<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001562180-18-000413.txt : 20180124
<SEC-HEADER>0001562180-18-000413.hdr.sgml : 20180124
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20180124114548
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001562180-18-000413
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180122
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180124
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180124

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LORA MELISSA
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001284116

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10816
		FILM NUMBER:		18544520

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O KB HOME
		STREET 2:		10990 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, 7TH FLOOR
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90024

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MGIC INVESTMENT CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000876437
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURETY INSURANCE [6351]
		IRS NUMBER:				391486475
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		250 EAST KILBOURN AVENUE
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4143476480

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		250 EAST KILBOURN AVENUE
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202
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        <issuerName>MGIC INVESTMENT CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MTG</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>LORA MELISSA</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>250 EAST KILBOURN AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MILWAUKEE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>WI</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>53202</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>false</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
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            <otherText></otherText>
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    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable></nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Share Units</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>6325.1107</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The reporting person participates in the MGIC Investment Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors under which units corresponding to shares of Common Stock of the Issuer (&quot;Share Units&quot;) are awarded to the reporting person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">These Share Units do not have a specified dollar-denominated exercise or conversion price.  (Their value is based, on a one-for-one basis, on the price of the Issuer's common stock on the New York Stock Exchange.)</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">These Share Units are settled in cash, on a specified date, unless a qualified election for later distribution is made by the reporting person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">These Share Units were awarded to the reporting person pursuant to the Issuer's Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors and no price was paid by the reporting person for the Share Units.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">These Share Units awarded on this transaction date are settled in cash ten business days after February 1, 2019 unless a qualified election for later distribution is made by the reporting person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">These Share Units do not expire on a fixed date, except that the Share Units awarded on this transaction date and on January 23, 2017  are settled in cash ten business days after February 1, 2019 and 2018, respectively, unless a qualified election for later distribution is made by the reporting person.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>This Form 4 is being signed by the reporting person's attorney-in-fact pursuant to a power of attorney previously filed.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Dan D. Stilwell, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-01-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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