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changes in general economic and political conditions, including high unemployment rates and continued weakness in the U.S. housing and mortgage credit markets, the U.S. economy reentering a recessionary period, a significant downturn in the global economy, a lack of meaningful liquidity in the capital or credit markets, changes or volatility in interest rates or consumer confidence and changes in credit spreads, each of which may be accelerated or intensified by, among other things, legislative activity or inactivity or further actual or threatened downgrades of U.S. credit ratings;

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changes in the way customers, investors, regulators or legislators perceive the strength of private mortgage insurers or financial guaranty providers, in particular in light of developments in the private mortgage insurance and financial guaranty industries in which certain of our former competitors have ceased writing new insurance business and have been placed under supervision or receivership by insurance regulators;

•	catastrophic events or economic changes in geographic regions, including those affecting governments and municipalities, where our mortgage insurance exposure is more concentrated or where we have financial guaranty exposure;

•	our ability to maintain sufficient holding company liquidity to meet our short- and long-term liquidity needs, including in particular, the repayment of our long-term debt and additional capital contributions that may be required to support our mortgage insurance business;

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a further reduction in, or prolonged period of depressed levels of, home mortgage originations due to reduced liquidity in the lending market, tighter underwriting standards, and general reduced housing demand in the U.S., which may be further exacerbated by regulations impacting home mortgage originations, including the risk retention requirements established under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”);

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the potential adverse impact on the mortgage origination market and on private mortgage insurers due to increases in capital requirements for banks and bank holding companies for mortgage loans under proposed interagency rules to implement the third Basel Capital Accord (“Basel III”), including in particular, the possibility that loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (“FHA”) will receive a more favorable regulatory capital treatment than loans with private mortgage insurance;

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our ability to maintain an adequate risk-to-capital position and surplus requirements in our mortgage insurance business, including if necessary, our ability to write new mortgage insurance while maintaining a capital position that is in excess of risk-based capital limitations imposed in certain states, either through waivers of these limitations or through use of another mortgage insurance subsidiary, and the possibility that state regulators could pursue regulatory actions or proceedings, including possible supervisory or receivership actions, against Radian Guaranty Inc. (“Radian Guaranty”), in the event Radian Guaranty’s risk-to-capital position exceeds levels that are acceptable to such regulators;

•	our ability to continue to effectively mitigate our mortgage insurance and financial guaranty losses;

•	the ability of our primary insurance customers in our financial guaranty reinsurance business to provide appropriate surveillance and to mitigate losses adequately with respect to our assumed insurance portfolio;

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a more rapid than expected decrease in the level of insurance rescissions and claim denials from the current elevated levels, which have reduced our paid losses and resulted in a significant reduction in our loss reserves, including a decrease in rescissions or denials resulting from an increase in the number of successful challenges to previously rescinded policies or claim denials, or caused by the government-sponsored entities (“GSEs”) intervening in mortgage insurers’ loss mitigation practices, including settlements of disputes;

•	the negative impact our insurance rescissions and claim denials or claim curtailments may have on our relationships with customers and potential customers, including the potential loss of business and the heightened risk of disputes and litigation;

•	the need, in the event that we are unsuccessful in defending our rescissions, denials or claim curtailments, to increase our loss reserves for, and reassume risk on, rescinded or denied loans, and to pay additional claims, including amounts previously curtailed;

•	any disruption in the servicing of mortgages covered by our insurance policies caused by poor servicer performance;

•	adverse changes in the severity or frequency of losses associated with certain products that we formerly offered (and which remain in our insured portfolio) that are riskier than traditional mortgage insurance or financial guaranty insurance policies;

•	a decrease in persistency rates of our mortgage insurance policies, which has the effect of reducing our premium income without a corresponding decrease in incurred losses;

•	an increase in the risk profile of our existing mortgage insurance portfolio due to the refinancing of existing mortgage loans for only the most qualified borrowers in the current mortgage and housing market;

•	changes in the criteria for assigning credit or similar ratings, further downgrades or threatened downgrades of, or other ratings actions with respect to, our credit ratings or the ratings assigned to any of our rated insurance subsidiaries at any time, including in particular, the credit ratings of Radian Group Inc. (“Radian Group”) and the financial strength ratings assigned to Radian Guaranty;

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heightened competition for our mortgage insurance business from others such as the FHA, the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) and other private mortgage insurers (in particular, the FHA and those private mortgage insurers that have been assigned higher ratings than we have, that may have access to greater amounts of capital than we do, or that are new entrants to the industry and are therefore not burdened by legacy obligations);

•	changes in the charters or business practices of, or rules or regulations applicable to, Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and Freddie Mac, the largest purchasers of mortgage loans that we insure, and our ability to remain an eligible provider to both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac;

•	changes to the current system of housing finance, including the possibility of a new system in which private mortgage insurers are not required or their products are significantly limited in effect or scope;

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the effect of the Dodd-Frank Act on the financial services industry in general and on our mortgage insurance and financial guaranty businesses in particular, including whether and to what extent loans with mortgage insurance are considered “qualified residential mortgages” for purposes of the Dodd-Frank Act securitization provisions or “qualified mortgages” for purposes of the ability to repay provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, and the possibility that the ultimate definitions of “qualified residential mortgages” and “qualified mortgages” could reduce the size of the mortgage market and potentially reduce the number of insurable loans;

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the application of existing federal or state laws and regulations, or changes in these laws and regulations or the way they are interpreted, including, without limitation: (i) the resolution of existing, or the possibility of additional, lawsuits or investigations; and (ii) legislative and regulatory changes (a) impacting the demand for private mortgage insurance, (b) limiting or restricting the products we may offer or increasing the amount of capital we are required to hold, (c) affecting the form in which we execute credit protection, or (d) impacting our existing financial guaranty portfolio;

•	the amount and timing of potential payments or adjustments associated with federal or other tax examinations;

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•	the possibility that we may fail to estimate accurately the likelihood, magnitude and timing of losses in connection with establishing loss reserves for our mortgage insurance or financial guaranty businesses or premium deficiencies for our mortgage insurance business, or to estimate accurately the fair value amounts of derivative instruments in determining gains and losses on these instruments;

•	volatility in our earnings caused by changes in the fair value of our assets and liabilities carried at fair value, including our derivative instruments;

•	our ability to realize the tax benefits associated with our gross deferred tax assets, which will depend on our ability to generate sufficient sustainable taxable income in future periods;

•	changes in GAAP or statutory accounting principles, rules and guidance, or their interpretation; and

•	legal and other limitations on amounts we may receive from our subsidiaries as dividends or through our tax- and expense-sharing arrangements with our subsidiaries.

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In January 2012, we made further progress in our strategic objective of reducing our financial guaranty risk by entering into a three-part transaction (the “Assured Transaction”) with subsidiaries of Assured Guaranty Ltd. (collectively, “Assured”) that included the commutation of $13.8 billion of financial guaranty net par outstanding that was reinsured by Radian Asset Assurance (the “Assured Commutation”), the cession of $1.8 billion of direct public finance business to Assured (the “Assured Cession”) and the sale of Municipal and Infrastructure Assurance Corporation (the “FG Insurance Shell”), a New York domiciled financial guaranty insurance company licensed to conduct business in 37 states and the District of Columbia. We completed the sale of the FG Insurance Shell in the second quarter of 2012. The Assured Transaction reduced our financial guaranty net par outstanding by 22.5% and provided a statutory capital benefit to Radian Asset Assurance and Radian Guaranty of $100.7 million as of September 30, 2012. The following table shows the impact of the Assured Transaction on our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in the first nine months of 2012.

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During the first nine months of 2012, five credit default swap (“CDS”) counterparties in our financial guaranty business exercised their termination rights with respect to 24 corporate collateralized debt obligations (“CDOs”) that we insured and an additional counterparty exercised its termination right with respect to one CDS of an investor-owned utility bond that we insured (collectively, the “2012 CDO Terminations”), which further reduced our financial guaranty net par outstanding by $10.2 billion in the aggregate. In addition, in October 2012, three of these counterparties and one additional CDS counterparty terminated an additional 11 corporate CDOs and a foreign infrastructure CDS that we insured with an aggregate of $4.4 billion net par outstanding. There was no material impact on our financial statements as a result of these terminations.

•	Since December 31, 2011, we have purchased $170.6 million of principal amount of our 2013 Notes, as discussed in more detail in Note 11.

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On April 1, 2012, Radian Guaranty entered into a quota share reinsurance agreement with a third-party reinsurance provider (the “Initial Quota Share Reinsurance Transaction”). In the fourth quarter of 2012, Radian Guaranty and the same third-party reinsurance provider agreed to the terms of a second quota share reinsurance agreement (the “Second Quota Share Reinsurance Transaction”) that provide for incremental ceded risk. See Note 7 for further details.

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In the second quarter of 2012, Radian Asset Assurance entered into a commutation with one of its derivative counterparties (the “Counterparty”) to commute Radian Asset Assurance’s: (1) only remaining CDO of asset-backed securities (“ABS”) exposure which was related to a directly insured tranche of an extremely distressed CDO of ABS transaction (the “CDO of ABS Transaction”), for which we had expected to pay claims on substantially all of the $450.2 million net par outstanding; and (2) credit protection through CDS on six directly insured trust preferred securities (“TruPs”) CDO transactions, representing $699.0 million of net par outstanding at the time of the commutation (the “Terminated TruPs CDOs”). In consideration for these commutations, Radian Asset Assurance paid $210.0 million (the “Commutation Amount”), a significant portion of which (the “LPV Initial Capital”) has been deposited with a limited purpose vehicle (an “LPV”) to cover the Counterparty’s potential future losses on the TruPs bonds underlying the Terminated TruPs CDOs (the “Terminated TruPs Bonds”). The commutations described in this paragraph are referred to herein as the “Commutation Transactions.”

•	In the second quarter of 2012, Radian Asset Assurance released $54.5 million of contingency reserves, which benefited Radian Guaranty’s statutory surplus by an equal amount.

•	In July 2012, Radian Asset Assurance paid an ordinary dividend of $54.0 million to Radian Guaranty.

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Potential adverse effects of the failure or significant delay of the U.S. economy to fully recover from the most recent recession and prolonged economic downturn, including ongoing high unemployment, uncertainty in the housing, municipal, foreign sovereign and related credit markets, which could increase our mortgage insurance or financial guaranty losses beyond existing expectations. (See Notes 8, 9 and 10).

•	Potential adverse effects if there are adverse developments with respect to our estimates related to the likelihood, magnitude and timing of losses in connection with establishing loss reserves or premium deficiency reserves for our mortgage insurance or financial guaranty businesses. (See Notes 8, 9 and 10).

•	Potential adverse effects on us if the capital and liquidity levels of Radian Group or our regulated subsidiaries’ statutory capital levels are deemed inadequate to support current business operations and strategies.

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Potential adverse effects if Radian Guaranty’s regulatory risk-based capital position fails to comply with applicable state statutory or regulatory risk-based capital requirements, including if waivers or similar relief from the states that impose such statutory or regulatory risk-based capital requirements are not obtained or renewed, or are revoked. These risks include the possibility that: (i) insurance regulators or the GSEs may limit or cause Radian Guaranty to cease writing new mortgage insurance; (ii) the GSEs may terminate or otherwise restrict Radian Guaranty’s or RMAI’s eligibility to insure loans purchased by the GSEs; (iii) Radian Guaranty’s customers may decide not to insure loans with Radian Guaranty or may otherwise limit the type or amount of business done with Radian Guaranty; and (iv) state or federal regulators could pursue regulatory actions or proceedings, including possible supervision or receivership actions, against us in the future. (See Note 14 for additional information regarding our statutory capital).

•	Potential adverse effects if we fail to comply with applicable debt covenants, which could result in a default under our long-term debt and accelerate our obligation to repay our outstanding debt. Regulatory action that results in the appointment of a receiver for one or more of our significant insurance subsidiaries could constitute an event of default under our long-term debt.

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Factors adversely affecting Radian Group’s capital and liquidity that could cause Radian Group to have insufficient sources of capital and liquidity to meet all of its expected obligations in the near-term, including $79.4 million of principal amount currently outstanding on our 2013 Notes that mature in February 2013, our failure to estimate accurately the likelihood and potential effects of the various risks and uncertainties described in this report and our other filings with the SEC, as well as potential regulatory, legal or other changes to our tax- or expense-allocation agreements among Radian Group and its subsidiaries.

•	Potential adverse effects resulting from the final determination or settlement of tax audits and examinations and any potential related litigation, as well as changes in tax laws, rates, regulations and policies, or interpretations of any of the foregoing that could have a material impact on our tax liabilities, tax assets and our results of operations or financial condition.

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Potential adverse effects from legislative efforts to reform the housing finance market, including the possibility that new federal legislation could reduce or eliminate the requirement for private mortgage insurance or place additional significant obligations or restrictions on mortgage insurers and the possibility that loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (“FHA”) will receive more favorable regulatory treatment than loans with private mortgage insurance.

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Our businesses have been significantly affected by, and our future success may depend upon, legislative and regulatory developments impacting the housing finance industry. The GSEs are the primary beneficiaries of the majority of our mortgage insurance policies, and the FHA remains our primary competitor outside of the private mortgage insurance industry. The GSEs’ 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 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 pursuing new products for purchasing high-LTV loans that are not insured by private mortgage insurance, could reduce the number of mortgages they purchase that are insured by us and consequently diminish our franchise value. In September 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency was appointed as the conservator of the GSEs to control and direct the operations of the GSEs. The continued role of the conservator may increase the likelihood that the business practices of the GSEs will be changed in ways that may have a material adverse effect on us. In particular, if the private mortgage insurance industry does not have the ability, due to capital constraints, to continue to write sufficient business to meet the needs of the GSEs, the GSEs may seek alternatives other than private mortgage insurance to conduct their business.

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(1)	As a result of the Commutation Transactions described in Note 1, we established a VIE. See Note 5 for further details.

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(1)	Represents NIMS derivative assets related to consolidated NIMS VIEs. Also includes common stock warrants. Because none of these investments represent financial guaranty contracts that we issued, they cannot become liabilities, and therefore, do not represent additional par exposure.

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Represents the fair value of a CDS included in a VIE which we consolidate relating to the Terminated TruPs CDOs. The assets in the VIE represent the only funds available to pay the CDS Counterparty for amounts due under the contract; therefore, the notional exposure presented for the CDS is limited to the current trust assets. See Notes 1 and 5 for information on the underlying reference securities and on our maximum exposure to loss from this consolidated financial guaranty transaction.

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(1)	Includes the net fair value liability recorded within derivative assets and derivative liabilities, and the net fair value liabilities included in our consolidated VIEs.

(2)	Includes NIMS VIE debt and NIMS derivative assets.

Level I	—    Unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

Level II	—    Prices or valuations based on observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities; and

Level III	—    Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

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(1)	Excludes certain assets and liabilities for which we do not develop quantitative unobservable inputs. The fair value estimates for these assets and liabilities are developed using third-party pricing information, generally without adjustment.

(2)	Represents the range of our CDS spread that a typical market participant might use in the valuation analysis based on the remaining term of the investment.

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(1)	Comprising broadly diversified domestic equity mutual funds included within Level I and various preferred and common stocks invested across numerous companies and industries included within Levels II and III.

(2)	Comprising TruPs ($0.8 million) and short-term CDs ($1.6 million) included within Level II, and lottery annuities ($1.1 million) and a guaranteed investment contract held by a consolidated VIE ($75.6 million) within Level III.

(3)	Does not include fixed-maturities held to maturity ($1.2 million) and certain other invested assets ($57.4 million), primarily invested in limited partnerships, accounted for as cost-method investments and not measured at fair value.

(4)	Primarily comprising manufactured housing loan collateral related to two consolidated financial guaranty VIEs.

(5)	Comprising consolidated debt related to NIMS VIEs ($9.5 million) and amounts related to financial guaranty VIEs ($100.2 million).

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(1)	Comprising broadly diversified domestic equity mutual funds included within Level I and various preferred and common stocks invested across numerous companies and industries included within Levels II and III.

(2)	Comprising short-term commercial paper within Committed Preferred Custodial Trust Securities (“CPS”) trusts ($150.0 million) and short-term CDs ($1.6 million) included within Level II, and lottery annuities ($1.6 million) and TruPs held by consolidated VIEs ($5.2 million) included within Level III.

(3)	Does not include fixed-maturities held to maturity ($2.6 million) and other invested assets ($61.0 million), primarily invested in limited partnerships, accounted for as cost-method investments and not measured at fair value.

(4)	Comprising manufactured housing loan collateral related to two consolidated financial guaranty VIEs.

(5)	Comprising consolidated debt related to NIMS VIEs ($9.4 million) and amounts related to financial guaranty VIEs ($218.8 million).

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(1)	Includes unrealized gains (losses) for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, relating to assets and liabilities still held at September 30, 2012, as follows: $(1.1) million for investments, $3.5 million for other assets, $(48.0) million for derivative liabilities, and $(5.8) million for VIE debt.

(2)	Transfers are recognized at the end of the period as the availability of market observed inputs change from period to period. During the period, pricing from a third-party pricing source became available for one bond, accounting for a majority of the transfer out of Level III and into Level II.

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(1)	Includes unrealized gains (losses) for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, relating to assets and liabilities still held at September 30, 2012, as follows: $(0.1) million for investments, $7.3 million for other assets, $(188.3) million for derivative liabilities, and $(12.9) million for VIE debt.

(2)	Transfers are recognized at the end of the period as the availability of market observed inputs change from period to period. During the period, pricing from a third-party pricing source became available for two bonds, accounting for a majority of the transfers out of Level III and into Level II.

(3)	Primarily represents the settlement of our CDO of ABS.

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(1)	Includes unrealized gains (losses) for the quarter ended September 30, 2011, relating to assets and liabilities still held at September 30, 2011, as follows: $(1.5) million for investments, $0.2 million for NIMS derivative assets, $(13.3) million for other assets, $117.1 million for derivative liabilities, and $92.3 million for VIE debt.

(2)	Transfers are recognized at the end of the period as the availability of market observed inputs change from period to period.

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(1)	Includes unrealized gains (losses) for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, relating to assets and liabilities still held at September 30, 2011, as follows: $17.1 million for investments, $(1.8) million for NIMS derivative assets, $(1.3) million for other assets, $515.9 million for derivative liabilities, and $144.6 million for VIE debt.

(2)	Transfers are recognized at the end of the period as the availability of market observed inputs change from period to period.

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(1)	These estimated fair values would be classified in Level II of the fair value hierarchy.

(2)	These estimated fair values would be classified in Level III of the fair value hierarchy.

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The difference between the carrying amounts of the net asset/liability position and maximum exposure related to VIEs is primarily due to the difference between the face amount of the obligation and the recorded fair values, which include an adjustment for our non-performance risk, as applicable. For those VIEs that have recourse to our general credit, the maximum exposure is based on the net par amount of our insured obligation. For any VIEs that do not have recourse to our general credit, the maximum exposure is generally based on the recorded net assets of the VIE, as of the reporting date.

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(1)	The difference between the carrying amounts of the net asset/liability position and maximum exposure related to VIEs is primarily due to the difference between the face amount of the obligation and the recorded fair values, which include an adjustment for our non-performance risk. The maximum exposure is based on the net par amount of our insured obligation as of the reporting date.

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(1)	Comprising broadly diversified domestic equity mutual funds ($100.0 million fair value) and various preferred and common stocks invested across numerous companies and industries ($12.9 million fair value).

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(1)	Comprising broadly diversified domestic equity mutual funds ($116.0 million fair value) and various preferred and common stocks invested across numerous companies and industries ($12.4 million fair value).

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Our largest concentrations of foreign government securities as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, were Germany ($21.5 million and $42.6 million fair value, respectively) and Japan ($62.8 million and $28.0 million fair value, respectively). As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, nearly all of our foreign government securities were rated A or higher by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization. As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, our trading portfolio included no foreign sovereign or sub-sovereign securities of the six European countries (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain, and Hungary) whose sovereign and sub-sovereign obligations have been under particular stress due to economic uncertainty, potential restructuring and ratings downgrades, or securities of any other countries under similar stress.

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(1)	Actual maturities may differ as a result of calls before scheduled maturity.

(2)	RMBS are shown separately as they are not due at a single maturity date.

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(i)	Radian Guaranty will cede to the reinsurer 20% of all premiums and losses incurred with respect to conventional GSE loans and will initially receive a 35% ceding commission; provided, that if we do not exercise our Commutation Option, the ceding commission will be reduced to 30% for the portion of the ceded risk in force that was subject to the Commutation Option; and

(ii)	Radian Guaranty will have the ability to cede 100% of all premiums and losses incurred with respect to non-conventional, portfolio loans and will receive a 25% ceding commission. We do not expect the volume of portfolio loans to be material.

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(1)	Related to ceded losses on captive reinsurance transactions, Smart Home and quota share reinsurance transactions.

(2)	Related to underlying defaulted loans with a most recent date of default notice in the year indicated. For example, if a loan had defaulted in a prior year, but then subsequently cured and later re-defaulted in the current year, that default would be considered a current year default.

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(1)	Related to claims from policies in which we were in a first loss position and would have paid the claim absent the rescission or denial.

(2)	Related to claims from policies in which we were in a second loss position. These claims may not have resulted in a claim payment obligation absent the rescission or denial, due to deductibles and other exposure limitations included in our policies.

(3)	Includes an amount related to a small number of submitted claims that were subsequently withdrawn by the insured.

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(1)

Projected net cumulative rescission/denial rates represent the ratio of claims rescinded or denied to claims received (by claim count). Rescissions and denials are net of actual reinstatements, plus our current estimate for expected reinstatements of previously rescinded or denied claims. These amounts represent the cumulative rates for each quarter as of September 30, 2012. Until all of the claims received during the periods shown have been internally resolved, the rescission/denial rates for each quarter will be subject to change. As discussed in footnote (2) below, these rates also will remain subject to change based on differences between estimated and actual reinstatements of previously rescinded policies or denied claims.

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The percentage of claims resolved for each quarter presented in the table above, represents the number of claims that have been internally resolved as a percentage of the total number of claims received for that specific quarter. A claim is considered internally resolved when it is either paid or it is concluded that the claim should be denied or rescinded, though such denials or rescissions could be challenged and, potentially reinstated or overturned, respectively. For the second and third quarters of 2012, a significant portion of claims received for those quarters have not been internally resolved; therefore, we do not believe the cumulative rescission/denial rates for those periods are presently meaningful and therefore they are not presented.

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On December 30, 2011, a putative class action under RESPA titled White v. PNC Financial Services Group was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. On September 29, 2012, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint. In this case, Radian Guaranty has insured the loan of one of the plaintiffs. Radian Guaranty intends to move to dismiss this lawsuit on a number of grounds.

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On March 12, 2012, a putative class action under RESPA titled McCarn v. HSBC USA, Inc., et al. was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Radian Guaranty moved to dismiss this lawsuit for lack of standing because it did not insure the plaintiff’s loan. The court granted that motion on May 29, 2012, but gave the plaintiff permission to file an amended complaint to attempt to address his lack of standing. On July 30, 2012, the plaintiff filed this amended complaint. Radian Guaranty filed its motion to dismiss the amended complaint for lack of standing on August 16, 2012. Plaintiff filed a response to the motion to dismiss on October 26, 2012, and on November 5, 2012, Radian Guaranty filed a reply brief in further support of its motion to dismiss.

•	On April 5, 2012, a putative class action under RESPA titled Riddle v. Bank of America Corporation, et al. was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Radian Guaranty intends to move to dismiss this lawsuit for lack of standing because it did not insure the plaintiff’s loan.

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On April 5, 2012, a putative class action under RESPA titled Manners, et al. v. Fifth Third Bank, et al. was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. On September 28, 2012, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint adding three borrowers whose loans were insured by Radian Guaranty. Radian Guaranty intends to move to dismiss this lawsuit on a number of grounds.

•	On April 19, 2012, a putative class action under RESPA titled Rulison v. ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., et al. was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiff voluntarily dismissed this lawsuit on July 3, 2012.

•	On May 18, 2012, a putative class action under RESPA titled Hill, et al. v. Flagstar Bank FSB, et al. was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In this case, Radian Guaranty has insured the loan of one of the plaintiffs. Radian Guaranty intends to move to dismiss the complaint on a number of grounds.

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On May 31, 2012, a putative class action under RESPA titled Barlee, et al. v. First Horizon National Corporation, et al. was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Radian Guaranty intends to move to dismiss this lawsuit for lack of standing because it did not insure any of the plaintiffs’ loans.    On October 9, 2012, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint, and on November 5, 2012, Radian Guaranty filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint for lack of standing.

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On June 28, 2012, a putative class action under RESPA titled Cunningham, et al. v. M&T Bank Corporation, et al. was filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. On October 9, 2012, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint in which they added one borrower whose loan was insured by Radian Guaranty. Radian Guaranty intends to move to dismiss this lawsuit on a number of grounds.

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Public Finance—Insurance of public finance obligations, including tax-exempt and taxable indebtedness of states, counties, cities, special service districts, other political subdivisions, enterprises such as public and private higher education institutions and healthcare facilities and infrastructure, project finance and private finance initiative assets in sectors such as airports, education, healthcare and other infrastructure projects;

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Structured Finance—Insurance of structured finance obligations, including collateralized debt obligations (“CDOs”) and asset-backed securities (“ABS”), consisting of funded and non-funded (referred to herein as “synthetic”) executions that are payable from or tied to the performance of a specific pool of assets or covered reference entities. Examples of the pools of assets that collateralize or underlie structured finance obligations include corporate loans, bonds or other borrowed money, residential and commercial mortgage loans, trust preferred securities (“TruPs”), diversified payment rights (“DPRs”), a variety of consumer loans, equipment receivables, real and personal property leases, or a combination of asset classes or securities backed by one or more of these pools of assets;

•	Reinsurance—Reinsurance of domestic and international public finance obligations, including those issued by sovereign and sub-sovereign entities, and structured finance obligations.

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(1)	Our internal ratings may be modified by the addition of a “+” or “-” to show the relative standing within a letter category.

•	the commutation of $13.8 billion of financial guaranty net par outstanding that was reinsured by Radian Asset Assurance (the “Assured Commutation”);

•	the cession of $1.8 billion of public finance business to Assured (the “Assured Cession”); and

•	the sale of Municipal and Infrastructure Assurance Corporation (the “FG Insurance Shell”), a New York domiciled financial guaranty insurance company with licenses to conduct business in 37 states and the District of Columbia. The sale of the FG Insurance Shell was completed in the second quarter of 2012.

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Defaults.  Our first-lien primary default rate at September 30, 2012, was 12.6%, compared to 15.2% at December 31, 2011. Our primary default inventory comprised 94,831 loans at September 30, 2012, compared to 98,450 loans and 110,861 loans at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. The reduction in our default inventory is the result of the total number of defaulted loans: (1) that have cured (“cures”); (2) for which claim payments have been made; and (3) that have resulted in insurance rescissions and claim denials, collectively exceeding the total number of new defaults on insured loans. Despite this positive trend, our overall primary default rates continue to remain elevated compared to historical levels due to continued high unemployment and weakness in the U.S. housing and mortgage credit markets. We believe that a return to sustained profitability in our mortgage insurance business is dependent upon both a further reduction in the number of new defaults and an increase in the number of cures, particularly with respect to loans that have been in default for more than twelve months. We are experiencing improved operating results in our mortgage insurance business in 2012 compared to 2011, and although we expect an operating loss for our mortgage insurance business in 2012, based on our current projections, which are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, we expect to achieve marginal operating profitability in our mortgage insurance business in 2013. We are projecting a 20%-25% total decrease in new primary defaults in 2012 compared to 2011, which compares to an 18% decrease in new primary defaults in 2011 compared to 2010. During the third quarter and first nine months of 2012, new primary defaults decreased 23% and 21%, respectively, compared to the same periods of 2011.

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Provision for Losses.  Our mortgage insurance provision for losses for the third quarter and first nine months of 2012 was $171.8 million and $614.6 million, respectively, and consisted primarily of reserves established on new defaults. Primary new defaults, which have been the main driver for incurred losses in 2012, were down by 23% for the third quarter of 2012, compared to the third quarter of 2011. The default rate in our mortgage insurance business is subject to seasonality. Historically, our mortgage insurance business experiences a fourth quarter seasonal increase in defaults and a first quarter seasonal decline in defaults. Consistent with this, we are expecting the negative impact of seasonality on both new defaults and cures to result in significantly higher incurred losses for the fourth quarter of 2012.

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Claims Paid.  Total mortgage insurance claims paid in the third quarter and first nine months of 2012 were $272.4 million and $754.0 million, respectively. Foreclosure backlogs, servicer delays and loan modification programs have reduced the number of defaults going to claim. In addition, our extensive review of substantially all claims has slowed our internal claims payment process and has resulted in a significant increase in the number of claim denials in recent periods as a result of servicers failing to produce the documents necessary to perfect a claim submission. While this increasing trend has the effect of reducing claims paid in current periods, we expect a significant portion of denials to be resubmitted and ultimately paid, and our incurred loss and claims paid estimates reflect this expectation. We currently expect total claims paid in 2012 to total approximately $1.0 billion.

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New Insurance Written.  We wrote $10.6 billion and $25.4 billion of new mortgage insurance in the third quarter and first nine months of 2012, respectively, compared to $4.1 billion and $9.0 billion of insurance written in the corresponding periods of 2011, respectively. The significant increase in NIW in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, compared to the corresponding periods of 2011, is attributable to an increase in the penetration rate of private mortgage insurance in the overall insured mortgage market and an increase in mortgage origination volume, as well as an increase in our share of the insured private mortgage market. While the private mortgage insurance industry has made progress in recapturing business from the Federal Housing Administration (“FHA”), the FHA’s market share remains at historically high levels. We have been more aggressively marketing our product offerings that favorably compete with the FHA in order to regain market share from the FHA. In the second quarter of 2011, we implemented a series of changes to our underwriting guidelines, including a more efficient underwriting process for loans conforming to the GSEs’ guidelines. In addition, we lowered our monthly premium rates on borrower paid mortgage insurance during the second quarter of 2011, to rates that were in line with much of the mortgage insurance industry. We believe these changes have had a positive impact on our 2012 NIW, without having a significant negative impact on our projected returns on this business.

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Statutory Capital. Under state insurance regulations, Radian Guaranty is required to maintain minimum surplus levels and, in certain states, a minimum amount of statutory capital relative to the level of net RIF, or “risk-to-capital.” Sixteen states (the risk-based capital or “RBC States”) currently impose a statutory risk-based capital requirement (the “Statutory RBC Requirement”), the most common of which requires that a mortgage insurer’s risk-to-capital ratio not exceed 25 to 1. In some of the RBC States (the “MPP States”), Radian Guaranty is required to maintain a minimum policyholder position (the “MPP Requirement”). Radian Guaranty’s risk-to-capital ratio improved to 20.1 to 1 as of September 30, 2012, compared to 21.5 to 1 at December 31, 2011, primarily as a result of: (1) an increase in Radian Guaranty’s statutory surplus resulting from the release of contingency reserves at Radian Asset Assurance due to the Assured Transaction; (2) gains from the sale of securities in our investment portfolio; and (3) the impact on Radian Guaranty’s net risk in force due to the Initial Quota Share Reinsurance Transaction and intercompany reinsurance.

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Net Par Outstanding.  Our financial guaranty segment’s net par outstanding was $39.0 billion as of September 30, 2012, compared to $69.2 billion at December 31, 2011. This reduction in net par outstanding was primarily due to the Assured Transaction, the 2012 CDO Terminations and the Commutation Transactions, as well as the amortization or scheduled maturity of our insured portfolio and prepayments of public finance transactions. We expect our net par outstanding will continue to decrease over time as our financial guaranty insured portfolio matures, and as we proactively seek to reduce our financial guaranty net par outstanding.

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Credit Performance.  There have been significant decreases in financial guaranty’s net par outstanding across all ratings categories in 2012, although the percentage of net par outstanding in our highest ratings category and lower ratings categories increased during 2012. From December 31, 2011 to September 30, 2012, the net par outstanding of obligations in our insured portfolio rated AAA decreased from $31.1 billion to $19.5 billion, the net par outstanding rated BBB decreased from $15.2 billion to $11.1 billion, and the net par outstanding rated BIG decreased from $4.1 billion to $2.9 billion. The decreases in net par outstanding of our financial guaranty segment’s insured portfolio were primarily due to the Assured Transaction, the Commutation Transactions and the 2012 CDO Terminations. At September 30, 2012, the percentage of our net par outstanding of obligations rated AAA, BBB and BIG was 49.9%, 28.5% and 7.3%, respectively.

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Public Finance. As of September 30, 2012, approximately $1.6 billion of our financial guaranty segment’s public finance net par outstanding of $15.9 billion consisted of credits rated BIG, compared to $1.5 billion as of December 31, 2011. The AA or A rated public finance credits declined to $3.3 billion at September 30, 2012 from $15.6 billion at December 31, 2011. The decline in net par outstanding and the ratings mix shift in our public finance portfolio was primarily caused by the Assured Transaction, which reduced the public finance portfolio by $15.0 billion and removed 45% of public finance net par outstanding from our insured portfolio. The percentage of our total net par outstanding from public finance obligations decreased to 40.7% of our total net par outstanding at September 30, 2012, from 47.6% at December 31, 2011.

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Structured Finance. As of September 30, 2012, $17.9 billion or 77.4% of our structured finance portfolio was rated AAA, compared to $28.8 billion or 79.5% as of December 31, 2011. The Commutation Transactions removed $1.1 billion of BIG structured finance credits from our insured portfolio, contributing to a reduction in the net par outstanding rated BIG from $2.6 billion or 7.1% as of December 31, 2011, to $1.2 billion or 5.3% as of September 30, 2012. The 2012 CDO Terminations also reduced the net par outstanding of the corporate CDOs scheduled to mature in 2012, 2013 and 2014 by 63%, 42% and 31%, respectively.

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Represents the present value of our estimated credit loss payments (net of estimated recoveries) for those transactions for which we currently anticipate paying net losses or receiving recoveries of losses already paid. In April 2012, as part of the Commutation Transactions, we made a payment with respect to the Terminated TruPs CDOs for which we currently expect a significant recovery. There are no significant credit loss payments expected on the remaining fair value derivatives or VIEs, and when combined with the recovery expected on the Terminated TruPs CDOs, this results in an aggregate net recovery as of September 30, 2012. The present value is calculated using a discount rate of 2.4%, which approximates the average investment yield as reported in our most recently filed statutory financial statements.

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(1)

Represents the provision for losses attributable to loans that were in default as of the beginning of each period indicated, including: (a) the change in reserves for loans that were in default status (including pending claims) as of both the beginning and end of each period indicated; (b) the net impact to provision for losses from loans that were in default as of the beginning of each period indicated but were either a cure, a prepayment, a paid claim or a rescission or denial during the period indicated; and (c) the impact to our IBNR reserve during the period related to changes in actual and estimated reinstatements of previously rescinded policies and denied claims.

(2)	Includes the effect of reinsurance recoveries from captive and Smart Home transactions (including a $44 million write-down of Smart Home recoverables for the first nine months of 2012), second-lien activity, LAE and other miscellaneous loss-related activity.

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(1)	Related to claims from policies in which we were in a first loss position and would have paid the claim absent the rescission or denial.

(2)	Related to claims from policies in which we were in a second loss position. These claims may not have resulted in a claim payment obligation absent the rescission or denial, due to deductibles and other exposure limitations included in our policies.

(3)	Includes an amount related to a small number of submitted claims that were subsequently withdrawn by the insured.

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Projected net cumulative rescission/denial rates represent the ratio of claims rescinded or denied to claims received (by claim count). Rescissions and denials are net of actual reinstatements, plus our current estimate for expected reinstatements of previously rescinded or denied claims. These amounts represent the cumulative rates for each quarter as of September 30, 2012. Until all of the claims received during the periods shown have been internally resolved, the rescission/denial rates for each quarter will be subject to change. As discussed in footnote (2) below, these rates also will remain subject to change based on differences between estimated and actual reinstatements of previously rescinded policies or denied claims.

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The percentage of claims resolved for each quarter presented in the table above, represents the number of claims that have been internally resolved as a percentage of the total number of claims received for that specific quarter. A claim is considered internally resolved when it is either paid or it is concluded that the claim should be denied or rescinded, though such denials or rescissions could be challenged and, potentially reinstated or overturned, respectively. For the second and third quarters of 2012, a significant portion of claims received for those quarters have not been internally resolved; therefore, we do not believe the cumulative rescission/denial rates for those periods are presently meaningful and therefore they are not presented.

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(1)	FICO credit scoring model.

(2)	LTV ratios: The ratio of the original loan amount to the original value of the property.

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(1)	Amounts reflected are compiled on a monthly basis consistent with reports received from loan servicers. The number of new defaults and cures presented includes the following number of monthly defaults that both defaulted and cured within the periods indicated:

(2)	Includes those charged to a deductible or captive.

(3)	Net of any previously rescinded policies that were reinstated during the period. Such reinstated rescissions may ultimately result in a paid claim.

(4)	Net of any denied claims that were reinstated during the period. Such previously denied but reinstated claims are generally reviewed for possible rescission prior to any claim payment. A significant number of denials in 2012 relate to one servicer.

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(1)	Represents the weighted average default to claim rate before consideration of estimated rescissions and denials for each

(2)	Net of estimate of rescissions and denials.

(1)	Calculated as total reserves divided by total defaults.

(2)	If calculated before giving effect to deductibles and stop losses in pool transactions, the pool reserve per default at September 30, 2012, December 31, 2011, and September 30, 2011, would have been $27,842, $25,402 and $26,513, respectively.

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(1)	Net of reinsurance recoveries.

(2)	Calculated without giving effect to the impact of terminations of captive reinsurance transactions and first- and second-lien transactions.

(3)	Before reinsurance recoveries.

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(1)	Represents ceded losses on captive transactions, Smart Home and quota share reinsurance transactions.

(2)	Does not include second-lien premium deficiency reserve (“PDR”).

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(1)	Insurance in force (“IIF”) on captives as a percentage of primary IIF.

(2)	RIF on captives as a percentage of primary RIF.

(3)	RIF ceded under QSR included in primary RIF.

(4)	Reflects the impact of terminations of captive reinsurance transactions and first- and second-lien transactions.

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(1)	Represents our exposure to the aggregate outstanding principal on insured obligations.

(2)	A net claim liability is recorded on the balance sheet when there is evidence that deterioration has occurred and the net present value of our expected losses for a particular policy exceeds the unearned premium reserve for that policy. The net claim liability reported is net of estimated salvage and subrogation, which may result in a net claim asset.

(3)	Represents either the net (asset) liability recorded within derivative assets or derivative liabilities for derivative contracts, or the net (asset) liability recorded within VIE debt and other financial statement line items for financial guaranty consolidated VIEs.

(4)	Includes $1.7 billion and $3.0 billion at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, of tax supported revenue bonds.

(5)	Legally defeased bond issuances where our financial guaranty policies have not been extinguished, but cash or securities in an amount sufficient to pay remaining obligations under such bonds have been deposited in an escrow account for the benefit of the bond holders.

(6)	Represents other types of public finance obligations, including human service providers, second-to-pay international public finance, non-profit institutions, project finance accommodations and stadiums, none of which individually constitutes a material amount of our financial guaranty net par outstanding.

(7)	Includes $2.8 billion and $3.2 billion at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, of international public finance obligations (which includes sovereign and sub-sovereign debt), of which $104.1 million and $143.8 million at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, was in the Stressed European Countries.

(8)	Represents other types of structured finance obligations, including DPRs, collateralized guaranteed investment contracts or letters of credit, foreign commercial assets and life insurance securitizations, none of which individually constitutes a material amount of our financial guaranty net par outstanding.

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Reflects the amount of principal subordination (expressed as a percentage of the principal of the total collateral pool) remaining beneath each insured TruPs bond, after giving effect to paydowns or redemptions (“amortization”) of collateral and actual defaults and assuming no recoveries of principal on the defaulted TruPs. Notwithstanding this principal subordination, it is possible that the remaining performing collateral in these transactions will not generate sufficient cash to pay interest on our insured TruPs bonds. In this event, we may be required to make a claim payment in respect of interest, even on transactions where subordination remains to cover principal payments.

(2)	Reflects the amount of principal subordination (expressed as a percentage of the principal of the total collateral pool) remaining beneath each insured TruPs bond, after giving effect to deferrals of interest payments on the TruPs collateral, as well as amortization and actual defaults, assuming no recoveries of principal on the defaulted or deferred TruPs.

(3)	Internally generated interest coverage ratio for each TruPs bond equal to the gross interest collections on the TruPs collateral minus transaction expenses as a percentage of the sum of hedge payments and interest payable on the TruPs bond and securities senior to, or pari passu with, the TruPs bond.

(4)	The transactions with a CDS Termination Date prior to the TruPs CDO Maturity Date provide for automatic annual one-year extensions (absent written notifications from our counterparty) until the TruPs CDO Maturity Date.

(5)	Pursuant to the terms of our CDS contracts covering these TruPs bonds, we could be required to pay our counterparties the outstanding par on our insured TruPs bond on the scheduled termination date of our CDS contract. For more information regarding this potential liquidity risk, see “Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources.”

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(1)	Cash item.

(1)	Moody’s outlook for Radian Group and all our rated insurance subsidiaries is currently Negative.

(2)	S&P’s outlook for Radian Group and all our rated insurance subsidiaries is currently Negative.

(3)	Not currently rated.

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Level I	—    Unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

Level II	—    Prices or valuations based on observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities; and

Level III	—    Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

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•	first, we define a tranche on the CDX index (defined below) that equates to the risk profile of our specific transaction (we refer to this tranche as an “equivalent-risk tranche”);

•	second, we determine the fair premium amount on the equivalent-risk tranche for those market participants engaged in trading on the CDX index (we refer to each of these participants as a “typical market participant”); and

•	third, we adjust the fair premium amount for a typical market participant to account for the difference between the non-performance or default risk of a typical market participant and the non-performance or default risk of a financial guarantor of similar credit quality to us (in each case, we refer to the risk of non-performance as “non-performance risk”).

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•	the extent and the duration of the decline in value;

•	the reasons for the decline in value (e.g., credit event, interest related or market fluctuations); and

•	the financial position, access to capital and near term prospects of the issuer, including the current and future impact of any specific events.

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On December 30, 2011, a putative class action under RESPA titled White v. PNC Financial Services Group was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. On September 29, 2012, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint. In this case, Radian Guaranty has insured the loan of one of the plaintiffs. Radian Guaranty intends to move to dismiss this lawsuit on a number of grounds.

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On March 12, 2012, a putative class action under RESPA titled McCarn v. HSBC USA, Inc., et al. was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Radian Guaranty moved to dismiss this lawsuit for lack of standing because it did not insure the plaintiff’s loan. The court granted that motion on May 29, 2012, but gave the plaintiff permission to file an amended complaint to attempt to address his lack of standing. On July 30, 2012, the plaintiff filed this amended complaint. Radian Guaranty filed its motion to dismiss the amended complaint for lack of standing on August 16, 2012. Plaintiff filed a response to the motion to dismiss on October 26, 2012 and on November 5, 2012, Radian Guaranty filed a reply brief in further support of its motion to dismiss.

•	On April 5, 2012, a putative class action under RESPA titled Riddle v. Bank of America Corporation, et al. was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Radian Guaranty intends to move to dismiss this lawsuit for lack of standing because it did not insure the plaintiff’s loan.

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On April 5, 2012, a putative class action under RESPA titled Manners, et al. v. Fifth Third Bank, et al. was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. On September 28, 2012, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint adding three borrowers whose loans were insured by Radian Guaranty. Radian Guaranty intends to move to dismiss this lawsuit on a number of grounds.

•	On April 19, 2012, a putative class action under RESPA titled Rulison v. ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., et al. was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiff voluntarily dismissed this lawsuit on July 3, 2012.

•	On May 18, 2012, a putative class action under RESPA titled Hill, et al. v. Flagstar Bank FSB, et al. was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In this case, Radian Guaranty has insured the loan of one of the plaintiffs. Radian Guaranty intends to move to dismiss the complaint on a number of grounds.

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On May 31, 2012, a putative class action under RESPA titled Barlee, et al. v. First Horizon National Corporation, et al. was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Radian Guaranty intends to move to dismiss this lawsuit for lack of standing because it did not insure any of the plaintiffs’ loans. On October 9, 2012, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint, and on November 5, 2012, Radian Guaranty filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint for lack of standing.

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On June 28, 2012, a putative class action under RESPA titled Cunningham, et al. v. M&T Bank Corporation, et al. was filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. On October 9, 2012, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint in which they added one borrower whose loan was insured by Radian Guaranty.  Radian Guaranty intends to move to dismiss this lawsuit on a number of grounds.

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•	establishes the CFPB to regulate the offering and provision of consumer financial products or services under federal law, including residential mortgages. See “Part II, Item 1—Legal Proceedings” for a discussion of the CFPB investigation regarding captive reinsurance under RESPA;

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requires securitizers to retain some of the risk associated with mortgage loans that they transfer, sell or convey, unless the mortgage loans are “qualified residential mortgages” (“QRMs”) or are insured by the FHA or another federal agency. The Dodd-Frank Act provides that the definition of QRMs will be determined by regulators, with consideration to be given, among other things, to the presence of mortgage insurance. In March 2011, regulators released a proposed rule that would only include loans with a 20% down payment in the QRM definition and, as required by the Dodd-Frank Act, exempts FHA-insured loans from the risk retention requirements. The proposed rule, however, does not include lower down payment loans that are insured by private mortgage insurance, which would make privately-insured loans less competitive than FHA-insured loans. For information regarding the percentage of our primary risk in force by loan to value ratio (LTV), see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Results of Operations—Mortgage Insurance—Selected Mortgage Insurance Portfolio Information.” Given the volume of comments that the regulators received in response to its proposed “QRM” definition, it is not known when the final QRM rule will be issued or what it will provide regarding private mortgage insurance;

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authorizes regulators to issue regulations prohibiting a creditor from making a residential mortgage loan unless the creditor makes a reasonable and good faith determination that, at the time the loan is consummated, the consumer has a reasonable ability to repay the loan. The Act provides that a creditor may presume that a borrower will be able to repay a loan if the loan has certain low-risk characteristics that meet the definition of a “qualified mortgage.” If regulators are able to finalize a rule that defines “qualified mortgage” by January 1, 2013, that final rule will become effective one year after the date on which it is finalized; however, there can be no assurance as to what form the definition will take or that regulators will be able to finalize a rule by the January 1, 2013 deadline. If a rule is not finalized by that deadline, then the definition of “qualified mortgage” as set forth in the Act will become effective on that date. Depending on whether and to what extent loans with mortgage insurance are considered “qualified residential mortgages” for purposes of the Dodd-Frank securitization provisions discussed above, or “qualified mortgages” for purposes of the ability to repay provisions, this legislation could materially adversely affect the amount of new mortgage insurance that we write;

•	sets new limitations and restrictions on banking, derivatives and asset-backed securities that may make it more difficult for us to commute, restructure, hedge or otherwise mitigate losses or reduce exposure on our existing financial guaranty portfolio; and

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establishes a Federal Insurance Office within the Department of the Treasury. While not having a general supervisory or regulatory authority over the business of insurance, the director of this office will perform various functions with respect to insurance, including serving as a non-voting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council and making recommendations to the Council regarding insurers to be designated for more stringent regulation. The director is also required to conduct a study on how to modernize and improve the system of insurance regulation in the United States, including by increased national uniformity through either a federal charter or effective action by the states.

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