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Statutory Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Statutory Capital [Abstract] |
Summary of amounts disclosed under statutory accounting practices | The statutory net income (loss), policyholders' surplus and contingency reserve liability of the insurance subsidiaries of our holding company are show in table 14.1 below. The statutory net loss in 2015 was driven by the dissolution of an MGIC non-insurance subsidiary. The surplus amounts included in the following table are the combined policyholders' surplus of our insurance operations as utilized in our risk-to-capital calculations.
| Table | 14.1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Statutory financial information of holding company insurance subsidiaries |  |  | As of and for the Years Ended December 31, |
(in thousands) |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
Statutory net income (loss) |  | $ | 310,776 |  |  | $ | 106,326 |  |  | $ | (72,767 | ) | (1)
Statutory policyholders' surplus |  | 1,622,115 |  |  | 1,506,475 |  |  | 1,608,214 |  | (1)
| Contingency reserve |  | 1,896,701 |  |  | 1,360,088 |  |  | 826,706 |  |
(1) | The dissolution of an MGIC non-insurance subsidiary in 2015 had no impact on statutory surplus as the equity value of the investment was fully reflected in surplus as an unrealized loss prior to 2015.
The surplus contributions made to MGIC, dividends paid by MGIC, and distributions from other insurance subsidiaries to us, are shown in table 14.2 below.
| Table | 14.2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Surplus contributions and dividends of insurance subsidiaries |  |  | Years Ended December 31, |
(in thousands) |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
Additions to the surplus of MGIC from parent company funds |  | $ | — |  |  | 36,025 |  |  | — |  |
Dividends paid by MGIC to the parent company |  | $ | 140,000 |  |  | 64,000 |  |  | — |  |
| Distributions from other insurance subsidiaries to the parent company |  | $ | — |  |  | 52,001 |  |  | 38,500 |  |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of how the entity's reporting under GAAP as of the balance sheet date differs from the results based on prescribed and permitted accounting practices of the state or country of domicile in which a relevant statutory filing is made, or differences in results based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) prescribed practices, or a combination thereof. Describes the accounting practices used and the related monetary effect on statutory surplus, net income, and risk-based capital. If an insurance enterprise's risk-based capital would have triggered a regulatory event had it not used a permitted practice, that fact is disclosed in the financial statements. Permitted statutory accounting practices include practices not prescribed but allowed by the domiciliary state insurance department regulatory authority. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 505 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6486098&loc=d3e24746-158529 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.23(c)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 505 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6486098&loc=d3e24790-158529 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 505 -Section 55 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82848697&loc=d3e24938-158530 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 505 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6486098&loc=d3e24708-158529 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 505 -Section 55 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82848697&loc=d3e24959-158530 + Details
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