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Note 15 - Statutory Information (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
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 plus statutory contingency reserves.
| September 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
($ in millions) |  |  |
RIF, net (1) | $ | 38,712.8 |  |  | $ | 35,357.8 |
Common stock and paid-in capital | $ | 1,866.2 |  |  | $ | 2,041.0 |
Unassigned earnings (deficit) | (740.3 | ) |  | (691.3 | )
Statutory policyholders’ surplus | 1,125.9 |  |  | 1,349.7 |
Contingency reserve | 1,565.7 |  |  | 1,260.6 |
Statutory capital | $ | 2,691.6 |  |  | $ | 2,610.3 |
Risk-to-capital | 14.4:1 |  | 13.5:1
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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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