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Essent Group Ltd. filings document a Bermuda mortgage insurer with common shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange under ESNT. Its 8-K reports furnish operating results and financial condition updates, including earnings releases that discuss mortgage insurance activity, dividends, investment income and capital management.
Proxy filings cover annual general meeting matters such as director elections, auditor ratification, executive compensation votes and board governance. The filing record also identifies the company’s registered common shares, par value, exchange listing and related exhibit disclosures.
Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT) insider Mark Casale, Chairman, CEO and President, reported open-market sales of company common shares pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. On 2026-08-18, he sold 20,246 common shares at a weighted average price of $70.18 per share, in multiple trades between $70.00 and $70.29. On 2026-08-19, he sold an additional 21,607 common shares at a weighted average price of $70.07 per share, in multiple trades between $70.00 and $70.20. The filing also reports an indirect holding of 250,000 common shares held by the Mark A Casale Trust as of 2026-08-18.
Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT) reports that its Chairman, CEO and President, Mark Casale, has filed to sell Essent common stock under Rule 144. The notice lists 100,000 shares of common stock to be sold through J.P. Morgan Securities LLC on the NYSE, with an aggregate market value of $6,943,000 and reference to 89,876,493 shares outstanding. The shares to be sold are tied to prior RSU vesting events in 2019 and 2020 classified as compensation. The filing also details several recent open-market sales by Casale over the past three months, each disclosing trade dates, share amounts, and total proceeds.
Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT) reported that officer Vijay Bhasin, SVP and Chief Risk Officer, sold 14,175 common shares on 2026-08-18 in an open-market or private transaction at $70.00 per share. Following this sale, Bhasin directly holds 184,274 common shares. The transaction was affirmed as made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT) is the issuer of common shares that an affiliated holder plans to sell under Rule 144. A person named Vijay Bhasin, represented by Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, filed to sell 14,175 common shares of Essent. These shares stem from restricted stock vesting on 03/01/2024 and are held at Fidelity. The filing also lists an earlier sale over the past three months of 483 common shares on 08/07/2026, for total proceeds of $33,810.00. The planned 14,175-share transaction is valued in the notice at $992,250.00, and the shares are listed on the NYSE.
Essent Group Ltd. executive Vijay Bhasin, SVP and Chief Risk Officer, reported selling 483 common shares on 2026-08-07 in an open-market or private transaction at $70.00 per share. The transaction was made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and Bhasin now directly holds 198,449 common shares of Essent Group Ltd.
Essent Group Ltd. reported solid Q2 2026 results driven by growth in mortgage insurance and new reinsurance business. Total revenues were $362.7 million, up from $319.1 million a year earlier, as net premiums earned increased to $276.8 million and net investment income to $61.6 million.
Net income was $189.7 million versus $195.3 million in Q2 2025, as the provision for losses and LAE rose to $49.0 million from $17.1 million, though the consolidated loss ratio remained low. Diluted EPS increased to $2.08 from $1.93, reflecting share repurchases that reduced diluted weighted-average shares outstanding to 91.4 million.
At June 30, 2026, total assets were $7.6 billion, including $6.5 billion of investments, and stockholders’ equity was $5.7 billion. The reserve for losses and LAE increased to $518.8 million, while favorable prior-year reserve development totaled $54.4 million for the first half. The company continued to actively use quota share and excess-of-loss reinsurance, with $11.0 billion of risk in force ceded and $1.0 billion of assets held in reinsurance trusts supporting capital relief under PMIERs. Essent also returned capital via $348.4 million of share repurchases and $0.70 per share in dividends during the first half of 2026.
Essent Group Ltd. reported second-quarter 2026 net income of $189.7 million, or $2.08 per diluted share, compared with $195.3 million, or $1.93 per diluted share a year earlier. Net premiums earned were $276.8 million versus $248.8 million, driving total revenues of $362.7 million versus $319.1 million, while the provision for losses and LAE increased to $49.0 million from $17.1 million.
Mortgage new insurance written reached $14.1 billion in the quarter, up from $12.5 billion in second-quarter 2025, and mortgage insurance in force was $249.7 billion as of June 30, 2026. Reinsurance net premiums written for the first half of 2026 were $248.8 million compared with $30.6 million in the prior-year period. Annualized return on average equity for the quarter was 13.4%.
As of June 30, 2026, book value per share was $63.01, and 12‑month growth in book value per share inclusive of common dividends was 12.9%. Year-to-date through July 31, Essent repurchased 5.8 million common shares for $348 million. The board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.35 per common share, payable September 10, 2026, to shareholders of record on August 31, 2026.
FMR LLC filed an amended Schedule 13G reporting beneficial ownership of 2,915,486.11 shares of Essent Group Ltd. common stock, representing 3.2% of the class. FMR LLC reports sole voting power over 2,899,015.55 shares and sole dispositive power over 2,915,486.11 shares.
Abigail P. Johnson is reported to have sole dispositive power over the same 2,915,486.11 shares, with no voting power. The filing confirms that the position represents ownership of 5 percent or less of Essent Group’s outstanding common stock.
Essent Group Ltd. SVP and Chief Legal Officer Mary Lourdes Gibbons sold 4,678 common shares on July 17, 2026 at a $67.04 weighted average price in transactions reported as open market or private sales under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and now directly holds 228,658 shares. Individual trade prices ranged from $67.00 to $67.05 per share.