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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2018-01-22</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>false</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000876437</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>MGIC INVESTMENT CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MTG</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001041968</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LANE JEFFREY H</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>250 EAST KILBOURN AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MILWAUKEE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>WI</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>53202</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>false</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Executive Vice President</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2018-01-22</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>105600.00</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>932549.00</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">These shares shall vest on February 28, 2021 to the extent, if any, the performance goal to which they are subject is met.  If it is not possible to determine whether the performance goal has been met on such vesting date, the vesting date will generally be extended until such determination can be made.  Any of these share units which have not vested on February 28, 2021 will be forfeited.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">These share units were awarded to the reporting person pursuant to the Issuer's 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan and no price was paid by the reporting person for the share units.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>This Form 4 is being signed by the Reporting Person's attorney-in-fact pursuant to a power of attorney previously filed.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Dan D. Stilwell, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-01-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
