Number Of States That Have A Statutory Or Regulatory Risk Based Capital Requirement

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This concept represents an entity's ratio of net risk in force (excludes risk ceded through reinsurance contracts and risk in force on defaulted loans) to the amount of statutory capital (defined as the sum of statutory policyholders' surplus plus statutory contingency reserves).

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This concept represents the maximum ratio of net risk in force (net of risk ceded through reinsurance contracts and risk in force on defaulted loans) to statutory capital (defined as the sum of statutory policyholders' surplus plus statutory contingency reserves) allowed in those states which have statutory risk-based capital requirements.

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Funds separated from retained earnings and held to cover any unforeseen future business losses.

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Statutory Accounting Practices, Statutory Amount Available for Return Of Capital with Regulatory Approval

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Statutory Accounting Practices, Statutory Capital and Surplus, Distributions, Decrease

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Amount of restricted net assets of consolidated and unconsolidated subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year.

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Cash outflow in the form of ordinary dividends to common shareholders, preferred shareholders and noncontrolling interests, generally out of earnings.

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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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Statutory Information - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions		9 Months Ended
Statutory Information - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	Feb. 11, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) state	Dec. 31, 2021
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Risk to capital ratio, regulatory maximum		25
Statutory accounting practices, amount available for return of capital with regulatory approval	$ 500.0
Consolidated insurance subsidiaries
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Restricted net assets held by consolidated subsidiaries		$ 4,300.0
Radian Guaranty
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Risk to capital ratio			11.1
Statutory accounting practices, contingency reserve		4,200.0
Statutory accounting practices, distributions, decrease	$ 500.0
Radian Reinsurance
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Payments of ordinary dividends		$ 32.5
State Insurance Regulations
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Number of states that have a statutory or regulatory risk based capital requirement \| state		16