share percentage of our Single Premium NIW as of the effective date of each agreement (as set forth in the table below), subject to certain conditions.
Radian Guaranty receives a ceding commission for ceded premiums written pursuant to these transactions. Radian Guaranty also receives a profit commission annually, provided that the loss ratio on the loans covered under the agreement generally remains below the applicable prescribed thresholds. Losses on the ceded risk up to these thresholds reduce Radian Guaranty’s profit commission on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
As of January 1, 2022, Radian Guaranty is no longer ceding NIW under the Single Premium QSR Program.
2012 QSR Agreements
In 2012, Radian Guaranty entered into the 2012 QSR Agreements with a third-party reinsurance provider. Radian Guaranty has ceded the maximum amount permitted under the 2012 QSR Agreements and is no longer ceding NIW under this program. RIF ceded under the 2012 QSR Agreements was $86 million and $100 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
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The following table sets forth additional details regarding the QSR Program, with RIF ceded as of the dates indicated.
QSR Program (1)
2024 QSR Agreement
2023 QSR Agreement
2022 QSR Agreement
2020 Single Premium QSR Agreement
2018 Single Premium QSR Agreement
2016 Single Premium QSR Agreement
NIW policy dates
Jul 1, 2024-
Jun 30, 2025
Jul 1, 2023-
Jun 30, 2024
Jan 1, 2022-
Jun 30, 2023
Jan 1, 2020-
Dec 31, 2021
Jan 1, 2018-
Dec 31, 2019
Jan 1, 2012-
Dec 31, 2017
Effective date
Jul 1, 2024
Jul 1, 2023
Jul 1, 2022
Jan 1, 2020
Jan 1, 2018
Jan 1, 2016
Scheduled termination date
Jun 30, 2035
Jun 30, 2034
Jun 30, 2033
Dec 31, 2031
Dec 31, 2029
Dec 31, 2027
Optional termination date (2)
Jul 1, 2028
Jul 1, 2027
Jul 1, 2026
Jan 1, 2024
Jan 1, 2022
Jan 1, 2020
Quota share %
25%
22.5%
20%
65%
65%
18% - 57%
Ceding commission %
20%
20%
20%
25%
25%
25%
Profit commission %
Up to 59%
Up to 55%
Up to 59%
Up to 56%
Up to 56%
Up to 55%
(In millions)
December 31, 2024
RIF ceded
$
1,621
$
2,518
$
4,059
$
1,525
$
$
(In millions)
December 31, 2023
RIF ceded
$
-
$
1,366
$
4,454
$
1,783
$
$
(1)Excludes the 2012 QSR Agreements, for which RIF ceded is no longer material.
(2)Radian Guaranty has the option, based on certain conditions and subject to a termination fee, to terminate any of the agreements at the end of any calendar quarter on or after the applicable optional termination date. If Radian Guaranty exercises this option in the future, it would result in Radian Guaranty reassuming the related RIF in exchange for a net payment to the reinsurers calculated in accordance with the terms of the applicable agreement. Radian Guaranty also may terminate any of the agreements prior to the scheduled termination date under certain circumstances, including if one or both of the GSEs no longer grant full PMIERs credit for the reinsurance.
XOL Program
Mortgage Insurance-linked Notes
Radian Guaranty has entered into fully collateralized reinsurance arrangements with the Eagle Re Issuers, as described below. For the respective coverage periods, Radian Guaranty retains the first-loss layer of aggregate losses, as well as any losses in excess of the outstanding reinsurance coverage amounts. The Eagle Re Issuers provide second layer coverage up to the outstanding coverage amounts. For each of these reinsurance arrangements, the Eagle Re Issuers financed their coverage by issuing mortgage insurance-linked notes to eligible capital markets investors in unregistered private offerings.
The aggregate excess-of-loss reinsurance coverage for these arrangements decreases over the maturity period of the mortgage insurance-linked notes (either a 10-year or 12.5-year period depending on the transaction) as the principal balances of the underlying covered mortgages decrease and as any claims are paid by the applicable Eagle Re Issuer or the mortgage insurance is canceled. Radian Guaranty has rights to terminate the reinsurance agreements upon the occurrence of certain events, including an optional call feature that provides Radian Guaranty the right to terminate the transaction on or after the optional call date (5 or 7 years after the issuance of the mortgage insurance-linked notes depending on the transaction) and a right to exercise an optional clean-up call if the outstanding principal amount of the related mortgage insurance-linked notes falls below 10% of the initial coverage level or principal balance, depending on the transaction, of the related mortgage insurance-linked notes.
Under each of the reinsurance agreements, the outstanding reinsurance coverage amount will begin amortizing after an initial period in which a target level of credit enhancement is obtained and will stop amortizing if certain thresholds, or triggers, are reached, including a delinquency trigger event based on an elevated level of delinquencies as defined in the related mortgage insurance-linked notes transaction agreements.
The remaining mortgage insurance-linked notes issued by Eagle Re 2020-1 Ltd. were paid in full in March 2024, with no material impact to the Company. As a result, Eagle Re 2020-1 Ltd. is no longer providing reinsurance coverage to Radian Guaranty.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
The Eagle Re Issuers are not subsidiaries or affiliates of Radian Guaranty. Based on the accounting guidance that addresses VIEs, we have not consolidated any of the assets and liabilities of the Eagle Re Issuers in our financial statements, because Radian does not have: (i) the power to direct the activities that most significantly affect the Eagle Re Issuers’ economic performances or (ii) the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits from the Eagle Re Issuers that potentially could be significant to the Eagle Re Issuers. See Note 2 for more information on our accounting treatment of VIEs.
The reinsurance premium due to the Eagle Re Issuers is calculated by multiplying the outstanding reinsurance coverage amount at the beginning of a period by a coupon rate, which is the sum of SOFR, plus a contractual risk margin, and then subtracting actual investment income collected on the assets in the reinsurance trust during the preceding month. As a result, the amount of monthly reinsurance premiums ceded to the Eagle Re Issuers will fluctuate due to changes in one-month SOFR and changes in money market rates that affect investment income collected on the assets in the reinsurance trusts. As the reinsurance premium will vary based on changes in these rates, we concluded that the reinsurance agreements contain embedded derivatives, which we have accounted for separately as freestanding derivatives and recorded in other assets or other liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets. Changes in the fair value of these embedded derivatives are recorded in net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments in our consolidated statements of operations. See Note 5 herein for more information on our fair value measurements of financial instruments, including our embedded derivatives.
In the event an Eagle Re Issuer is unable to meet its future obligations to us, if any, Radian Guaranty would nonetheless be liable to make claims payments to our policyholders. In the event that all of the assets in the reinsurance trust (consisting of U.S. government money market funds, cash or U.S. Treasury securities) become worthless and the Eagle Re Issuer is unable to make its payments to us, our maximum potential loss would be the amount of mortgage insurance claim payments for losses on the insured policies, net of the aggregate reinsurance payments already received, up to the full aggregate excess-of-loss reinsurance coverage amount. In the same scenario, the related embedded derivative would no longer have value.
The following table presents the total VIE assets and liabilities of the Eagle Re Issuers as of the dates indicated.
Total VIE assets and liabilities of Eagle Re Issuers (1)
December 31,
(In thousands)
Eagle Re 2023-1 Ltd.
$
326,855
$
353,077
Eagle Re 2021-2 Ltd.
247,442
354,947
Eagle Re 2021-1 Ltd.
154,884
250,268
Eagle Re 2020-1 Ltd.
-
6,617
Total
$
729,181
$
964,909
(1)Assets held by the Eagle Re Issuers are required to be invested in U.S. government money market funds, cash or U.S. Treasury securities. Liabilities of the Eagle Re Issuers consist of their mortgage insurance-linked notes as described above. Assets and liabilities are equal to each other for each of the Eagle Re Issuers.
Traditional Reinsurance
For the coverage period under our traditional XOL reinsurance agreement, Radian Guaranty retains the first-loss layer of aggregate losses, as well as any losses in excess of the outstanding reinsurance coverage amounts. The reinsurers provide second layer coverage up to the outstanding coverage amounts. Radian Guaranty is then responsible for any losses in excess of the reinsurance coverage amount.
The 2023 XOL Agreement, which was executed in October 2023, is scheduled to terminate September 30, 2033. Radian Guaranty has the option, based upon certain conditions, to terminate the agreement as of September 30, 2028, or at the end of any calendar quarter thereafter, which would result in Radian Guaranty reassuming the related RIF. In the event Radian Guaranty does not exercise its right to terminate the agreement on September 30, 2028, the monthly premium rate will increase from the original monthly premium.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
The following tables set forth additional details regarding the XOL Program, with RIF, remaining coverage and first layer retention as of the dates indicated.
XOL Program
Mortgage Insurance-linked Notes (1)
Traditional Reinsurance
(In millions)
Eagle Re
2023-1 Ltd.
Eagle Re
2021-2 Ltd.
Eagle Re
2021-1 Ltd. (2)
2023 XOL
Agreement
Issued
October
November
April
October
NIW policy dates
Apr 1, 2022-
Dec 31, 2022
Jan 1, 2021-
Jul 31, 2021
Aug 1, 2020-
Dec 31, 2020
Oct 1, 2021-
Mar 31, 2022
Initial RIF
$
8,782
$
10,758
$
11,061
$
8,002
Initial coverage
Initial first layer retention
(In millions)
December 31, 2024
RIF
$
7,906
$
6,271
$
4,966
$
6,815
Remaining coverage
First layer retention
(In millions)
December 31, 2023
RIF
$
8,659
$
7,651
$
6,227
$
7,814
Remaining coverage
First layer retention
(1)Excludes Eagle Re 2020-1 Ltd., which was terminated in March 2024.
(2)Radian Group purchased $45 million of Eagle Re 2021-1 Ltd. outstanding principal amounts of the respective mortgage insurance-linked notes issued in connection with that reinsurance transaction. On our consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2024 and 2023, these notes are included either in fixed maturities available for sale or, if included in our securities lending program, in other assets. See Notes 5 and 6 for additional information.
Other Collateral
Although we use reinsurance as one of our risk management tools, reinsurance does not relieve us of our obligations to our policyholders. In the event the reinsurers are unable to meet their obligations to us, our insurance subsidiaries would be liable for any defaulted amounts. However, consistent with the PMIERs reinsurer counterparty collateral requirements, the third-party reinsurers to Radian Guaranty have established trusts to help secure our potential cash recoveries. In addition to the total VIE assets of the Eagle Re Issuers discussed above, the amount held in reinsurance trusts was $283 million as of December 31, 2024, compared to $274 million as of December 31, 2023.
In addition, primarily for the Single Premium QSR Program, Radian Guaranty holds amounts related to ceded premiums written to collateralize the reinsurers’ obligations, in reinsurance funds withheld which are reported in other liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets. Any loss recoveries and profit commissions paid to Radian Guaranty related to the Single Premium QSR Program are expected to be realized from this account. See Note 9 for additional detail on our reinsurance funds withheld balances.
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9. Other Assets and Liabilities
The following table shows the components of other assets as of the dates indicated.
Other assets
December 31,
(In thousands)
Loaned securities (Notes 5 and 6)
$
139,121
$
203,693
Company-owned life insurance (1)
110,968
106,417
Prepaid reinsurance premiums (2)
72,472
100,443
Other
53,370
49,252
Total other assets
$
375,931
$
459,805
(1)We are the beneficiary of insurance policies on the lives of certain of our current and past officers and employees. The balances reported in other assets reflect the amounts that could be realized upon surrender of the insurance policies as of each respective date.
(2)Relates primarily to our Single Premium QSR Program.
The following table shows the components of other liabilities as of the dates indicated.
Other liabilities
December 31,
(In thousands)
Amount payable under securities lending agreements (1)
$
125,723
$
149,364
Reinsurance funds withheld (2)
121,983
130,564
Accrued compensation
55,971
47,771
Lease liability (Note 13)
37,442
44,693
Current federal income taxes
23,290
20,761
Deferred ceding commission
14,437
19,962
Other
52,710
60,648
Total other liabilities
$
431,556
$
473,763
(1)Represents the obligation to return cash collateral under our securities lending agreements. See Note 6 for additional information.
(2)Represents ceded premiums written held by Radian Guaranty to collateralize our reinsurers’ obligations primarily related to our Single Premium QSR Program. See Note 2 for additional information.
10. Income Taxes
Income Tax Provision
The components of our consolidated income tax provision from continuing operations are as follows.
Income tax provision
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Current provision (benefit)
$
4,575
$
(633
)
$
2,920
Deferred provision
162,275
165,001
206,925
Total income tax provision
$
166,850
$
164,368
$
209,845
The reconciliation of taxes computed at the statutory tax rate of 21% in 2024, 2023 and 2022 to the provision for income taxes is as follows.
Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Reconciliation of provision for income taxes
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
$
% of Pretax Income
$
% of Pretax Income
$
% of Pretax Income
Provision for income taxes computed at the statutory tax rate
$
161,971
21.0
%
$
161,172
21.0
%
$
200,084
21.0
%
Change in tax resulting from:
State tax provision (benefit), net of federal impact
0.1
%
8,988
1.2
%
20,869
2.2
%
Valuation allowance
3,236
0.4
%
(6,283
)
(0.8
)%
(13,791
)
(1.4
)%
Nondeductible compensation expense
8,668
1.1
%
4,659
0.6
%
4,413
0.5
%
Other nontaxable or nondeductible items
(6,344
)
(0.8
)%
(1,679
)
(0.3
)%
1,997
0.1
%
Other, net
(1,218
)
(0.2
)%
(2,489
)
(0.3
)%
(3,727
)
(0.4
)%
Income tax provision
$
166,850
21.6
%
$
164,368
21.4
%
$
209,845
22.0
%
As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, our current federal income tax liability primarily relates to applying the standards of accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, and is included as a component of other liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets. See Note 9 for additional detail on the components of our other liabilities.
Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
The significant components of our net deferred tax assets and liabilities from continuing operations are summarized as follows.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
December 31,
(In thousands)
Deferred tax assets
Net unrealized loss on investments
$
93,201
$
88,065
State income taxes
46,463
46,170
Unearned premiums
24,928
24,948
Goodwill and intangibles
24,393
29,197
Capitalized research and development
16,060
12,450
Accrued expenses
11,983
10,829
Other
42,562
43,227
Total gross deferred tax assets
259,590
254,886
Less: Valuation allowance
66,590
63,354
Total deferred tax assets
193,000
191,532
Deferred tax liabilities
Contingency reserve
925,152
755,481
Other
14,533
25,615
Total deferred tax liabilities
939,685
781,096
Net deferred tax asset (liability)
$
(746,685
)
$
(589,564
)
Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of December 31, 2024, we have generated deferred tax assets related to unrealized capital losses, and we consider it more likely than not that these assets will be realized. We will continue to monitor the level of these losses and our overall ability to realize the related deferred tax assets in future periods.
In addition, certain entities within our consolidated group have generated net deferred tax assets relating primarily to state and local NOL carryforwards which, if unutilized, will expire during various future tax periods. We have determined that certain of these entities may continue to generate taxable losses on a separate company basis in the near term and may not be able to fully utilize certain of their state and local NOLs on their state and local tax returns. Therefore, we have concluded a valuation allowance is required with respect to deferred tax assets relating to these state and local NOLs and other state timing adjustments.
As a mortgage guaranty insurer, we are eligible for a tax deduction, subject to certain limitations, under Internal Revenue Code Section 832(e) for amounts required by state law or regulation to be set aside in statutory contingency reserves. The deduction is allowed only to the extent that, in conjunction with quarterly federal tax payment due dates, we purchase non-interest-bearing U.S. Mortgage Guaranty Tax and Loss Bonds issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury in an amount equal to the tax benefit derived from deducting any portion of our statutory contingency reserves. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, we held $921 million and $750 million, respectively, of these bonds, which are reported as prepaid federal income taxes in our consolidated balance sheets. The corresponding deduction of our statutory contingency reserves resulted in the recognition of a net deferred tax liability. See Note 16 for additional information about our U.S. Mortgage Guaranty Tax and Loss Bonds.
Unrecognized Tax Benefits
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending gross unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties, is as follows.
Reconciliation of gross unrecognized tax benefits
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Balance at beginning of period
$
19,931
$
20,810
$
19,888
Tax positions related to the current year:
Increases
1,791
Decreases
-
(290
)
-
Tax positions related to prior years:
Increases
18,742
20,387
17,666
Decreases
(106
)
(667
)
(17
)
Lapses of applicable statute of limitation
(18,631
)
(20,623
)
(18,518
)
Balance at end of period
$
20,634
$
19,931
$
20,810
Net unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate
$
4,843
$
3,519
$
2,827
Our gross unrecognized tax benefits increased from December 31, 2023, to December 31, 2024, primarily as a result of the impact of unrecognized tax benefits associated with our recognition of certain premium income, partially offset by reductions related to lapses of the statute of limitations. Although unrecognized tax benefits decreased due to statute expirations, certain amounts for premium income recognition continued to impact subsequent years, resulting in a corresponding increase in unrecognized tax benefits related to premium income recognition.
Although it is reasonably possible that a change in the balance of unrecognized tax benefits may occur within the next 12 months, based on the information currently available, we do not expect any change to be material to our consolidated financial condition.
The company is no longer subject to U.S. federal income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2021. Additionally, among the entities within our consolidated group, various tax years remain open to potential examination by state and local taxing authorities.
Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
11. Losses and LAE
Our reserve for losses and LAE consisted of the following as of the dates indicated.
Reserve for losses and LAE
December 31,
(In thousands)
Primary case
$
336,553
$
344,235
Primary IBNR and LAE
13,399
12,177
Pool and other
4,479
8,511
Mortgage insurance
354,431
364,923
Title insurance
5,895
5,225
Total reserve for losses and LAE
$
360,326
$
370,148
Provision for losses consisted of the following.
Provision for losses
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Mortgage insurance
$
(2,248
)
$
(42,136
)
$
(339,374
)
Title insurance
(266
)
(390
)
1,135
Total provision for losses
$
(2,514
)
$
(42,526
)
$
(338,239
)
For the periods indicated, the following table presents information relating to our mortgage insurance reserve for losses, including our IBNR reserve and LAE.
Rollforward of mortgage insurance reserve for losses
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Balance at beginning of year
$
364,923
$
420,955
$
823,136
Less: Reinsurance recoverables (1)
25,074
24,727
66,676
Balance at beginning of year, net of reinsurance recoverables
339,849
396,228
756,460
Add: Losses and LAE incurred in respect of default notices reported and unreported in:
Current year (2)
197,719
178,665
160,049
Prior years
(199,967
)
(220,801
)
(499,423
)
Total incurred
(2,248
)
(42,136
)
(339,374
)
Deduct: Paid claims and LAE related to:
Current year (2)
1,118
Prior years
16,196
13,997
20,359
Total paid
17,314
14,243
20,858
Balance at end of year, net of reinsurance recoverables
320,287
339,849
396,228
Add: Reinsurance recoverables (1)
34,144
25,074
24,727
Balance at end of year
$
354,431
$
364,923
$
420,955
(1)Related to ceded losses recoverable, if any, on reinsurance transactions. See Note 8 for additional information.
(2)Related to underlying defaulted loans with a most recent default notice dated in the year indicated. For example, if a loan had defaulted in a prior year, but then subsequently cured and later re-defaulted in the current year, that default would be considered a current year default.
Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Reserve Activity
Incurred Losses
Total incurred losses are driven by: (i) case reserves established for new default notices, which are primarily impacted by both the number of new primary default notices received in the period and our related gross Default to Claim Rate and Claim Severity assumptions applied to those new defaults and (ii) reserve developments on prior period defaults, which are primarily impacted by changes to our prior Default to Claim Rate and Claim Severity assumptions applied to these loans.
New primary default notices totaled 50,535 for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to 44,007 for the year ended December 31, 2023, and 37,738 for the year ended December 31, 2022. We believe this increase in new primary defaults is mainly due to the natural seasoning of our insured portfolio given the increase in our IIF in recent years and not the result of deteriorating credit performance of the insured portfolio.
Our gross Default to Claim Rate assumption applied to new defaults was 7.5% as of December 31, 2024, compared to 8.0% for all other periods presented, based on our review of trends in Cures and claims paid for our default inventory and taking into consideration the risks and uncertainties associated with the current economic environment.
Our provision for losses during 2024, 2023 and 2022 was positively impacted by favorable reserve development on prior year defaults, primarily as a result of more favorable trends in Cures than originally estimated. These Cures have been due primarily to favorable outcomes resulting from positive trends in home price appreciation, which has also contributed to a higher rate of claims that result in no ultimate loss to us and that are withdrawn by servicers as a result. These favorable observed trends for prior year default notices resulted in reductions in our Default to Claim Rate and other reserve assumptions in both 2024 and 2023, including our Claim Severity assumptions in 2024. As the remaining number of defaults has continued to decline, the magnitude of the impact to our provision for losses from reserve development on prior year defaults has declined as well.
Default to Claim Rate
Our Default to Claim Rate estimates on defaulted loans are mainly developed based on the Stage of Default and Time in Default of the underlying defaulted loans grouped according to the period in which the default occurred, as measured by the progress toward foreclosure sale and the number of months in default. During 2024 and 2023, the ongoing favorable trend in Cures resulting from the positive effects of mortgage forbearance programs and the positive trends in home price appreciation contributed to reductions in our claims paid, including as a result of an increase in the number of claims that are withdrawn by servicers with no ultimate loss, which in turn led to a reduction in our Default to Claim Rates and other reserve assumptions.
The following table shows our gross Default to Claim Rates on our primary portfolio based on the Time in Default and as of the dates indicated.
Default to Claim Rates
December 31,
Default to Claim Rate on:
New defaults
7.5
%
8.0
%
8.0
%
Defaults not in Foreclosure Stage
Time in Default: < 2 years (1)
20.2
%
21.0
%
21.8
%
Time in Default: 2 - 5 years
45.0
%
55.0
%
65.0
%
Time in Default: > 5 years
50.0
%
60.0
%
70.0
%
Foreclosure Stage Defaults
55.0
%
65.0
%
75.0
%
(1)Represents the weighted average Default to Claim Rate for all defaults not in foreclosure stage that have been in default for up to two years, including new defaults. The estimated Default to Claim Rates applied to defaults within this population vary by Time in Default, and range from the Default to Claim Rates on new defaults shown above, up to 42.7%, 50.0% and 55.0% for more aged defaults in this category as of December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Our estimate of expected Rescissions and Claim Denials is then applied to our estimated gross Default to Claim Rates and is generally based on our historical experience.
Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Claim Severity
Beginning in 2024, we estimate Claim Severity by applying observed severity rates for past paid claims within cohorts based on both Time in Default and estimated borrower equity, as adjusted to account for anticipated differences and risks in future results compared to past trends, including potential declines in estimated borrower equity. Our estimated primary Claim Severity was 89% of defaulted risk exposure as of December 31, 2024, compared to 98% as of December 31, 2023.
Claims Paid
Total claims paid increased slightly in 2024 compared to 2023, including an increase in claims paid attributable to commutations and settlements.
Concentration of Risk
As of both December 31, 2024 and 2023, Texas accounted for 10% of our Mortgage Insurance business measured by primary RIF. Texas accounted for 11%, 13% and 12% of our direct NIW for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Additional Disclosures
The following tables provide information as of and for the periods indicated about: (i) incurred losses, net of reinsurance; (ii) the total of IBNR liabilities plus expected development on reported claims, included within the net incurred loss amounts; (iii) the cumulative number of reported defaults; and (iv) cumulative paid claims, net of reinsurance. The default year represents the period that a new default notice is first reported to us by loan servicers, related to borrowers who missed two monthly payments.
The information about net incurred losses and paid claims development for the years ended prior to 2024 is presented as supplementary information.
Incurred losses, net of reinsurance
($ in thousands)
Years Ended December 31,
Total of IBNR
Liabilities
Plus
Expected
Development
on Reported
Cumulative
Number of
Reported
Unaudited
Claims (1)
Defaults (2)
Default Year
As of December 31, 2024
$
222,555
$
198,186
$
178,042
$
183,952
$
183,546
$
184,066
$
182,647
$
180,435
$
179,344
$
178,738
$
42,607
201,016
165,440
149,753
148,811
148,640
148,349
145,267
142,521
140,962
40,503
180,851
151,802
133,357
130,274
126,989
122,407
118,033
115,317
42,888
131,513
116,634
95,534
88,252
75,262
70,145
66,583
37,369
143,475
136,860
109,416
66,466
51,053
43,818
40,985
504,160
408,809
87,213
39,584
27,266
108,025
156,328
72,475
23,308
11,974
37,470
155,908
71,300
24,044
37,738
173,076
75,762
-
44,007
190,355
1,734
50,535
Total
$
874,819
(1)Represents reserves as of December 31, 2024, related to IBNR liabilities.
(2)Represents total number of new primary default notices received in each calendar year as compiled monthly based on reports received from loan servicers. As reflected in our Default to Claim Rate assumptions, a significant portion of reported defaults generally do not result in a claim. In certain instances, a defaulted loan may cure, and then re-default in a later period. Consistent with our reserving practice, each new event of default is treated as a unique occurrence and therefore certain loans that cure and re-default may be included as a reported default in multiple periods.
Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Cumulative paid claims, net of reinsurance
(In thousands)
Years Ended December 31,
Unaudited
Default Year
$
10,479
$
84,271
$
142,421
$
163,916
$
172,645
$
174,812
$
175,874
$
176,823
$
177,237
$
177,883
11,061
76,616
119,357
134,115
137,306
138,525
139,539
139,651
139,937
24,653
66,585
99,678
108,484
111,458
112,445
113,027
113,497
5,584
36,066
54,625
60,926
62,968
63,603
64,015
4,220
18,703
28,896
35,594
37,960
39,082
4,148
9,867
14,635
17,884
19,465
1,112
2,561
4,409
6,043
2,867
6,699
6,201
1,118
Total
573,940
All outstanding liabilities before 2015, net of reinsurance
7,411
Liabilities for claims, net of reinsurance (1)
$
308,290
(1)Calculated as follows:
(In thousands)
Incurred losses, net of reinsurance
$
874,819
All outstanding liabilities before 2015, net of reinsurance
7,411
Cumulative paid claims, net of reinsurance
(573,940
)
Liabilities for claims, net of reinsurance
$
308,290
The following table provides a reconciliation of the net incurred losses and paid claims development tables above to the mortgage insurance reserve for losses and LAE at December 31, 2024.
Net outstanding liabilities - mortgage insurance
(In thousands)
December 31, 2024
Reserve for losses and LAE, net of reinsurance
$
308,290
Reinsurance recoverable on unpaid claims
34,144
Unallocated LAE
11,997
Total gross reserve for losses and LAE (1)
$
354,431
(1)Excludes title insurance reserve for losses and LAE of $6 million.
The following is supplementary information about average historical claims duration as of December 31, 2024, representing the average distribution of when claims are paid relative to the year of default.
Average annual percentage payout of incurred losses by age, net of reinsurance (unaudited)
Years
Mortgage insurance
8.1%
28.2%
23.9%
11.5%
4.0%
1.3%
0.6%
0.3%
0.2%
0.4%
Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
12. Borrowings and Financing Activities
As of the dates indicated, the carrying value of our debt, other than our securitized nonrecourse debt related to consolidated VIEs as discussed in Note 7, was as follows.
Borrowings
December 31,
($ in thousands)
Interest rate
Senior notes
Senior Notes due 2024
4.500
%
$
-
$
449,037
Senior Notes due 2025
6.625
%
-
522,343
Senior Notes due 2027
4.875
%
447,461
446,401
Senior Notes due 2029
6.200
%
617,876
-
Total senior notes
$
1,065,337
$
1,417,781
December 31,
($ in thousands)
Average
interest rate (1)
Secured borrowings
Mortgage loan financing facilities
6.647
%
$
492,429
$
24,199
FHLB advances
FHLB advances due 2024
N/A
-
72,871
FHLB advances due 2025
3.878
%
36,143
12,684
FHLB advances due 2026
4.469
%
1,835
1,835
FHLB advances due 2027
2.562
%
7,887
7,887
Total FHLB advances
45,865
95,277
Total secured borrowings
$
538,294
$
119,476
N/A - Not applicable
(1)As of December 31, 2024. See “FHLB Advances” and “Mortgage Loan Financing Facilities” below for more information.
Interest expense consisted of the following.
Interest expense
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Senior notes
$
80,020
$
81,246
$
80,999
Mortgage loan financing facilities
20,008
3,507
Loss on extinguishment of debt
4,275
-
-
FHLB advances
2,430
3,454
1,923
Revolving credit facility
1,281
1,374
1,282
Other
-
Total interest expense
$
108,014
$
89,695
$
84,454
Senior Notes
Senior Notes due 2027. These notes, which were issued in June 2019, bear interest payable semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year, and mature on March 15, 2027.
Senior Notes due 2029. In March 2024, we issued $625 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2029 and received net proceeds of $617 million. These notes mature on May 15, 2029, and bear interest at a rate of 6.200% per annum, payable semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 of each year, with interest payments commencing on November 15, 2024.
Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Redemption Terms in Senior Notes. We have the option to redeem the Senior Notes due 2027 and 2029, in whole or in part, at any time, or from time to time, prior to September 15, 2026 (the date that is six months prior to the maturity date of the Senior Notes due 2027), and April 15, 2029 (the date that is one month prior to the maturity date of the Senior Notes due 2029) (in each case, the “Par Call Date”), respectively. Prior to the Par Call Date, the Senior Notes due 2027 and 2029 may be redeemed at a redemption price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes to be redeemed and (ii) the make-whole amount, which is the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest in respect of the notes to be redeemed from the redemption date to the Par Call Date discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis at the applicable treasury rate plus 50 basis points (for the Senior Notes due 2027) or 30 basis points (for the Senior Notes due 2029) plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date. At any time on or after the applicable Par Call Date, we may, at our option, redeem the notes in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.
Covenants in Senior Notes. The indentures governing the Senior Notes due 2027 and 2029 contain covenants customary for securities of this nature, including covenants related to the payment of the notes, reports to be provided, compliance certificates to be issued and covenants related to amendments to the indentures. Additionally, the indentures include covenants restricting us from encumbering the capital stock of a designated subsidiary (as defined in the indenture for the notes) or disposing of any capital stock of any designated subsidiary unless such disposition is made for at least fair value of the capital stock (in the opinion of the Company’s board of directors) and either all of the stock is disposed of or we retain more than 80% of the stock. We were in compliance with all covenants as of December 31, 2024.
Extinguishment of Debt
Redemption of Senior Notes due 2025. In March 2024, we exercised our right to redeem all of our outstanding Senior Notes due 2025 in the aggregate principal amount of $525 million, at a redemption price of 100.4% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest. We funded the redemption with $527 million in cash (which included accrued and unpaid interest due on the redeemed notes). This redemption resulted in a loss on extinguishment of debt of $4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024, which is included in interest expense in our consolidated statements of operations.
Redemption of Senior Notes due 2024. In September 2024, we redeemed all of our outstanding Senior Notes due 2024 in the aggregate principal amount of $450 million, at par value plus accrued and unpaid interest. We funded the redemption with $460 million in cash (which included accrued and unpaid interest due on the redeemed notes).
Following these redemptions, there were no remaining amounts outstanding on the Senior Notes due 2025 or the Senior Notes due 2024 at December 31, 2024.
Mortgage Loan Financing Facilities
Radian Mortgage Capital has entered into the Master Repurchase Agreements, which are collateralized borrowing facilities used to finance the acquisition of residential mortgage loans and related mortgage loan assets. Pursuant to the Master Repurchase Agreements, Radian Mortgage Capital may from time to time sell, and later repurchase, certain residential mortgage loan assets, which effectively equates to a borrowing secured by the mortgage loans and therefore we report amounts funded by our mortgage loan financing facilities as secured borrowings on our consolidated balance sheets. The maximum borrowing amounts under the Goldman Sachs Master Repurchase Agreement, the BMO Master Repurchase Agreement and the JP Morgan Master Repurchase Agreement are $200 million, $400 million and $300 million, respectively. The Goldman Sachs Master Repurchase Agreement, the BMO Master Repurchase Agreement and the JP Morgan Master Repurchase are currently scheduled to expire on May 31, 2025, September 24, 2025, and December 12, 2025, respectively.
The borrowings under the Master Repurchase Agreements bear a variable interest rate based on one-month SOFR or compounded SOFR, depending on the agreement, plus an applicable margin, with interest payable monthly. Principal is due upon the earliest of the sale or disposition of the related mortgage loans, the occurrence of certain default or acceleration events or at the termination date of the applicable Master Repurchase Agreement.
Funds advanced under the Master Repurchase Agreements generally will be calculated as a percentage of the unpaid principal balance or fair value of the residential mortgage loan assets, depending on the credit characteristics of the loans being purchased. Of our residential mortgage loans held for sale, $515 million and $31 million served as collateral for the Master Repurchase Agreements to support the funds advanced at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
The Master Repurchase Agreements contain provisions that provide Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Bank of Montreal, a Canadian chartered bank acting through its Chicago Branch, and JP Morgan Chase Bank, National Association, respectively, with certain rights in the event of a decline in the market value of the purchased residential mortgage loan assets. Under these provisions, Radian Liberty Funding or Radian Mortgage Capital, as applicable, may be required to transfer cash or additional eligible residential mortgage loan assets with an aggregate market value that is equal to the difference between the value of the residential mortgage loan assets then subject to the applicable Master Repurchase Agreement and a minimum threshold amount.
Radian Group has entered into the Parent Guarantees to guaranty the obligations of certain of its subsidiaries in connection with the Master Repurchase Agreements described above. Pursuant to the Parent Guarantees, Radian Group is subject to negative and affirmative covenants customary for this type of financing transaction, including, among others, limitations on the incurrence of debt and restrictions on certain transactions with affiliates, payments and investments and various financial covenants that the Company must remain in compliance with, including those related to: (i) the total adjusted capital of the Company’s primary mortgage insurance subsidiary, currently Radian Guaranty; (ii) the Company’s minimum consolidated net worth; and (iii) the Company’s maximum Debt-to-Total Capitalization Ratio (as defined in the Parent Guarantees). The covenants and financial covenants in the Parent Guarantees are generally consistent with the comparable covenants in the Company’s revolving credit facility, including with respect to the payment of dividends on shares of its common stock which are permitted under the revolving credit facility and the Master Repurchase Agreements so long as no default or event of default exists and the Company is in pro forma compliance with the applicable financial covenants on the date a dividend is declared. As of December 31, 2024, we are in compliance with all of the debt covenants under our mortgage loan financing facilities.
FHLB Advances
Radian Guaranty is a member of the FHLB. As a member, it may borrow from the FHLB, subject to certain conditions, which include the need to post collateral and the requirement to maintain a minimum investment in FHLB stock, in part depending on the level of its outstanding FHLB advances.
Interest on the FHLB advances is primarily fixed-rate and is payable quarterly, or at maturity if the term of the advance is less than 90 days. Principal is due at maturity. For obligations with maturities greater than or equal to 90 days, we may prepay the debt at any time, subject to paying a prepayment fee.
The principal balance of the FHLB advances is required to be collateralized by eligible assets with a fair value that must be maintained generally within a minimum range of 103% to 114% of the amount borrowed, depending on the type of assets pledged. Our investments include securities totaling $49 million and $101 million at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, which serve as collateral for our FHLB advances to satisfy this requirement.
Revolving Credit Facility
Radian Group has in place a $275 million unsecured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of bank lenders. The revolving credit facility matures in December 2026, although under certain conditions Radian Group may need to offer to repay any outstanding amounts and terminate lender commitments earlier than the maturity date. Terms of the credit facility include an accordion feature that allows Radian Group, at its option, to increase the total borrowing capacity during the term of the agreement, subject to our obtaining the necessary increased commitments from lenders (which may include then existing or other lenders), up to a total of $400 million.
Subject to certain limitations, borrowings under the credit facility may be used for working capital and general corporate purposes, including capital contributions to Radian Group’s insurance and other subsidiaries as well as growth initiatives. The credit facility contains customary representations, warranties, covenants, terms and conditions. Our ability to borrow under the credit facility is conditioned on the satisfaction of certain financial and other covenants, including covenants related to minimum net worth and statutory surplus, a maximum debt-to-capitalization level, limits on certain types of indebtedness and liens, and Radian Guaranty’s eligibility as a private mortgage insurer with the GSEs. At December 31, 2024, Radian Group was in compliance with all the covenants and there were no amounts outstanding under this revolving credit facility.
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13. Commitments and Contingencies
Legal Proceedings
We are routinely involved in a number of legal actions and proceedings, including reviews, audits, inquiries, information-gathering requests and investigations by various regulatory entities, as well as litigation and other disputes arising in the ordinary course of our business.
We also are periodically subject to reviews and audits, as well as inquiries, information-gathering requests and investigations, by various regulatory entities. In connection with these matters, from time to time we receive requests and subpoenas seeking information and documents related to aspects of our business. Our Master Policies establish the timeline within which any suit or action arising from any right of an insured under the policy generally must be commenced. In general, any suit or action arising from any right of an insured under the policy must be commenced within two years after such right first arose for primary insurance and within three years for certain other policies, including certain Pool Mortgage Insurance policies. Although we believe that our Loss Mitigation Activities are justified under our policies, from time to time we face challenges from certain lender and servicer customers regarding our Loss Mitigation Activities. These challenges could result in additional arbitration or judicial proceedings and we may need to reassume the risk on, and increase loss reserves for, the associated policies or pay additional claims.
In the course of our regular review of pending legal actions and proceedings, we determine whether it is reasonably possible that a potential loss may have a material impact on our liquidity, results of operations or financial condition. If we determine such a loss is reasonably possible, we disclose information relating to such potential loss, including an estimate or range of loss or a statement that such an estimate cannot be made. On a quarterly basis, we review relevant information with respect to loss contingencies and update our accruals, disclosures and estimates of reasonably possible losses or range of losses based on such reviews. We are often unable to estimate the possible loss or range of loss until developments in such matters have provided sufficient information to support an assessment of the range of possible loss, such as quantification of a damage demand from plaintiffs, discovery from other parties and investigation of factual allegations, rulings by the court on motions or appeals, analysis by experts and the progress of settlement negotiations. In addition, we generally make no disclosures for loss contingencies that are determined to be remote. For matters for which we disclose an estimated loss, the disclosed estimate reflects the reasonably possible loss or range of loss in excess of the amount accrued, if any.
Management believes, based on current knowledge and after consultation with counsel, that the outcome of currently pending or threatened actions will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations. The outcome of legal actions and proceedings is inherently uncertain, and it is possible that any one or more matters could have an adverse effect on our liquidity, financial condition or results of operations for any particular period. In accordance with applicable accounting standards and guidance, we establish accruals only when we determine both that it is probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount of the loss is reasonably estimable. We accrue the amount that represents our best estimate of the probable loss; however, if we can only determine a range of estimated losses, we accrue an amount within the range that, in our judgment, reflects the most likely outcome, and if none of the estimates within the range is more likely, we accrue the minimum amount of the range.
Legal actions and proceedings could result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, injunctions, restitutions or other relief that could require significant expenditures or have other effects on our business in excess of amounts we have established as reserves for such matters. Loss estimates are inherently subjective, based on currently available information and are subject to management’s judgment and various assumptions. Due to the inherently subjective nature of these estimates and the uncertainty and unpredictability surrounding the outcome of legal and other proceedings, actual results may differ materially from any amounts that have been accrued.
Leases
During 2021, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and our transition to a hybrid work environment, we made the decision to exit, and to actively market for sublease, all office space in our former corporate headquarters in downtown Philadelphia. As part of this change, we entered into two new leases with reduced square footage, including our new corporate headquarters, effective September 2021, in Wayne, Pennsylvania and a Cherry Hill, New Jersey location.
As a result of this decision and our ongoing evaluation of all of our existing leases, future space needs and evolving sublease market conditions, we recognized impairments to our right-of-use assets of $2 million, $5 million and $8 million for
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the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. In addition, we recognized impairments to related property and equipment, including leasehold improvements, of $2 million, $4 million and $5 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. These impairments related primarily to our former corporate headquarters leases and reduced the carrying value of certain lease assets and the related property and equipment to their estimated fair values. Following these impairments, which were recorded within other operating expenses on our consolidated statements of operations, the aggregate carrying value of the right-of-use assets and leasehold improvements related to the former corporate headquarters leases was $3 million as of December 31, 2024.
Our lease liability represents the present value of future lease payments over the lease term for our corporate headquarters and other locations around the country. Our leases do not provide a readily determinable implicit rate. Therefore, we must estimate our incremental borrowing rate, on a collateralized basis, to discount the lease payments based on information available at lease commencement. Our leases expire periodically through April 2033 and contain provisions for scheduled periodic rent increases. We estimate the incremental borrowing rate based on the yields of Radian Group corporate bonds, as adjusted to reflect a collateralized borrowing rate, resulting in discount rates ranging from 4.8% to 8.0%. While the majority of our lease population expires within one year of one of Radian Group’s corporate bonds, our more significant leases do not. For those leases, we adjust the corporate bond rate for both U.S. Department of the Treasury rate yields, and a corporate spread adjustment determined from recent market data.
The following tables provide additional information related to our leases, including: (i) the components of our total lease cost; (ii) the cash flows arising from our lease transactions; (iii) supplemental balance sheet information; (iv) the weighted-average remaining lease term; (v) the weighted-average discount rate used for our leases; and (vi) the remaining maturities of our lease liabilities, as of and for the periods indicated.
Total lease cost
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Operating lease cost
$
5,140
$
7,589
Short-term lease cost
Sublease income
(826
)
(554
)
Total lease cost
$
4,525
$
7,238
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
Operating cash flows from operating leases
$
(12,209
)
$
(12,479
)
Operating leases
December 31,
($ in thousands)
Operating leases
Operating lease right-of-use assets (1)
$
12,916
$
16,292
Operating lease liabilities (2)
37,442
44,693
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases (in years)
6.8 years
7.5 years
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases
7.1
%
7.0
%
Remaining maturities of lease liabilities for future years is as follows:
$
10,539
9,864
9,000
8,591
8,173
2030 and thereafter
20,213
Total lease payments
66,380
Less: Imputed interest
(28,938
)
Present value of lease liabilities (2)
$
37,442
(1)Classified in other assets in our consolidated balance sheets.
(2)Classified in other liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
We entered into a sublease agreement in January 2022 for a portion of the office space in our former corporate headquarters in Philadelphia and are actively marketing additional space in that location for sublease. Upon entering a sublease agreement, we generally do not anticipate being relieved of our primary obligation under the original lease and will act as a lessor recognizing any sublease income on a straight-line basis over the remaining lease term as an offset to other operating expenses.
Other
We provide contract underwriting to our mortgage insurance customers, pursuant to which we offer limited indemnification remedies. In 2024 and 2023, our provision for contract underwriting expenses and our payments for losses related to contract underwriting remedies were de minimis. We monitor this risk and negotiate our underwriting fee structure and recourse agreements on a client-by-client basis. We also routinely audit the performance of our contract underwriters.
14. Capital Stock
Shares of Common Stock
The following table shows the year-to-date changes in common stock outstanding for each of the periods indicated.
Common stock outstanding
December 31,
(In thousands)
Balance at beginning of period
153,179
157,056
175,421
Shares repurchased under share repurchase programs
(7,043
)
(5,264
)
(19,506
)
Issuance of common stock under incentive and benefit plans, net of shares withheld for employee taxes
1,433
1,387
1,141
Balance at end of period
147,569
153,179
157,056
Share Repurchase Activity
From time to time, Radian Group’s board of directors approves share repurchase programs authorizing the Company to repurchase Radian Group common stock in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, based on market and business conditions, stock price and other factors. Radian generally operates its share repurchase programs pursuant to a trading plan under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act, which provides for share repurchases at predetermined price targets and permits the Company to purchase shares when it may otherwise be precluded from doing so.
In January 2023, Radian Group’s board of directors approved a share repurchase program authorizing the Company to spend up to $300 million, excluding commissions, to repurchase Radian Group common stock in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, based on market and business conditions, stock price and other factors. In May 2024, Radian Group’s board of directors approved an extension of this program to June 2026, as well as a $600 million increase in authorization for this program, bringing the total authorization to repurchase shares up to $900 million, excluding commissions. Radian has implemented a trading plan for this share repurchase program under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act.
During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company purchased 7.0 million shares at an average price of $31.81 per share, including commissions, pursuant to the share repurchase program. As of December 31, 2024, purchase authority of up to $543 million remained available under this program.
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 imposed a nondeductible 1% excise tax on the net value of certain stock repurchases made after December 31, 2023. All dollar amounts presented in this report related to our share repurchases and our share repurchase authorizations exclude such excise taxes, to the extent applicable, unless otherwise indicated.
Other Purchases
We may purchase shares on the open market to settle stock options exercised by employees. In addition, upon the vesting of certain RSUs under our equity compensation plans, we may withhold from such vested awards shares of our common stock to satisfy the tax liability of the award recipients.
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Dividends and Dividend Equivalents
In February 2025, Radian Group’s board of directors authorized an increase to our quarterly dividend from $0.245 to $0.255 per share.
The following table presents the amount of dividends declared and paid, on a per share basis, for each quarter and annual period as indicated.
Dividends declared and paid
Quarter ended
March 31
$
0.245
$
0.225
$
0.200
June 30
0.245
0.225
0.200
September 30
0.245
0.225
0.200
December 31
0.245
0.225
0.200
Total annual dividends per share declared and paid
$
0.980
$
0.900
$
0.800
Dividend equivalents are accrued on RSUs when dividends are declared on the Company’s common stock and are typically paid upon vesting of the shares. See Note 17 for information about our dividend equivalents on RSU awards.
15. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The following tables show the rollforward of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as of the periods indicated.
Rollforward of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
Year Ended
December 31, 2024
(In thousands)
Before
Tax
Tax
Effect
Net of
Tax
Balance at beginning of period
$
(418,799
)
$
(87,948
)
$
(330,851
)
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Unrealized holding gains (losses) on investments arising during the period for which an allowance for expected credit losses has not been recognized
(33,861
)
(7,111
)
(26,750
)
Less: Reclassification adjustment for net gains (losses) on investments included in net income (1)
Net realized gains (losses) on disposals and non-credit related impairment losses
(9,406
)
(1,975
)
(7,431
)
Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments
(24,455
)
(5,136
)
(19,319
)
Other adjustments to comprehensive income (loss), net
(86
)
(18
)
(68
)
Other comprehensive income (loss)
(24,541
)
(5,154
)
(19,387
)
Balance at end of period
$
(443,340
)
$
(93,102
)
$
(350,238
)
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Rollforward of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
Year Ended
December 31, 2023
(In thousands)
Before
Tax
Tax
Effect
Net of
Tax
Balance at beginning of period
$
(578,228
)
$
(121,429
)
$
(456,799
)
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Unrealized holding gains (losses) on investments arising during the period for which an allowance for expected credit losses has not been recognized
145,465
30,548
114,917
Less: Reclassification adjustment for net gains (losses) on investments included in net income (1)
Net realized gains (losses) on disposals and non-credit related impairment losses
(13,737
)
(2,885
)
(10,852
)
Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments
159,202
33,433
125,769
Other adjustments to comprehensive income, net
Other comprehensive income (loss)
159,429
33,481
125,948
Balance at end of period
$
(418,799
)
$
(87,948
)
$
(330,851
)
Year Ended
December 31, 2022
(In thousands)
Before
Tax
Tax
Effect
Net of
Tax
Balance at beginning of period
$
152,016
$
31,923
$
120,093
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Unrealized holding gains (losses) on investments arising during the period for which an allowance for expected credit losses has not been recognized
(740,324
)
(155,468
)
(584,856
)
Less: Reclassification adjustment for net gains (losses) on investments included in net income (1)
Net realized gains (losses) on disposals and non-credit related impairment losses
(9,974
)
(2,094
)
(7,880
)
Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments
(730,350
)
(153,374
)
(576,976
)
Other adjustments to comprehensive income, net
Other comprehensive income (loss)
(730,244
)
(153,352
)
(576,892
)
Balance at end of period
$
(578,228
)
$
(121,429
)
$
(456,799
)
(1)Included in net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments in our consolidated statements of operations.
16. Statutory Information
Radian Group serves as the holding company for our insurance subsidiaries, through which we conduct our mortgage insurance and title insurance businesses. These insurance subsidiaries are subject to comprehensive, detailed regulation by the insurance departments in the various states where our insurance subsidiaries are domiciled or licensed to transact business. Insurance laws vary from state to state, but generally grant broad supervisory powers to state agencies or officials to examine insurance companies and enforce rules or exercise discretion affecting almost every significant aspect of the insurance business, including the power to revoke or restrict an insurance company’s ability to write new business.
All of our mortgage insurance subsidiaries are domiciled in Pennsylvania. We currently write new mortgage insurance business using only one principal subsidiary, Radian Guaranty. Radian Guaranty is authorized as a monoline insurer to write mortgage guaranty insurance (or in states where there is no specific authorization for mortgage guaranty insurance, the applicable line of insurance under which mortgage guaranty insurance is regulated) in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Guam.
As part of our Title services, we offer title insurance through Radian Title Insurance, which is domiciled in Ohio and licensed to issue title insurance policies in 41 states and the District of Columbia.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
In addition to complying with state insurance regulations, in order to be eligible to insure loans purchased by the GSEs, mortgage insurers such as Radian Guaranty must meet the GSEs’ eligibility requirements, or PMIERs. The PMIERs are comprehensive, covering virtually all aspects of the business and operations of a private mortgage insurer, including internal risk management and quality controls, the relationship between the GSEs and the approved insurer, as well as the approved insurer’s financial condition. See “PMIERs” below for additional information.
The PMIERs and state insurance regulations include various capital requirements and dividend restrictions based on our insurance subsidiaries’ statutory financial position and results of operations, as described below. Our failure to maintain adequate levels of capital could lead to intervention by the various insurance regulatory authorities, which could materially and adversely affect our business, business prospects and financial condition.
Statutory Financial Statements
We prepare our statutory financial statements in accordance with the accounting practices required or permitted, if applicable, by the insurance departments of the respective states of domicile of our insurance subsidiaries. Required SAP are established by the NAIC, as well as state laws, regulations and general administrative rules. In addition, insurance departments have the right to permit other specific practices that may deviate from prescribed practices. As of December 31, 2024, we did not have any prescribed or permitted SAP that resulted in reported statutory surplus or risk-based capital being materially different from what would have been reported had NAIC statutory accounting practices been followed.
Reflecting the principal differences between SAP and GAAP, statutory financial statements typically do not include unrealized gains or losses on fixed-maturity securities, deferred policy acquisition costs, certain net deferred tax assets and certain other less readily marketable assets that are designated as non-admitted assets. In addition to these general differences, SAP also requires that mortgage insurance companies establish a special contingency reserve equal to 50% of premiums earned in each year, generally to be maintained for 10 years, to protect policyholders against loss during adverse economic cycles.
As a result of the requirement to establish and maintain this statutory liability, contingency reserves affect the ability of a mortgage insurer to pay dividends, as described below. With regulatory approval, a mortgage insurance company may make early withdrawals from this contingency reserve when incurred losses exceed 35% of net premiums in a calendar year. During 2024, Radian Guaranty released $433 million from its contingency reserves due to the expiration of the 10-year holding requirement for the contingency reserves established during 2014, following the release of $21 million of contingency reserves in 2023. Based on the typical 10-year holding requirement, Radian Guaranty is scheduled to continue releasing contingency reserves to unassigned surplus in material amounts for the foreseeable future. See “Statutory Dividend Restrictions” below for additional information.
As a mortgage guaranty insurer, we are eligible for a tax deduction, subject to certain limitations, related to amounts required to be set aside in statutory contingency reserves to the extent we purchase U.S. Mortgage Guaranty Tax and Loss Bonds issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Under SAP, this deduction reduces the tax provision reflected in the statutory financial statements, which in turn increases statutory net income and surplus as well as Available Assets under the PMIERs. As of December 31, 2024, Radian Guaranty held $921 million of these bonds, which have a 10-year original maturity but may generally be redeemed in any tax year prior to maturity.
Our insurance subsidiaries’ statutory net income (loss) for the periods indicated, and statutory policyholders’ surplus as of the dates indicated, were as follows.
Statutory net income (loss)
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Radian Guaranty
$
794,699
$
803,804
$
1,091,946
Other mortgage insurance subsidiaries
(1,546
)
1,957
Radian Title Insurance
2,493
1,844
2,589
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Statutory policyholders’ surplus (1)
December 31,
(In thousands)
Radian Guaranty
$
722,861
$
619,584
$
758,467
Other mortgage insurance subsidiaries
16,515
17,444
17,086
Radian Title Insurance
43,540
41,108
39,285
(1)See the “Surplus additions (distributions)” table under “Statutory Dividend Restrictions” below for additional information on certain changes impacting policyholders’ surplus.
Statutory Capital Requirements
Under state insurance regulations, Radian Guaranty is required to maintain minimum surplus levels and, in certain states, a maximum ratio of net RIF relative to statutory capital, or Risk-to-capital. The most common Statutory RBC Requirement is that a mortgage insurer’s Risk-to-capital may not exceed 25 to 1. In certain of the RBC States, a mortgage insurer must satisfy an MPP Requirement. Unless an RBC State grants a waiver or other form of relief, if a mortgage insurer, such as Radian Guaranty, is not in compliance with the Statutory RBC Requirement of that state, the mortgage insurer may be prohibited from writing new mortgage insurance business in that state.
The statutory capital requirements for the non-RBC States are de minimis (ranging from $1 million to $5 million); however, the insurance laws of these states generally grant broad supervisory powers to state agencies or officials to enforce rules or exercise discretion affecting almost every significant aspect of the insurance business, including the power to revoke or restrict an insurance company’s ability to write new business. Radian Guaranty’s domiciliary state, Pennsylvania, is not one of the RBC States.
Radian Guaranty was in compliance with all applicable Statutory RBC Requirements and MPP Requirements in each of the RBC States as of December 31, 2024. Radian Guaranty’s Risk-to-capital was 10.2:1 and 10.4:1 as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For purposes of the Risk-to-capital requirements imposed by certain states, statutory capital is defined as the sum of statutory policyholders’ surplus and statutory contingency reserves. Our other mortgage insurance and title insurance subsidiaries were also in compliance with all statutory and counterparty capital requirements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023.
During the past 10 years, the NAIC was considering changes to the Model Act and reviewing the minimum capital and surplus requirements for mortgage insurers to develop a new capital standard for mortgage guaranty insurers and to “strengthen and modernize” the Model Act. In 2021, the NAIC developed a new, legally non-binding capital monitoring framework that regulators could use as an alternative for assessing the capital adequacy of a mortgage insurer and added a new mortgage guaranty supplemental filing for companies to annually report related information. This monitoring framework, which is separate from the Model Act, is intended to be reactive to, among other things, changes in the economic and housing environment, including changes in home prices and incomes. In August 2023, the NAIC adopted amendments that revise the Model Act, including with respect to capital and reserve requirements, reinsurance, underwriting practices, quality assurance, and policy form and rate filings. The requirements with respect to minimum capital and surplus requirements for mortgage insurers were not materially changed in the Model Act, as amended. The potential impact on the Company is not expected to be material and will depend on which states, if any, ultimately adopt the amended Model Act.
PMIERs
The PMIERs financial requirements require that a mortgage insurer’s Available Assets meet or exceed its Minimum Required Assets. At December 31, 2024, Radian Guaranty is an approved mortgage insurer under the PMIERs and is in compliance with the current PMIERs financial requirements.
The GSEs may amend the PMIERs at any time, and they have broad discretion to interpret the requirements; any amendments or changes in interpretation could impact the calculation of Radian Guaranty’s Available Assets and/or Minimum Required Assets. In addition, the GSEs have a broad range of consent rights under the PMIERs and require private mortgage insurers to obtain the prior consent of the GSEs before taking certain actions. If Radian Guaranty is unable to satisfy the requirements set forth in the PMIERs, the GSEs could restrict it from conducting certain types of business with them or take actions that may include not purchasing loans insured by Radian Guaranty. The requirements under the PMIERs were most recently updated In August 2024, with no material impact to Radian Guaranty.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Statutory Dividend Restrictions
As of December 31, 2024, the amount of restricted net assets held by our consolidated insurance subsidiaries (which represents our equity investment in those insurance subsidiaries) totaled $4.6 billion of our consolidated net assets. Despite holding assets above the minimum statutory capital thresholds and PMIERs financial requirements, the ability of Radian’s mortgage insurance subsidiaries to pay dividends on their common stock has been restricted by certain provisions of the insurance laws of Pennsylvania, their state of domicile.
Under Pennsylvania’s insurance laws, ordinary dividends and distributions may only be paid out of an insurer’s positive unassigned surplus unless the Pennsylvania Insurance Department approves the payment of extraordinary dividends or other distributions from another source. While all proposed dividends and distributions to stockholders must be filed with the Pennsylvania Insurance Department prior to payment, if a Pennsylvania domiciled insurer has positive unassigned surplus, such insurer can pay dividends or other distributions during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount less than or equal to the greater of: (i) 10% of the preceding year-end statutory policyholders’ surplus or (ii) the preceding year’s statutory net income, in each case without the prior approval of the Pennsylvania Insurance Department.
Based on its positive unassigned surplus balances throughout the year, Radian Guaranty paid ordinary dividends of $675 million in cash and marketable securities during 2024. As of December 31, 2024, Radian Guaranty had positive unassigned surplus of $223 million.
As of both December 31, 2024 and 2023, Radian Guaranty had contingency reserves of $5.0 billion. As discussed above, Radian Guaranty is scheduled to continue releasing contingency reserves to unassigned surplus in material amounts in 2025 and the foreseeable future, which should enhance Radian Guaranty’s ability to maintain a positive unassigned surplus position and to continue to pay ordinary dividends to Radian Group in future periods.
The surplus additions (distributions) between Radian Group and Radian Guaranty and our other insurance subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, were as follows.
Surplus additions (distributions)
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Distributions from Radian Guaranty surplus (1)
$
(675,000
)
$
(400,000
)
$
(881,979
)
Distributions from other insurance subsidiaries’ surplus (2)
-
-
(32,500
)
Additions to other insurance subsidiaries’ surplus
-
-
(1)For 2024 and 2023, consists of ordinary dividends paid to Radian Group. For 2022, consists of $782 million in returns of capital and a $100 million repayment of an intercompany surplus note originally due December 31, 2027.
(2)These distributions were from Radian Reinsurance prior to its merger with Radian Guaranty in 2022.
17. Share-Based Compensation and Other Benefit Programs
Our most recent Equity Plan is The Radian Group 2021 Equity Plan (the “2021 Equity Plan”), which was approved by our stockholders and applies to awards granted on or after May 12, 2021, the effective date of the plan (the “Effective Date”). In addition to the 2021 Equity Plan, we also have granted awards that remain outstanding under prior plans approved by our stockholders and adopted in each of 1995, 2008, 2014 and 2017 (collectively, the “Prior Equity Plans” and, together with the 2021 Equity Plan, the “Equity Plans”).
The 2021 Equity Plan authorizes the issuance of up to 8.3 million new shares of our common stock, plus: (i) any shares of our common stock that remained available for awards under the plan adopted in 2017 as of the Effective Date and (ii) any shares of our common stock subject to outstanding awards under the Prior Equity Plans as of the Effective Date that are payable in shares and that terminate, expire, or are canceled without having been exercised, vested, or settled in full (as applicable) on or after the Effective Date, subject to certain adjustments set forth in the 2021 Equity Plan (“Prior Plans Shares”). There were 3.6 million shares available for grant under the 2021 Equity Plan, including Prior Plans Shares, as of December 31, 2024.
Outstanding awards granted under the Equity Plans include both performance-based and time-based RSUs, non-qualified stock options and phantom stock. The maximum contractual term for stock options and similar instruments under the
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Equity Plans is 10 years. To date, all awards granted under the 2021 Equity Plan have been either performance-based or time-based RSUs.
Awards under our plans generally vest over performance or service periods ranging from one to three years, although they may vest earlier under certain circumstances, including in the event of a grantee’s death or disability or, if certain conditions are met, upon retirement, termination or a change of control.
The following table summarizes the compensation cost recognized and additional information regarding all share-based awards for the years indicated.
Share-based compensation expense
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Compensation cost recognized (1)
RSUs
$
37,921
$
40,567
$
37,465
ESPP and other
Total compensation cost recognized
38,473
41,129
38,061
Income tax benefit related to share-based compensation expense
13,379
9,434
7,524
Share-based compensation expense, net
$
25,094
$
31,695
$
30,537
(1)Compensation cost is generally recognized over the periods that an employee provides service in exchange for the award. For purposes of calculating compensation cost recognized for retirement eligible grantees, we consider the service condition to be met (and recognize the full compensation costs) as of the date when a grantee becomes retirement eligible.
As of December 31, 2024, unrecognized compensation expense for all of our outstanding share-based awards was $26 million. Absent a change of control under the Equity Plans, this expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 1.8 years. The ultimate unrecognized expense associated with our outstanding awards could differ, depending upon whether or not the performance and service conditions are met.
RSUs
Information with regard to RSUs to be settled in stock for the periods indicated is as follows.
Rollforward of RSUs
Performance-Based
Time-Vested
Number of
Shares
Weighted Average
Grant Date Fair Value
Number of
Shares
Weighted Average
Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding, December 31, 2023 (1)
2,970,874
$
18.28
1,786,615
$
18.16
Granted (2)
484,480
29.32
434,233
31.68
Performance adjustment (3)
557,957
-
-
-
Vested (4)
(1,344,579
)
14.50
(618,193
)
20.80
Forfeited
(29,542
)
27.03
(13,259
)
27.62
Outstanding, December 31, 2024 (1)
2,639,190
$
22.57
1,589,396
$
20.75
(1)Outstanding RSUs represent shares that have not yet been issued because not all conditions necessary to earn the right to benefit from the instruments have been satisfied. For performance-based awards, the final number of RSUs distributed depends on: (i) the cumulative growth in Radian’s book value per share adjusted for certain defined items over the respective three-year performance period and, for the performance-based RSUs granted in 2024 and 2023, a modifier based on a comparison of our total shareholder return to the total shareholder return of certain of our peers and (ii) with the exception of certain retirement-eligible employees, continued service through the vesting date, which could result in changes in the number of vested RSUs.
(2)For performance-based RSUs, amount represents the number of target shares at grant date.
(3)For performance-based RSUs, amount represents the difference between the number of shares vested at settlement, which can range from 0 to 200% of target depending on results over the applicable performance periods, and the number of target shares at the grant date.
(4)Represents amounts vested during the year, including the impact of performance adjustments for performance-based awards.
The weighted-average grant date fair value of performance-based RSUs granted during 2023 and 2022 was $23.05 and $20.09, respectively. The weighted-average grant date fair value of time-vested RSUs granted during 2023 and 2022 was $25.13 and $20.61, respectively.
Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
The fair value as of the respective vesting dates of performance-based RSUs vested during 2024, 2023 and 2022 was $42 million, $27 million and $17 million, respectively. The fair value as of the respective vesting dates of time-vested RSUs vested during 2024, 2023 and 2022 was $19 million, $16 million and $11 million, respectively.
Dividend equivalents are accrued on all awards when dividends are declared on the Company’s common stock and will generally be paid in cash when the awards are settled.
Performance-Based RSUs. For awards granted in 2024, 2023 and 2022, the vesting of the performance-based RSUs is generally over a three-year performance period and will be based primarily upon the cumulative growth in Radian’s book value per share, adjusted for certain defined items, which in 2024 and 2023 includes our total shareholder return relative to certain peers. The payout at the end of the three-year performance period generally ranges from 0% to a maximum payout of 200% of the award’s target number of RSUs granted. Performance-based RSUs granted to executive officers are subject to a one-year post-vesting holding period.
The grant date fair value of the performance-based RSUs that are based on the cumulative growth in Radian’s book value per share, as further described above, is calculated based on the stock price as of the grant date, discounted for executive officers to account for the one-year post-vesting holding period. In addition, we adjust the expense recognized on these performance condition awards over the service period to incorporate the probable outcome of achieving the performance measure. For awards that include a total shareholder return market condition in its criteria, we also incorporate a Monte Carlo valuation model at grant date based on multiple input variables, including expected volatilities, correlation coefficients and risk-free interest rates.
Time-Vested RSUs. With the exception of certain time-vested RSUs granted in 2024, 2023 and 2022 to non-employee directors, the time-vested RSU awards granted in 2024, 2023 and 2022 are scheduled to vest in: (i) pro rata installments on a common calendar date that is on or around each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date or (ii) generally at the end of three years. Certain time-vested RSU awards granted in 2024, 2023 and 2022 to non-employee directors generally are subject to one-year cliff vesting; however, awards granted to non-employee directors prior to 2020 remain outstanding and the shares are not issued until the non-employee director retires or certain conditions related to a change in control are met, as described above.
Non-Qualified Stock Options
Information with regard to stock options for the periods indicated is as follows.
Rollforward of non-qualified stock options
($ in thousands, except per-share amounts)
Number of
Shares
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
Per Share
Weighted
Average
Remaining Contractual Term
Aggregate Intrinsic Value (1)
Outstanding, December 31, 2023
234,505
$
14.97
Granted
-
-
Exercised
(86,595
)
15.69
Forfeited
-
-
Expired
-
-
Outstanding, December 31, 2024
147,910
$
14.55
1.0 years
$
2,539
Exercisable, December 31, 2024
147,910
$
14.55
1.0 years
$
2,539
(1)Based on the market price of $31.72 at December 31, 2024.
Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
The following table summarizes additional information concerning stock option activity for the periods indicated.
Additional information
Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)
Aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised
$
1,266
$
1,273
$
2,926
Tax benefit of options exercised
Cash received from options exercised
1,755
1,341
Upon the exercise of stock options, we generally issue shares from the authorized, unissued share reserves when the exercise price is less than the treasury stock repurchase price and from treasury stock when the exercise price is greater than the treasury stock repurchase price. There have been no stock options granted since 2016.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The ESPP is designed to allow eligible employees to purchase shares of our common stock at a discount of 15% off the lower of the fair market value of our common stock at the beginning or end of a six-month offering period (each period being the first and second six months in a calendar year).
Under this plan, we issued approximately 100 thousand shares to employees during each of the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022. As of February 2025, approximately 1.3 million shares remain available for issuance under the ESPP.
Benefit Plans
The Radian Group Inc. Savings Incentive Plan (“Savings Plan”) covers substantially all of our full-time and our part-time employees. Participants can contribute up to 100% of their eligible earnings as pretax and/or after-tax (Roth IRA) contributions up to the maximum Internal Revenue Service annual limit. The Savings Plan also includes the catch-up contribution provision whereby participants who are or will be age 50 and above during the Savings Plan year may contribute an additional contribution, consistent with Internal Revenue Service guidelines. We match up to 100% of the first 6% of eligible compensation contributed in any given year. Our expense for matching funds for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, was $8 million, $8 million and $10 million, respectively.

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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.

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ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of December 31, 2024, pursuant to Rule 15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act. Management necessarily applied its judgment in assessing the costs and benefits of such controls and procedures, which by their nature, can provide only reasonable assurance regarding management’s control objectives. Management does not expect that our disclosure controls and
procedures will prevent or detect all errors and fraud. A control system, irrespective of how well it is designed and operated, can only provide reasonable assurance and cannot guarantee that it will succeed in its stated objectives.
Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of December 31, 2024, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that: (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect our transactions and dispositions of our assets; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and our directors; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, as of December 31, 2024, using the criteria described in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on our evaluation under the updated internal control framework in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013), management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2024. The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There was no change in the internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2024, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 9B. Other Information
None of the directors or officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of the Company adopted or terminated any Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or any non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement (as such terms are defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K) during the three months ended December 31, 2024.

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ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to, and will be contained in, our definitive proxy statement, which will be filed within 120 days after December 31, 2024. Accordingly, we have omitted the information from this Item pursuant to General Instruction G (3) of Form 10-K.

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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Item 11. Executive Compensation
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to, and will be contained in, our definitive proxy statement, which will be filed within 120 days after December 31, 2024. Accordingly, we have omitted the information from this Item pursuant to General Instruction G (3) of Form 10-K.

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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to, and will be contained in, our definitive proxy statement, which will be filed within 120 days after December 31, 2024. Accordingly, we have omitted the information from this Item pursuant to General Instruction G (3) of Form 10-K.
Equity Compensation Plans
The following table sets forth certain information relating to the Company’s equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2024. Each number of securities reflected in the table is a reference to shares of our common stock.
Equity compensation plans
Plan category (1)
(a)
Number of
securities to
be issued upon
exercise
of outstanding
options, warrants
and rights
(b)
Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
(c)
Number of securities
remaining available
for future issuance
under equity
compensation plans
(excluding securities
reflected in column (a))
Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders (2)
4,445,129
(3)
$
0.48
(4)
4,935,495
(5)
Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders
-
-
-
Total
4,445,129
(3)
$
0.48
(4)
4,935,495
(5)
(1)The table does not include information for equity compensation plans assumed by us in mergers, under which we do not grant additional awards.
(2)These plans consist of our Equity Plans and our ESPP.
(3)Represents 68,633 shares of phantom stock and 147,910 non-qualified stock options issued under our Prior Equity Plans and 551,531 and 3,677,055 of RSUs issued under our Prior Equity Plans and 2021 Equity Plan, respectively. Of the RSUs included herein, 2,639,190 are performance-based stock-settled RSUs that could potentially vest in a number of shares equal to between 0% and 200% of this number of RSUs.
(4)The shares of phantom stock and RSUs were granted at full value, and therefore, have a weighted-average exercise price of $0. Excluding shares of phantom stock and RSUs from this calculation, the weighted-average exercise price of outstanding non-qualified stock options was $14.55 at December 31, 2024.
(5)Includes 3,558,186 shares available for issuance under our 2021 Equity Plan and Prior Equity Plans, and 1,377,309 shares available for issuance under our ESPP, in each case as of December 31, 2024. In January 2025, we issued 40,024 shares from the shares available for issuance under our ESPP. As of February 2025, 1,337,285 shares remain available for issuance under the ESPP.

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ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to, and will be contained in, our definitive proxy statement, which will be filed within 120 days after December 31, 2024. Accordingly, we have omitted the information from this Item pursuant to General Instruction G (3) of Form 10-K.

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ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to, and will be contained in, our definitive proxy statement, which will be filed within 120 days after December 31, 2024. Accordingly, we have omitted the information from this Item pursuant to General Instruction G (3) of Form 10-K.
PART IV

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ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a)
1.Financial Statements-See the “INDEX TO ITEM 8. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS” on page 105 of this report for a list of the financial statements filed as part of this report.
2.Exhibits-See “Index to Exhibits” on page 168 of this report for a list of exhibits filed as part of this report.
3.Financial Statement Schedules-The following financial statement schedules are filed as part of this Form 10-K and appear immediately following the signature page.
Schedule I-Summary of investments-other than investments in related parties (December 31, 2024)
Schedule II-Financial information of Radian Group Inc., Parent Company Only (Registrant)
Condensed Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2024 and 2023
Condensed Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022
Condensed Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022
Supplemental Notes to Condensed Financial Statements
Schedule IV-Reinsurance (December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022)
All other schedules are omitted because the required information is not present or is not present in amounts sufficient to require submission of the schedules, or because the information required is included in our Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto.