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Amount of dividends paid subject to regulatory approval.

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Financial instruments issued by insurance entities (surplus notes) that are includable in surplus for statutory accounting purposes as prescribed or permitted by state laws and regulations that are liabilities of the issuer.

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Note 16 - Statutory Information - Statutory Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
PMIERS Disaster Related Capital Charge		30.00%
Reduction in Capital Charges		70.00%
Maximum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Number of Months that Disaster Related Capital Charge is Applied.		3 months
Radian Guaranty
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Surplus Note	$ 200.0	$ 300.0	$ 100.0
Related Party Transaction, Rate	3.00%
Surplus Note, Notice of Redemption Period	30 days
Radian Reinsurance
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Risk In Force	$ 6,000.0
Return of capital	465.0
Radian Group Inc.
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Marketable Securities	$ 200.0
Consolidated insurance subsidiaries
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Restricted Net Assets Held by Consolidated Subsidiaries		$ 4,000.0