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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
_______________________________
iDelaware
i23-2691170
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
i550 East Swedesford Road, iSuite 350, iWayne,
iPAi19087
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(i215)
i231-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
iCommon
Stock, $0.001 par value per share
iRDN
iNew York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant:
(1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. iYes☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted
electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). iYes☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,”“accelerated filer,”“smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
iLarge
Accelerated Filer
☒
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
i☐
Emerging
growth company
i☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes i☐ No ☒
APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: i161,612,452
shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, outstanding on August 3, 2022.
The following list defines various abbreviations and acronyms used throughout this report, including the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Radian Guaranty’s master insurance policy, setting forth the terms and conditions of our mortgage insurance coverage, which became effective October 1, 2014
2020 Master Policy
Radian Guaranty’s master insurance policy, setting forth the terms and conditions of our mortgage insurance coverage, which became effective March 1, 2020
2012 QSR Agreements
The quota share reinsurance agreements entered into with a third-party reinsurance provider in the second and fourth quarters of 2012, collectively
2022 QSR Agreement
Quota
share reinsurance arrangement, the principal terms of which were agreed to in July 2022 but which remains subject to final documentation, with a panel of third-party reinsurance providers to cede, starting July 1, 2022, a portion of NIW originated between January 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023
2016 Single Premium QSR Agreement
Quota share reinsurance agreement entered into with a panel of third-party reinsurance providers in the first quarter of 2016 and subsequently amended in the fourth quarter of 2017
2018 Single Premium QSR Agreement
Quota share reinsurance agreement entered into with a panel
of third-party reinsurance providers in October 2017 to cede a portion of Single Premium NIW beginning January 1, 2018
2020 Single Premium QSR Agreement
Quota share reinsurance agreement entered into with a panel of third-party reinsurance providers in January 2020 to cede a portion of Single Premium NIW beginning January 1, 2020
ABS
Asset-backed securities
All Other
Radian’s non-reportable operating segments and other business activities, including: (i) income (losses) from assets held by Radian Group; (ii) related general
corporate operating expenses not attributable or allocated to our reportable segments; and (iii) certain investments in new business opportunities, including activities and investments associated with Radian Mortgage Capital, and other immaterial activities
ASU
Accounting Standards Update, issued by the FASB to communicate changes to GAAP
Available Assets
As defined in the PMIERs, assets primarily including the most liquid assets of a mortgage insurer, and reduced by, among other items, premiums received but not yet earned and reinsurance funds withheld
Claim Denial
Our legal right, under certain conditions, to deny a claim
Claim
Severity
The total claim amount paid divided by the original coverage amount
CLO
Collateralized loan obligations
CMBS
Commercial mortgage-backed securities
COVID-19
The novel coronavirus disease declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in March 2020
COVID-19 Amendment
Amendment to the PMIERs effective June 30, 2020, primarily to recognize the COVID-19 pandemic as
a nationwide “FEMA Declared Major Disaster” and to set forth guidelines on the application of the Disaster Related Capital Charge to COVID-19 Defaulted Loans
All non-performing loans that either: (i) have an Initial Missed Payment occurring during the COVID-19 Crisis Period or (ii) are subject to a forbearance plan granted in response to a financial hardship related to COVID-19 (which is assumed under the COVID-19 Amendment to be the case for any loan that has an Initial Missed Payment occurring during the COVID-19 Crisis Period and is
subject to a forbearance plan), the terms of which are materially consistent with the terms of forbearance plans offered by the GSEs
Cures
Loans that were in default as of the beginning of a period and are no longer in default because payments were received such that the loan is no longer 60 or more days past due
Default to Claim Rate
The percentage of defaulted loans that are assumed to result in a claim
Under the PMIERs, multiplier of 0.30 applied to the required asset amount factor for each non-performing loan: (i) backed by a property located in a FEMA Designated Area and (ii) either subject to a certain forbearance plan or with an initial default date occurring within a certain timeframe
Eagle Re Issuer(s)
A
group of unaffiliated special purpose insurers (VIEs) domiciled in Bermuda, comprising Eagle Re 2018-1 Ltd., Eagle Re 2019-1 Ltd., Eagle Re 2020-1 Ltd., Eagle Re 2020-2 Ltd., Eagle Re 2021-1 Ltd. and/or Eagle Re 2021-2 Ltd., which provide reinsurance coverage under Radian Guaranty’s Excess-of-Loss Program
Excess-of-Loss Program
The credit risk protection obtained by Radian Guaranty in the form of excess-of-loss reinsurance, which indemnifies the ceding company against loss in excess of a specific agreed limit, up to a specified sum. The program includes reinsurance agreements with the Eagle Re Issuers in connection with various issuances of mortgage insurance-linked notes. The program also included a separate agreement with a third-party reinsurer, representing a pro rata share of the credit risk alongside the risk assumed by Eagle Re 2018-1 Ltd., an Eagle
Re Issuer.
Exchange Act
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
Extraordinary Distribution
A dividend or distribution of capital that is required to be approved by an insurance company’s primary regulator that is greater than would be permitted as an ordinary distribution (which does not require regulatory approval)
Fannie Mae
Federal National Mortgage Association
FASB
Financial Accounting Standards Board
FEMA
Federal
Emergency Management Agency, an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
FEMA Designated Area
Generally, an area that has been subject to a disaster, designated by FEMA as an individual assistance disaster area for the purpose of determining eligibility for various forms of federal assistance
FHA
Federal Housing Administration
FHFA
Federal Housing Finance Agency
FHLB
Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh
FICO
Fair
Isaac Corporation (“FICO”) credit scores, for Radian’s portfolio statistics, represent the borrower’s credit score at origination and, in circumstances where there are multiple borrowers, the lowest of the borrowers’ FICO scores is utilized
Fitch
Fitch Ratings, Inc.
Foreclosure Stage Defaulted Loans
Loans in the stage of default in which a foreclosure sale has been scheduled or held
Freddie Mac
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
GAAP
Generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S., as amended from time to time
Goldman
Goldman Sachs Bank USA
GSE(s)
Government-Sponsored Enterprises (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac)
HARP
Home Affordable Refinance Program
homegenius
Radian’s business segment that offers an array of title, real estate and technology products and services to consumers, mortgage lenders, mortgage and real estate investors, GSEs, real estate brokers and agents
IBNR
Losses incurred but not reported
IIF
Insurance
in force, equal to the aggregate unpaid principal balances of the underlying loans
Initial Missed Payment
The first missed monthly payment, which would be reported to us as delinquent as of the last day of the month for which it was due. (For example, for a loan first reported to the approved insurer in May as having missed its payments due on April 1 and May 1, the Initial Missed Payment shall be deemed to have occurred on April 30.)
LAE
Loss adjustment expenses, which include the cost of investigating and adjusting losses and paying claims
Loan-to-value ratio, calculated as the ratio of the original loan amount to the original value of the property, expressed as a percentage
Minimum Required Asset(s)
A risk-based minimum required asset amount, as defined in the PMIERs, calculated based on net RIF (RIF, net of credits permitted for reinsurance) and
a variety of measures related to expected credit performance and other factors, including the impact of the Disaster Related Capital Charge
Monthly and Other Recurring Premiums (or Recurring Premium Policies)
Insurance premiums or policies, respectively, where premiums are paid on a monthly or other installment basis, in contrast to Single Premium Policies
Monthly Premium Policies
Insurance policies where premiums are paid on a monthly installment basis
Moody’s
Moody’s Investors Service
Mortgage
Radian’s mortgage insurance
and risk services business segment, which 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
MPP Requirement
Certain states’ statutory or regulatory risk-based capital requirement that the mortgage insurer must maintain a minimum policyholder position, which is calculated based on both risk and surplus levels
NIW
New insurance written, representing the aggregate original principal amount of the mortgages underlying the Primary Mortgage Insurance
NOL
Net
operating loss; for tax purposes, accumulated during years a company reported more tax deductions than taxable income. NOLs may be carried back or carried forward a certain number of years, depending on various factors which can reduce a company’s tax liability.
Persistency Rate
The percentage of IIF that remains in force over a period of time
PMIERs
Private Mortgage Insurer Eligibility Requirements issued by the GSEs under oversight of the FHFA to set forth requirements an approved insurer must meet and maintain to provide mortgage guaranty insurance on loans acquired by the GSEs. The current PMIERs requirements, sometimes referred to as PMIERs 2.0, incorporate the most recent revisions to the PMIERs that became effective on March
31, 2019, as amended.
PMIERs Cushion
Under PMIERs, Radian Guaranty’s excess of Available Assets over Minimum Required Assets
Pool Mortgage Insurance
Insurance that provides a lender or investor protection against default on a group or “pool” of mortgages, rather than on an individual mortgage loan basis, generally subject to an aggregate exposure limit, or “stop loss,” and/or deductible applied to the initial aggregate loan balance of the entire pool, pursuant to the terms of the applicable insurance agreement
Primary Mortgage Insurance
Insurance that provides a lender or investor protection against default on an individual
mortgage loan basis, at a specified coverage percentage for each loan, pursuant to the terms of the applicable Master Policy
QSR Program
The 2012 QSR Agreements and the 2022 QSR Agreement, collectively
Radian
Radian Group Inc. together with its consolidated subsidiaries
Radian Group
Radian Group Inc., our insurance holding company
Radian Guaranty
Radian Guaranty Inc., a Pennsylvania domiciled insurance subsidiary of Radian Group and
our approved insurer under the PMIERs, through which we provide mortgage insurance products and services
Radian Mortgage Capital
Radian Mortgage Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Radian Group, is a mortgage conduit formed to aggregate and then distribute residential mortgage loans into the capital markets through private label securitizations or sell directly to mortgage investors
Radian Reinsurance
Radian Reinsurance Inc., a Pennsylvania domiciled insurance subsidiary of Radian Group, through which we provide mortgage credit risk insurance and reinsurance, including through participation in credit risk transactions issued by the GSEs
Radian
Title Insurance
Radian Title Insurance Inc., an Ohio domiciled insurance company and an indirect subsidiary of Radian Group, through which we offer title insurance
Risk-based capital states, which are those states that currently impose a statutory or regulatory risk-based capital requirement
Rescission
Our legal right, under certain conditions, to unilaterally rescind coverage on our mortgage insurance policies if we determine that a loan did not qualify for insurance
RIF
Risk in force; for Primary Mortgage Insurance, RIF is equal to the underlying loan unpaid principal balance multiplied by the insurance coverage percentage, whereas for Pool Mortgage Insurance, it represents the remaining exposure under the agreements
Risk-to-capital
Under
certain state regulations, a maximum ratio of net RIF calculated relative to the level of statutory capital
RMBS
Residential mortgage-backed securities
RSU
Restricted stock unit
S&P
Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC
SaaS
Software-as-a-Service
SAP
Statutory accounting principles and practices, including those required or permitted, if applicable, by the insurance departments of the respective states
of domicile of our insurance subsidiaries
SEC
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities Act
Securities Act of 1933, as amended
Senior Notes due 2024
Our 4.500% unsecured senior notes due October 2024 ($450 million original principal amount)
Senior Notes due 2025
Our 6.625% unsecured senior notes due March 2025 ($525 million original principal amount)
Senior
Notes due 2027
Our 4.875% unsecured senior notes due March 2027 ($450 million original principal amount)
Single Premium NIW / IIF
NIW or IIF, respectively, on Single Premium Policies
Single Premium Policy / Policies
Insurance policies where premiums are paid in a single payment, which 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 shortly after the loans have been originated)
Single Premium QSR Program
The 2016 Single Premium QSR Agreement,
the 2018 Single Premium QSR Agreement and the 2020 Single Premium QSR Agreement, collectively
SOFR
Secured Overnight Financing Rate
Statutory RBC Requirement
Risk-based capital requirement imposed by the RBC States, requiring a minimum surplus level and, in certain states, a minimum ratio of statutory capital relative to the level of risk
Surplus Note due 2027
The $100 million 0.0% intercompany surplus note issued by Radian Guaranty to Radian Group, due December 31, 2027
All statements in this report 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, Section 21E of the Exchange Act and the 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,”“seek,”“strategy,”“future,”“likely” 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. These statements speak only as of the date they were made, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. We operate in a changing environment where 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 are not guarantees of future performance, and 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. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation:
■the health of the U.S. housing market
generally and changes in economic conditions that impact the size of the insurable mortgage market, the credit performance of our insured mortgage portfolio and our business prospects, including as a result of inflationary pressures from a rising interest rate environment and the potential for a recession and higher unemployment rates, as well as other macroeconomic stresses such as those that may arise from the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and government control responses to the pandemic as well as the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict;
■changes in the way customers, investors, ratings agencies, regulators or legislators perceive our performance, financial strength and future prospects;
■Radian Guaranty’s ability to remain eligible under the PMIERs and other applicable requirements imposed by the FHFA and by
the GSEs to insure loans purchased by the GSEs;
■our ability to maintain an adequate level of capital in our insurance subsidiaries to satisfy existing and future regulatory requirements;
■changes in the charters or business practices of, or rules or regulations imposed by or applicable to, the GSEs or loans purchased by the GSEs, which may include changes in furtherance of housing policy objectives such as the accessibility and affordability of homeownership for low- and moderate-income borrowers and underrepresented communities, or changes in the requirements for Radian Guaranty to remain an approved insurer to the GSEs, such as changes in the PMIERs or the GSEs’ interpretation and application of the PMIERs;
■the
effects of the Enterprise Capital Framework, which establishes a new regulatory capital framework for the GSEs, and which, as finalized, increases the capital requirements for the GSEs, and among other things, could impact the GSEs’ operations and pricing as well as the size of the insurable mortgage market, and which may form the basis for future changes to the PMIERs;
■changes in the current housing finance system in the United States, including the roles of the FHA, the GSEs and private mortgage insurers in this system;
■our ability to successfully execute and implement our capital plans, including our risk distribution strategy through the capital markets and traditional reinsurance markets, and to maintain sufficient holding company liquidity to meet our liquidity needs;
■our
ability to successfully execute and implement our business plans and strategies, including plans and strategies that may require GSE and/or regulatory approvals and licenses, are subject to complex compliance requirements that we may be unable to satisfy, or may expose us to new risks including those that could impact our capital and liquidity positions;
■uncertainty from the discontinuance of LIBOR and transition to one or more alternative benchmarks that could cause interest rate volatility and, among other things, impact our investment portfolio, cost of debt and cost of reinsurance through mortgage insurance-linked notes transactions;
■risks related to the quality of third-party mortgage underwriting and mortgage servicing;
■a decrease in the
Persistency Rates of our mortgage insurance on Monthly Premium Policies;
■competition in the private mortgage insurance industry generally, and more specifically: price competition in our mortgage insurance business, including the increasing prevalence of formulaic, granular risk-based pricing methodologies that are less transparent than historical rate-card-based pricing practices; and competition from the FHA and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as well as from other forms of credit enhancement, such as GSE-sponsored alternatives to traditional mortgage insurance;
■legislative and regulatory activity (or inactivity), including the adoption of (or failure to adopt) new laws and regulations, or changes in existing laws and regulations, or the way they are interpreted or applied;
■legal and regulatory claims, assertions, actions, reviews, audits, inquiries and investigations that could result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, injunctions, restitutions or other relief that could require significant expenditures, new or increased reserves or have other effects on our business;
■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, especially in the event of an extended economic downturn or a period of extreme market volatility and economic uncertainty, the likelihood, magnitude and timing of losses in establishing loss reserves for our mortgage insurance business or to accurately calculate and/or project our Available Assets and Minimum Required Assets under the PMIERs, which will be impacted by, among other things, the size and mix of our IIF, the level of defaults in our portfolio, the reported status of defaults in our portfolio, including whether they are subject to mortgage forbearance, a repayment plan or a loan modification trial period granted in response to a financial hardship related to COVID-19, the level of cash flow generated by our insurance operations
and our risk distribution strategies;
■volatility in our financial results caused by changes in the fair value of our assets and liabilities, including with respect to our use of derivatives and within our investment portfolio;
■changes in GAAP or SAP rules and guidance, or their interpretation;
■risks associated with investments to grow our existing businesses, or to pursue new lines of business or new products and services, including our ability and related costs to develop, launch and implement new and innovative technologies and digital products and services, whether these products and services will receive broad customer acceptance or will disrupt existing customer relations, and additional financial risks related to these investments, including
required changes in our investment, financing and hedging strategies, and risks associated with our increased use of financial leverage, which could expose us to liquidity risks resulting from changes in the fair values of assets;
■the effectiveness and security of our information technology systems and digital products and services, including the risk that these systems, products or services fail to operate as expected or planned or expose us to cybersecurity or third party risks, including due to malware, unauthorized access, cyber-attack, natural disasters or other similar events;
■our ability to attract and retain key employees; and
■legal and other limitations on amounts we may receive from our subsidiaries,
including dividends or ordinary course distributions under our internal tax- and expense-sharing arrangements.
For more information regarding these risks and uncertainties as well as certain additional risks that we face, you should refer to “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in this report and “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 2021 Form 10-K, and to subsequent reports and registration statements filed from time to time with the SEC. We caution you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are current only as of the date on which we issued this report. We do not intend to, and we disclaim any duty or obligation to, update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or future events or for any other reason.
Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidated
Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
Three Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands, except per-share amounts)
2022
2021
2022
2021
Revenues
Net
premiums earned (Note 8)
$
i253,892
$
i254,756
$
i508,082
$
i526,628
Services
revenue (Note 4)
i27,281
i29,464
i56,629
i52,359
Net
investment income
i46,957
i36,291
i85,153
i74,542
Net
gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments (includes net realized gains (losses) on investments of $(i3,992), $i4,266,
$(i4,315) and $i4,084) (Note 6)
(i41,869)
i15,661
(i71,326)
i10,480
Other
income
i572
i822
i1,275
i1,798
Total
revenues
i286,833
i336,994
i579,813
i665,807
Expenses
Provision
for losses
(i113,922)
i3,648
(i197,676)
i49,791
Policy
acquisition costs
i5,940
i4,838
i12,545
i13,834
Cost
of services
i22,760
i24,615
i47,513
i44,861
Other
operating expenses
i90,495
i86,469
i180,036
i156,731
Interest
expense
i20,831
i21,065
i41,677
i42,180
Amortization
of other acquired intangible assets
i849
i863
i1,698
i1,725
Total
expenses
i26,953
i141,498
i85,793
i309,122
Pretax
income
i259,880
i195,496
i494,020
i356,685
Income
tax provision
i58,687
i40,290
i111,696
i75,871
Net
income
$
i201,193
$
i155,206
$
i382,324
$
i280,814
Net
Income Per Share
Basic
$
i1.16
$
i0.80
$
i2.18
$
i1.45
Diluted
$
i1.15
$
i0.80
$
i2.16
$
i1.44
Weighted-average
number of common shares outstanding—basic
i173,705
i193,436
i175,491
i193,692
Weighted-average
number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding—diluted
i175,419
i194,638
i177,349
i194,986
See
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries Notes to
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
1. iDescription of Business
We are a diversified mortgage and real estate business,
providing both credit-related mortgage insurance coverage and an array of other mortgage, risk, title, real estate and technology products and services. We have itwo reportable business segments—Mortgage and homegenius.
Mortgage
Our Mortgage 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 mainly 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 investors, as well as other beneficiaries, by mitigating default-related losses on residential mortgage loans. Generally, these loans are made to homebuyers who make down payments of less than i20%
of the purchase price for their home or, in the case of refinancings, have less than i20% equity in their home. Private mortgage insurance also facilitates the sale of these low down payment loans in the secondary mortgage market, most of which are currently sold to the GSEs.
Our total direct primary mortgage IIF and RIF were $i254.2
billion and $i63.8 billion, respectively, as of June 30, 2022, compared to $i246.0 billion and $i60.9
billion, respectively, as of December 31, 2021. In addition to providing private mortgage insurance, we have participated in credit risk transfer programs developed by the GSEs as part of their initiative to distribute mortgage credit risk and increase the role of private capital in the mortgage market. Our additional RIF under credit risk transfer transactions, resulting from our participation in these programs with the GSEs, totaled $i372.4 million as of June 30, 2022, compared to $i417.7
million as of December 31, 2021.
The GSEs and state insurance regulators impose various capital and financial requirements on our mortgage insurance subsidiaries. These include Risk-to-capital, other risk-based capital measures and surplus requirements, as well as the PMIERs financial requirements. Failure to comply with these capital and financial requirements may limit the amount of insurance that our mortgage insurance subsidiaries write, or may prohibit them from writing insurance altogether. The GSEs and state insurance regulators possess significant discretion with respect to our mortgage insurance subsidiaries
and all aspects of their business. See Note 16 for additional information on PMIERs and other regulatory information.
homegenius
Our homegenius segment is primarily a fee-for-service business that offers an array of products and services to market participants across the real estate value chain. Our homegenius products and services include title, real estate and technology products and services offered primarily to consumers, mortgage lenders, mortgage and real estate investors, GSEs, real estate brokers and agents. These products and services help lenders, investors, consumers and real estate agents evaluate, manage, monitor, acquire and sell properties, and include SaaS solutions and platforms, as well as managed services, such as real estate owned asset management, single family rental services and real estate valuation services. In addition, we provide title insurance and non-insurance
title, closing and settlement services to mortgage lenders, GSEs and mortgage investors, as well as directly to consumers for residential mortgage loans.
See Note 4 for additional information about our reportable segments 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, including as
a result of macroeconomic stresses such as inflation, slower economic growth and higher levels of unemployment.
The inflationary trends in the current economic environment have been exacerbated by strong consumer demand and pervasive supply chain disruptions, including as a result of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and related government responses, as well as the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Recent actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve to increase interest rates in response to these inflationary pressures led to a sharp and significant increase in mortgage interest rates during the first half of 2022. The U.S. Federal Reserve raised rates further in July 2022 and has signaled that it expects to continue to increase rates throughout the year. While we expect these interest rate increases to continue to negatively impact certain aspects of our results, including through lower NIW, lower homegenius revenues and lower investment
fair values, we also expect to benefit from the rate increases due to higher Persistency Rates that will favorably impact our IIF, as well as through the recognition of higher net investment income.
Radian
Group Inc. and Subsidiaries Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
2. iSignificant Accounting Policies
i
Basis
of Presentation
Our condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP and include the accounts of Radian Group Inc. and its subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions, and intercompany profits and losses, have been eliminated. We have condensed or omitted certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP pursuant to the instructions set forth in Article 10 of Regulation S-X of the SEC.
We refer to Radian Group Inc. together with its consolidated subsidiaries as “Radian,” the “Company,”“we,”“us” or “our,” unless the context requires otherwise.
We generally refer to Radian Group Inc. alone, without its consolidated subsidiaries, as “Radian Group.” 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.
The financial information presented for interim periods is unaudited; however, such information reflects all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for the fair statement of the financial position, results of operations, comprehensive income (loss) and cash flows for the interim periods presented. Such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. The year-end condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from our audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP.
To
fully understand the basis of presentation, these interim financial statements and related notes contained herein should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in our 2021 Form 10-K. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full year or for any other period.
iCertain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to current period presentation.
i
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 condensed consolidated financial statements include our best estimates and assumptions, actual results may vary materially.
Other Significant Accounting Policies
See Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K for information regarding other significant accounting policies. There have been no significant changes in our significant accounting policies from those discussed in our 2021 Form 10-K.
i
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-12, Financial Services—Insurance—Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts. The new standard: (i) requires that assumptions used to measure the liability for future policy benefits be reviewed at least annually; (ii) defines and simplifies the measurement of market risk benefits; (iii) simplifies the amortization of deferred acquisition costs; and (iv) enhances the required disclosures about long-duration contracts. This update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those
fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. We continue to evaluate the impact the new accounting guidance will have on our financial statements and disclosures.
In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform—Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Reform on Financial Reporting. This new guidance provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP requirements to investments, derivatives, or other transactions affected by reference rate reform such as those that impact the assessment of contract modifications. The amendments in this update are optional and may be elected from the date of issuance through December 31, 2022, as reference rate reform activities occur. We continue to evaluate the impact the discontinuance of LIBOR and the new accounting guidance
will have on our financial statements and disclosures.
In June 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-03, Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions. The amendments clarify that a contractual restriction on the sale of an equity security is not considered part of the unit of account of the equity security and, therefore, is not considered in measuring fair value. The amendments also clarify that an entity cannot, as a separate unit of account, recognize and measure a contractual sale restriction. In addition, this
Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
update introduces new disclosure requirements for equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions measured at fair value. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact the new accounting guidance will have on our financial statements and disclosures.
3.
iNet Income 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 to our share-based compensation arrangements.
i
The
calculation of basic and diluted net income per share is as follows.
Net income per share
Three
Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands, except per-share amounts)
2022
2021
2022
2021
Net income—basic and diluted
$
ii201,193/
$
ii155,206/
$
ii382,324/
$
ii280,814/
Average
common shares outstanding—basic
i173,705
i193,436
i175,491
i193,692
Dilutive
effect of share-based compensation arrangements (1)
i1,714
i1,202
i1,858
i1,294
Adjusted
average common shares outstanding—diluted
i175,419
i194,638
i177,349
i194,986
Net
income per share
Basic
$
i1.16
$
i0.80
$
i2.18
$
i1.45
Diluted
$
i1.15
$
i0.80
$
i2.16
$
i1.44
/
(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 they would be anti-dilutive.
Three Months Ended June 30,
Six
Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)
2022
2021
2022
2021
Shares of common stock equivalents
i189
i—
i—
i—
4. iSegment Reporting
i
We
have itwo strategic business units that we manage separately—Mortgage and homegenius. Our Mortgage segment 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. Our homegenius segment offers an array of title, real estate and technology products and services to consumers, mortgage lenders, mortgage and real estate investors, GSEs,
real estate brokers and agents.
In addition, we report as All Other 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 segments; and (iii) certain investments in new business opportunities, including activities and investments associated with Radian Mortgage Capital, and other immaterial activities.
/
We allocate corporate operating expenses to both reportable segments based on each segment’s forecasted annual percentage of total revenue, which approximates the estimated percentage of management time spent on each segment. In addition, we allocate all corporate interest expense to our Mortgage segment,
due to the capital-intensive nature of our mortgage insurance business.
With the primary exception of goodwill and other acquired intangible assets, which all relate to our homegenius segment, and are reviewed as part of our annual goodwill impairment assessment, we do not manage assets by segment.
See Note 1 for additional details about our Mortgage and homegenius businesses.
Radian
Group Inc. and Subsidiaries Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Adjusted Pretax Operating Income (Loss)
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 each of Radian’s business segments and to allocate resources to the segments.
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 certain investments attributable to our reportable segments; (ii) gains (losses) on extinguishment of debt;
(iii) amortization and impairment of goodwill and other acquired intangible assets; and (iv) impairment of other long-lived assets and other non-operating items, such as impairment of internal-use software, gains (losses) from the sale of lines of business and acquisition-related income and expenses. See Note 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K for detailed information regarding items excluded from adjusted pretax operating income (loss), including the reasons for their treatment.
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).
i
The
reconciliation of adjusted pretax operating income (loss) for our reportable segments to consolidated pretax income (loss) is as follows.
Reconciliation of adjusted pretax operating income (loss) by segment
Three
Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)
2022
2021
2022
2021
Adjusted pretax operating income (loss)
Mortgage
$
i316,520
$
i194,043
$
i594,361
$
i369,752
homegenius
(i17,690)
(i9,198)
(i31,196)
(i19,651)
Total
adjusted pretax operating income for reportable segments (1)
i298,830
i184,845
i563,165
i350,101
All
Other adjusted pretax operating income
i3,203
(i126)
i3,816
i1,934
Net
gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments
(i41,869)
i15,661
(i71,326)
i10,480
Amortization
of other acquired intangible assets
(i849)
(i863)
(i1,698)
(i1,725)
Impairment
of other long-lived assets and other non-operating items
i565
(i4,021)
i63
(i4,105)
Consolidated
pretax income
$
i259,880
$
i195,496
$
i494,020
$
i356,685
(1)Includes
allocated corporate operating expenses and depreciation expense as follows.
Three Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)
2022
2021
2022
2021
Mortgage
Allocated
corporate operating expenses (a)
$
i33,237
$
i32,638
$
i69,446
$
i60,214
Direct
depreciation expense
i2,241
i2,460
i4,569
i5,102
homegenius
Allocated
corporate operating expenses (b)
$
i5,719
$
i4,721
$
i10,999
$
i8,717
Direct
depreciation expense
i642
i611
i1,286
i1,189
(a)Includes
allocated depreciation expense of $i0.7 million and $i1.5
million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, and $i0.8 million and $i1.6
million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively.
(b)Includes allocated depreciation expense of $i0.2 million and $i0.3
million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, and $i0.1 million and $i0.2
million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively.
Radian
Group Inc. and Subsidiaries Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Revenues
i
The reconciliation of revenues for our reportable segments to consolidated revenues is as follows.
Reconciliation
of revenues by segment
Three Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)
2022
2021
2022
2021
Revenues
Mortgage
$
i289,783
$
i284,301
$
i574,229
$
i588,098
homegenius
(1)
i32,343
i33,451
i66,255
i59,246
Total
revenues for reportable segments
i322,126
i317,752
i640,484
i647,344
All
Other revenues
i6,661
i3,643
i10,822
i8,104
Net
gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments
(i41,869)
i15,661
(i71,326)
i10,480
Elimination
of inter-segment revenues
(i85)
(i62)
(i167)
(i121)
Total
revenues
$
i286,833
$
i336,994
$
i579,813
$
i665,807
(1)Includes
immaterial inter-segment revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
/i
The table below, which represents total services revenue on our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the periods indicated, represents the disaggregation of services revenue by revenue type.
Services
revenue
Three Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)
2022
2021
2022
2021
homegenius
Title
$
i4,895
$
i9,399
$
i11,298
$
i17,456
Real
estate
Valuation
i9,032
i7,478
i17,001
i11,400
Single
family rental
i8,227
i5,622
i15,457
i9,071
REO
asset management
i739
i587
i1,552
i1,167
Other
real estate services
i4
i63
i5
i76
Technology
Asset
management technology platform
i1,274
i1,520
i2,606
i3,026
Other
technology services
i1,004
i1,019
i2,052
i1,983
Mortgage
i2,106
i3,732
i6,658
i8,083
All
Other
i—
i44
i—
i97
Total
services revenue
$
i27,281
$
i29,464
$
i56,629
$
i52,359
/
Revenue
recognized related to services made available to customers and billed is reflected in accounts and notes receivable. Accounts and notes receivable include $i17.3 million and $i20.0 million as of June 30,
2022, and December 31, 2021, respectively, 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. See Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K for information regarding our accounting policies and the services we offer.
5. iFair
Value of Financial Instruments
For discussion of our valuation methodologies for assets and liabilities measured at fair value and the fair value hierarchy, see Note 5 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K.
iThe following tables include a list of assets that are measured at fair value by hierarchy level as of June 30,
2022, and December 31, 2021.
(1)Comprises
the mortgage insurance-linked notes purchased by Radian Group in connection with the Excess-of-Loss Program. See Note 8 for more information.
(2)Comprises short-term certificates of deposit and commercial paper.
(3)Does not include other invested assets of $i1.1 million that are primarily invested in limited partnership investments valued using the net asset value as a practical expedient.
(4)Securities
loaned to third-party borrowers under securities lending agreements are classified as other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. See Note 6 for more information.
(5)Embedded derivatives related to our Excess-of-Loss Program are classified as other liabilities in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. See Note 8 for more information.
(1)Comprises
the mortgage insurance-linked notes purchased by Radian Group in connection with the Excess-of-Loss Program. See Note 8 for more information.
(2)Comprises short-term certificates of deposit and commercial paper.
(3)Does not include other invested assets of $i1.2 million that are primarily invested in limited partnership investments valued using the net asset value as a practical expedient.
(4)Embedded
derivatives related to our Excess-of-Loss Program are classified as other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. See Note 8 for more information.
(5)Securities loaned to third-party borrowers under securities lending agreements are classified as other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. See Note 6 for more information.
Radian
Group Inc. and Subsidiaries Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
There were iiiiiino/////
transfers to or from Level III for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, or the year ended December 31, 2021. 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 three and six months ended June 30, 2022, and the year ended December 31, 2021.
Other Fair Value Disclosure
i
The
carrying value and estimated fair value of other selected liabilities not carried at fair value in our condensed consolidated balance sheets were as follows as of the dates indicated.
The
fair value of our senior notes is estimated based on quoted market prices. The fair value of our FHLB advances is estimated based on expected cash flows for similar borrowings. These liabilities are categorized in Level II of the fair value hierarchy. See Note 12 for further information about these borrowings.
6. iInvestments
Available
for Sale Securities
i
Our available for sale securities within our investment portfolio consisted of the following as of the dates indicated.
Total
securities available for sale, including loaned securities
i5,660,012
$
i3,156
$
(i420,076)
i5,243,092
Less:
loaned securities (2)
i16,128
i14,348
Total
fixed-maturities available for sale
$
i5,643,884
$
i5,228,744
(1)Comprises
the notes purchased by Radian Group in connection with the Excess-of-Loss Program. See Note 8 for more information.
(2)Included in other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets as further described below. See “—Securities Lending Agreements” below for a discussion of our securities lending agreements.
Total
securities available for sale, including loaned securities
i5,430,898
$
i189,829
$
(i38,038)
i5,582,689
Less:
loaned securities (2)
i63,169
i65,611
Total
fixed-maturities available for sale
$
i5,367,729
$
i5,517,078
(1)Comprises
the notes purchased by Radian Group in connection with the Excess-of-Loss Program. See Note 8 for more information.
(2)Included in other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets as further described below. See “—Securities Lending Agreements” below for a discussion of our securities lending agreements.
i
The following table provides a rollforward of the allowance for credit losses on fixed-maturities available for sale, which relates
entirely to corporate bonds and notes for the periods indicated. There was iino/
allowance as of June 30, 2022, or December 31, 2021.
Rollforward of allowance for credit losses on fixed-maturities available for sale
Net
decreases in allowance on previously impaired securities
(i608)
(i918)
Reduction
for securities sold
(i30)
(i30)
Ending
balance
$
i—
$
i—
/
Gross
Unrealized Losses and Related Fair Value of Available for Sale Securities
iFor 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 June 30,
2022, and December 31, 2021, are loaned securities under securities lending agreements that are classified as other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets, as further described below.
See
“—Net Gains (Losses) on Investments and Other Financial Instruments” below for additional details on our net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments, including the changes in the allowance for credit losses on fixed-maturities available for sale and other impairments due to our intent to sell securities in an unrealized loss position. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, we did not recognize any allowance for credit losses or other impairments related to fixed-maturities available for sale in an unrealized loss position. See Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K for information regarding our accounting policy for impairments.
Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Securities Lending Agreements
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. Although we report such securities at fair value within other assets in our condensed 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, and see Note 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K for additional information about our accounting policies with respect to our securities lending agreements and the collateral requirements thereunder.
All of our securities lending agreements are classified as overnight and revolving. Securities collateral on deposit with us from third-party borrowers totaling $i14.1 million and $i57.8
million as of June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, respectively, may not be transferred or re-pledged unless the third-party borrower is in default, and is therefore not reflected in our condensed consolidated financial statements.
Net Gains (Losses) on Investments and Other Financial Instruments
i
Net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments consisted of the following.
Net
gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments
Three Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)
2022
2021
2022
2021
Net
realized gains (losses) on investments sold or redeemed
Fixed-maturities available for sale
Gross realized gains
$
i713
$
i9,597
$
i2,143
$
i13,714
Gross
realized losses
(i4,653)
(i7,221)
(i8,061)
(i12,128)
Fixed-maturities
available for sale, net
(i3,940)
i2,376
(i5,918)
i1,586
Trading
securities
(i106)
(i112)
(i106)
i391
Equity
securities
i—
(i227)
i1,655
(i227)
Other
investments
i54
i2,229
i54
i2,334
Net
realized gains (losses) on investments sold or redeemed
(i3,992)
i4,266
(i4,315)
i4,084
Change
in unrealized gains (losses) on investments sold or redeemed
(i28)
(i1,883)
(i2,198)
(i2,080)
Net
decrease (increase) in expected credit losses
i—
i608
i—
i918
Net
unrealized gains (losses) on investments still held
Trading securities
(i8,221)
i4,601
(i21,138)
(i3,448)
Equity
securities
(i20,707)
i5,140
(i25,014)
i9,983
Other
investments
(i185)
i178
(i421)
i1,062
Net
unrealized gains (losses) on investments still held
(i29,113)
i9,919
(i46,573)
i7,597
Total
net gains (losses) on investments
(i33,133)
i12,910
(i53,086)
i10,519
Net
gains (losses) on other financial instruments
(i8,736)
i2,751
(i18,240)
(i39)
Net
gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments
(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.
Other
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, we did not transfer any securities to or from the available for sale or trading categories.
Our fixed-maturities available for sale include securities totaling $i13.5
million and $i14.3 million at June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, respectively, on deposit and serving as collateral with various state regulatory authorities. Our fixed-maturities available for sale and trading securities also include securities serving as collateral for our FHLB advances. See Note 12 for additional information about our FHLB advances.
7.
iGoodwill and Other Acquired Intangible Assets, Net
All of our goodwill and other acquired intangible assets relate to our homegenius segment. There was no change to our goodwill balance of $i9.8
million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2022.
i
The following is a summary of the gross and net carrying amounts and accumulated amortization (including impairment) of our other acquired intangible assets as of the periods indicated.
For
additional information on our accounting policies for goodwill and other acquired intangible assets, see Notes 2 and 7 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K.
8. iReinsurance
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, the Single Premium QSR Program and the Excess-of-Loss Program. The amount of credit that we receive under the PMIERs financial requirements for our third-party reinsurance transactions is subject to ongoing review and approval by the GSEs.
Radian
Group Inc. and Subsidiaries Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
i
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
Three Months Ended June 30,
Six
Months Ended June 30,
Three Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)
2022
2021
2022
2021
2022
2021
2022
2021
Direct
Mortgage
insurance
$
i243,808
$
i241,010
$
i485,026
$
i494,324
$
i256,830
$
i274,668
$
i515,126
$
i570,084
Title
insurance
i7,117
i7,839
i16,279
i15,144
i7,117
i7,839
i16,279
i15,144
Total
direct
i250,925
i248,849
i501,305
i509,468
i263,947
i282,507
i531,405
i585,228
Assumed
(1)
Mortgage insurance
i1,538
i1,615
i2,870
i3,913
i1,539
i1,615
i2,870
i3,913
Ceded
(2)
Mortgage insurance
i3,298
(i11,599)
i9,108
(i20,336)
(i11,460)
(i29,198)
(i25,913)
(i62,247)
Title
insurance
(i134)
(i168)
(i280)
(i266)
(i134)
(i168)
(i280)
(i266)
Total
ceded
i3,164
(i11,767)
i8,828
(i20,602)
(i11,594)
(i29,366)
(i26,193)
(i62,513)
Total
net premiums
$
i255,627
$
i238,697
$
i513,003
$
i492,779
$
i253,892
$
i254,756
$
i508,082
$
i526,628
(1)Represents
premiums from our participation in certain credit risk transfer programs.
(2)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 recoverables.
Other
reinsurance impacts
Three Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)
2022
2021
2022
2021
Ceding
commissions earned (1)
$
i3,424
$
i7,919
$
i8,558
$
i18,326
Ceded
losses (2)
(i15,093)
(i1,078)
(i27,860)
i2,668
(1)Ceding
commissions earned are primarily related to mortgage insurance and are included as an offset to expenses primarily in other operating expenses on our condensed consolidated statements of operations. Deferred ceding commissions of $i31.7 million and $i38.6
million are included in other liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets at June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, respectively.
(2)Primarily all related to mortgage insurance.
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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 percent 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.
Each of the agreements is subject to a scheduled termination date as set forth in the table below; however, 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 reinsurer calculated in accordance with the terms
of the applicable agreement. Radian Guaranty also may terminate any of the agreements prior to the applicable scheduled termination date under certain circumstances, including if one or both of the GSEs no longer grant full PMIERs capital relief for the reinsurance.
Radian Group Inc. and
Subsidiaries Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
As of January 1, 2022, Radian Guaranty is no longer ceding NIW under the Single Premium QSR Program. In July 2022, Radian Guaranty agreed to the principal terms of the 2022 QSR Agreement, which includes Single Premium Policies, with a panel of third-party reinsurance providers, as further described below.
i
The
following table sets forth additional details regarding the Single Premium QSR Program.
(1)Effective
December 31, 2017, we amended the 2016 Single Premium QSR Agreement to increase the amount of ceded risk on performing loans under the agreement from i35% to i65% for the 2015
through 2017 vintages. Loans included in the 2012 through 2014 vintages, and any other loans subject to the agreement that were delinquent at the time of the amendment, were unaffected by the change and therefore the amount of ceded risk for those loans continues to range from i20% to i35%.
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Excess-of-Loss
Program
Radian Guaranty has entered into isix fully collateralized reinsurance arrangements with the Eagle Re Issuers. 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 isix
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 i10-year or i12.5-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.
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 insurance-linked notes transaction agreements. The insurance-linked notes issued by Eagle Re 2018-1 and 2019-1 are currently subject to a delinquency trigger event, which was first reported to the insurance-linked note investors on June
25, 2020. For the insurance-linked notes that are subject to a delinquency trigger event, both the amortization of the outstanding reinsurance coverage amount pursuant to our reinsurance arrangements with the Eagle Re Issuers and the amortization of the principal amount of the related insurance-linked notes issued by the Eagle Re Issuers have been suspended and will continue to be suspended during the pendency of the trigger event.
(1)Radian
Group purchased $i45.4 million original principal amount of these mortgage insurance-linked notes, which are included in fixed-maturities available for sale on our condensed consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2022. See Notes 5 and 6 for additional information.
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(2)In March 2022, Radian
Group purchased $i17.5 million original principal amount of these mortgage insurance-linked notes, of which $i8.3 million principal amount
is remaining and included in fixed-maturities available for sale on our condensed consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2022. See Notes 5 and 6 for additional information.
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 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K
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 one-month LIBOR (or an acceptable alternative to LIBOR) or SOFR, as applicable, 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 premiums we pay will vary based on: (i) the spread between LIBOR (or an acceptable alternative to LIBOR) or SOFR, as provided in each applicable reinsurance agreement, and the rates on the investments held by the reinsurance trust and (ii) the outstanding amount of reinsurance coverage.
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 condensed 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 condensed consolidated statements of operations. See Note 5 herein and Note 5 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K 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, our insurance subsidiaries would 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.
Radian
Group Inc. and Subsidiaries Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
The Eagle Re Issuers represent our only VIEs as of June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021. iThe following table presents the total assets and liabilities of the Eagle Re Issuers as of the dates indicated.
Total
VIE assets and liabilities of Eagle Re Issuers (1)
(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.
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, Radian Guaranty’s reinsurers 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 $i127.3 millionas of June 30, 2022, compared to $i167.9
million as of December 31, 2021. In addition, for the Single Premium QSR Program, Radian Guaranty holds amounts related to ceded premiums written to collateralize the reinsurers’ obligations, which is reported in reinsurance funds withheld on our condensed 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.
2022 QSR Agreement
In July 2022, Radian Guaranty agreed to the principal terms of the 2022 QSR Agreement with a panel of third-party reinsurance providers. Under the 2022 QSR Agreement, which remains subject to final documentation, starting July 1, 2022, we expect to cede i20%
of policies issued between January 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023, subject to certain conditions including a limitation on ceded RIF equal to $i8.5 billion over the term of the agreement.
Radian Guaranty will receive a i20%
ceding commission for ceded premiums earned pursuant to this transaction. Radian Guaranty will also receive an annual profit commission based on the performance of the loans subject to the agreement, provided that the loss ratio on the subject loans is below i59% for that calendar year. Radian Guaranty may discontinue ceding new policies under the agreement at the end of any calendar quarter.
The agreement is scheduled to terminate June 30, 2033. Radian Guaranty has the option, based on certain conditions and subject to a termination fee, to terminate
the agreement as of July 1, 2026, or at the end of any calendar quarter thereafter, which 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 agreement. Radian Guaranty also may terminate this agreement 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.
See Note 8 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K for more information about our reinsurance transactions.
(1)Relates
primarily to our Single Premium QSR Program.
(2)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.
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See Note 9 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K for more information about our right-of-use assets and related impairment analysis.
10. iIncome
Taxes
As of June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, our current federal income tax liability was $i24.2 million and $i19.9
million, respectively, and is included as a component of other liabilities in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
iWe 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. This requires management to exercise judgment and make assumptions regarding whether our deferred tax assets will be realized in future periods.
Certain entities within our consolidated group have generated 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, with respect to deferred tax assets relating to these state and local NOLs and other state timing adjustments, we retained a valuation allowance of $i85.4
million at June 30, 2022. In addition, as of June 30, 2022, 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 the coming quarters.
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 June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, we held $i466.1 million and $i354.1
million, respectively, of these bonds, which are included as prepaid federal income taxes in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. The corresponding deduction of our statutory contingency reserves resulted in the recognition of a net deferred tax liability. See Note 16 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K for additional information about our U.S. Mortgage Guaranty Tax and Loss Bonds.
For additional information on our income taxes, including our accounting policies, see Notes 2 and 10 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K.
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
Six Months Ended June 30,
(In
thousands)
2022
2021
Balance at beginning of period
$
i823,136
$
i844,107
Less:
Reinsurance recoverables (1)
i66,676
i71,769
Balance
at beginning of period, net of reinsurance recoverables
i756,460
i772,338
Add:
Losses and LAE incurred in respect of default notices reported and unreported in:
Current year (2)
i75,931
i85,807
Prior
years
(i274,397)
(i36,695)
Total
incurred
(i198,466)
i49,112
Deduct:
Paid claims and LAE related to:
Current year (2)
i165
i246
Prior
years
i7,836
i14,447
Total
paid
i8,001
i14,693
Balance
at end of period, net of reinsurance recoverables
i549,993
i806,757
Add:
Reinsurance recoverables (1)
i38,954
i74,006
Balance
at end of period
$
i588,947
$
i880,763
(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.
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Reserve Activity
Incurred Losses
Total incurred losses are driven by: (i) case reserves established for new default notices, which are primarily impacted by the number of new primary default notices received in the period
and our related gross Default to Claim Rate assumption 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 assumptions.
New primary default notices totaled i17,402 for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to i19,996
for the six months ended June 30, 2021, representing a decrease of i13%. Our gross Default to Claim Rate assumption applied to new defaults was ii8.0/%
as of both June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2021. As a result, the decrease in new default notices was the
Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
primary driver of the decrease in losses incurred related to current year defaults for the six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to the same period in the prior year.
Our provision for losses during both the first six months of 2022 and 2021 was positively impacted by favorable reserve development on prior year defaults, primarily as a result of more favorable trends in Cures than originally estimated due to favorable outcomes resulting from mortgage forbearance programs implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as positive trends in home price appreciation. These favorable observed trends resulted in reductions in our Default to Claim Rate assumptions for prior year default notices, particularly for those defaults first reported
in 2020 following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Claims Paid
Total claims paid decreased for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to the same period in 2021. The decrease in claims paid is primarily attributable to a reduction in payments made to settle certain previously disclosed legal proceedings.
For additional information about our Reserve for Losses and LAE, including our accounting policies, see Notes 2 and 11 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K.
As of June 30, 2022, we had $i184.3 million of fixed-rate advances outstanding with a weighted average interest rate of i1.18%.
Interest on the FHLB advances is payable quarterly, or at maturity if the term of the advance is less than i90 days. Principal is due at maturity. For obligations with maturities greater than or equal to i90
days, we may prepay the debt at any time, subject to a prepayment fee calculation.
The principal balance of the FHLB advances are required to be collateralized by eligible assets with a market value that must be maintained generally within a minimum range of i103% to i114%
of the amount borrowed, depending on the type of assets pledged. Our fixed-maturities available for sale and trading securities include securities totaling $i207.2 million and $i167.3
million at June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, respectively, which serve as collateral for our FHLB advances to satisfy this requirement. See Note 12 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K for additional information about our FHLB advances.
Revolving Credit Facility
Radian Group has in place a $i275.0 million unsecured
revolving credit facility with a syndicate of bank lenders. As of June 30, 2022, Radian Group was in compliance with all of the revolving credit facility covenants, and there were ino amounts
Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
outstanding. For more information regarding our revolving credit facility, including certain of its terms and covenants, see Note 12 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K.
Mortgage Financing Facility
On July 15, 2022, Radian Group entered into a Guaranty Agreement (the “Parent Guaranty”) in favor of Goldman to guaranty the obligations
of Radian Group’s subsidiaries Radian Mortgage Capital and Radian Liberty Funding LLC (“Liberty”) in connection with a $i300 million mortgage loan repurchase facility (the “Mortgage Financing Facility”) that Radian Mortgage Capital and Liberty have entered into with Goldman pursuant to the Master Repurchase Agreement (defined below).
Radian Mortgage Capital and its wholly-owned subsidiary Liberty entered into a Master Repurchase
Agreement (the “Master Repurchase Agreement”), dated as of July 15, 2022, among Liberty, Goldman and Radian Mortgage Capital, pursuant to which Liberty may from time to time sell to Goldman, and later repurchase, certain Participation Interests (as defined in the Master Repurchase Agreement) in residential mortgage loan assets. The Mortgage Financing Facility is uncommitted, and Goldman is under no obligation to fund the purchase of any residential mortgage loan assets under this facility. In the event Goldman advances funds under the Mortgage Financing Facility, the amount of such advances generally will be calculated as a percentage of the unpaid principal balance or market value of the residential mortgage loan assets, depending on the credit characteristics of the loans being purchased.
The Master Repurchase Agreement contains provisions that provide Goldman with
certain rights in the event of a decline in the market value of the purchased residential mortgage loan assets. Under these provisions, Goldman may require Liberty 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 Master Repurchase Agreement and a minimum threshold amount.
Pursuant to the Parent Guaranty, Radian Group is subject to negative and affirmative covenants customary for this type of financing transaction, including, among others: (i) limitations on the incurrence of debt; (ii) restrictions on certain transactions with affiliates, payments and investments; and (iii) a requirement that Radian Guaranty maintain its eligibility as a private mortgage insurer with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The Parent Guaranty also contains 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 subsidiaries Radian Guaranty and Radian Reinsurance; (ii) the Company’s minimum consolidated net worth; and (iii) the Company’s maximum debt-to-total capitalization ratio. The covenants and financial covenants in the Parent Guaranty 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 both 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.
13. iCommitments 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. In connection with these matters, from time to time we receive requests and subpoenas seeking information and documents related to aspects of our business. These legal proceedings and regulatory matters could result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, injunctions, restitutions or other relief that could require significant expenditures or have other effects on our business.
Management believes, based on current knowledge and after consultation with counsel, that the outcome of such actions will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial condition. The outcome of litigation and other legal proceedings and regulatory matters
is inherently uncertain, and it is possible that any ione or more of these matters currently pending or threatened could have an adverse effect on our liquidity, financial condition or results of operations for any particular period.
Lease Liability
Our lease liability represents the present value of future lease payments over the lease term. Our operating lease liability was $i49.6
million and $i53.5 million as of June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, respectively, and is classified in other liabilities in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
See Note 13 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K for further information regarding our commitments and contingencies and our accounting policies for contingencies.
Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
14. iCapital Stock
Share Repurchase Activity
On
February 9, 2022, Radian Group’s board of directors approved a share repurchase program authorizing the Company to spend up to $i400.0 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. Radian generally operates its share repurchase programs pursuant to a trading
plan under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act, which permits the Company to purchase shares, at pre-determined price targets, when it may otherwise be precluded from doing so. The authorization will expire in February 2024.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company purchased i9.1
million and i10.0 million shares at an average price of $i20.25 and $i20.51
per share, including commissions, respectively. As of June 30, 2022, purchase authority of up to $i195.0 million remained available under this program.
During July, the Company purchased i4.8
million shares of its common stock under its share repurchase program at an average price of $i20.47 per share including commissions. After giving consideration to these repurchases, purchase authority of up to $i97.6
million remained available under this program.
Dividends and Dividend Equivalents
We declared quarterly cash dividends on our common stock equal to $i0.125 per share during the first quarter of 2021 and declared quarterly cash dividends on our common stock equal to $i0.14
per share for the remaining quarters of 2021. On February 9, 2022, Radian Group’s board of directors authorized an increase to the Company’s quarterly dividend from $i0.14 to $i0.20
per share, beginning with the dividend declared in the first quarter of 2022.
Share-Based and Other Compensation Programs
During the second quarter of 2022, certain executive and non-executive officers were granted time-vested and performance-based RSUs to be settled in common stock. The maximum payout of performance-based RSUs at the end of the ithree-year
performance period is i200% of a grantee’s target number of RSUs granted. The vesting of the performance-based RSUs granted to certain executive and non-executive officers is based upon the cumulative growth in Radian’s book value per share, adjusted for certain defined items, over a ithree-year
performance period and, with the exception of certain retirement-eligible employees, continued service through the vesting date. Performance-based RSUs granted to executive officers are subject to a ione-year post vesting holding period.
The time-vested RSU awards granted to certain executive and non-executive officers in 2022 generally vest in pro rata installments on each of the first ithree
anniversaries of the grant date. In addition, time-vested RSU awards were also granted to non-employee directors and generally are subject to ione-year cliff vesting. See Note 17 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K for additional information regarding the Company’s share-based and other compensation programs.
(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 the cumulative growth in Radian’s book value, adjusted for certain defined terms, over the respective ithree-year performance period and, with the exception of certain retirement-eligible employees, continued service through the vesting date, which could result in
changes in 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 i0 to i200%
of target depending on results over the applicable performance periods, and the number of target shares at grant date.
(4)Represents amounts vested during the year, including the impact of performance adjustments for performance-based awards.
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. There are i16 RBC States that currently impose a Statutory RBC Requirement. The most common Statutory RBC Requirement is that a mortgage insurer’s Risk-to-capital may not exceed i25
to 1. In certain of the RBC States, a mortgage insurer must satisfy a MPP Requirement. Radian Guaranty was in compliance with all applicable Statutory RBC Requirements and MPP Requirements in each of the RBC States as of June 30, 2022. Radian Guaranty’s Risk-to-capital was i11.9:1 and i11.1:1
as of June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, respectively. For purposes of the Risk-to-capital requirements imposed by certain states, statutory capital is defined as the sum of statutory policyholders’ surplus plus statutory contingency reserves. Our other mortgage insurance and title insurance subsidiaries were also in compliance with all statutory and counterparty capital requirements as of June 30, 2022.
In addition, 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. At June 30, 2022, Radian Guaranty is an approved mortgage insurer
under the PMIERs and is in compliance with the current PMIERs financial requirements.
State insurance regulations include various capital requirements and dividend restrictions based on our insurance subsidiaries’ statutory financial position and results of operations. As of June 30, 2022, the amount of restricted net assets held by our consolidated insurance subsidiaries (which represents our equity investment in those insurance subsidiaries) totaled $i4.3
billion of our consolidated net assets.
In light of Radian Guaranty’s negative unassigned surplus related to operating losses in prior periods and the ongoing need to set aside contingency reserves, which totaled $i4.1 billion as of June 30, 2022, Radian Guaranty is not currently permitted under applicable insurance laws to pay ordinary dividends or other distributions to Radian Group without prior approval from the Pennsylvania Insurance Department.
In February 2022, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department provided such approval for a $i500 million return of capital from Radian Guaranty to Radian Group, which was paid on February 11, 2022, in cash and marketable securities. This transfer was approved as an Extraordinary Distribution in the form of a return of paid-in capital and resulted in a $i500
million decrease in Radian Guaranty’s statutory policyholders’ surplus. Based on the current strong performance and assuming the continuation of favorable credit performance in our mortgage insurance business, we expect that Radian Guaranty could potentially have positive unassigned surplus by 2023.
Radian Reinsurance had positive unassigned surplus at December 31, 2021, and as a result, Radian Reinsurance does have the ability to pay ordinary dividends of up to $i32.7
million in 2022.
For a description of our compliance with statutory and other regulations for our mortgage insurance and title insurance businesses, including statutory capital requirements and dividend restrictions, see Note 16 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K.
Item
2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The disclosures in this quarterly report are complementary to those made in our 2021 Form 10-K and should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in this report, as well as our audited financial statements, notes thereto and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our 2021 Form 10-K.
The following analysis of our financial condition and results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, provides information that evaluates our financial condition as of June 30, 2022, compared with December 31, 2021,
and our results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to the same periods last year.
Certain terms and acronyms used throughout this report are defined in the Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms included as part of this report. In addition, investors should review the “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements—Safe Harbor Provisions” herein, and “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 2021 Form 10-K for a discussion of those risks and uncertainties that have the potential to adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or prospects. Our results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full year or for any other period. See “Overview” and Note 1 of Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional
information.
We are a diversified mortgage and real estate business with two reportable business segments—Mortgage and homegenius.
Our Mortgage segment aggregates, manages and distributes U.S. mortgage credit risk on behalf of mortgage lending institutions and mortgage credit investors, principally through private mortgage insurance on residential first-lien mortgage loans, and also provides contract underwriting and
other credit risk management solutions to our customers. Our homegenius segment offers an array of title, real estate and technology products and services to consumers, mortgage lenders, mortgage and real estate investors, GSEs, real estate brokers and agents.
Current Operating Environment
As a seller of mortgage credit protection and other mortgage and credit risk management solutions and real estate products and services, our business results are subject to macroeconomic conditions and other events that impact the housing, housing finance and related real estate markets, the credit performance of our underlying insured assets and our future business opportunities, as well as seasonal fluctuations that specifically affect the mortgage origination environment. The performance of our Mortgage business is particularly influenced by macroeconomic conditions and specific events that
impact the housing finance and real estate markets, including housing prices, inflationary pressures, interest rate changes, unemployment levels, the availability of credit, national and regional economic conditions and other events that impact mortgage originations and the credit performance of our mortgage insurance portfolio, most of which are beyond our control.
The U.S. economy is currently experiencing a high rate of inflation and slower economic growth. The inflationary trends in the current economic environment have been exacerbated by strong consumer demand and pervasive supply chain
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disruptions, including as a result of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and related government responses, as well as the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Recent actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve to increase interest rates in response to these inflationary pressures led to a sharp and significant increase in mortgage interest rates during the first half of 2022. The U.S. Federal Reserve raised rates further in July 2022 and has signaled that it expects to continue to increase rates throughout the year. While we expect these interest rate increases to continue
to negatively impact certain aspects of our results, including through lower NIW, lower homegenius revenues and lower investment fair values, we also expect to benefit from the rate increases due to higher Persistency Rates that will favorably impact our IIF, as well as through the recognition of higher net investment income, as discussed below.
We wrote NIW of $37.6 billion in the first half of 2022, a decrease of 10.1% compared to our NIW in the first half of 2021. Despite current inflationary pressures and rising interest rates, which among other things, are slowing the rate of home appreciation in the U.S., we continue to believe that the long-term housing market fundamentals and outlook remain positive, including demographics supporting growth in the population of first-time homebuyers and a constrained supply of homes available for sale. While the recent increases in mortgage interest rates have reduced refinance demand,
they have also resulted in a decrease in policy cancellations, which has increased our Persistency Rate, and in turn contributed to growth in our IIF. See “Mortgage Insurance Portfolio” for additional details on our NIW and IIF.
The same inflationary pressures and rising interest rate environment that are impacting mortgage refinance demand and our NIW are also impacting our homegenius business, including a decrease in our title revenues in the second quarter of 2022 as compared to the first quarter of 2022, due to the rapid decline in industrywide refinance volumes. The current macroeconomic trends, and the corresponding softening in demand for home sales and mortgage refinancings, are expected to also impact the market demand for our proprietary digital real estate products and services. In addition, the market readiness of these digital products and services has been negatively impacted by longer than anticipated launch
timelines.
The recent sharp increases in interest rates also materially affected the fair value of our investment portfolio in the first half of 2022, resulting in significant unrealized losses on investments. Given our intent and ability as of June 30, 2022, to hold these securities until recovery of their amortized cost basis, we do not expect to realize a loss on any of our investments in an unrealized loss position. The recent decrease in the fair value of our investments due to higher market interest rates negatively affected our net income and stockholders’ equity during the three and six months ended June 30, 2022. Conversely, this higher interest rate environment resulted in the recognition of higher net investment income in the second quarter of 2022, which is expected to continue in future periods. See Note 6 of Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information about our investments.
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a significant increase in unemployment which had a negative impact on the economy and, as a result, we experienced a material increase in new defaults in 2020, substantially all of which related to defaults of loans subject to mortgage forbearance programs implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning in the second quarter of 2020, the increase in the number of new mortgage defaults resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic had a negative effect on our results of operations and our reserve for losses. However, subsequent trends in Cures have been more favorable than original expectations, resulting in favorable loss reserve development in 2021 and in the three and six months ended June 30, 2022. See Note 11 of Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on our reserve for losses.
As noted above, following the start of the pandemic, we experienced a material increase in new defaults and our primary default rate increased sharply to 6.5% at June 30, 2020. Since then, favorable trends in the number of new defaults and Cures have led to a decline in our default inventory and default rate, resulting in a primary default rate of 2.2% at June 30, 2022.
The number, timing and duration of new defaults and, in turn, the number of defaults that ultimately result in claims will depend on a variety of factors, including the number and timing of Cures and claims paid and the net impact on IIF from our Persistency Rate and future NIW. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors”
in our 2021 Form 10-K for additional discussion of these factors and other risks and uncertainties.
Despite risks and uncertainties, we believe that the steps we have taken in recent years, including by improving our capital and liquidity positions, enhancing our financial flexibility, implementing greater risk-based granularity into our pricing methodologies and increasing our use of risk distribution strategies to lower the risk profile and financial volatility of our mortgage insurance portfolio, has helped position the Company to better withstand the negative effects from macroeconomic stresses discussed above, including those resulting from the high rate of inflation and rising interest rates, the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the other risks described in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 2021 Form 10-K.
In
particular, we believe that the range of risk distribution transactions and strategies that Radian and other private mortgage insurance participants have engaged in have helped increase the financial strength and flexibility of the private mortgage insurance industry by mitigating credit risk and financial volatility through varying economic cycles. As of June 30, 2022, 62% of our primary RIF is subject to a form of risk distribution and our estimated reinsurance recoverables related to our mortgage insurance portfolio were $39.0 million. After consideration of the 2022 QSR Agreement, 76% of our primary RIF as of June 30, 2022, is subject to a form of risk distribution. Our use of risk distribution structures has reduced our required capital and enhanced our projected return on capital, and we expect these structures to provide a level of credit protection in periods of
economic stress.
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Legislative and Regulatory Developments
We are subject to comprehensive regulation by both federal
and state regulatory authorities. For a description of significant state and federal regulations and other requirements of the GSEs that are applicable to our businesses, as well as legislative and regulatory developments affecting the housing finance industry, see “Item 1. Business—Regulation” in our 2021 Form 10-K. Except as discussed below, there were no significant regulatory developments impacting our businesses from those discussed in our 2021 Form 10-K.
In June 2022, FHFA announced the release of the GSEs’ Equitable Housing Finance Plans, providing a framework for planned initiatives to address access to homeownership for minority and underserved communities. The plans include a particular focus on Special Purpose Credit Programs (“SPCPs”) and note that these programs could consider modifications to mortgage insurance requirements. While both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s plans note this potential change
as part of these programs, details on any future changes remain uncertain. Both GSEs expect to launch SPCPs by the end of 2022. The plans also include expected activity to address credit and alternative data in underwriting, valuations and appraisals, title insurance, among others. The GSEs are expected to update these plans annually.
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. On July 29, 2022, the GSEs issued guidance supplementing and modifying certain operational provisions of the PMIERs effective as of June 30, 2022. The new guidance applies to all private mortgage insurers and among other items, specifically amends certain provisions of the PMIERs relating to corporate governance, the foreclosure bidding
process and certain calculations included in each mortgage insurer’s operational scorecard. Radian Guaranty expects to be able to comply with the new requirements. The new guidance does not impact or change the PMIERs Financial Requirements.
Recent Company Developments
In July 2022, we announced the launch of Radian Mortgage Capital, a mortgage conduit formed to provide residential mortgage lenders with an additional secondary-market option to sell eligible loans to us and to provide mortgage investors with another known sponsor. Radian Mortgage Capital plans to leverage our lender relationships to aggregate residential mortgage loans, which Radian Mortgage Capital expects to then distribute into the capital markets through private label securitizations or sell directly to mortgage investors, with the option to retain and manage structured components of the underlying credit risk
where we see value. Consistent with our stated strategy, Radian Mortgage Capital expands our capabilities to participate in the mortgage market to aggregate, manage and distribute residential mortgage credit risk.
Consistent with our use of risk distribution strategies to effectively manage capital and proactively mitigate risk, Radian Guaranty agreed to the principal terms of the 2022 QSR Agreement in July 2022 with a panel of third-party reinsurance providers. Under the 2022 QSR Agreement, which remains subject to final documentation, starting July 1, 2022, we expect to cede 20% of policies issued between January 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023, subject to certain conditions. See Note 8 of Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this report for more information
about the 2022 QSR Agreement and our other reinsurance transactions.
Key Factors Affecting Our Results
The key factors affecting our results are discussed in our 2021 Form 10-K. There have been no material changes to these key factors.
(1)Policy
years represent the original policy years and have not been adjusted to reflect subsequent refinancing activity under HARP.
(2)Includes loans that were subsequently refinanced under HARP.
New Insurance Written
We wrote $18.9 billion and $37.6 billion of primary new mortgage insurance in the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, compared to $21.7 billion and $41.8 billion of NIW in the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively. As shown in the chart above, IIF increased to $254.2 billion at June 30, 2022, from $246.0 billion at December 31, 2021, driven by a higher Persistency Rate and
our NIW for the first six months of 2022.
Our NIW decreased by 12.6% and 10.1% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2021 due to reduced refinance originations and lower utilization of mortgage insurance, partially offset by an increase in our market share and a slight increase in purchase mortgage originations. According to industry estimates, total mortgage origination volume was lower for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to the comparable periods in 2021 due to a decline in refinance activity.
Although it is difficult to project future volumes, recent market projections for 2022 estimate total mortgage originations of approximately $2.6 trillion, which would represent a decline in the total annual mortgage
origination market of approximately 42% as compared to 2021, with a private mortgage insurance market of $400 to $450 billion. This outlook anticipates a significant decrease in refinance originations in 2022 resulting from expected continued increases in interest rates. While expectations for refinance volume vary, there is general consensus that the home purchase mortgage market in 2022 will be comparable in size to 2021 driven by strong home sales and increased loan balances due to home price appreciation, which is a positive for mortgage insurers given the higher likelihood that purchase loans will utilize private mortgage insurance as compared to refinance loans. Typically, as refinance volume declines, we would expect the Persistency Rate for our portfolio to increase, benefiting the size of our IIF portfolio. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 2021 Form 10-K for more information.
The following table provides selected
information as of and for the periods indicated related to our mortgage insurance NIW. For direct Single Premium Policies, NIW includes policies written on an individual basis (as each loan is originated) and on an aggregated basis (in which each individual loan in a group of loans is insured in a single transaction, typically after the loans have been originated).
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NIW
Three
Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
($ in millions)
2022
2021
2022
2021
NIW
$
18,935
$
21,662
$
37,551
$
41,761
Primary
risk written
$
4,848
$
5,236
$
9,642
$
9,747
Average coverage percentage
25.6
%
24.2
%
25.7
%
23.3
%
NIW
by loan purpose
Purchases
97.1
%
77.1
%
94.3
%
68.5
%
Refinances
2.9
%
22.9
%
5.7
%
31.5
%
Total
borrower-paid NIW
99.2
%
99.1
%
99.2
%
99.2
%
NIW by premium type
Direct
Monthly and Other Recurring Premiums
95.4
%
93.1
%
94.9
%
91.7
%
Direct single premiums (1)
4.6
%
6.9
%
5.1
%
8.3
%
NIW
by FICO Score (2)
>=740
59.6
%
61.4
%
58.3
%
62.9
%
680-739
32.3
%
33.1
%
34.0
%
32.3
%
620-679
8.1
%
5.5
%
7.7
%
4.8
%
NIW
by LTV
95.01% and above
17.7
%
10.9
%
16.2
%
9.5
%
90.01% to 95.00%
39.9
%
40.4
%
40.9
%
36.2
%
85.01%
to 90.00%
26.7
%
27.6
%
28.1
%
29.4
%
85.00% and below
15.7
%
21.1
%
14.8
%
24.9
%
(1)Borrower-paid
Single Premium Policies were 4.4% and 4.9% of NIW for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, compared to 6.6% and 8.0% for the same periods in2021, respectively.
(2)For loans with multiple borrowers, the percentage of NIW by FICO score represents the lowest of the borrowers’ FICO scores.
Insurance and Risk in Force
Our IIF is the primary driver of the future premiums that we expect to earn over time. IIF at June 30, 2022, increased 7.1% as compared to the same period last year, reflecting a 12.6% increase in Monthly Premium Policies in force partially offset by a 15.1% decline in Single Premium Policies in force. Single Premium Policy cancellations
were the primary driver of the decrease in unearned premiums on our condensed consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2022, as compared to December 31, 2021.
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 June 30, 2022, increased as compared to the same period in 2021. The increase in our Persistency Rate at June 30, 2022, was primarily attributable to decreased refinance activity due to increases in mortgage interest rates, as compared to the same period in the prior
year. As of June 30, 2022, 5.7% of our IIF had a mortgage note interest rate greater than 5.0%. Excluding the 2022 vintage, only 3.4% of our IIF had a mortgage note interest rate greater than 5.0%. Given the recent increase in market mortgage interest rates, which now exceed that level based on reported industry averages, we would expect that the increase in interest rates and related decline in refinance volume would continue to have a positive impact on our Persistency Rates.
Historical loan performance data indicates that credit scores and underwriting quality are key drivers of credit performance. As of June 30, 2022, our portfolio of business written subsequent to 2008, including refinancings under HARP, represented approximately 97.4% of our total primary RIF. 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. However, the
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impact to our future losses
remains uncertain due to risks associated with the macroeconomic environment. For additional information, see our 2021 Form 10-K, “Item 1A. Risk Factors—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.”
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).
The following table provides selected information as of and for the periods indicated related to
mortgage insurance IIF and RIF.
(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)Borrower-paid Single Premium Policies were 8.1%, 8.5% and 9.2% of primary RIF for the periods indicated, respectively.
(3)For loans with multiple borrowers, the percentage of primary RIF by FICO score represents the lowest of the borrowers’ FICO scores.
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. When we enter into a
reinsurance agreement, the reinsurer receives a premium and, in exchange, insures an agreed-upon portion of incurred losses. While these arrangements have the impact of reducing our earned premiums, they also reduce our required capital and are expected to increase our return on required capital for the related policies.
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 “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Key Factors Affecting Our Results—Mortgage—Risk
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Distribution” in our 2021 Form 10-K and Note 8 of Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this report for more information about our reinsurance transactions.
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.
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 the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2021, primarily reflect the financial results and performance of our two reportable business segments—Mortgage and homegenius. See “Results of Operations—Mortgage” and “Results of Operations—homegenius” for the operating results of these business segments
for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to the same period in 2021.
In addition to the results of our operating segments, pretax income (loss) is also affected by those factors described in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Key Factors Affecting Our Results” in our 2021 Form 10-K.
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The following table summarizes our consolidated results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
Summary
results of operations - Consolidated
Three Months Ended June 30,
Change
Favorable (Unfavorable)
Six Months Ended June 30,
Change
Favorable
(Unfavorable)
($ in thousands, except per-share amounts)
2022
2021
2022 vs. 2021
2022
2021
2022 vs. 2021
Revenues
Net
premiums earned
$
253,892
$
254,756
$
(864)
$
508,082
$
526,628
$
(18,546)
Services revenue
27,281
29,464
(2,183)
56,629
52,359
4,270
Net
investment income
46,957
36,291
10,666
85,153
74,542
10,611
Net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments
(41,869)
15,661
(57,530)
(71,326)
10,480
(81,806)
Other
income
572
822
(250)
1,275
1,798
(523)
Total revenues
286,833
336,994
(50,161)
579,813
665,807
(85,994)
Expenses
Provision
for losses
(113,922)
3,648
117,570
(197,676)
49,791
247,467
Policy acquisition costs
5,940
4,838
(1,102)
12,545
13,834
1,289
Cost
of services
22,760
24,615
1,855
47,513
44,861
(2,652)
Other operating expenses
90,495
86,469
(4,026)
180,036
156,731
(23,305)
Interest
expense
20,831
21,065
234
41,677
42,180
503
Amortization
of other acquired intangible assets
849
863
14
1,698
1,725
27
Total expenses
26,953
141,498
114,545
85,793
309,122
223,329
Pretax
income
259,880
195,496
64,384
494,020
356,685
137,335
Income tax provision
58,687
40,290
(18,397)
111,696
75,871
(35,825)
Net
income
$
201,193
$
155,206
$
45,987
$
382,324
$
280,814
$
101,510
Diluted
net income per share
$
1.15
$
0.80
$
0.35
$
2.16
$
1.44
$
0.72
Return on equity
19.9
%
14.5
%
5.4
%
18.7
%
14.1
%
4.6
%
Non-GAAP
Financial Measures (1)
Adjusted pretax operating income
$
302,033
$
184,719
$
117,314
$
566,981
$
352,035
$
214,946
Adjusted
diluted net operating income per share
$
1.36
$
0.75
$
0.61
$
2.53
$
1.43
$
1.10
Adjusted net operating return
on equity
23.6
%
13.6
%
10.0
%
21.9
%
14.0
%
7.9
%
(1)See “—Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.
Revenues
Net
Premiums Earned. The decrease in net premiums earned for the six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to the same period in 2021, is primarily driven by a decrease in net premiums earned in our Mortgage segment. See “Results of Operations—Mortgage—Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022, Compared to Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2021—Revenues—Net Premiums Earned,” for more information.
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Net Investment Income. The increase in net investment income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to the same periods in 2021, is primarily attributable to higher market interest rates. See “Overview—Current Operating Environment,” and “Results of Operations—Mortgage—Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022, Compared to Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2021—Revenues—Net
Investment Income,” for more information.
Net Gains (Losses) on Investments and Other Financial Instruments.The increase in net losses on investments and other financial instruments for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to the same periods in 2021, is primarily due to an increase in net unrealized losses on our equity and trading securities and, to a lesser extent, an increase in losses on other financial instruments. The primary driver of the increase in losses on our equity and trading securities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, was the impact of rising interest rates as well as other market and macroeconomic conditions, as further discussed in “Overview—Current Operating Environment.” See Note 6 of Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information about net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments.
Expenses
Provision for Losses. The decrease in provision for losses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to the same periods in 2021, is primarily driven by favorable development on prior period defaults, which impacted our mortgage insurance reserves. See “Results of Operations—Mortgage—Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022, Compared to Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2021—Expenses—Provision for Losses,” for more information.
Other
Operating Expenses. The increase in other operating expenses for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to the same periods in 2021 is primarily due to an increase in compensation expense and a decrease in ceding commissions. See “Results of Operations—Mortgage—Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022, Compared to Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2021—Expenses—Other Operating Expenses,” and “Results of Operations—homegenius—Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022, Compared to Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2021—Expenses—Other Operating Expenses,” for more information
on other operating expenses.
Income Tax Provision
Variations in our effective tax rates, combined with differences in pretax income, were the drivers of the changes in our income tax provision between periods. Our effective tax rate for each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, was 22.6%, as compared to 20.6% and 21.3% for the same periods in 2021, respectively. Our effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, was higher than the statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the impact of state income taxes and certain permanent book-to-tax adjustments.
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 “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 the
Company’s business segments and to allocate resources to the segments. See Note 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Results of Operations—Consolidated—Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures,” each in our 2021 Form 10-K for detailed information regarding items excluded from adjusted pretax operating income (loss) and the reasons for their treatment.
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 certain investments attributable to our reportable segments; (ii) gains (losses) on extinguishment of debt; (iii) amortization and impairment of goodwill and other
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acquired intangible assets; and (iv) impairment of other long-lived assets and other non-operating items, such as impairment of internal-use software, gains (losses) from the sale of lines of business and acquisition-related income and expenses.
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 consolidated adjusted pretax operating income
Three Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)
2022
2021
2022
2021
Consolidated
pretax income
$
259,880
$
195,496
$
494,020
$
356,685
Less income (expense) items
Net
gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments
(41,869)
15,661
(71,326)
10,480
Amortization of other acquired intangible assets
(849)
(863)
(1,698)
(1,725)
Impairment
of other long-lived assets and other non-operating items
565
(4,021)
63
(4,105)
Total adjusted pretax operating income (1)
$
302,033
$
184,719
$
566,981
$
352,035
(1)Total
adjusted pretax operating income on a consolidated basis consists of adjusted pretax operating income (loss) for our Mortgage segment, homegenius segment and All Other activities, as further detailed in Note 4 of Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Adjusted diluted net operating income (loss) per share is calculated by dividing (i) adjusted pretax operating income (loss) attributable to common stockholders, net of taxes computed using the Company’s statutory tax rate, by (ii) 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.
Reconciliation
of diluted net income per share to adjusted diluted net operating income per share
Less per-share impact of reconciling income (expense) items
Net
gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments
(0.24)
0.08
(0.40)
0.05
Amortization of other acquired intangible assets
—
—
(0.01)
(0.01)
Impairment
of other long-lived assets and other non-operating items
—
(0.02)
—
(0.02)
Income tax (provision) benefit on reconciling income (expense) items (1)
0.05
(0.01)
0.09
(0.01)
Difference
between statutory and effective tax rates
(0.02)
—
(0.05)
—
Per-share impact of reconciling income (expense) items
(0.21)
0.05
(0.37)
0.01
Adjusted
diluted net operating income per share (1)
$
1.36
$
0.75
$
2.53
$
1.43
(1)Calculated using the Company’s federal statutory tax rate of 21%. Any permanent tax adjustments and state income taxes on these items have been deemed immaterial and
are not included.
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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
Less impact of reconciling income (expense) items (2)
Net
gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments
(4.1)
1.5
(3.5)
0.5
Amortization of other acquired intangible assets
(0.1)
(0.1)
(0.1)
(0.1)
Impairment
of other long-lived assets and other non-operating items
0.1
(0.4)
—
(0.2)
Income tax (provision) benefit on reconciling income (expense) items (3)
0.9
(0.2)
0.7
—
Difference
between statutory and effective tax rates
(0.5)
0.1
(0.3)
(0.1)
Impact of reconciling income (expense) items
(3.7)
0.9
(3.2)
0.1
Adjusted
net operating return on equity (3)
23.6
%
13.6
%
21.9
%
12.9
%
(1)Calculated by dividing annualized net income (loss) by average stockholders’ equity, based on the average of the beginning and ending balances for each period presented.
(2)Annualized, as a percentage of average stockholders’ equity.
(3)Calculated
using the Company’s federal statutory tax rate of 21%. Any permanent tax adjustments and state income taxes on these items have been deemed immaterial and are not included.
The following table summarizes our Mortgage segment’s results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
Summary
results of operations - Mortgage
Three Months Ended June 30,
Change
Favorable (Unfavorable)
Six Months Ended June 30,
Change
Favorable
(Unfavorable)
(In thousands)
2022
2021
2022 vs. 2021
2022
2021
2022 vs. 2021
Revenues
Net
premiums written
$
248,645
$
231,027
$
17,618
$
497,005
$
477,901
$
19,104
(Increase) decrease in unearned premiums
(1,736)
16,059
(17,795)
(4,922)
33,849
(38,771)
Net
premiums earned
246,909
247,086
(177)
492,083
511,750
(19,667)
Services revenue
2,105
3,732
(1,627)
6,657
8,083
(1,426)
Net
investment income
40,197
32,842
7,355
74,214
66,855
7,359
Other income
572
641
(69)
1,275
1,410
(135)
Total
revenues
289,783
284,301
5,482
574,229
588,098
(13,869)
Expenses
Provision
for losses
(114,179)
3,334
117,513
(198,372)
49,203
247,575
Policy acquisition costs
5,940
4,838
(1,102)
12,545
13,834
1,289
Cost
of services
1,960
3,161
1,201
5,343
6,353
1,010
Other operating expenses
58,711
57,860
(851)
118,675
106,776
(11,899)
Interest
expense
20,831
21,065
234
41,677
42,180
503
Total expenses
(26,737)
90,258
116,995
(20,132)
218,346
238,478
Adjusted
pretax operating income (1)
$
316,520
$
194,043
$
122,477
$
594,361
$
369,752
$
224,609
(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 Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more information.
Revenues
Net Premiums Earned. Net premiums earned decreased for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, primarily due to: (i) a decrease in the impact, net of reinsurance, from Single Premium Policy cancellations due to lower refinance activity and (ii) a decrease in premiums earned on our Monthly Premium Policies due to lower average premium yields. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in the profit commission retained by the Company,
due to favorable reserve development in the six months ended June 30, 2022.
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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
Three Months Ended June 30,
Change
Favorable
(Unfavorable)
Six Months Ended June 30,
Change
Favorable (Unfavorable)
($ in thousands, except as otherwise indicated)
2022
2021
2022 vs. 2021
2022
2021
2022 vs. 2021
Direct
Premiums
earned, excluding revenue from cancellations
$
249,936
$
243,076
$
6,860
$
493,536
$
499,982
$
(6,446)
Single Premium
Policy cancellations
6,894
31,592
(24,698)
21,590
70,102
(48,512)
Direct
256,830
274,668
(17,838)
515,126
570,084
(54,958)
Assumed
(1)
1,539
1,615
(76)
2,870
3,913
(1,043)
Ceded
Premiums
earned, excluding revenue from cancellations
(28,565)
(27,324)
(1,241)
(55,904)
(52,697)
(3,207)
Single Premium Policy cancellations (2)
(1,965)
(9,036)
7,071
(6,157)
(20,145)
13,988
Profit
commission—other (3)
19,070
7,162
11,908
36,148
10,595
25,553
Ceded premiums, net of profit commission
(11,460)
(29,198)
17,738
(25,913)
(62,247)
36,334
Total
net premiums earned
$
246,909
$
247,085
$
(176)
$
492,083
$
511,750
$
(19,667)
In
force portfolio premium yield (in basis points) (4)
40.0
41.1
(1.1)
39.7
41.7
(2.0)
Direct premium yield (in basis points) (5)
41.1
46.4
(5.3)
41.4
47.5
(6.1)
Net
premium yield (in basis points) (6)
39.3
41.5
(2.2)
39.4
42.3
(2.9)
Average primary IIF (in billions)
$
251.6
$
238.1
$
13.5
$
250.1
$
241.7
$
8.4
(1)Includes
premiums earned from our participation in certain credit risk transfer programs.
(2)Includes the impact of related profit commissions.
(3)Represents the profit commission on the Single Premium QSR Program, excluding the impact of Single Premium Policy cancellations.
(4)Calculated by dividing annualized direct premiums earned, including assumed revenue and excluding revenue from cancellations, by average primary IIF.
(5)Calculated by dividing annualized direct premiums earned, including assumed revenue, by average primary IIF.
(6)Calculated by dividing annualized net premiums earned by average primary IIF.
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. We believe that writing a mix of Single Premium Policies and Monthly Premium Policies has the potential to moderate the overall impact on our results if actual prepayments are significantly different from expectations. However, the impact of this moderating effect is affected by the amount of reinsurance we obtain on portions of our portfolio, with the Single Premium QSR Program currently reducing the proportion of retained Single Premium Policies in our portfolio. See “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Key Factors Affecting Our Results—Mortgage—IIF and Related Drivers” in our 2021 Form 10-K 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 Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more information about our reinsurance programs.
Ceded
premiums earned
Three Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
($ in thousands)
2022
2021
2022
2021
Single
Premium QSR Program
$
(8,297)
(1)
$
12,473
$
(12,028)
(1)
$
31,942
Excess-of-Loss Program
19,292
15,601
36,880
27,755
QSR
Program
360
1,018
851
2,337
Other
105
106
210
213
Total
ceded premiums earned (2)
$
11,460
$
29,198
$
25,913
$
62,247
Percentage
of total direct and assumed premiums earned
4.3
%
10.3
%
4.8
%
10.5
%
(1)Includes the increase in the profit commission retained by the Company due to favorable reserve development in 2022 periods.
See “—Expenses—Provision for Losses” below for additional information on the favorable reserve development.
(2)Does not include the benefit from ceding commissions on our Single Premium QSR Programs, which are included in other operating expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. See Note 8 of Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Net Investment Income. Increasing yields from higher interest rates, partially offset by lower average investment balances, resulted in increases in net investment income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to the same periods in 2021.
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
Three Months Ended June 30,
Change
Favorable
(Unfavorable)
Six Months Ended June 30,
Change
Favorable (Unfavorable)
($ in thousands, except reserve per new default)
2022
2021
2022 vs. 2021
2022
2021
2022 vs. 2021
Current
period defaults (1)
$
33,919
$
34,317
$
398
$
75,931
$
85,807
$
9,876
Prior
period defaults (2)
(148,098)
(30,984)
117,114
(274,303)
(36,604)
237,699
Total provision for losses
$
(114,179)
$
3,333
$
117,512
$
(198,372)
$
49,203
$
247,575
Loss
ratio (3)
(46.2)
%
1.3
%
47.5
%
(40.3)
%
9.6
%
49.9
%
Reserve per new default (4)
$
4,235
$
4,213
$
(22)
$
4,363
$
4,291
$
(72)
(1)Related
to defaulted loans with a most recent default notice dated in the period indicated. For example, if a loan had defaulted in a prior period, but then subsequently cured and later re-defaulted in the current period, the default would be considered a current period default.
(2)Related to defaulted loans with a default notice dated in a period earlier than the period 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 new primary defaults for each period.
Our
mortgage insurance provision for losses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, decreased by $117.5 million and $247.6 million, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2021. Current period new primary defaults decreased by 1.7% and 13.0% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2021, as shown below. Our gross Default to Claim Rate assumption for new primary defaults was 8.0% at both June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2021.
Our provision for losses during the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, benefited from favorable reserve development on prior period defaults, primarily as a result of more favorable trends
in Cures than originally estimated due to favorable outcomes resulting from mortgage forbearance programs implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as
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well
as positive trends in home price appreciation. These favorable observed trends resulted in reductions in our Default to Claim Rate assumptions for prior year default notices, particularly for those defaults first reported in 2020 following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. See Note 11 herein for additional information, as well as Notes 1 and 11 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 2021 Form 10-K.
Our primary default rate as a percentage of total insured loans at June 30, 2022, was 2.2% compared to 2.9% at December 31, 2021. The following table shows a rollforward of our primary loans in default.
(1)Net of any previous Rescissions and Claim Denials that were reinstated during the period. Such reinstated Rescissions and Claim Denials may ultimately result in a paid claim.
The following tables show additional information about our primary loans in default as of the dates indicated.
We develop our Default to Claim Rate estimates based primarily 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 in our 2021 Form 10-K for additional details about our Default to Claim Rate assumptions.
Our aggregate weighted
average net Default to Claim Rate assumption for our primary loans used in estimating our reserve for losses, which is net of estimated Claim Denials and Rescissions, was approximately 44% at June 30, 2022, compared to 46% at December 31, 2021. See Note 11 of Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding our reserves for losses and a reconciliation of our Mortgage segment’s beginning and ending reserves for losses and LAE.
We considered the sensitivity of our loss reserve estimates at June 30, 2022, by assessing the potential changes resulting from a parallel shift in Claim Severity and Default to Claim Rate for primary loans. For example, assuming all other factors remain constant, for every one percentage point absolute change in primary
Claim Severity for our primary insurance risk exposure (which we estimated to be 99% of our risk exposure at each of June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021), we estimated that our total loss reserve at June 30, 2022, would change by approximately $5.7 million. Assuming the portfolio mix and all other factors remain constant, for every one percentage point absolute change in our primary net Default to Claim Rate, we estimated a $12.7 million change in our primary loss reserve at June 30, 2022.
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 described in “Item 1. Business—Mortgage—Defaults and Claims” in our 2021 Form 10-K) that make the timing of paid claims difficult to predict.
The following table shows net claims paid by product and the average claim paid by product for the periods indicated.
Claims paid
Three
Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)
2022
2021
2022
2021
Net claims paid (1)
Total
primary claims paid
$
3,659
$
4,870
$
8,812
$
11,481
Total pool and other
(396)
(649)
(811)
(787)
Subtotal
3,263
4,221
8,001
10,694
Impact
of commutations and settlements
—
—
—
4,000
Total net claims paid
$
3,263
$
4,221
$
8,001
$
14,694
Total
average net primary claim paid (1) (2)
$
41.6
$
46.8
$
41.6
$
45.2
Average direct primary claim paid (2) (3)
$
41.9
$
48.4
$
42.0
$
46.8
(1)Net
of reinsurance recoveries.
(2)Calculated without giving effect to the impact of commutations and settlements.
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Operations
Other Operating Expenses. The increase in other operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to the same period in 2021, primarily reflects: (i) a decrease in ceding commissions, due primarily to a decline in Single Premium Policy cancellations covered by our Single Premium QSR Program, and (ii) an increase in variable incentive compensation expense, including as part of allocated corporate operating expenses. The increase in variable compensation expense is primarily due to increases in the projected payouts associated with our performance-based RSUs, driven primarily by the impact of the favorable loss reserve development recorded in the first half of 2022. See Note 17 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K for additional
information on our performance-based RSUs.
The following table shows additional information about Mortgage other operating expenses.
Other
operating expenses
Three Months Ended June 30,
Change
Favorable
(Unfavorable)
Six Months Ended June 30,
Change
Favorable (Unfavorable)
(In thousands)
2022
2021
2022 vs. 2021
2022
2021
2022 vs. 2021
Direct
Salaries
and other base employee expenses
$
12,925
$
12,367
$
(558)
$
23,784
$
25,329
$
1,545
Variable and share-based incentive
compensation
4,026
5,701
1,675
9,670
8,961
(709)
Other general operating expenses
11,367
13,656
2,289
22,568
26,462
3,894
Ceding
commissions
(2,844)
(6,501)
(3,657)
(6,793)
(14,190)
(7,397)
Total direct
25,474
25,223
(251)
49,229
46,562
(2,667)
Allocated
(1)
Salaries and other base employee expenses
11,495
10,175
(1,320)
22,825
$
20,533
(2,292)
Variable
and share-based incentive compensation
7,498
9,535
2,037
18,551
15,222
(3,329)
Other general operating expenses
14,244
12,927
(1,317)
28,070
24,459
(3,611)
Total
allocated
33,237
32,637
(600)
69,446
60,214
(9,232)
Total other operating expenses
$
58,711
$
57,860
$
(851)
$
118,675
$
106,776
$
(11,899)
Expense
ratio (2)
26.2
%
25.4
%
(0.8)
%
26.7
%
23.6
%
(3.1)
%
(1)See Note 4 of Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements for more information about our allocation of corporate operating expenses.
(2)Operating expenses (which include 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.
The
following table summarizes our homegenius segment’s results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021. As discussed in “Overview—Current Operating Environment,” the macroeconomic stresses in the second quarter of 2022 impacted our homegenius business, including in particular a decrease in our title revenues due to the rapid decline in industrywide refinance volumes. We expect this trend to continue to impact the results of our homegenius segment in the near-term based on current market conditions and our expectation that overall refinance volumes will remain low.
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Summary
results of operations - homegenius
Three Months Ended June 30,
Change
Favorable (Unfavorable)
Six Months Ended June 30,
Change
Favorable
(Unfavorable)
(In thousands)
2022
2021
2022 vs. 2021
2022
2021
2022 vs. 2021
Revenues
Net
premiums earned
$
6,983
$
7,670
$
(687)
$
15,999
$
14,878
$
1,121
Services revenue
25,261
25,750
(489)
50,139
44,300
5,839
Net
investment income
99
31
68
117
68
49
Total
revenues
32,343
33,451
(1,108)
66,255
59,246
7,009
Expenses
Provision
for losses
309
335
26
790
631
(159)
Cost of services
20,800
21,433
633
42,170
38,461
(3,709)
Other
operating expenses
28,924
20,881
(8,043)
54,491
39,805
(14,686)
Total expenses
50,033
42,649
(7,384)
97,451
78,897
(18,554)
Adjusted
pretax operating income (loss) (1)
$
(17,690)
$
(9,198)
$
(8,492)
$
(31,196)
$
(19,651)
$
(11,545)
(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 Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Revenues
Net Premiums Earned. Net premiums earned for the six months ended June 30, 2022, increased compared to the same period in 2021, primarily due to an increase in new title policies written and closed orders in our title insurance business, which was concentrated in the first quarter of 2022.
Services Revenue. Services revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2022, increased compared to the same period in 2021, primarily due to increased revenue
in our real estate services, including increases from valuation and single family rental products and services, partially offset by a decrease in title services. In particular, title services revenue declined during the three months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to the same period in 2021, due to the recent macroeconomic stresses described above. See Note 4 of Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the disaggregation of services revenue by revenue type.
Expenses
Cost of Services. Cost of services for the six months ended June 30, 2022, increased compared to the same period in 2021, primarily due to incremental expenses incurred to support the increase in services revenue. Our cost of services is primarily affected by our level of
services revenue and the number of employees providing those services.
Other Operating Expenses. The increase in other operating expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to the same periods in 2021, primarily reflects continued strategic investments focused on our title and digital real estate businesses, including an increase in staffing levels resulting in higher salaries and other base employee expenses.
Part
I. Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following table shows additional information about homegenius other operating expenses.
Other
operating expenses
Three Months Ended June 30,
Change
Favorable (Unfavorable)
Six Months Ended June 30,
Change
Favorable
(Unfavorable)
(In thousands)
2022
2021
2022 vs. 2021
2022
2021
2022 vs. 2021
Direct
Salaries
and other base employee expenses
$
10,182
$
5,211
$
(4,971)
$
18,889
$
11,980
$
(6,909)
Variable and share-based incentive
compensation
3,493
4,501
1,008
7,409
6,650
(759)
Other general operating expenses
7,732
4,689
(3,043)
14,297
9,292
(5,005)
Title
agent commissions
1,799
1,759
(40)
2,898
3,166
268
Total direct
23,206
16,160
(7,046)
43,493
31,088
(12,405)
Allocated
(1)
Salaries and other base employee expenses
2,005
1,490
(515)
3,673
3,011
(662)
Variable
and share-based incentive compensation
1,283
1,395
112
2,889
2,220
(669)
Other general operating expenses
2,430
1,836
(594)
4,436
3,486
(950)
Total
allocated
5,718
4,721
(997)
10,998
8,717
(2,281)
Total other operating expenses
$
28,924
$
20,881
$
(8,043)
$
54,491
$
39,805
$
(14,686)
(1)See
Note 4 of Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more information about our allocation of corporate operating expenses.
The following table summarizes our All Other results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
Summary
results of operations - All Other
Three Months Ended June 30,
Change
Favorable (Unfavorable)
Six Months Ended June 30,
Change
Favorable
(Unfavorable)
(In thousands)
2022
2021
2022 vs. 2021
2022
2021
2022 vs. 2021
Revenues
Services
revenue
$
—
$
44
$
(44)
$
—
$
97
$
(97)
Net investment income
6,661
3,418
3,243
10,822
7,619
3,203
Other
income
—
181
(181)
—
388
(388)
Total revenues
6,661
3,643
3,018
10,822
8,104
2,718
Expenses
Cost
of services
—
19
19
—
47
47
Other operating expenses
3,458
3,750
292
7,006
6,123
(883)
Total
expenses
3,458
3,769
311
7,006
6,170
(836)
Adjusted
pretax operating income (loss) (1)
$
3,203
$
(126)
$
3,329
$
3,816
$
1,934
$
1,882
(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 Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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
Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)
2022
2021
Net cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities
$
176,850
$
275,896
Investing
activities
12,604
(76,393)
Financing activities
(206,251)
(155,742)
Increase (decrease) in cash and restricted cash
$
(16,797)
$
43,761
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 are typically for our operating expenses and claims paid on our mortgage insurance policies. The $99.0 million decline in cash provided by operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, was principally due to: (i) higher purchases of U.S. Mortgage Guaranty Tax and Loss Bonds; (ii) higher payments for other operating expenses, primarily related to incentive compensation; and (iii) lower direct premiums written, due to reduced refinancing activity.
Investing Activities. Net cash provided by investing activities was $12.6 million for the six months ended June
30, 2022, as compared to net cash used in investing activities of $76.4 million for the same period in 2021. This change was primarily the
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result of an
increase in sales and redemptions, net of purchases, on short-term investments, and a decrease in purchases of equity securities, partially offset by a decrease in proceeds and redemptions, net of purchases on fixed-maturity investments available for sale.
Financing Activities. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, our primary financing activities included: (i) repurchases of our common stock; (ii) payment of dividends; and (iii) net changes in secured borrowings. See Notes 12 and 14 of Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding our borrowings and share repurchases, respectively.
See “Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)—Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)” for additional information.
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 June 30, 2022, Radian Group had available, either directly or through unregulated subsidiaries, unrestricted cash and liquid investments of $772.5 million. Available liquidity at June 30, 2022, excludes certain additional cash and liquid investments that have been advanced to Radian Group from its subsidiaries to pay for corporate expenses and interest payments. In addition, this amount does not take into consideration
transactions subsequent to June 30, 2022, including $97.5 million in repurchases of Radian Group common stock, including commissions, pursuant to the share repurchase authorization discussed below. Total liquidity, which includes our undrawn $275.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility, as described below, was $1.0 billion as of June 30, 2022.
During the six months ended June 30, 2022, Radian Group’s available liquidity increased by $167.6 million, due primarily to a $500 million return of capital from Radian Guaranty to Radian Group paid in February 2022, partially offset by other items such as share repurchases and payments for dividends, as described below.
In addition to available cash and marketable securities, 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; (ii) net investment income earned on its cash and marketable securities; (iii) to the extent available, dividends or other distributions from its subsidiaries; and (iv) amounts, if any, that Radian Guaranty is able to repay under the Surplus Note due 2027.
Radian Group also has in place a $275.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of bank lenders. Subject to certain limitations, borrowings under the revolving credit facility may be used for working capital and general corporate purposes, including, without limitation, capital contributions to our insurance subsidiaries
as well as growth initiatives. At June 30, 2022, the full $275.0 million remains undrawn and available under the facility. See Note 12 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K for additional information on the unsecured revolving credit facility.
On July 15, 2022, Radian Group entered into the Parent Guaranty in favor of Goldman, pursuant to which Radian Group agreed to guaranty the obligations of its subsidiaries Radian Mortgage Capital and Liberty in connection with a $300 million mortgage loan repurchase facility. Radian Mortgage Capital and Liberty entered into this facility with Goldman pursuant to the Master Repurchase Agreement. Under the Parent Guaranty, 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 Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
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 we increased in February 2022 from $0.14 to $0.20 per share and which remains 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; (v) investments to support our business strategy, including capital contributions to our subsidiaries; and (vi) potential payments pursuant to the Parent Guaranty.
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 $1.4 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) additional investments to support our
business strategy, including additional capital contributions to our subsidiaries. For additional information about related risks and uncertainties, see “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” including “—Radian Group’s sources of liquidity may be insufficient to fund its 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” in our 2021 Form 10-K.
We believe that Radian Group has sufficient current sources of liquidity to fund its obligations. If we otherwise decide to increase our liquidity position, Radian
Group may 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.
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Share
Repurchases. During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company repurchased 10.0 million shares of Radian Group common stock under programs authorized by Radian Group’s board of directors, at a total cost of $205.1 million, including commissions. See Note 14 of Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details on our share repurchase program.
Dividends and Dividend Equivalents. On February 9, 2022, Radian Group’s board of directors authorized an increase to the Company’s quarterly dividend from $0.14 to $0.20 per share. Based on our current outstanding shares of common stock
and RSUs, we expect to require approximately $133 million in the aggregate to pay dividends and dividend equivalents for the next 12 months. So long as no default or event of default exists under its revolving credit facility or the Parent Guaranty, Radian Group is not subject to any limitations on its ability to pay dividends except those generally applicable to corporations that are incorporated in Delaware. See Note 12 of Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details. The declaration and payment of future quarterly dividends remains subject to the board of directors’ 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 the six months ended June 30, 2022, of $81.2 million and $41.1 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 the six months ended June
30, 2022, Radian Group received $17.2 million of tax-sharing agreement payments from its operating subsidiaries.
Capitalization—Holding Company
The following table presents our holding company capital structure.
Capital structure
(In
thousands, except per-share amounts and ratios)
Stockholders’ equity decreased by $327.8 million from December 31, 2021, to June 30, 2022. The net decrease in stockholders’ equity for the six months ended June 30, 2022,
resulted primarily from net unrealized losses in available for sale securities of $449.3 million as a result of an increase in market interest rates during the period, share repurchases of $205.1 million and dividends of $71.6 million, partially offset by our net income of $382.3 million. Given our intent and ability as of June 30, 2022, to hold these securities until recovery of their amortized cost basis, we do not expect to realize a loss on any of our investments in an unrealized loss position.
The decrease in book value per share from $24.28 at December 31, 2021, to $23.63 at June 30, 2022, is primarily due to: (i) a decrease of $2.56 per share due to unrealized losses in our available for sale securities, recorded in accumulated
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other comprehensive income and (ii) a decrease of $0.41 per share attributable to dividends and dividend equivalents. Partially offsetting these items was an increase of $2.18 per share attributable to our net income for the six months ended June 30, 2022.
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 and
financing sources, and 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. In the past we have repurchased and 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
The principal demands for liquidity in our Mortgage business currently include: (i) the payment of claims and potential claim settlement transactions, net of reinsurance; (ii) expenses (including those allocated from Radian Group); (iii) repayments of FHLB advances; (iv) repayments, if any, associated with the Surplus Note due 2027; and (v) 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 in our 2021 Form 10-K for additional information related to these non-interest bearing instruments. In addition to the foregoing liquidity demands, other payments have included, and in the future could include, distributions from Radian Guaranty to Radian Group, including returns of capital subject to approval by the Pennsylvania Insurance
Department, as discussed below.
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) capital contributions from Radian Group. We believe that the operating cash flows generated by each of our mortgage insurance subsidiaries will provide these subsidiaries with a substantial portion of the funds necessary to satisfy their needs for the foreseeable future.
As of June 30, 2022, our mortgage insurance subsidiaries
maintained claims paying resources of $5.7 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 Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Radian Guaranty’s Risk-to-capital as of June 30, 2022, was 11.9 to 1. Radian Guaranty is not expected to need additional capital to satisfy state insurance regulatory requirements in their current form. At June 30, 2022, Radian Guaranty had statutory policyholders’ surplus of $572.3 million.
This balance includes a $466.1 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 and “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 2021 Form 10-K 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 June 30, 2022, Radian Guaranty’s Available Assets under the PMIERs financial requirements totaled approximately $5.2 billion, resulting in a PMIERs Cushion
of $1.4 billion, or 38%, over its Minimum Required Assets. Those amounts compare to Available Assets of $5.4 billion and a PMIERs cushion of $2.1 billion, or 62%, at December 31, 2021.
The primary driver of the decrease in Radian Guaranty’s PMIERs Cushion during the six months ended June 30, 2022, was a decrease in Available Assets, primarily due to the $500 million return of capital from Radian Guaranty to Radian Group, as discussed above, partially offset by positive cash flows from operating activities, combined with an increase in Minimum Required Assets.
Our PMIERs Cushion at June 30, 2022, also includes a benefit from the current broad-based application of the Disaster Related Capital Charge that has reduced the total amount of
Minimum Required Assets that Radian Guaranty otherwise would have been required to hold against pandemic-related defaults by approximately $200 million and $300 million as of June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, respectively, taking into consideration our risk distribution structures in effect as of that date. The application of the Disaster Related Capital Charge has reduced Radian Guaranty’s PMIERs Minimum Required Assets, but we expect this impact will diminish over time. See “Item 1. Business—Regulation—Federal Regulation—GSE Requirements for Mortgage Insurance Eligibility” in our 2021 Form 10-K for more information about the Disaster Related Capital Charge, and for further information, including on the expiration of the COVID-19 Crisis Period.
Even though they hold assets in excess of 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
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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.
In light of Radian Guaranty’s negative unassigned surplus related to operating losses in prior periods and the ongoing need to set aside contingency reserves, Radian Guaranty is not currently permitted under applicable insurance laws to pay dividends or other distributions without prior approval from the Pennsylvania Insurance Department. Under Pennsylvania’s insurance laws, an insurer must obtain the Pennsylvania Insurance Department’s approval to pay an Extraordinary Distribution. Radian Guaranty sought and received such approval to return capital by paying Extraordinary Distributions to Radian Group,
most recently in February 2022. Based on the current strong performance and assuming the continuation of favorable credit performance in our mortgage insurance business, we expect that Radian Guaranty could potentially have positive unassigned surplus by 2023. See Note 16 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K for additional information on our Extraordinary Distributions, statutory dividend restrictions and contingency reserve requirements.
Radian Guaranty and Radian Reinsurance are both members of the FHLB. As members, they 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 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 purposes and for purchases of additional investment securities that have similar durations, for the purpose of generating additional earnings from our investment securities portfolio with limited incremental risk. As of June 30, 2022, there were $184.3 million of FHLB advances outstanding. See Note 12 of Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
homegenius
As of June 30, 2022, our homegenius segment maintained cash and liquid investments totaling $79.9 million, including $44.8 million held by Radian Title Insurance.
Title insurance companies, including Radian Title Insurance, are subject to comprehensive state regulations, including minimum net worth requirements. Radian Title
Insurance was in compliance with all of its minimum net worth requirements at June 30, 2022. In the event the cash flows from operations of the homegenius segment are not adequate to fund all of its needs, including the regulatory capital needs of Radian Title Insurance, Radian Group may provide additional funds to the homegenius segment in the form of an intercompany note or other capital contribution. Amounts provided to Radian Title Insurance are subject to the approval of the Ohio Department of Insurance. Additional capital support may also be required for potential investments in new business initiatives to support our strategy of growing our businesses.
Liquidity levels may fluctuate depending on the levels and contractual timing of our invoicing and the payment practices of our homegenius clients, in combination with the timing of our homegenius segment’s payments for
employee compensation and to external vendors. The amount, if any, and timing of the homegenius segment’s dividend paying capacity will depend primarily on the amount of excess cash flow generated by the segment.
Ratings
Radian Group, Radian Guaranty, Radian Reinsurance and Radian Title Insurance have been assigned the financial strength ratings set forth in the chart below. We believe that ratings often are considered by others in assessing our credit strength and the financial strength of our primary insurance subsidiaries. The following ratings have been independently assigned by third-party statistical rating organizations, are for informational purposes only and are subject to change. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors—The current financial strength ratings assigned to
our mortgage insurance subsidiaries could weaken our competitive position and potential downgrades by rating agencies to these ratings and the ratings assigned to Radian Group could adversely affect the Company” in our 2021 Form 10-K.
Ratings
Subsidiary
Moody’s (1)
S&P (2)
Fitch
(3)
Demotech (4)
Radian Group
Baa3
BB+
BBB-
N/A
Radian Guaranty
A3
BBB+
A-
N/A
Radian
Reinsurance
N/A
BBB+
N/A
N/A
Radian Title Insurance
N/A
N/A
N/A
A
(1)Based on the July
21, 2022, update, Moody’s outlook for Radian Group and Radian Guaranty is currently Stable.
(2)Based on the May 21, 2021, update, S&P’s outlook for Radian Group, Radian Guaranty and Radian Reinsurance is currently Stable.
(3)Based on the April 27, 2022, release, Fitch’s outlook for Radian Group and Radian Guaranty is currently Stable.
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Critical Accounting Estimates
As of the filing date of this report, there were no significant changes in our critical accounting estimates from those discussed in our 2021 Form 10-K. See Note 2 of Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for accounting pronouncements issued but not yet adopted that may impact the Company’s consolidated financial position, earnings, cash flows or disclosures.
Item 3. 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 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. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors—Our success depends, in part, on our ability to manage risks in our investment portfolio” in our 2021 Form 10-K.
Our market risk exposures at June 30, 2022, have not materially changed
from those identified in our 2021 Form 10-K.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of 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 June 30, 2022, pursuant to Rule 15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of June 30, 2022, 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.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
During the
three-month period ended June 30, 2022, there has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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. See Note 13 of Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding legal proceedings and regulatory matters.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There have been no material changes to our risk factors
from those previously disclosed in our 2021 Form 10-K.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Issuance of Unregistered Securities
During the three months ended June 30, 2022, no equity securities of Radian Group 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 June 30, 2022.
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
4/1/2022 to 4/30/2022
1,796,465
$
21.89
1,795,187
$
339,405
5/1/2022
to 5/31/2022
1,795,269
21.29
1,368,396
310,245
6/1/2022 to 6/30/2022
5,917,549
19.51
5,911,213
195,004
Total
9,509,283
9,074,796
(1)Includes 434,487 shares tendered by employees as payment of taxes withheld on the vesting of certain restricted stock awards granted under the Company’s equity compensation plans.
(2)On February 9, 2022, Radian Group’s board of directors approved a share repurchase program authorizing the
Company to spend up to $400 million, excluding commissions, to repurchase Radian Group common stock. During the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company purchased 9.1 million shares at an average price of $20.25, including commissions, under this share repurchase program which expires in February 2024. See Note 14 of Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details on our share repurchase program.
Limitations on Payment of Dividends
There are no restrictions that the Company believes are likely to materially limit the payment of future dividends. 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 Guaranty, 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 Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.