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Note 13 - Statutory Information (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Supplementary Insurance Information [Abstract] |
Risk To Capital Calculation [Table Text Block] | Radian Guaranty’s Risk-to-capital calculation appears in the table below. For purposes of the Risk-to-capital calculation, as well as the Risk-to-capital requirements imposed by certain states, statutory capital is defined as the sum of statutory policyholders’ surplus (i.e., statutory capital and surplus) plus statutory contingency reserves.
| March 31, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
($ in millions) |  |  |
RIF, net (1) | $ | 33,376.7 |  |  | $ | 36,396.1 |
Common stock and paid-in capital | $ | 2,041.4 |  |  | $ | 2,041.4 |
Surplus Note | 325.0 |  |  | 325.0 |
Unassigned deficit | (640.2 | ) |  | (679.9 | )
Statutory policyholders’ surplus | 1,726.2 |  |  | 1,686.5 |
Contingency reserve | 949.3 |  |  | 860.9 |
Statutory capital | $ | 2,675.5 |  |  | $ | 2,547.4 |
Risk-to-capital | 12.5:1 |  | 14.3:1
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(1) | Excludes risk ceded through reinsurance contracts (to third parties and affiliates) and RIF on defaulted loans.

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