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      <issuerName>Essent Group Ltd.</issuerName>
      <secFileNumber>001-36157</secFileNumber>
      <issuerAddress>
        <com:street1>CLARENDON HOUSE</com:street1>
        <com:street2>2 CHURCH STREET</com:street2>
        <com:city>HAMILTON</com:city>
        <com:stateOrCountry>D0</com:stateOrCountry>
        <com:zipCode>HM 11</com:zipCode>
      </issuerAddress>
      <issuerContactPhone>441-297-9901</issuerContactPhone>
      <nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>KASMAR ROY JAMES</nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>
      <relationshipsToIssuer>
        <relationshipToIssuer>Director</relationshipToIssuer>
      </relationshipsToIssuer>
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    <securitiesInformation>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common</securitiesClassTitle>
      <brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
        <name>Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC</name>
        <address>
          <com:street1>245 Summer Street</com:street1>
          <com:city>Boston</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>MA</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>02110</com:zipCode>
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      <noOfUnitsSold>2337</noOfUnitsSold>
      <aggregateMarketValue>160622.01</aggregateMarketValue>
      <noOfUnitsOutstanding>89876493</noOfUnitsOutstanding>
      <approxSaleDate>09/14/2026</approxSaleDate>
      <securitiesExchangeName>NYSE</securitiesExchangeName>
    </securitiesInformation>
    <securitiesToBeSold>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock </securitiesClassTitle>
      <acquiredDate>05/01/2025</acquiredDate>
      <natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>Award</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
      <nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Issuer </nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
      <isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
      <amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>2337</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
      <paymentDate>05/01/2025</paymentDate>
      <natureOfPayment>N/A</natureOfPayment>
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    <nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>Y</nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>
    <remarks>shares are being sold from ROY J KASMAR LIVING TRUST U/A 7/31/90              </remarks>
    <noticeSignature>
      <noticeDate>09/14/2026</noticeDate>
      <planAdoptionDates>
        <planAdoptionDate>06/15/2026</planAdoptionDate>
      </planAdoptionDates>
      <signature>/s/ Audrey Skillern as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Roy J Kasmar</signature>
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