Statutory Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Summary of amounts disclosed under statutory accounting practices

The statutory net income (loss), policyholders' surplus and contingency reserve liability of the insurance subsidiaries of our holding company are show in the following table. The statutory net loss in 2015 was driven by the dissolution of an MGIC non-insurance subsidiary. The surplus amounts included in the following table are the combined policyholders' surplus of our insurance operations as utilized in our risk-to-capital calculations.



	As of and for the Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)	2016		2015				2014
Statutory net income (loss)	$	106,326	$	(72,767	)	⁽¹⁾	$	13,203
Statutory policyholders' surplus	1,506,475		1,608,214			⁽¹⁾	1,585,164
Contingency reserve	1,360,088		826,706				318,247


⁽¹⁾	The dissolution of an MGIC non-insurance subsidiary in 2015 had no impact on statutory surplus as the equity value of the investment was fully reflected in surplus as an unrealized loss prior to 2015.

The surplus contributions made to MGIC and dividends paid by MGIC and distributions from other insurance subsidiaries to us, are shown in the table below.



	Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)	2016		2015	2014
Additions to the surplus of MGIC from parent company funds	$	36,025	—	—
Dividends paid by MGIC to the parent company	$	64,000	—	—
Distributions from other insurance subsidiaries to the parent company	$	52,001	38,500	—

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