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Note 8 - Reinsurance (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Reinsurance Disclosures [Abstract] |
Effects of Reinsurance [Table Text Block] | The effect of all of our reinsurance programs on our net income is as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands) | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Net premiums written—insurance: |  |  |  |  |
Direct | $ | 1,132,338 |  |  | $ | 1,089,720 |  |  | $ | 1,032,735 |
Assumed | 10,379 |  | (1) | 6,901 |  | (1) | 25 |
Ceded (2) | (56,132 | ) |  | (98,314 | ) |  | (214,343 | )
Net premiums written—insurance | $ | 1,086,585 |  |  | $ | 998,307 |  |  | $ | 818,417 |
Net premiums earned—insurance: |  |  |  |  |
Direct | $ | 1,244,870 |  |  | $ | 1,074,298 |  |  | $ | 990,016 |
Assumed | 10,382 |  | (1) | 6,904 |  | (1) | 28 |
Ceded (2) | (109,903 | ) |  | (67,195 | ) |  | (57,271 | )
Net premiums earned—insurance | $ | 1,145,349 |  |  | $ | 1,014,007 |  |  | $ | 932,773 |
Ceding commissions earned (3) | $ | 48,659 |  |  | $ | 33,446 |  |  | $ | 26,896 |
Ceded losses | 5,859 |  |  | 5,086 |  |  | 3,261 |
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(1) | Includes premiums earned from our participation in certain credit risk transfer programs.
(2) | Net of profit commission.
(3) Deferred ceding commissions of $74.8 million and $91.4 million are included in other liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Schedule of Collateralized Reinsurance Agreements [Table Text Block] |
| Eagle Re 2019-1 (Issued April 2019)
(In millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  | As of December 31, 2019
Policy In-force Dates | Initial RIF |  | Initial Coverage |  | First Layer Retention |  | RIF |  | Remaining Coverage |  | First Layer Retention
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018 | $ | 10,705 |  |  | $ | 562 |  |  | $ | 268 |  |  | $ | 8,409 |  |  | $ | 487 |  |  | $ | 267 |
| Eagle Re 2018-1 (Issued November 2018)
(In millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  | As of December 31, 2019
Policy In-force Dates | Initial RIF |  | Initial Coverage (1) |  | First Layer Retention |  | RIF |  | Remaining Coverage (1) |  | First Layer Retention
Jan 1, 2017-Dec 31, 2017 | $ | 9,109 |  |  | $ | 434 |  |  | $ | 205 |  |  | $ | 7,026 |  |  | $ | 343 |  |  | $ | 204 |
______________________ (1) Excludes a separate excess-of-loss reinsurance agreement entered into by Radian Guaranty that initially provided up to $21.4 million of coverage.
Schedule of VIE Assets [Table Text Block] | The following table presents the total assets of the Eagle Re Issuers as of the dates indicated.
| Total VIE Assets and Liabilities (1)
| Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands) | 2019 |  | 2018
Eagle Re 2018-1 | $ | 357,005 |  |  | $ | 434,034 |
Eagle Re 2019-1 | 508,449 |  |  | — |
Total | $ | 865,454 |  |  | $ | 434,034 |
______________________ (1) Assets held by the Eagle Re Issuers are required to be invested in U.S. government money market funds, cash or U.S. Treasury securities. Liabilities of Eagle Re Issuers consist of their mortgage insurance-linked notes, as described above.

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