Statutory Accounting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Insurance [Abstract]

Schedule of statutory net income, statutory surplus and contingency reserve liability

The following table presents Essent Guaranty’s and Essent PA’s statutory net income, statutory surplus and contingency reserve liability as of and for the years ended December 31:

(In thousands)	2020		2019		2018
Essent Guaranty
Statutory net income	$	312,091	$	443,675	$	379,119
Statutory surplus	1,048,878		1,032,416		872,105
Contingency reserve liability	1,499,782		1,197,279		916,568
Essent PA
Statutory net income	$	4,560	$	8,073	$	9,306
Statutory surplus	54,354		52,936		49,336
Contingency reserve liability	56,032		52,957		48,545