Statutory Capital (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

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)
2012		$	(902,878	)	$	748,592		$	6,430
2011			(436,277	)		1,657,349			4,104
2010			113,651			1,692,392			5,480

			Additions to the
		Additions to the	surplus of other insurance
Year Ended		surplus of MGIC from	subsidiaries from			Dividends paid by MGIC
December 31,		parent company funds	parent company funds			to the parent company
	(In thousands)
2012	$	100,000	$	-	$	-
2011		200,000		-		-
2010		200,000		-		-