Expected proceeds from intercompany notes borrowings.

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Minimum policyholders surplus balance to be maintained.

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The amount of the entity's restricted net assets which are held by consolidated subsidiaries (entity's investment in subsidiaries).

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This concept represents an entity's ratio of net risk in force (excludes risk ceded through reinsurance contracts and risk in force on defaulted loans) to the amount of statutory capital (defined as the sum of statutory policyholders' surplus plus statutory contingency reserves).

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This concept represents the maximum ratio of net risk in force (net of risk ceded through reinsurance contracts and risk in force on defaulted loans) to statutory capital (defined as the sum of statutory policyholders' surplus plus statutory contingency reserves) allowed in those states which have statutory risk-based capital requirements.

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Statutory surplus balance.

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Statutory Unassigned Positive (Negative) Surplus

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Cash outflow in the form of ordinary dividends to common shareholders, preferred shareholders and noncontrolling interests, generally out of earnings.

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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.

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Statutory Information - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2025 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Risk to capital ratio maximum		25
Restricted net assets held by consolidated subsidiaries		$ 4,500
Debt instrument term		10 years
Expected proceeds from intercompany notes borrowings		$ 600
Minimum policyholders surplus balance to be maintained		$ 500
Radian Guaranty
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Risk to capital ratio		10.4			10.2
Unassigned surplus		$ 361		$ 408
Payments of ordinary dividends		$ 200	$ 200	200
Statutory surplus balance				$ 300	$ 500
Radian Guaranty \| Forecast
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Payments of ordinary dividends	$ 195