News

02/11/2013

Radian Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Financial Results

– Writes $37.1 billion of new MI business in 2012, compared to $15.5 billion in 2011 –

– Risk-to-capital ratio of 20.8:1; Expects to remain below 25:1 through 2013 –

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 2013-- Radian Group Inc. (NYSE: RDN) today reported a net loss for the quarter ended December 31, 2012, of $177.3 million, or $1.34 per diluted share, which included minimal net gains on investments and combined net gains from the change in fair value of derivatives and other financial instruments as well as an income tax provision of $20.5 million. This compares to a net loss for the quarter ended December 31, 2011, of $121.5 million, or $0.92 per diluted share, which included net gains on investments of $38.9 million, combined net gains from the change in fair value of derivatives and other financial instruments of $102.2 million and an income tax provision of $65.4 million. The net loss for the full year 2012 was $451.5 million, or $3.41 per diluted share, which included net gains on investments of $184.9 million and combined net loss from the change in fair value of derivatives and other financial instruments of $226.3 million as well as an income tax provision of $7.3 million. This compares to net income for the year ended December 31, 2011, of $302.2 million, or $2.26 per diluted share, which included net gains on investments of $202.2 million and combined net gains from the change in fair value of derivatives and other financial instruments of $821.7 million as well as an income tax provision of $66.4 million. Book value per share at December 31, 2012, was $5.51.

“In 2012, we took advantage of every opportunity to position Radian for future success, including growing our volume of new, high-quality mortgage insurance business each quarter, reducing our portfolio of delinquent loans by 16%, maintaining a competitive risk-to-capital ratio and reducing our financial guaranty exposure by 51%,” said Chief Executive Officer S.A. Ibrahim. “Although our fourth quarter results were impacted by the continuing challenge of our legacy portfolio, our ability to write new, profitable business remains undiminished.”

Ibrahim added, “We hit the ground running in 2013 with $4 billion of new business written in January and another decline in our delinquent loan inventory, which better positions Radian for a return to operating profitability.”

CAPITAL AND LIQUIDITY UPDATE

• Radian Guaranty’s risk-to-capital ratio was 20.8:1 as of December 31, 2012, compared to 20.1:1 as of September 30, 2012, and 21.5:1 as of December 31, 2011.
  
  
  • The change in the risk-to-capital ratio from September 30, 2012, was primarily driven by operating losses and an increase to the company’s gross risk in force resulting from strong, new mortgage insurance business volume, partially offset by external and intercompany reinsurance which decreased net risk in force.
  • The company expects to remain below a 25:1 risk-to-capital ratio through 2013 including, if necessary, by contributing from currently available holding company funds.
  • In order to proactively manage its risk-to-capital position, Radian Guaranty entered into two quota share reinsurance agreements in 2012 with the same third-party reinsurance provider. As of December 31, 2012, a total of $1.9 billion was ceded under those agreements.
  • The company also managed risk to capital through a new intercompany reinsurance agreement, which reduced Radian Guaranty’s net risk in force by $2.6 billion in the fourth quarter.
  • As of December 31, 2012, Radian Guaranty’s statutory capital was $926 million compared to $843 million a year ago.

• Radian Group maintains approximately $336 million of currently available liquidity, before the repayment this month of $79 million of outstanding debt. After completion of the company’s debt exchange in January, the company has approximately $55 million of outstanding debt due in June 2015, with the balance of debt maturing in 2017.

FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

• New mortgage insurance written (NIW) was $11.7 billion for the quarter, compared to $10.6 billion in the third quarter of 2012 and $6.5 billion in the prior-year quarter. Radian wrote an additional $4 billion in NIW in January 2013, compared to $2 billion in January 2012.
  
  
  • The product mix of Radian’s NIW in 2012 shifted to an increased level of monthly premium business. Of the $37.1 billion in new business written in 2012, 65 percent was written with monthly premiums and 35 percent with single premiums. This compares to a mix of 59 percent monthly premiums and 41 percent single premiums in 2011.
  • The Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) accounted for $2.9 billion of insurance not included in Radian Guaranty’s NIW total for the quarter. This compares to $2.7 billion in the third quarter of 2012 and $0.7 billion in the prior-year quarter. As of December 31, 2012, approximately 9 percent of the company’s total primary mortgage insurance risk in force had successfully completed a HARP refinance.
  • NIW continued to consist of loans with excellent risk characteristics, with 76 percent consisting of loans with FICO scores of 740 or greater.

• The mortgage insurance provision for losses was $306.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared to $171.8 million in the third quarter and $333.3 million in the prior-year period. Mortgage insurance loss reserves were approximately $3.1 billion as of December 31, 2012, which was up slightly from $3.0 billion as of September 30, 2012, and down from $3.2 billion as of December 31, 2011. First-lien reserves per primary default were $29,510 as of December 31, 2012, compared to $28,561 as of September 30, 2012, and $26,007 as of December 31, 2011.
• The total number of primary delinquent loans decreased by 2 percent in the fourth quarter from the third quarter of 2012, and by 16 percent from the fourth quarter of 2011. In addition, the total number of primary delinquent loans decreased by 2 percent in January. The primary mortgage insurance delinquency rate decreased to 12.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared to 12.6 percent in the third quarter and 15.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011. The company’s primary risk in force on defaulted loans was $4.3 billion in the fourth quarter, compared to $4.4 billion in the third quarter and $5.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011.
• Total mortgage insurance claims paid were $263.4 million in the fourth quarter, compared to $272.4 million in the third quarter and $291.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2011. The company expects mortgage insurance net claims paid for the full-year 2013 of $900 million to $1.0 billion.
• Radian Asset Assurance Inc. continues to serve as an important source of capital support for Radian Guaranty and is expected to continue to provide Radian Guaranty with dividends over time.
  
  
  • As of December 31, 2012, Radian Asset had approximately $1.1 billion in statutory surplus with an additional $700 million in claims-paying resources.
  • In November, Radian Asset agreed to the commutation of its remaining reinsurance risk from Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation (FGIC), which reduced the company’s total reinsurance portfolio by 13 percent. The commutation of the $822 million reinsurance portfolio was completed in January 2013.
  • Last week, Radian Asset received regulatory approval to release $61 million of contingency reserves, which will benefit Radian Guaranty's statutory capital position. The reserve release was based on a reduction in Radian Asset’s net par outstanding, resulting from the maturing of exposures and other terminations of coverage. The company had anticipated the majority of the reserve release and has included its impact in its projections of Radian Guaranty's risk-to-capital during 2013.

• Radian Asset has paid a total of $384 million in dividends to Radian Guaranty since 2008, and expects to pay another dividend of approximately $35 million in 2013.
• Since June 30, 2008, Radian Asset has successfully reduced its total net par exposure by 71 percent to $33.7 billion as of December 31, 2012, including large declines in many of the riskier segments of the portfolio.

CONFERENCE CALL

Radian will discuss these items in its conference call today, Monday, February 11, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time. The conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet at http://www.radian.biz/page?name=Webcasts or at www.radian.com. The call may also be accessed by dialing 800-230-1092 inside the U.S., or 612-234-9960 for international callers, using passcode 280218 or by referencing Radian.

A replay of the webcast will be available on the Radian website approximately two hours after the live broadcast ends for a period of one year. A replay of the conference call will be available approximately two and a half hours after the call ends for a period of two weeks, using the following dial-in numbers and passcode: 800-475-6701 inside the U.S., or 320-365-3844 for international callers, passcode 280218.

In addition to the information provided in the company's earnings news release, other statistical and financial information, which is expected to be referred to during the conference call, will be available on Radian's website under Investors >Quarterly Results, or by clicking on http://www.radian.biz/page?name=QuarterlyResults.

ABOUT RADIAN

Radian Group Inc. (NYSE: RDN), headquartered in Philadelphia, provides private mortgage insurance and related risk mitigation products and services to mortgage lenders nationwide through its principal operating subsidiary, Radian Guaranty Inc. These services help promote and preserve homeownership opportunities for homebuyers, while protecting lenders from default-related losses on residential first mortgages and facilitating the sale of low-downpayment mortgages in the secondary market. Additional information may be found at www.radian.com.

FINANCIAL RESULTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION CONTENTS (Unaudited)

For trend information on all schedules, refer to Radian’s quarterly financial statistics at http://www.radian.biz/page?name=FinancialReportsCorporate.

Exhibit A:		Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
Exhibit B:		Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
Exhibit C:		Segment Information Quarter Ended December 31, 2012
Exhibit D:		Segment Information Quarter Ended December 31, 2011
Exhibit E:		Segment Information Year Ended December 31, 2012
Exhibit F:		Segment Information Year Ended December 31, 2011
Exhibit G:		Financial Guaranty Supplemental Information
Exhibit H:		Financial Guaranty Supplemental Information
Exhibit I:		Mortgage Insurance Supplemental Information
		New Insurance Written
Exhibit J:		Mortgage Insurance Supplemental Information
		Insurance in Force and Risk in Force by Product
Exhibit K:		Mortgage Insurance Supplemental Information
		Risk in Force by FICO, LTV and Policy Year
Exhibit L:		Mortgage Insurance Supplemental Information
		Primary, Pool and Other Risk in Force
Exhibit M:		Mortgage Insurance Supplemental Information
		Claims, Reserves and Reserve per Default
Exhibit N:		Mortgage Insurance Supplemental Information
		Default Statistics
Exhibit O:		Mortgage Insurance Supplemental Information
		Net Premiums Written and Earned, Captives, QSR and Persistency

Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
Exhibit A
		Quarter Ended								Year Ended
		December 31								December 31
(In thousands except per-share data)		2012				2011				2012				2011
Revenues:
Net premiums written - insurance		$	217,743			$	193,433			$	686,630			$	707,247
Net premiums earned - insurance		$	193,875			$	184,413			$	738,982			$	756,025
Net investment income		23,112				38,694				114,337				163,520
Net gains on investments		6,351				38,866				184,888				202,177
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings		(3		)		(1,171		)		(3		)		(1,202		)
Change in fair value of derivative instruments		2,912				69,769				(144,025		)		628,395
Net (losses) gains on other financial instruments		(1,815		)		32,429				(82,269		)		193,329
Gain on sale of affiliate		—				—				7,708				—
Other income		1,627				1,551				5,790				5,599
Total revenues		226,059				364,551				825,408				1,947,843
Expenses:
Provision for losses		305,797				355,984				959,171				1,296,521
Change in reserve for premium deficiency		(1,464		)		(665		)		41				(7,092		)
Policy acquisition costs		10,098				12,796				61,876				52,763
Other operating expenses		55,896				38,397				196,672				175,810
Interest expense		12,583				14,197				51,832				61,394
Total expenses		382,910				420,709				1,269,592				1,579,396
Equity in net (loss) income of affiliates		—				—				(13		)		65
Pretax (loss) income		(156,851		)		(56,158		)		(444,197		)		368,512
Income tax provision		20,451				65,381				7,271				66,362
Net (loss) income		$	(177,302	)		$	(121,539	)		$	(451,468	)		$	302,150
Diluted net (loss) income per share (1)		$	(1.34	)		$	(0.92	)		$	(3.41	)		$	2.26
(1) Weighted average shares outstanding (in thousands)
Weighted average common shares outstanding			132,525				132,369				132,533				132,372
Increase in weighted average shares-common stock equivalents-diluted basis			—				—				—				1,491
Weighted average shares outstanding			132,525				132,369				132,533				133,863

For Trend Information, refer to our Quarterly Financial Statistics on Radian's (RDN) website.

Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
Exhibit B
		December 31				December 31
(In thousands, except per-share data)		2012				2011
Assets:
Cash and investments		$	5,208,199			$	5,846,168
Deferred policy acquisition costs		88,202				139,906
Deferred income taxes, net		—				15,975
Reinsurance recoverables		89,204				157,985
Derivative assets		13,609				17,212
Other assets		503,986				479,519
Total assets		$	5,903,200			$	6,656,765
Liabilities and stockholders' equity:
Unearned premiums		$	648,682			$	637,372
Reserve for losses and loss adjustment expenses		3,149,936				3,310,902
Reserve for premium deficiency		3,685				3,644
Long-term debt		663,571				818,584
VIE debt		108,858				228,240
Derivative liabilities		266,873				126,006
Other liabilities		325,270				349,726
Total liabilities		5,166,875				5,474,474
Common stock		151				151
Additional paid-in capital		1,075,320				1,074,513
Retained (deficit) earnings		(355,241		)		96,227
Accumulated other comprehensive income		16,095				11,400
Total common stockholders’ equity		736,325				1,182,291
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity		$	5,903,200			$	6,656,765
Book value per share		$	5.51			$	8.88

Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Segment Information
Quarter Ended December 31, 2012
Exhibit C
		Mortgage				Financial
(In thousands)		Insurance				Guaranty				Total
Revenues:
Net premiums written - insurance		$	217,044			$	699			$	217,743
Net premiums earned - insurance		179,486				14,389				193,875
Net investment income		12,814				10,298				23,112
Net gains on investments		1,447				4,904				6,351
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings		—				(3		)		(3		)
Change in fair value of derivative instruments		(298		)		3,210				2,912
Net losses on other financial instruments		(864		)		(951		)		(1,815		)
Other income		1,588				39				1,627
Total revenues		194,173				31,886				226,059
Expenses:
Provision for losses		306,895				(1,098		)		305,797
Change in reserve for premium deficiency		(1,464		)		—				(1,464		)
Policy acquisition costs		7,469				2,629				10,098
Other operating expenses		44,661				11,235				55,896
Interest expense		2,099				10,484				12,583
Total expenses		359,660				23,250				382,910
Pretax (loss) income		(165,487		)		8,636				(156,851		)
Income tax provision		12,279				8,172				20,451
Net (loss) income		$	(177,766	)		$	464			$	(177,302	)
Cash and investments		$	3,118,153			$	2,090,046			$	5,208,199
Deferred policy acquisition costs		38,478				49,724				88,202
Total assets		3,575,427				2,327,773				5,903,200
Unearned premiums		382,413				266,269				648,682
Reserve for losses and loss adjustment expenses		3,083,608				66,328				3,149,936
VIE Debt		9,875				98,983				108,858
Derivative liabilities		—				266,873				266,873

Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Segment Information
Quarter Ended December 31, 2011
Exhibit D
		Mortgage				Financial
(In thousands)		Insurance				Guaranty				Total
Revenues:
Net premiums written - insurance		$	194,009			$	(576	)		$	193,433
Net premiums earned - insurance		167,000				17,413				184,413
Net investment income		20,350				18,344				38,694
Net gains on investments		27,755				11,111				38,866
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings		(1,171		)		—				(1,171		)
Change in fair value of derivative instruments		(696		)		70,465				69,769
Net (losses) gains on other financial instruments		(457		)		32,886				32,429
Other income		1,488				63				1,551
Total revenues		214,269				150,282				364,551
Expenses:
Provision for losses		333,293				22,691				355,984
Change in reserve for premium deficiency		(665		)		—				(665		)
Policy acquisition costs		9,400				3,396				12,796
Other operating expenses		28,093				10,304				38,397
Interest expense		1,944				12,253				14,197
Total expenses		372,065				48,644				420,709
Pretax (loss) income		(157,796		)		101,638				(56,158		)
Income tax provision (benefit)		110,315				(44,934		)		65,381
Net (loss) income		$	(268,111	)		$	146,572			$	(121,539	)
Cash and investments		$	3,210,279			$	2,635,889			$	5,846,168
Deferred policy acquisition costs		52,094				87,812				139,906
Total assets		3,470,103				3,186,662				6,656,765
Unearned premiums		233,446				403,926				637,372
Reserve for losses and loss adjustment expenses		3,247,900				63,002				3,310,902
VIE Debt		9,450				218,790				228,240
Derivative liabilities		—				126,006				126,006

Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Segment Information
Year Ended December 31, 2012
Exhibit E
		Mortgage				Financial
(In thousands)		Insurance				Guaranty				Total
Revenues:
Net premiums written - insurance		$	806,305			$	(119,675	)		$	686,630
Net premiums earned - insurance		702,385				36,597				738,982
Net investment income		63,191				51,146				114,337
Net gains on investments		103,666				81,222				184,888
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings		—				(3		)		(3		)
Change in fair value of derivative instruments		(330		)		(143,695		)		(144,025		)
Net losses on other financial instruments		(3,491		)		(78,778		)		(82,269		)
Gain on sale of affiliate		—				7,708				7,708
Other income		5,516				274				5,790
Total revenues		870,937				(45,529		)		825,408
Expenses:
Provision for losses		921,507				37,664				959,171
Change in reserve for premium deficiency		41				—				41
Policy acquisition costs		34,131				27,745				61,876
Other operating expenses		152,448				44,224				196,672
Interest expense		7,454				44,378				51,832
Total expenses		1,115,581				154,011				1,269,592
Equity in net loss of affiliates		—				(13		)		(13		)
Pretax loss		(244,644		)		(199,553		)		(444,197		)
Income tax (benefit) provision		(30,045		)		37,316				7,271
Net loss		$	(214,599	)		$	(236,869	)		$	(451,468	)

Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Segment Information
Year Ended December 31, 2011
Exhibit F
		Mortgage				Financial
(In thousands)		Insurance				Guaranty				Total
Revenues:
Net premiums written - insurance		$	717,264			$	(10,017	)		$	707,247
Net premiums earned - insurance		$	680,895			$	75,130			$	756,025
Net investment income		93,678				69,842				163,520
Net gains on investments		126,205				75,972				202,177
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings		(1,202		)		—				(1,202		)
Change in fair value of derivative instruments		(632		)		629,027				628,395
Net gains on other financial instruments		3,864				189,465				193,329
Other income		5,369				230				5,599
Total revenues		908,177				1,039,666				1,947,843
Expenses:
Provision for losses		1,293,857				2,664				1,296,521
Change in reserve for premium deficiency		(7,092		)		—				(7,092		)
Policy acquisition costs		36,051				16,712				52,763
Other operating expenses		132,225				43,585				175,810
Interest expense		13,894				47,500				61,394
Total expenses		1,468,935				110,461				1,579,396
Equity in net income of affiliates		—				65				65
Pretax (loss) income		(560,758		)		929,270				368,512
Income tax provision (benefit)		83,157				(16,795		)		66,362
Net (loss) income		$	(643,915	)		$	946,065			$	302,150

Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Financial Guaranty Supplemental Information
Exhibit G
		Quarter Ended								Year Ended
		December 31								December 31
(In thousands)		2012				2011				2012				2011
Net Premiums Earned:
Public finance direct		$	10,723			$	11,673			$	43,727			$	40,797
Public finance reinsurance		2,492				4,638				13,434				25,942
Structured direct		657				312				1,527				2,093
Structured reinsurance		515				795				173				3,434
Trade credit reinsurance		2				(5		)		—				35
Net Premiums Earned - insurance		14,389				17,413				58,861				72,301
Impact of commutations		—				—				(22,264		)		2,829
Total Net Premiums Earned - insurance		$	14,389			$	17,413			$	36,597			$	75,130
Refundings included in earned premium		$	7,956			$	8,459			$	33,985			$	27,187
Net premiums earned - derivatives (1)		$	5,652			$	10,054			$	28,693			$	41,743
Claims paid		$	5,465			$	5,392			$	34,338			$	11,427

(1) Included in change in fair value of derivative instruments.

The impact of the Assured Transaction for the Year Ended December 31, 2012, was as follows:

(In millions)
Statement of Operations
Decrease in premiums written		$	(119.8	)
Decrease in premiums earned		$	(22.2	)
Increase in change in fair value of derivative instruments—gain		1.4
Gain on sale of affiliate		7.7
Increase in amortization of policy acquisition costs		(15.7		)
Decrease in pre-tax income		$	(28.8	)
Balance Sheet
Decrease in:
Cash		$	93.6
Deferred policy acquisition costs		26.2
Accounts and notes receivable		1.1
Derivative assets		0.6
Unearned premiums		71.6
Derivative liabilities		2.1
Increase in other assets		19.1

Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Financial Guaranty Supplemental Information
Exhibit H
		December 31					December 31
($ in thousands, except ratios)		2012					2011
Statutory Information:
Capital and surplus		$	1,144,112				$	974,874
Contingency reserve		300,138					421,406
Qualified statutory capital		1,444,250					1,396,280
Unearned premium reserve		256,920					448,669
Loss and loss expense reserve		(53,441		)			161,287
Total statutory policyholders' reserves		1,647,729					2,006,236
Present value of installment premiums		114,292					148,641
Total statutory claims paying resources		$	1,762,021				$	2,154,877
Net debt service outstanding		$	42,526,289				$	88,202,630
Capital leverage ratio (1)		29					63
Claims paying leverage ratio (2)		24					41
Net par outstanding by product:
Public finance direct		$	9,796,131				$	13,838,427
Public finance reinsurance		5,542,217					19,097,057
Structured direct		17,615,383					34,760,869
Structured reinsurance		787,758					1,492,859
Total (3)		$	33,741,489		(4)		$	69,189,212

(1)		The capital leverage ratio is derived by dividing net debt service outstanding by qualified statutory capital.
(2)		The claims paying leverage ratio is derived by dividing net debt service outstanding by total statutory claims paying resources.
(3)		Included in public finance net par outstanding is $1.0 billion and $1.4 billion at December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, for legally defeased bond issues where our financial guaranty policy has not been extinguished but cash or securities have been deposited in an escrow account for the benefit of bondholders.
(4)		Reductions in par caused by the following: $15.6 billion in connection with the Assured Transaction, $10.2 billion in connection with the CDO terminations, and $1.2 billion in connection with the Commutation Transactions.

Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Mortgage Insurance Supplemental Information
Exhibit I
		Quarter Ended														Year Ended
		December 31														December 31
		2012							2011							2012							2011
($ in millions)		$				%			$				%			$				%			$				%
Primary new insurance written
Prime		$	11,657			99.9	%		$	6,532			99.9	%		$	37,041			99.9	%		$	15,499			99.9	%
Alt-A		—				—			2				—			2				—			2				—
A minus and below		6				0.1			3				0.1			18				0.1			9				0.1
Total Flow		$	11,663			100.0	%		$	6,537			100.0	%		$	37,061			100.0	%		$	15,510			100.0	%
Total primary new insurance written by FICO score
>=740		$	8,838			75.8	%		$	5,051			77.3	%		$	28,151			75.9	%		$	12,142			78.3	%
680-739		2,519				21.6			1,364				20.9			7,994				21.6			3,192				20.6
620-679		306				2.6			121				1.8			916				2.5			175				1.1
<=619		—				—			1				—			—				—			1				—
Total Flow		$	11,663			100.0	%		$	6,537			100.0	%		$	37,061			100.0	%		$	15,510			100.0	%
Percentage of primary new insurance written
Monthly premiums		65		%					57		%					65		%					59		%
Single premiums		35		%					43		%					35		%					41		%
Refinances		44		%					46		%					40		%					39		%
LTV
95.01% and above		1.5		%					2.3		%					1.4		%					1.9		%
90.01% to 95.00%		40.5		%					37.7		%					41.2		%					36.3		%
ARMS
Less than 5 years		<1%							<1%							<1%							<1%
5 years and longer		1.1		%					3.2		%					1.9		%					4.8		%

Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Mortgage Insurance Supplemental Information
Exhibit J
		December 31							December 31
		2012							2011
($ in millions)		$				%			$				%
Primary insurance in force
Flow		$	129,079			92.0	%		$	113,438			89.9	%
Structured		11,284				8.0			12,747				10.1
Total Primary		$	140,363			100.0	%		$	126,185			100.0	%
Prime		$	123,437			87.9	%		$	106,407			84.3	%
Alt-A		10,447				7.5			12,344				9.8
A minus and below		6,479				4.6			7,434				5.9
Total Primary		$	140,363			100.0	%		$	126,185			100.0	%
Primary risk in force
Flow		$	31,891			92.8	%		$	27,937			91.0	%
Structured		2,481				7.2			2,755				9.0
Total Primary		$	34,372			100.0	%		$	30,692			100.0	%
Flow
Prime		$	28,898			90.6	%		$	24,401			87.3	%
Alt-A		1,852				5.8			2,200				7.9
A minus and below		1,141				3.6			1,336				4.8
Total Flow		$	31,891			100.0	%		$	27,937			100.0	%
Structured
Prime		$	1,450			58.5	%		$	1,610			58.4	%
Alt-A		552				22.2			625				22.7
A minus and below		479				19.3			520				18.9
Total Structured		$	2,481			100.0	%		$	2,755			100.0	%
Total
Prime		$	30,348			88.3	%		$	26,011			84.8	%
Alt-A		2,404				7.0			2,825				9.2
A minus and below		1,620				4.7			1,856				6.0
Total Primary		$	34,372			100.0	%		$	30,692			100.0	%

Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Mortgage Insurance Supplemental Information
Exhibit K
			December 31								December 31
			2012								2011
($ in millions)			$				%				$				%
Total primary risk in force by FICO score
Flow
>=740			$	16,448			51.6	%			$	12,242			43.8	%
680-739				9,686			30.4					9,205			32.9
620-679				4,918			15.4					5,503			19.8
<=619				839			2.6					987			3.5
Total Flow			$	31,891			100.0	%			$	27,937			100.0	%
Structured
>=740			$	661			26.6	%			$	732			26.6	%
680-739				716			28.9					802			29.1
620-679				661			26.6					738			26.8
<=619				443			17.9					483			17.5
Total Structured			$	2,481			100.0	%			$	2,755			100.0	%
Total
>=740			$	17,109			49.8	%			$	12,974			42.3	%
680-739				10,402			30.3					10,007			32.6
620-679				5,579			16.2					6,241			20.3
<=619				1,282			3.7					1,470			4.8
Total Primary			$	34,372			100.0	%			$	30,692			100.0	%
Total primary risk in force by LTV
85.00% and below			$	3,292			9.6	%			$	2,772			9.0	%
85.01% to 90.00%				13,134			38.2					11,861			38.6
90.01% to 95.00%				13,303			38.7					10,735			35.0
95.01% and above				4,643			13.5					5,324			17.4
Total			$	34,372			100.0	%			$	30,692			100.0	%
Total primary risk in force by policy year
2005 and prior			$	5,657			16.5	%			$	6,887			22.4	%
2006				2,735			8.0					3,172			10.3
2007				6,059			17.6					6,960			22.7
2008				4,582			13.3					5,206			17.0
2009				2,021			5.9					2,656			8.7
2010				1,726			5.0					2,244			7.3
2011				2,956			8.6					3,567			11.6
2012				8,636			25.1					—			—
Total			$	34,372			100.0	%			$	30,692			100.0	%
Primary risk in force on defaulted loans			$	4,320							$	5,198

Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Mortgage Insurance Supplemental Information
Exhibit L
						December 31									December 31
($ in millions)						2012									2011
						$					%				$					%
Percentage of primary risk in force
			Refinances				32	%								32	%
			ARMS
			Less than 5 years				4	%								5	%
			5 years and longer				5	%								7	%
Pool risk in force
Prime						$	1,411				76.9	%			$	1,601				77.4	%
Alt-A							104				5.7					122				5.9
A minus and below							319				17.4					345				16.7
Total						$	1,834				100.0	%			$	2,068				100.0	%
Total pool risk in force by policy year
			2005 and prior			$	1,663				90.7	%			$	1,852				89.6	%
			2006				76				4.1					92				4.4
			2007				85				4.6					103				5.0
			2008				10				0.6					21				1.0
Total pool risk in force						$	1,834				100.0	%			$	2,068				100.0	%
Other risk in force
			Second-lien
			1st loss			$	81								$	102
			2nd loss				13									29
			NIMS				14									19
			1st loss-Hong Kong primary mortgage insurance				40									64
Total other risk in force						$	148								$	214
Risk to capital ratio-Radian Guaranty only							20.8:1	(1)								21.5:1
Risk to capital ratio-Mortgage Insurance combined							29.9:1	(1)								30.9:1
(1) Preliminary

Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Mortgage Insurance Supplemental Information
Exhibit M
			Quarter Ended										Year Ended
			December 31										December 31
($ in thousands)			2012					2011					2012					2011
Net claims paid
Prime			$	171,727				$	152,202				$	638,820				$	796,940
Alt-A				43,806					36,934					165,776					257,448
A minus and below				26,982					30,035					112,216					164,429
Total primary claims paid				242,515					219,171					916,812					1,218,817
Pool				20,360					33,140					92,206					178,610
Second-lien and other				555					2,370					8,598					11,331
Subtotal				263,430					254,681					1,017,616					1,408,758
Impact of first-lien terminations				—					36,903					—					75,101
Impact of captive terminations				—					—					(148	)				(1,166	)
Impact of second-lien terminations				—					—					—					16,550
Total			$	263,430				$	291,584				$	1,017,468				$	1,499,243
Average claim paid (1)
Prime			$	48.0				$	49.9				$	48.6				$	49.6
Alt-A				56.3					58.6					57.9					60.7
A minus and below				36.7					40.4					37.7					40.2
Total primary average claims paid				47.6					49.6					47.8					50.0
Pool				73.0					72.2					67.9					76.2
Second-lien and other				11.1					19.9					25.1					25.8
Total			$	48.6				$	50.9				$	48.7				$	51.9
Average primary claim paid (2) (3)			$	50.0				$	52.4				$	50.4				$	54.6
Average total claim paid (2) (3)			$	50.8				$	53.4				$	51.1				$	56.0
Loss ratio - GAAP basis				171.0	%				198.6	%				131.2	%				189.8	%
Expense ratio - GAAP basis				29.0	%				22.3	%				26.6	%				24.7	%
				200.0	%				220.9	%				157.8	%				214.5	%
Reserve for losses by category
Prime			$	1,739,968				$	1,748,412
Alt-A				564,719					612,423
A minus and below				361,533					370,806
Reinsurance recoverable (4)				83,238					151,569
Total primary reserves				2,749,458					2,883,210
Pool insurance				323,403					353,583
Total 1st lien reserves				3,072,861					3,236,793
Second lien				7,237					11,070
Other				3,510					37
Total reserves			$	3,083,608				$	3,247,900
1st lien reserve per default (5)
Primary reserve per primary default			$	29,510				$	26,007
Primary reserve per primary default excluding IBNR				26,408					24,637
Pool reserve per pool default (6)				17,821					16,305
Total 1st lien reserve per default				27,605					24,420

(1)		Calculated net of reinsurance recoveries and without giving effect to the impact of first-lien, second-lien and captive terminations.
(2)		Calculated without giving effect to the impact of terminations of captive reinsurance and first- and second-lien transactions.
(3)		Before reinsurance recoveries.
(4)		Represents ceded losses on captive transactions and Smart Home.
(5)		Calculated as total reserves divided by total defaults.
(6)		If calculated before giving effect to deductibles and stop losses in pool transactions, the pool reserve per default at December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, would be $28,125 and $25,402, respectively.

Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Mortgage Insurance Supplemental Information
Exhibit N
			December 31				December 31
			2012				2011
Default Statistics
Primary Insurance:
Flow
Prime
Number of insured loans			630,094				569,190
Number of loans in default			55,483				65,238
Percentage of loans in default			8.81	%			11.46	%
Alt-A
Number of insured loans			37,754				44,355
Number of loans in default			11,798				14,481
Percentage of loans in default			31.25	%			32.65	%
A minus and below
Number of insured loans			35,150				40,884
Number of loans in default			11,211				13,560
Percentage of loans in default			31.89	%			33.17	%
Total Flow
Number of insured loans			702,998				654,429
Number of loans in default			78,492				93,279
Percentage of loans in default			11.17	%			14.25	%
Structured
Prime
Number of insured loans			37,528				41,248
Number of loans in default			5,371				6,308
Percentage of loans in default			14.31	%			15.29	%
Alt-A
Number of insured loans			16,315				18,484
Number of loans in default			4,207				5,563
Percentage of loans in default			25.79	%			30.10	%
A minus and below
Number of insured loans			14,157				15,477
Number of loans in default			5,099				5,711
Percentage of loans in default			36.02	%			36.90	%
Total Structured
Number of insured loans			68,000				75,209
Number of loans in default			14,677				17,582
Percentage of loans in default			21.58	%			23.38	%
Total Primary Insurance
Prime
Number of insured loans			667,622				610,438
Number of loans in default			60,854				71,546
Percentage of loans in default			9.12	%			11.72	%
Alt-A
Number of insured loans			54,069				62,839
Number of loans in default			16,005				20,044
Percentage of loans in default			29.60	%			31.90	%
A minus and below
Number of insured loans			49,307				56,361
Number of loans in default			16,310				19,271
Percentage of loans in default			33.08	%			34.19	%
Total Primary
Number of insured loans			770,998				729,638
Number of loans in default			93,169				110,861
Percentage of loans in default			12.08	%			15.19	%
Pool insurance
Number of loans in default			18,147				21,685

Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Mortgage Insurance Supplemental Information
Exhibit O
			Quarter Ended December 31										Year Ended December 31
($ in thousands)			2012					2011					2012					2011
Net Premiums Written
Primary and Pool Insurance			$	216,609				$	193,670				$	804,371				$	715,125
Second-lien (1)				429					537					1,874					2,314
International				6					(198	)				60					(175	)
Total Net Premiums Written - Insurance			$	217,044				$	194,009				$	806,305				$	717,264
Net Premiums Earned
Primary and Pool Insurance			$	178,771				$	166,233				$	699,079				$	673,869
Second-lien				429					537					1,874					2,314
International				286					230					1,432					4,712
Total Net Premiums Earned - Insurance			$	179,486				$	167,000				$	702,385				$	680,895
1st Lien Captives
Premiums ceded to captives			$	5,371				$	6,895				$	23,416				$	28,816
% of total premiums				2.8	%				3.9	%				3.2	%				4.1	%
IIF included in captives (1)				6.5	%				8.9	%
RIF included in captives (1)				6.3	%				8.8	%
Initial Quota Share Reinsurance ("QSR") Transaction
QSR ceded premiums written			$	10,296									$	52,151
% of premiums written				4.3	%									5.9	%
QSR ceded premiums earned			$	7,700									$	16,088
% of premiums earned				4.0	%									2.2	%
Ceding commissions			$	2,574									$	13,038
RIF included in QSR (2)			$	1,525,840
Second QSR Transaction
QSR ceded premiums written			$	9,648									$	9,648
% of premiums written				4.0	%									1.1	%
QSR ceded premiums earned			$	504									$	504
% of premiums earned				0.3	%									0.1	%
Ceding commissions			$	3,377									$	3,377
RIF included in QSR (2)			$	368,429
Persistency (twelve months ended December 31)				81.8	%				85.4	%

(1)		Radian reinsures the middle layer risk positions, while retaining a significant portion of the total risk comprising the first loss and most remote risk positions.
(2)		Included in primary risk in force.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

All statements in this press release that address events, developments or results that we expect or anticipate may occur in the future are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the United States (“U.S.”) Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In most cases, forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as “anticipate,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “goal,” “contemplate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “project,” “potential,” “continue,” or the negative or other variations on these words and other similar expressions. These statements, which may include, without limitation, projections regarding our future performance and financial condition, are made on the basis of management’s current views and assumptions with respect to future events. Any forward-looking statement is not a guarantee of future performance and actual results could differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statement. These statements speak only as of the date they were made, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. We operate in a changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all risks that may affect us. The forward-looking statements, as well as our prospects as a whole, are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements including:

• Losses in our mortgage insurance and financial guaranty businesses have reduced Radian Guaranty’s statutory surplus and increased Radian Guaranty’s risk-to-capital ratio; additional losses in these businesses, without a corresponding increase in new capital or capital relief, would further negatively impact this ratio, which could limit Radian Guaranty’s ability to write new insurance and increase restrictions and requirements placed on Radian Guaranty.

We and our insurance subsidiaries are subject to comprehensive, detailed regulation by the insurance departments in the states where our insurance subsidiaries are licensed to transact business. These regulations are principally designed for the protection of our insured policyholders rather than for the benefit of investors. 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.

The GSEs and state insurance regulators impose various capital requirements on our insurance subsidiaries. These include risk-to-capital ratios, risk-based capital measures and surplus requirements that potentially limit the amount of insurance that each of our insurance subsidiaries may write. The GSEs and our state insurance regulators also possess significant discretion with respect to our insurance subsidiaries. Our failure to maintain adequate levels of capital, among other things, could lead to intervention by the various insurance regulatory authorities or the GSEs, which could materially and adversely affect our business, business prospects and financial condition.

Under state insurance regulations, Radian Guaranty is required to maintain minimum surplus levels and, in certain states, a minimum amount of statutory capital relative to the level of risk in force (“RIF”), or “risk-to-capital.” Sixteen states (the risk-based capital or “RBC States”) currently impose a statutory or regulatory risk-based capital requirement (the “Statutory RBC Requirement”), the most common of which requires that a mortgage insurer’s risk-to-capital ratio not exceed 25 to 1. In some of the RBC States (the “MPP States”), Radian Guaranty is required to maintain a minimum policyholder position (the “MPP Requirement”). Unless an RBC State grants a waiver or other form of relief, if a mortgage insurer is not in compliance with the Statutory RBC Requirement of an RBC State, it may be prohibited from writing new mortgage insurance business in that state. Radian Guaranty’s domiciliary state, Pennsylvania, is not one of the RBC States. In 2012 and 2011, the RBC States accounted for approximately 54.3% and 50.5%, respectively, of Radian Guaranty’s total primary new insurance written.

As of December 31, 2012, Radian Guaranty’s risk-to-capital ratio was 20.8 to 1. Radian Guaranty’s risk-to-capital ratio has been negatively impacted in recent years by operating losses. The ultimate amount of losses and the timing of these losses will depend, in part, on general economic conditions and other factors, including the health of credit markets, home prices and unemployment rates, all of which are difficult to predict and beyond our control. Based on our current projections, in the absence of any further risk-to-capital support (which Radian Group expects to provide as discussed below), we anticipate that Radian Guaranty would exceed the 25 to 1 risk-to-capital ratio requirement during 2013.

Further, Radian Guaranty’s policyholder position was below the MPP Requirement in two states as of the end of 2012. Each of these MPP States has issued to Radian Guaranty a waiver of its MPP Requirement. These waivers allow Radian Guaranty to continue writing new business in these states regardless of whether the MPP Requirement has been met. One of these waivers has no specified expiration date and the other expires on December 31, 2013.

Our mortgage insurance incurred losses are driven primarily by new mortgage insurance defaults and adverse developments in the assumptions used to determine our loss reserves. Establishing loss reserves in our businesses requires significant judgment by management with respect to the likelihood, magnitude and timing of anticipated losses. This judgment has been made more difficult in the current period of prolonged economic uncertainty. Our estimate of the rate at which we expect defaults will ultimately result in paid claims (the “default to claim rate”) is a significant assumption in our reserving methodology. Our assumed aggregate weighted average default to claim rate (which incorporates the expected impact of rescissions and denials) was approximately 47% and 43% for the years ending December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Assuming all other factors remain constant, for each one percentage point increase in our aggregate weighted average default to claim rate as of December 31, 2012, incurred losses would increase by approximately $55 million. Radian Guaranty’s statutory capital would be reduced by the after-tax impact of these incurred losses. Our level of incurred losses is also dependent on our estimate of anticipated rescissions and denials, including our estimate of the likely number of successful challenges to previously rescinded policies or claim denials, among other assumptions. If the actual losses we ultimately realize are in excess of the loss estimates we use in establishing loss reserves, we may be required to take unexpected charges to income, which could adversely affect Radian Guaranty’s statutory capital position.

If Radian Guaranty is not in compliance with a state’s applicable Statutory RBC Requirement, it may be prohibited from writing new business in that state until it is back in compliance or it receives a waiver of or similar relief from the requirement from the applicable state insurance regulator, as discussed in more detail below. In those states that do not have a Statutory RBC Requirement, it is not clear what actions the applicable state regulators would take if a mortgage insurer fails to meet the Statutory RBC Requirement established by another state. Accordingly, if Radian Guaranty fails to meet the Statutory RBC Requirement in one or more states, it could be required to suspend writing business in some or all of the states in which it does business. In addition, the GSEs and our mortgage lending customers may decide not to conduct new business with Radian Guaranty (or may reduce current business levels) or impose restrictions on Radian Guaranty while its capital position remained at such levels. The franchise value of our mortgage insurance business would likely 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.

Radian Guaranty’s capital position also is dependent on the performance of our financial guaranty portfolio. During the third quarter of 2008, we contributed our ownership interest in Radian Asset Assurance to Radian Guaranty. While this reorganization provided Radian Guaranty with substantial regulatory capital and dividends, it also makes the capital adequacy of our mortgage insurance business dependent, to a significant degree, on the successful run-off of our financial guaranty business. Any decrease in the statutory capital in our financial guaranty business would therefore have a negative impact on Radian Guaranty’s capital position and its ability to remain in compliance with the Statutory RBC Requirements. If our financial guaranty portfolio performs worse than anticipated, including if we are required to establish (or increase) statutory reserves on defaulted obligations that we have insured, or if we make net commutation payments to terminate insured financial guaranty obligations in excess of the then established statutory reserves for such obligations, the statutory capital of Radian Guaranty also would be negatively impacted.

We actively manage Radian Guaranty’s capital position in various ways, including: (1) through internal and external reinsurance arrangements; (2) by seeking opportunities to reduce our risk exposure through commutations or other negotiated transactions; (3) by contributing additional capital from Radian Group to our mortgage insurance subsidiaries; and (4) by realizing gains in our investment portfolio through open market sales of securities. Radian Group had unrestricted cash and liquid investments of $375.6 million as of December 31, 2012, which amount includes approximately $38.7 million of future expected corporate expenses and interest payments that have been accrued for and paid by certain subsidiaries to Radian Group as of that date. Radian Group currently has $79.4 million of outstanding debt due in February 2013, $54.8 million of outstanding debt due in 2015, $195.2 million of outstanding debt due in June 2017 and an additional $450 million of convertible debt due in November 2017. We intend to maintain Radian Guaranty’s risk to capital below 25:1 throughout 2013, including, if necessary by making contributions to Radian Guaranty from Radian Group’s remaining available liquidity. Depending on the extent of our future statutory incurred losses in our mortgage insurance subsidiaries and in Radian Asset Assurance, as well as the level of new insurance written and other factors, the amount of capital contributions required for Radian Guaranty to remain in compliance with the Statutory RBC Requirements could be substantial and could exceed amounts available at Radian Group.

Our ability to continue to reduce Radian Guaranty’s risk through affiliated reinsurance arrangements may be limited. These arrangements are subject to regulation by state insurance regulators who could decide to limit, or require the termination of, such arrangements. In addition, certain of these affiliated reinsurance companies currently are operating at or near minimum capital levels and have required, and may continue to require, additional capital contributions from Radian Group in the future. One of these affiliated insurance companies, which provides reinsurance to Radian Guaranty for coverage in excess of 25% of certain loans insured by Radian Guaranty, is a sister company of Radian Guaranty, and therefore, any contributions to this insurer would not be consolidated with Radian Guaranty’s capital for purposes of calculating Radian Guaranty’s risk-to-capital position. In addition, we must obtain prior approval from one or both of the GSEs to enter into new, or to modify existing, reinsurance arrangements. If we are limited in, or prohibited from, using reinsurance arrangements to reduce Radian Guaranty’s risk, it would adversely affect Radian Guaranty’s risk-to-capital position.

In order to maximize our financial flexibility, we have applied for waivers or similar relief for Radian Guaranty in each of the RBC States. Of the 16 RBC states, New York does not possess the regulatory authority to grant waivers and Iowa, Kansas and Ohio have declined to grant waivers to Radian Guaranty. In addition, Oregon has indicated that it will not consider our waiver application until such time that Radian Guaranty has exceeded its Statutory RBC Requirement, and we have a waiver application pending in Idaho. Currently, Radian Guaranty has waivers or similar relief from the following RBC States: Kentucky, Wisconsin, Arizona, Missouri, North Carolina, California and Texas. Waivers that were previously granted to Radian Guaranty from Illinois, New Jersey and Florida expired at the end of 2012, and we currently are pursuing a renewal of the waivers from these states. Certain of the existing waivers contain conditions, including requirements that Radian Guaranty’s risk-to-capital ratio may not exceed a revised maximum ratio, ranging from 30 to 1 up to 35 to 1. There can be no assurance that: (1) Radian Guaranty will be granted a waiver in Idaho or Oregon, or a renewal of the waivers that have expired in Illinois, New Jersey and Florida; (2) for any waiver granted, such regulator will not revoke or terminate the waiver, which the regulator generally has the authority to do at any time; (3) for any waiver granted, it will be renewed or extended after its original expiration date; or (4) additional requirements will not be imposed as a condition to such waivers or their renewal or extension and, if so, whether we will be able to comply with such conditions.

In addition to filing for waivers in the RBC States, we intend to write new first-lien mortgage insurance business in Radian Mortgage Assurance Inc. (“RMAI”) in any RBC State that does not permit Radian Guaranty to continue writing insurance while it is out of compliance with applicable Statutory RBC Requirements. RMAI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Radian Guaranty and is licensed to write mortgage insurance in each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia. Fannie Mae has approved RMAI to write new mortgage insurance business in any RBC State where Radian Guaranty would be prohibited from writing new business if it were not in compliance with the state’s Statutory RBC Requirement, without a waiver or other similar relief under the Fannie Mae Approval. The Fannie Mae Approval expires on December 31, 2013. Freddie Mac also has approved RMAI as a limited mortgage insurer to write business in those RBC States for which we have been denied a waiver. On December 20, 2012, Freddie Mac amended this approval to extend it for an additional one year period that will expire on December 31, 2013 (the Freddie Mac Approval, and together with the Fannie Mae Approval, the “GSE Approvals”). Pursuant to the Freddie Mac Approval, RMAI currently is eligible to write business in New York, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas, and, subject to certain conditions, Oregon and Idaho.

The GSE Approvals are temporary and are conditioned upon our compliance with a broad range of conditions and restrictions, including without limitation, minimum capital and liquidity requirements, a maximum risk-to-capital ratio of 20 to 1 for RMAI, restrictions on the payment of dividends and restrictions on affiliate transactions involving Radian Guaranty or RMAI. Under the GSE Approvals, Radian Group is required to contribute $50 million of additional capital to Radian Guaranty (which would then be contributed to RMAI) if Radian Guaranty exceeds a 25:1 risk-to-capital ratio, or if it fails to satisfy an MPP requirement in a state where it has not obtained a waiver or other similar relief. The Freddie Mac Approval also includes a condition specifying the time frame by which Radian Guaranty will evaluate and resolve claims. There can be no assurance that: (1) we will be able to comply with the conditions imposed by the GSEs’ approval for RMAI; (2) the GSEs will not revoke or terminate their approvals, which they generally have the authority to do at any time; (3) the approvals will be renewed or extended after their expiration dates; or (4) additional requirements will not be imposed as a condition to such on-going approvals, including their renewal or extension.

The GSE Approvals are limited to the RBC States. It is possible that if Radian Guaranty were not able to comply with the Statutory RBC Requirements of one or more states, the insurance regulatory authorities in states other than the RBC States could prevent Radian Guaranty from continuing to write new business in such states. If this were to occur, we would need to seek approval from the GSEs to expand the scope of their approvals to allow RMAI to write business in states other than the RBC States.

Our existing capital resources may not be sufficient to successfully manage Radian Guaranty’s capital position. Our ability to utilize waivers and RMAI to continue to write business if Radian Guaranty’s capital position is not in compliance with the Statutory RBC Requirements is subject to conditions that we may be unable to satisfy. As a result, even if we are successful in implementing this strategy, additional capital contributions or other risk-to-capital support or relief could be necessary, which we may not have the ability to provide. Further, regardless of the waivers and the GSEs’ approval of RMAI, we may choose to use our existing capital at Radian Group to maintain compliance with the Statutory RBC Requirements. Depending on the extent of our future incurred losses along with other factors, the amount of capital contributions that may be required to maintain compliance with the Statutory RBC Requirements could be significant and could exceed all of our remaining available capital. In the event we contribute a significant amount of Radian Group’s available capital to Radian Guaranty and RMAI, our financial flexibility would be significantly reduced, making it more difficult for Radian Group to meet its obligations in the future, including future principal payments on our outstanding debt.

Other risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements include the following:

• changes in general economic and political conditions, including high unemployment rates and weakness in the U.S. housing and mortgage credit markets, a significant downturn in the U.S. or global economies, a lack of meaningful liquidity in the capital or credit markets, changes or volatility in interest rates or consumer confidence and changes in credit spreads, each of which may be accelerated or intensified by, among other things, legislative activity or inactivity or actual or threatened downgrades of U.S. credit ratings;
• changes in the way customers, investors, regulators or legislators perceive the strength of private mortgage insurers or financial guaranty providers, in particular in light of developments in the private mortgage insurance and financial guaranty industries in which certain of our former competitors have ceased writing new insurance business and have been placed under supervision or receivership by insurance regulators;
• catastrophic events or economic changes in certain geographic regions, including those affecting governments and municipalities, where our mortgage insurance exposure is more concentrated or where we have financial guaranty exposure;
• our ability to maintain sufficient holding company liquidity to meet our short- and long-term liquidity needs, including in particular, the repayment of our long-term debt and additional capital contributions that may be required to support our mortgage insurance business;
• a reduction in, or prolonged period of depressed levels of, home mortgage originations due to reduced liquidity in the lending market, tighter underwriting standards, and general reduced housing demand in the U.S., which may be exacerbated by regulations impacting home mortgage originations, including requirements established under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”);
• the potential adverse impact on the mortgage origination market and on private mortgage insurers due to increased capital requirements for mortgage loans under proposed interagency rules to implement the third Basel Capital Accord (“Basel III”), including in particular, the possibility that loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (“FHA”) will receive a more favorable regulatory capital treatment than loans with private mortgage insurance;
• our ability to maintain an adequate risk-to-capital position, minimum policyholder position and other surplus requirements for Radian Guaranty Inc. (“Radian Guaranty”), our principal mortgage insurance subsidiary, including if necessary, our ability to write new mortgage insurance while maintaining a capital position that is in excess of risk-based capital limitations imposed in certain states, either through waivers of these limitations or through use of another mortgage insurance subsidiary, and the possibility that state regulators could pursue regulatory actions or proceedings, including possible supervisory or receivership actions, against Radian Guaranty, in the event Radian Guaranty’s capital position is not in compliance with levels that are acceptable to such regulators;
• our ability to continue to effectively mitigate our mortgage insurance and financial guaranty losses;
• a more rapid than expected decrease in the current elevated levels of mortgage insurance rescissions and claim denials, which have reduced our paid losses and resulted in a significant reduction in our loss reserves, including a decrease in rescissions or denials resulting from an increase in the number of successful challenges to previously rescinded policies or claim denials, or caused by the government-sponsored entities (“GSEs”) intervening in mortgage insurers’ loss mitigation practices, including settlements of disputes regarding loss mitigation activities;
• the negative impact our mortgage insurance rescissions and claim denials or claim curtailments may have on our relationships with customers and potential customers, including the potential loss of business and the heightened risk of disputes and litigation;
• the need, in the event that we are unsuccessful in defending our rescissions, denials or claim curtailments, to increase our loss reserves for, and reassume risk on, rescinded loans, and to pay additional claims, including amounts previously curtailed;
• any disruption in the servicing of mortgages covered by our insurance policies, as well as poor servicer performance;
• adverse changes in the severity or frequency of losses associated with certain products that we formerly offered (and which remain in our insured portfolio) that are riskier than traditional mortgage insurance or financial guaranty insurance policies;
• a decrease in the persistency rates of our mortgage insurance policies, which has the effect of reducing our premium income;
• heightened competition for our mortgage insurance business from others such as the FHA, the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) and other private mortgage insurers (in particular, the FHA and those private mortgage insurers that have been assigned higher ratings than we have, that may have access to greater amounts of capital than we do, or that are new entrants to the industry and are therefore not burdened by legacy obligations);
• changes in the charters or business practices of, or rules or regulations applicable to, Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and Freddie Mac, the largest purchasers of mortgage loans that we insure, and our ability to remain an eligible provider to both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac;
• changes to the current system of housing finance, including the possibility of a new system in which private mortgage insurers are not required or their products are significantly limited in effect or scope;
• the effect of the Dodd-Frank Act on the financial services industry in general and on our mortgage insurance and financial guaranty businesses in particular, including whether and to what extent loans with mortgage insurance may be considered “qualified residential mortgages” for purposes of the Dodd-Frank Act securitization provisions;
• the application of existing federal or state laws and regulations, or changes in these laws and regulations or the way they are interpreted, including, without limitation: (i) the resolution of existing, or the possibility of additional, lawsuits or investigations; and (ii) legislative and regulatory changes (a) impacting the demand for private mortgage insurance, (b) limiting or restricting the products we may offer or increasing the amount of capital we are required to hold, (c) affecting the form in which we execute credit protection, or (d) otherwise impacting our existing businesses;
• the amount and timing of potential payments or adjustments associated with federal or other tax examinations;
• the possibility that we may fail to estimate accurately the likelihood, magnitude and timing of losses in connection with establishing loss reserves for our mortgage insurance or financial guaranty businesses, or to estimate accurately the fair value amounts of derivative instruments in determining gains and losses on these instruments;
• volatility in our earnings caused by changes in the fair value of our assets and liabilities carried at fair value, including our derivative instruments;
• our ability to realize some or all of the tax benefits associated with our gross deferred tax assets, which will depend on our ability to generate sufficient sustainable taxable income in future periods;
• changes in GAAP or statutory accounting principles, rules and guidance, or their interpretation; and
• legal and other limitations on amounts we may receive from our subsidiaries as dividends or through our tax- and expense-sharing arrangements with our subsidiaries.

For more information regarding these risks and uncertainties as well as certain additional risks that we face, you should refer to the Risk Factors detailed in Item 1A of Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, Item 1A of Part II of our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed in 2012, and subsequent reports and registration statements filed from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Source: Radian Group Inc.

Radian Group Inc.
Emily Riley, 215-231-1035
emily.riley@radian.com