XML 71 R61.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.23.1

Statutory Accounting - Schedule of Statutory Net Income, Statutory Surplus and Contingency Reserve Liability (Details) - Affiliated Entity - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Essent Guaranty
Dividends Restrictions
Statutory net income	$ 123,936	$ 200,277
Statutory surplus	992,134	1,081,986
Contingency reserve liability	2,105,708	1,862,482
Essent PA
Dividends Restrictions
Statutory net income	(112)	859
Statutory surplus	53,138	56,910
Contingency reserve liability	$ 56,101	$ 57,461

X

- Definition

Represents the amount of contingency reserve liability, as of the balance sheet date, using prescribed or permitted statutory accounting practices (rather than GAAP, if different) of the state or country.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	esnt_StatutoryAccountingPracticesStatutoryContingencyReserveLiability
Namespace Prefix:	esnt_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

X

- Definition

Represents the amount of statutory surplus (stockholders' equity), as of the balance sheet date, using prescribed or permitted statutory accounting practices (rather than GAAP, if different) of the state or country.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	esnt_StatutoryAccountingPracticesStatutorySurplusBalance
Namespace Prefix:	esnt_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

X

- Definition

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.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

Amount of net income for the period determined using accounting principles prescribed or permitted by insurance regulators.

+ References

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(a)(23)(c))
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126734703&loc=d3e572229-122910

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesStatutoryNetIncomeAmount
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis=srt_AffiliatedEntityMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	dei_LegalEntityAxis=esnt_EssentGuarantyIncMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	dei_LegalEntityAxis=esnt_EssentPAMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: