Statutory Accounting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

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)	2016		2015		2014
Essent Guaranty
Statutory net income	$	215,951	$	172,688	$	118,204
Statutory surplus	578,887		522,172		465,226
Contingency reserve liability	480,829		315,058		179,221

Essent PA
Statutory net income	$	12,978	$	15,200	$	13,299
Statutory surplus	47,387		47,139		42,672
Contingency reserve liability	36,401		27,502		16,909

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Tabular disclosure of how the entity's reporting under GAAP as of the balance sheet date differs from the results based on prescribed and permitted accounting practices of the state or country of domicile in which a relevant statutory filing is made, or differences in results based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) prescribed practices, or a combination thereof. Describes the accounting practices used and the related monetary effect on statutory surplus, net income, and risk-based capital. If an insurance enterprise's risk-based capital would have triggered a regulatory event had it not used a permitted practice, that fact is disclosed in the financial statements. Permitted statutory accounting practices include practices not prescribed but allowed by the domiciliary state insurance department regulatory authority.

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