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Note 1 - Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements - Basis of Presentation and Business Overview (Notes) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements Basis Of Presentation [Abstract] |
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements - Basis of Presentation and Business Overview | Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Basis of Presentation and Business Overview Our condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Radian Group Inc. and its subsidiaries. We refer to Radian Group Inc. together with its consolidated subsidiaries as “Radian,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our,” unless the context requires otherwise. We generally refer to Radian Group Inc. alone, without its consolidated subsidiaries, as “Radian Group.” Our condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and include the accounts of all wholly-owned subsidiaries. Companies in which we, or one of our subsidiaries, exercise significant influence (generally ownership interests ranging from 20% to 50%), are accounted for in accordance with the equity method of accounting. VIEs for which we are the primary beneficiary are consolidated, as described in Note 5. All intercompany accounts and transactions, and intercompany profits and losses, have been eliminated. We have condensed or omitted certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP pursuant to the instructions set forth in Article 10 of Regulation S-X of the United States (“U.S.”) Securities and Exchange Commission. The financial information presented for interim periods is unaudited; however, such information reflects all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for the fair statement of the financial position, results of operations, comprehensive income and cash flows for the interim periods presented. Such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 (the “2013 Form 10-K”). The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full year or for any other period. The year-end condensed balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. While the amounts included in our condensed consolidated financial statements include our best estimates and assumptions, actual results may vary materially. In July 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an update to the accounting standard regarding income taxes. This update provides guidance concerning the balance sheet presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss carryforward or a tax credit carryforward (the “Carryforwards”) is available. This accounting standard requires an entity to net its liability related to unrecognized tax benefits against the related deferred tax assets for the Carryforwards. A gross presentation will be required when the Carryforwards are not available under the tax law of the applicable jurisdiction or when the Carryforwards would not be used by the entity to settle any additional income taxes resulting from disallowance of the uncertain tax position. This update is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within such years beginning after December 15, 2013. We adopted this update in the first quarter of 2014. As a result of our implementation of this new FASB guidance, our June 30, 2014 condensed consolidated balance sheet reflects a full valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets (“DTAs”) as our remaining DTA was reduced by the reclassification of our liability for unrecognized tax benefits during the first quarter. The adoption of this update did not affect the recognition or measurement of uncertain tax positions and did not have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements or disclosures. See Note 13 for additional information. In May 2014, the FASB issued an update to the accounting standard regarding revenue recognition. This update is intended to provide a consistent approach in recognizing revenue. In accordance with the new standard, recognition of revenue occurs when a customer obtains control of promised goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In addition, the new standard requires that reporting companies disclose the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. While this update does not change revenue recognition principles related to our insurance and derivative products, this update may be applicable to revenues from our new mortgage and real estate services segment, which will be included in our condensed consolidated statements of operations beginning with the third quarter of 2014. The provisions of this update are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016. We are currently evaluating the impact of this update. Business Overview We are a credit enhancement company with a primary strategic focus on domestic, residential mortgage insurance on first-lien mortgage loans (“first-liens”). We currently have three operating business segments—mortgage insurance, financial guaranty and mortgage and real estate services. Acquisition of Clayton Holdings LLC (“Clayton”) On June 30, 2014, we acquired all of the outstanding equity interests of Clayton for a cash purchase price, including working capital adjustments, of approximately $312 million. The acquisition is consistent with Radian’s growth and diversification strategy to pursue opportunities to provide additional mortgage- and real estate-related products and services to the mortgage finance market and complements Radian’s existing mortgage-related products and services. Clayton is a leading provider of outsourced solutions to the mortgage and real estate industries, providing outsourced services, information-based analytics and specialty consulting for buyers and sellers of, and investors in, mortgage- and real estate-related loans and securities and other debt instruments. Clayton’s primary services include:
• | Loan Review/Due Diligence—Loan-level due diligence for the mortgage and residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”) markets utilizing skilled professionals and proprietary technology, with offerings focused on credit underwriting, regulatory compliance and collateral valuation;
• | Surveillance—Third-party performance oversight, risk management and consulting services, with offerings focused on RMBS surveillance, loan servicer oversight, loan-level servicing compliance reviews and operational reviews of mortgage servicers and originators;
• | Component Services—Outsourced solutions focused on the Single Family Rental (“SFR”) market, including valuations, property inspections, title reviews, lease reviews and due diligence reviews for SFR securitizations;
• | Real Estate Owned (“REO”)/Short-Sale Services—REO asset and short-sale management services, with offerings including residential and commercial REO asset management, short-sale management and borrower outreach; and
• | EuroRisk—Outsourced mortgage services in the United Kingdom and Europe, with offerings including due diligence services, quality control reviews, valuation reviews and consulting services.
The acquisition was treated as a purchase for accounting purposes. Therefore, the assets and liabilities were recorded based on their fair values as of June 30, 2014, the date of acquisition. At acquisition, the fair value of assets acquired was $152.4 million and the fair value of liabilities assumed was $31.8 million. The excess of the acquisition price over the estimated fair value of the net assets acquired resulted in goodwill of $191.9 million. The goodwill represents the estimated future economic benefits arising from the assets acquired that did not qualify to be identified and recognized individually, and includes the value of discounted expected future cash flows of Clayton, Clayton’s workforce, expected synergies with our other affiliates and other unidentifiable intangible assets. Goodwill is deemed to have an indefinite useful life and is subject to review for impairment annually, or more frequently, whenever circumstances indicate potential impairment. Currently, we believe approximately $188.9 million of the goodwill related to this transaction will be deductible for tax purposes over a period of 15 years. See Note 7 for additional information regarding goodwill and other intangible assets. The allocation of the purchase price, based on the fair values of assets and liabilities as of the acquisition date, was as follows:
(in thousands) | June 30, 2014
Cash | $ | 16,521 |
Restricted cash | 1,591 |
Accounts receivable, net | 11,236 |
Property and equipment, net | 2,419 |
Goodwill | 191,932 |
Intangible assets, net | 102,750 |
Other assets | 17,852 |
Less: |
Other liabilities | 31,803 |
Total purchase price | $ | 312,498 |
The results of Clayton’s operations will be included in our financial statements from the date of acquisition, and will be reflected in our mortgage and real estate services segment. Historical results for Clayton for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 were not material to our consolidated financial results for those respective periods. We used proceeds from our May 2014 issuance of debt and equity to fund this acquisition. See Notes 7, 11 and 18 for additional information related to the goodwill and other intangible assets resulting from this acquisition and the issuance of debt and equity, respectively. Costs in the amount of $6.7 million related to the acquisition, which included advisory, legal, accounting, valuation and other professional or consulting fees, have been expensed as incurred during the three-month period ended June 30, 2014 and classified as other operating expenses. Mortgage Insurance Our mortgage insurance segment provides credit-related insurance coverage, principally through private mortgage insurance, to mortgage lending institutions. We provide these products and services mainly through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Radian Guaranty Inc. (“Radian Guaranty”). Private mortgage insurance protects mortgage lenders from all or a portion of default-related losses on residential mortgage loans made to home buyers who generally make down payments of less than 20% of the home’s purchase price. Private mortgage insurance also facilitates the sale of these mortgage loans in the secondary mortgage market, most of which are sold to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. We refer to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae together as “Government-Sponsored Enterprises” or “GSEs.” Our mortgage insurance segment offers primary mortgage insurance coverage on residential first-liens. At June 30, 2014, primary insurance on first-liens comprised approximately 96.2% of our $42.9 billion of total direct risk in force (“RIF”). In the past, we also wrote pool insurance, which at June 30, 2014, comprised approximately 3.6% of our total direct RIF. Additionally, we offered other forms of credit enhancement on residential mortgage assets. These products included mortgage insurance on second-lien mortgages (“second-liens”), credit enhancement on net interest margin securities (“NIMS”), and primary mortgage insurance on international mortgages (collectively, we refer to the risk associated with these transactions as “non-traditional”). Our non-traditional RIF was $86.0 million as of June 30, 2014, representing less than 1% of our total direct RIF. Financial Guaranty Our financial guaranty segment has provided direct insurance and reinsurance on credit-based risks through Radian Asset Assurance Inc. (“Radian Asset Assurance”), our principal financial guaranty subsidiary. Radian Asset Assurance is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Radian Guaranty, which has allowed our financial guaranty business to serve as an important source of capital for Radian Guaranty and our mortgage insurance business. We have provided financial guaranty credit protection in several forms, including through the issuance of financial guaranty policies, by insuring the obligations under one or more credit default swaps (“CDS”) and through the reinsurance of both types of obligations. While we discontinued writing new financial guaranty business in 2008, we continue to provide financial guaranty insurance on our existing portfolio consisting primarily of public finance and structured finance insured transactions. We have continued to reduce our financial guaranty exposures in order to mitigate uncertainty, maximize the ultimate capital and liquidity available for our mortgage insurance business and accelerate access to that capital and liquidity through transactions such as risk commutations, ceded reinsurance, discounted insured bond purchases and transaction settlements and terminations. Mortgage and Real Estate Services Our mortgage and real estate services segment provides outsourced solutions to the mortgage and real estate industries through Clayton, including outsourced services, information-based analytics and specialty consulting for buyers and sellers of, and investors in, mortgage- and real estate-related loans and securities and other debt instruments, as discussed further above. Business Conditions As a seller of credit protection, our results are subject to macroeconomic conditions and specific events that impact the mortgage origination environment and the credit performance of our underlying insured assets. The financial crisis and the downturn in the housing and related credit markets that began in 2007 has had a significant negative impact on the operating environment and results of operations for our mortgage insurance and financial guaranty business segments. This was characterized by a decrease in mortgage originations, a broad decline in home prices, mortgage servicing and foreclosure delays, and ongoing deterioration in the credit performance of mortgage and other assets originated prior to 2009, together with macroeconomic factors such as high unemployment, limited employment growth, limited economic growth and a lack of meaningful liquidity in many sectors of the capital markets. More recently, we are experiencing a period of economic recovery and the operating environment for our mortgage insurance and financial guaranty businesses has improved. Our results of operations have continued to improve as the negative impact from losses on the mortgage insurance we wrote during the poor underwriting years of 2005 through 2008 (we refer to this portion of our mortgage insurance portfolio, together with business written prior to 2005, as our “legacy portfolio”) has been reduced and we continue to write insurance on higher credit quality loans. As of June 30, 2014, our legacy portfolio had been reduced to approximately 35% of our total primary RIF, while insurance on loans written after 2008 constituted approximately 65% of our primary RIF. Although the U.S. economy and certain housing markets remain weak compared to historical standards, home prices have been appreciating on a broad basis throughout the U.S., foreclosure activity has declined and the credit quality of recent mortgage market originations continues to be significantly better than the credit quality of our legacy portfolio. In addition, although the economic recovery has been sluggish, there are signs of a broader recovery in the U.S. economy, including importantly, a reduction in unemployment rates. As a consequence of these and other factors, in the first half of 2014 we have experienced improvement in our results of operations, driven primarily by a significant reduction in our incurred losses as a result of a 20% decline in new primary mortgage insurance defaults compared to the first half of 2013 and by other positive default and claim developments. Currently, our business strategy is primarily focused on: (1) growing our mortgage insurance business by writing insurance on high-quality mortgages in the U.S.; (2) pursuing other potential opportunities for providing credit-related services to the mortgage finance market, such as expanding our presence in the mortgage finance market through Clayton; (3) continuing to manage losses in our legacy mortgage insurance and financial guaranty portfolios; (4) continuing to reduce our legacy mortgage insurance and financial guaranty exposures; and (5) continuing to effectively manage our capital and liquidity positions. Our businesses also are significantly impacted by, and our future success may be dependent upon, legislative and regulatory developments impacting the housing finance industry. The Federal Housing Administration (“FHA”) remains our primary competitor outside of the private mortgage insurance industry. The GSEs’ current federal charters generally prohibit them from purchasing any mortgage with a loan amount that exceeds 80% of a home’s value, unless that mortgage is insured by a qualified mortgage insurer, or the mortgage seller retains at least a 10% participation in the loan or agrees to repurchase the loan in the event of a default. As a result, high loan-to-value (“LTV”) mortgages purchased by the GSEs generally are insured with private mortgage insurance. Changes in the charters or business practices of the GSEs, including the introduction of alternatives to private mortgage insurance as a condition to purchasing high-LTV loans, could reduce the number of mortgages they purchase that are insured by us and consequently diminish our franchise value. The GSEs are in the process of revising their eligibility requirements for private mortgage insurers. As part of this process, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) released proposed Private Mortgage Insurer Eligibility Requirements (“PMIERs”) for public comment on July 10, 2014. The PMIERs, when finalized and adopted, will establish the revised requirements that the GSEs will impose on private mortgage insurers, including Radian Guaranty, to remain eligible insurers of mortgage loans purchased by the GSEs. The proposed PMIERs include revised financial requirements (the “PMIERs Financial Requirements”) that are expected to replace the capital adequacy standards under the current GSE eligibility requirements. The proposed PMIERs Financial Requirements require a mortgage insurer’s “Available Assets” (as defined in the PMIERs, these generally include only the liquid assets of an insurer) to meet or exceed a risk-based minimum required asset amount (“Minimum Required Assets”) that is calculated based on net risk in force and a variety of measures designed to evaluate credit quality. Among other things, the proposed PMIERs exclude from Available Assets: (i) liquid assets received as premiums but not yet earned (“unearned premium reserves”); and (ii) certain subsidiary capital, including Radian Guaranty’s capital that is attributable to its ownership of Radian Asset Assurance. The public comment period for the proposed PMIERs is expected to end on September 8, 2014. After the public comment period ends, the FHFA is expected to review and consider input before adoption of the final PMIERs. All aspects of the final PMIERs are expected to become effective 180 days after their final publication. The proposed PMIERs provide that approved mortgage insurers will be given an extended transition period of up to two years from the final publication date to be in compliance with the PMIERs Financial Requirements. Based on an estimated final publication date of the end of 2014, we expect Radian Guaranty to have a transition period through January 1, 2017 to comply with the PMIERs Financial Requirements. Approved insurers who fail to meet the PMIERs Financial Requirements when they become effective 180 days after their publication would operate under a transition plan during the transition period and would continue to be eligible insurers during that period. Under state insurance regulations, Radian Guaranty is required to maintain minimum surplus levels and, in certain states, a minimum ratio of statutory capital relative to the level of net RIF, or “risk-to-capital.” Sixteen states (the “RBC States”) currently impose a statutory or regulatory risk-based capital requirement (the “Statutory RBC Requirement”). The most common Statutory RBC Requirement is that a mortgage insurer’s risk-to-capital ratio may not exceed 25 to 1. In certain of the RBC States there is a Statutory RBC Requirement that the mortgage insurer must maintain a minimum policyholder position, which is calculated based on both risk and surplus levels (the “MPP Requirement”). The statutory capital requirements for the non-RBC States are de minimis (ranging from $1 million to $5 million); however, the insurance laws of these states generally grant broad supervisory powers to state agencies or officials to enforce rules or exercise discretion affecting almost every significant aspect of the insurance business, including the power to revoke or restrict an insurance company’s ability to write new business. Unless an RBC State grants a waiver or other form of relief, if a mortgage insurer is not in compliance with the Statutory RBC Requirement of such state, that mortgage insurer may be prohibited from writing new mortgage insurance business in that state. Radian Guaranty’s domiciliary state, Pennsylvania, is not one of the RBC States. As of June 30, 2014, Radian Guaranty was in compliance with all applicable Statutory RBC Requirements. Capital and Liquidity Since the financial crisis that began in 2007, we have engaged in a number of strategic actions and initiatives to respond to the negative economic and market conditions that impacted our businesses as well as to changes in the regulatory environment. These actions, many of which are ongoing, include the following:
• | We significantly tightened our mortgage insurance underwriting standards to focus primarily on insuring high credit quality first-liens originated in the U.S., and we ceased writing mortgage insurance on non-traditional and other inherently riskier products.
• | We expanded our claims management and loss mitigation efforts to better manage losses in the weak housing market and high default and claim environment.
• | We discontinued writing new financial guaranty business and Radian Group contributed its ownership interest in Radian Asset Assurance to Radian Guaranty. This structure makes the capital adequacy of our mortgage insurance business dependent, to a significant degree, on the successful run-off of our financial guaranty business. This provides Radian Guaranty with substantial statutory capital and, through dividends from Radian Asset Assurance, has increased liquidity at Radian Guaranty. However, if the proposed PMIERs become effective in their current form, Radian Guaranty’s ownership of Radian Asset Assurance would not be included in its Available Assets. Under current statutory accounting principles Radian Guaranty would continue to receive capital credit for Radian Asset Assurance regardless of the form of the PMIERs.
• | We reduced our legacy mortgage insurance portfolio, non-traditional mortgage insurance RIF and our financial guaranty portfolio through risk commutations, discounted security purchases, ceded reinsurance, discounted insured bond purchases and transaction settlements and terminations.
Additionally, consistent with our strategy, we are pursuing the following initiatives:
• | Since Radian Asset Assurance ceased writing new business in June 2008, Radian Asset Assurance has reduced its aggregate net par exposure by approximately 82% to $20.2 billion as of June 30, 2014. This reduction included large declines in many of the riskier segments of Radian Asset Assurance’s insured portfolio. In light of this risk reduction and the significant level of capital, including $1.2 billion of statutory surplus remaining at Radian Asset Assurance as of June 30, 2014, Radian Asset Assurance declared and paid an extraordinary dividend of $150 million to Radian Guaranty in July 2014 immediately following approval from the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYSDFS”) to pay such dividend. Radian Asset Assurance expects to request approval for an additional extraordinary dividend in 2015.
• | In light of the proposed PMIERs, which do not provide Radian Guaranty with any capital credit for its investment in Radian Asset Assurance, we are actively pursuing alternatives to monetize Radian Asset Assurance, including a potential sale of the business, and we expect to explore other alternatives to utilize the capital at Radian Asset Assurance in a manner that complies with the PMIERs.
• | We are exploring other alternatives, including external reinsurance, in order to reach full compliance with the final form of the PMIERs within the transition period.
In May 2014, Radian Group issued $300 million principal amount of 5.500% unsecured senior notes due June 2019 (the “Senior Notes due 2019”) and received aggregate net proceeds of approximately $294.4 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. See Note 11 for further information. Also in May 2014, we issued 17.825 million shares of our common stock at a public offering price of $14.50 per share, and we received aggregate net proceeds of approximately $247.4 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. As discussed above, a portion of the proceeds from these offerings was used to fund the acquisition of Clayton. In addition, on June 16, 2014, in accordance with the optional redemption provisions of the notes, we used a portion of the proceeds to redeem all of the remaining outstanding principal amount of our unsecured senior notes due June 2015 (the “Senior Notes due 2015”) at a price established in accordance with the indenture governing the senior notes. We paid $57.2 million to holders of the notes at redemption and recorded a loss of $2.8 million. As of June 30, 2014, Radian Group currently has available, either directly or through an unregulated subsidiary, unrestricted cash and liquid investments of approximately $790 million. This amount excludes certain additional cash and liquid investments that have been advanced from our subsidiaries for corporate expenses and interest payments. Substantially all of Radian Group’s obligations to pay corporate expenses and interest payments on outstanding debt are reimbursed to Radian Group through the expense-sharing arrangements currently in place with its subsidiaries.

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