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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. director Martin P. Connor filed an initial Form 3, which is a statement of his beneficial ownership of company securities as a newly reporting insider. The filing shows no buy, sell, acquisition, or disposition transactions reported at this time.
Essent Group Ltd. reported that institutional investor Capital World Investors beneficially owns 4,762,129 shares of its common stock, representing 4.9% of the class as of the event date. Capital World Investors has sole voting and dispositive power over all of these shares.
The filing notes this ownership is held in the ordinary course of business and is not intended to change or influence control of Essent Group Ltd. The percentage is based on 96,665,101 Essent shares believed to be outstanding.
Essent Group Ltd. reported equity compensation and related adjustments for SVP and Chief Risk Officer Vijay Bhasin. On February 11, 2026, he acquired 13,739 common shares at $65.51 per share as a grant under the 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan, bringing his direct common share holdings to 209,937 shares.
He also received a grant of 6,870 restricted share units, each convertible into one common share, at a reference price of $65.51, and now holds 6,870 such units. In related transactions, he disposed of 724 common shares and 39 dividend equivalent units to the issuer at $0, leaving 2,894 dividend equivalent units outstanding. The performance-based restricted shares vest after a three-year period starting January 1, 2026, while time-based awards vest in equal installments on March 1, 2027, 2028, and 2029.
Essent Group Ltd. executive Christopher G. Curran reported new equity awards and related share adjustments. On February 11, 2026, he received 19,845 common shares at $65.51 per share as a grant, bringing his direct common share holdings to 309,307 shares before a small disposition back to the issuer.
He also acquired 9,923 restricted share units, each convertible into one common share, at a reference price of $65.51. These RSUs vest in three equal installments on March 1, 2027, 2028, and 2029, under the 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan. A separate performance-based restricted share grant can be earned based on book value growth and relative total shareholder return from January 1, 2026 through March 1, 2029.
Essent Group Ltd. SVP and Chief Legal Officer Mary Lourdes Gibbons reported equity award activity. On February 11, 2026, she acquired 15,265 common shares at $65.51 per share, bringing her direct common share holdings to 252,357.
She was also granted 7,633 restricted share units at $65.51, increasing her directly held restricted share units to 22,578, with each unit convertible into one common share. The filing shows a disposition to the issuer of 804 common shares and 47 dividend equivalent units at $0, leaving 3,212 dividend equivalent units. The awards include performance-based vesting tied to compounded annual book value per share growth and relative total shareholder return over a three-year period starting January 1, 2026, plus separate time-based vesting through March 1, 2029.
Essent Group Ltd. SVP and CFO David B. Weinstock reported new equity awards in the form of restricted share units on February 11, 2026. He acquired 15,265 performance-based restricted share units and 7,633 time-based restricted share units at a reference price of $65.51 per unit, each convertible into one common share.
The performance-based units may be earned based on compounded annual book value per share growth and relative total shareholder return over a three-year period beginning January 1, 2026, and are scheduled to vest on March 1, 2029. The time-based units vest in equal installments on March 1 of 2027, 2028, and 2029. Weinstock also disposed of 342 restricted share units and 11 dividend equivalent units to the issuer at no cost, leaving 91,622 restricted share units and 3,054 dividend equivalent units beneficially owned directly.
Essent Group Ltd. Chairman, CEO and President Mark Casale reported multiple equity award transactions. On February 11, 2026, he acquired 137,384 common shares and 22,898 restricted share units at $65.51 per share as grants under the 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan. These awards are subject to performance- and time-based vesting through March 1, 2029.
On the same date, Casale disposed of 7,239 common shares and 455 dividend equivalent units to the issuer at a price of $0 per unit. After these transactions, he directly owned 2,320,839 common shares and 24,827 derivative units, plus 250,000 common shares held indirectly through the Mark A Casale Trust.
Essent Group Ltd. reported net income of $155.0 million, or $1.60 per diluted share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2025, compared with $167.9 million, or $1.58 a year earlier. For full year 2025, net income was $690.0 million, or $6.90 per diluted share, versus $729.4 million, or $6.85 in 2024.
The Board increased the quarterly cash dividend to $0.35 per common share, payable March 23, 2026 to shareholders of record on March 13, 2026. Management highlighted returning nearly $700 million to shareholders in 2025 through dividends and repurchases, retiring nearly 10% of outstanding shares.
Mortgage insurance new insurance written was $11.8 billion in the fourth quarter, and insurance in force was $248.4 billion at year-end 2025. Return on average equity for 2025 was 12.1%, supported by total revenues of $1.26 billion and strong capital and reinsurance programs.
Essent Group Ltd. senior vice president and CFO David B. Weinstock reported routine equity compensation activity. On January 8, 2026, 1,004 restricted share units and 64 dividend equivalent units were converted into the same number of Essent common shares at $0 exercise price. To cover tax withholding on these vestings, 351 common shares were delivered back to Essent at $64.67 per share.
After these transactions, Weinstock directly beneficially owned 25,582 common shares, along with 69,066 restricted share units and 3,065 dividend equivalent units. The dividend equivalent units track dividends on unvested awards, and the underlying performance-based restricted shares relate to a three-year period beginning January 1, 2023 and vesting March 1, 2026.
Essent Group Ltd. executive James M. Tari, who serves as SVP and Chief Legal Officer, reported a sale of company stock. On 12/18/2025, he sold 4,352 common shares of Essent Group Ltd. at a price of $67 per share in a reported transaction code "S," which indicates a sale. After this trade, he directly beneficially owned 237,896 common shares. The filing is made by a single reporting person and does not list any derivative securities transactions.