Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Legal Proceedings

We are routinely involved in a number of legal actions and proceedings, including reviews, audits and inquiries by various regulatory entities, as well as litigation and other disputes arising in the ordinary course of our business. These legal proceedings and regulatory matters could result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, injunctions, restitutions or other relief that could require significant expenditures or have other effects on our business. Management believes, based on current knowledge and after consultation with counsel, that the outcome of such actions will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial condition.

The outcome of litigation and other legal and regulatory matters and proceedings is inherently uncertain, and it is possible that any one or more of these matters currently pending or threatened could have an adverse effect on our liquidity, financial condition or results of operations for any particular period. In accordance with applicable accounting standards and guidance, we establish accruals only when we determine both that it is probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount of the loss is reasonably estimable. We accrue the amount that represents our best estimate of the probable loss; however, if we can only determine a range of estimated losses, we accrue an amount within the range that, in our judgment, reflects the most likely outcome, and if none of the estimates within the range is more likely, we accrue the minimum amount of the range.

In the course of our regular review of pending legal and regulatory matters, we determine whether it is reasonably possible that a potential loss may have a material impact on our liquidity, results of operations or financial condition. If we determine such a loss is reasonably possible, we disclose information relating to such potential loss, including an estimate or range of loss or a statement that such an estimate cannot be made. On a quarterly basis, we review relevant information with respect to loss contingencies and update our accruals, disclosures and estimates of reasonably possible losses or range of losses based on such reviews. We are often unable to estimate the possible loss or range of loss until developments in such matters have provided sufficient information to support an assessment of the range of possible loss, such as quantification of a damage demand from plaintiffs, discovery from other parties and investigation of factual allegations, rulings by the court on motions or appeals, analysis by experts and the progress of settlement negotiations. In addition, we generally make no

disclosures for loss contingencies that are determined to be remote. For matters for which we disclose an estimated loss, the disclosed estimate reflects the reasonably possible loss or range of loss in excess of the amount accrued, if any.

Loss estimates are inherently subjective, based on currently available information and are subject to management’s judgment and various assumptions. Due to the inherently subjective nature of these estimates and the uncertainty and unpredictability surrounding the outcome of legal and other proceedings, actual results may differ materially from any amounts that have been accrued.

We also are periodically subject to reviews and audits, as well as inquiries, information-gathering requests and investigations, by regulatory entities. In connection with these matters, from time to time we receive requests and subpoenas seeking information and documents related to aspects of our business.

Our Master Policies establish the timeline within which any suit or action arising from any right of an insured under the policy generally must be commenced. In general, any suit or action arising from any right of an insured under the policy must be commenced within two years after such right first arose for primary insurance and within three years for certain other policies, including certain Pool Mortgage Insurance policies. Although we believe that our Loss Mitigation Activities are justified under our policies, from time to time we face challenges from certain lender and servicer customers regarding our Loss Mitigation Activities. These challenges could result in additional arbitration or judicial proceedings and we may need to reassume the risk on, and increase loss reserves for, the associated policies or pay additional claims.

The legal and regulatory matters discussed above could result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, injunctions, restitutions or other relief that could require significant expenditures or have other effects on our business in excess of amounts we have established as reserves for such matters.

Lease Liability

Our lease liability represents the present value of future lease payments over the lease term. Our leases do not provide a readily determinable implicit rate. Therefore, we must estimate our incremental borrowing rate, on a collateralized basis, to discount the lease payments based on information available at lease commencement. Our leases expire periodically through August 2032 and contain provisions for scheduled periodic rent increases. We estimate the incremental borrowing rate based on the yields of Radian Group corporate bonds, as adjusted to reflect a collateralized borrowing rate, resulting in discount rates ranging from 4.37% to 7.08%. While the majority of our lease population expires within one year of one of Radian Group’s corporate bonds, our more significant leases do not. For those leases, we adjust the corporate bond rate for both U.S. Department of the Treasury rate yields, and a corporate spread adjustment determined from recent market data.

The following tables provide additional information related to our leases, including: (i) the components of our total lease cost; (ii) the cash flows arising from our lease transactions; (iii) supplemental balance sheet information; (iv) the weighted-average remaining lease term; (v) the weighted-average discount rate used for our leases; and (vi) the remaining maturities of our lease liabilities, as of and for the periods indicated.


Total lease cost

	Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)	2021		2020
Operating lease cost	$	9,333	$	8,798
Short-term lease cost	384		13
Total lease cost	$	9,717	$	8,811

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	(9,060)	$	(9,595)


Operating leases

	December 31,
($ in thousands)	2021			2020
Operating leases
Operating lease right-of-use assets (1)	$	31,878		$	32,985
Operating lease liabilities (2)	53,523			53,399
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases (in years)	7.9 years			9.3 years
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases	6.21		%	6.72		%
Remaining maturities of lease liabilities for future years is as follows:
2022	$	12,033
2023	12,191
2024	11,952
2025	9,704
2026	7,225
2027 and thereafter	32,646
Total lease payments	85,751
Less: Imputed interest	(32,228)
Present value of lease liabilities (2)	$	53,523

(1)Classified in other assets in our consolidated balance sheets. See Note 9.

(2)Classified in other liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets.

The table above excludes approximately $5.8 million of future payment obligations related to an additional operating lease, which had not yet commenced as of December 31, 2021.

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, there were no future minimum receipts expected from sublease rental payments. We entered into a sublease agreement in January 2022 for a portion of the office space in our former corporate headquarters in Philadelphia and are actively marketing all remaining space in that location for sublease. Upon entering a sublease agreement, we do not anticipate being relieved of our primary obligation under the original lease and will act as a lessor recognizing any sublease income in other income on a straight-line basis over the remaining lease term.

Other

We provide contract underwriting to our mortgage insurance customers. Generally, under our current contract underwriting program the remedy we offer is limited indemnification. In 2021 and 2020, our provision for contract underwriting expenses and our payments for losses related to contract underwriting remedies were de minimis. We monitor this risk and negotiate our underwriting fee structure and recourse agreements on a client-by-client basis. We also routinely audit the performance of our contract underwriters.