Statutory capital (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Statutory capital [Abstract]

Summary of amounts disclosed under statutory accounting practices

The statutory net income, surplus and the contingency reserve liability of the insurance subsidiaries (excluding the non-insurance subsidiaries of our parent company), as well as the surplus contributions made to MGIC and other insurance subsidiaries and dividends paid by MGIC to us, are included below. The surplus amounts included below are the combined surplus of our insurance operations as utilized in our risk-to-capital calculations.

Year Ended	Net (loss)					Contingency
December 31,	Income			Surplus		Reserve
	(In thousands)
2011	$	(436,277	)	$	1,657,349	$	4,104
2010		113,651			1,692,392		5,480
2009		(44,669	)		1,442,407		417,587

Year Ended December 31,	Additions to the surplus of MGIC from parent company funds		Additions to the surplus of other insurance subsidiaries from parent company funds		Dividends paid by MGIC to the parent company
	(In thousands)
2011	$	200,000	$	-	$	-
2010		200,000		-		-
2009		-		-		-