Ceded Insurance Commission Percentage

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Number of Fully Collateralized Reinsurance Arrangements with the Eagle Re Issuers

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Reinsurance Retention Policy, Term of Coverage, Period

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Risk In Force

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of the reinsurer's funds held on its behalf by the ceding insurer, including funds held in trust, under reinsurance treaties or contracts with the assuming insurer as security for the payment of the obligations thereunder.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.2,10)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126734703&loc=d3e572229-122910

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Ratio of non-life losses and loss expenses to non-life net premiums earned.

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Reinsurance - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions		6 Months Ended
Reinsurance - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	Jul. 01, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) reinsuranceArrangement	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Mortgage
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items]
RIF ceded		$ 63,800.0	$ 60,900.0
Radian Guaranty
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items]
Funds held under reinsurance agreements, asset		$ 127.3	$ 167.9
Radian Guaranty \| Maximum \| Mortgage
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items]
Reinsurance retention policy, term of coverage, period		12 years 6 months
Radian Guaranty \| Minimum
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items]
Reinsurance retention policy, term of coverage, period		10 years
Excess-of-Loss Program \| Radian Guaranty
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items]
Number of fully collateralized reinsurance arrangements with the eagle re issuers \| reinsuranceArrangement		6
2022 QSR \| Maximum \| Subsequent Event
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items]
RIF ceded	$ 8,500.0
2022 QSR \| Radian Guaranty \| Subsequent Event
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items]
Ceding commission %	20.00%
2022 QSR \| Radian Guaranty \| Maximum \| Subsequent Event
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items]
Profit commission %	59.00%