<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001562180-19-005553.txt : 20191118
<SEC-HEADER>0001562180-19-005553.hdr.sgml : 20191118
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20191118133805
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001562180-19-005553
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20191114
FILED AS OF DATE:		20191118
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20191118

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SINKS PATRICK
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001041977

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10816
		FILM NUMBER:		191226905

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		250 E KILBOURN AVE
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202

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
</SEC-HEADER>
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2019-11-14</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>false</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000876437</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>MGIC INVESTMENT CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MTG</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001041977</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SINKS PATRICK</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>250 EAST KILBOURN AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MILWAUKEE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>WI</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>53202</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>false</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Vice Chairman</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2019-11-14</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>57607.00</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>14.20</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1517329.00</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2019-11-15</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>16478.00</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>14.20</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1500851.00</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>10660.217</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>11732.77</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Issuer's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price.  These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $14.20 to $14.21, inclusive.  The reporting person undertakes to provide to MGIC Investment Corporation, any security holder of MGIC Investment Corporation or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in Footnote (1) to this Form 4.</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 derivative securities may be exercised at any time.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">These derivative securities do not have any expiration date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Balance as of September 30, 2019.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Martha F. Tsuchihashi, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-11-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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