FORM 10-Q

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION

(414) 347-6480
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

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MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Note 1 – Basis of presentation and summary of certain significant accounting policies

     The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of MGIC Investment Corporation (the “Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and do not include all of the other information and disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2004 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for that year.

     The accompanying consolidated financial statements have not been audited by independent auditors in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), but in the opinion of management such financial statements include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring accruals, necessary to summarize fairly the Company’s financial position and results of operations. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2005 may not be indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2005.

Stock-based compensation

     The Company has certain stock-based compensation plans. Effective January 1, 2003, the Company adopted the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, prospectively to all employee awards granted or modified on or after January 1, 2003. The adoption of SFAS No. 123 did not have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations or its financial position. Under the fair value method, compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized over the service period which generally corresponds to the vesting period. Awards under the Company’s plans generally vest over periods ranging from one to five years. The cost related to stock-based employee compensation included in the determination of net income for 2005 and 2004 is less than that which would have been recognized if the fair value based method had been applied to all awards since the original effective date of SFAS No. 123. The following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share if the fair value method had been applied to all outstanding and unvested awards in each period.

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New Accounting Standards

     The guidance contained in EITF 03-1 has been delayed by FSP EITF 03-1-1, “Effective Date of Paragraphs 10-20 of EITF Issue No. 03-1 ‘The meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments”’. The delay of the effective date will be superseded with the final issuance of proposed FSP EITF Issue 03-1-a, “Implementation Guidance for the Application of Paragraph 16 of EITF Issue No. 03-1” which was subject to comments through October 29, 2004. As a result of the comments received, the FASB will reconsider EITF 03-1 in its entirety, therefore the impact of FSP EITF 03-1-a on the Company’s financial position or results of operations cannot be determined at this time. Under the proposed guidance, it may be more likely that a decrease in the market value of certain investments in the Company’s fixed income portfolio will be required to be recognized as a realized loss in the statement of operations than under existing accounting standards.

     In December 2004 the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Statement No. 123R, “Share-Based Payment”. This statement is a revision of FASB Statement No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”. The fair value recognition provisions of FASB No 123 were voluntarily adopted by the Company in 2003 prospectively to all employee awards granted or modified on or after January 1, 2003 under FASB No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation – Transition and Disclosure”. The adoption did not have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations or its financial position. FASB No. 123R requires that the compensation

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cost relating to share-based payment transactions be measured based on the fair value of the equity or liability instrument issued and be recognized in the financial statements of the company. In April 2005 the effective date of this statement was delayed. FAS 123R is now effective for annual reporting periods that begin after June 15, 2005. The statement will be adopted by the Company beginning January 1, 2006 under the modified prospective method. The adoption will not have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations or its financial position.

Note 2 – Short- and long-term debt

     The Company has a $285 million commercial paper program, which is rated “A-1” by Standard and Poors (“S&P”) and “P-1” by Moody’s. At March 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company had $155.5 million and $100.5 million in commercial paper outstanding with a weighted average interest rate of 2.85% and 1.10%, respectively.

     In March of 2005, the Company obtained a $300 million, five year revolving credit facility, expiring in 2010. The facility replaced the previous $285 million facility that was due to expire in 2006. Under the terms of the credit facility, the Company must maintain shareholders’ equity of at least $2.25 billion and Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (“MGIC”) must maintain a risk-to-capital ratio of not more than 22:1 and maintain policyholders’ position (which includes MGIC’s statutory surplus and its contingency reserve) of not less than the amount required by Wisconsin insurance regulation. At March 31, 2005, the Company met these requirements. The facility will continue to be used as a liquidity back up facility for the outstanding commercial paper. The remaining credit available under the facility after reduction for the amount necessary to support the commercial paper was $144.5 million at March 31, 2005.

     The Company had $300 million, 7.5% Senior Notes due in October 2005 and $200 million, 6% Senior Notes due in 2007 outstanding at March 31, 2005 and 2004. The Company intends to refinance the $300 million of Senior Notes due in October through the issuance of senior debt. In March 2005, the Company obtained a bank commitment for a credit facility of $300 million expiring on the earlier of 364 days from the closing date of the facility or the repayment of the 7.5% Senior Notes. The Company intends to draw upon this facility to refinance these Senior Notes if they cannot otherwise be refinanced. At March 31, 2005 and 2004, the market value of the outstanding debt was $667.3 million and $641.7 million, respectively.

     Interest payments on all long-term and short-term debt were $8.6 million and $7.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

     In March 2005, a swap designated as a cash flow hedge was amended to coincide with the new credit facility. Under the terms of the swap contract, the Company pays a fixed rate of 5.07% and receives an interest rate based on LIBOR. The swap has an expiration date coinciding with the maturity of the credit facility and is designated as a cash flow hedge. The cash flow swap outstanding at March 31, 2005 and 2004 is evaluated quarterly using regression analysis with any ineffectiveness being recorded as an expense. To date this evaluation has not resulted in any hedge ineffectiveness. Swaps are subject to credit risk to the extent the counterparty would be unable to discharge its obligations under the swap agreements.

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     Expense on the interest rate swaps for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 of approximately $0.5 million and $0.9 million, respectively, was included in interest expense. Gains or losses arising from the amendment or termination of interest rate swaps are deferred and amortized to interest expense over the life of the hedged items.

Note 3 – Litigation and contingencies

     The Company is involved in litigation in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, the ultimate resolution of this pending litigation will not have a material adverse effect on the financial position or results of operations of the Company.

     Consumers are bringing a growing number of lawsuits against home mortgage lenders and settlement service providers. In recent years, seven mortgage insurers, including the Company’s MGIC subsidiary, have been involved in litigation alleging violations of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, which is commonly known as RESPA, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which is commonly known as FCRA. MGIC’s settlement of class action litigation against it under RESPA became final in October 2003. MGIC settled the named plaintiffs’ claims in litigation against it under FCRA in late December 2004 following denial of class certification in June 2004. There can be no assurance that MGIC will not be subject to future litigation under RESPA or FCRA.

     Spokesmen for insurance commissioners in Colorado and North Carolina have been publicly reported as saying that those commissioners are considering investigating or reviewing captive mortgage reinsurance arrangements. Insurance departments or other officials in other states may also conduct such investigations or reviews. The anti-referral fee provisions of RESPA provide that HUD as well as the insurance commissioner or attorney general of any state may bring an action to enjoin violations of these provisions of RESPA. The insurance law provisions of many states prohibit paying for the referral of insurance business and provide various mechanisms to enforce this prohibition. While the Company believes its captive reinsurance arrangements are in conformity with applicable laws and regulations, it is not possible to predict the outcome of any such reviews or investigations nor is it possible to predict their effect on the Company or the mortgage insurance industry.

     Under its contract underwriting agreements, the Company may be required to provide certain remedies to its customers if certain standards relating to the quality of the Company’s underwriting work are not met. The cost of remedies provided by the Company to customers for failing to meet these standards has not been material to the Company’s financial position or results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004.

Note 4 – Earnings per share

     The Company’s basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) have been calculated in accordance with SFAS No. 128, Earnings Per Share. The Company’s net income is the same for both basic and diluted EPS. Basic EPS is based on the weighted average

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number of common shares outstanding. Diluted EPS is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus common stock equivalents which include stock awards and stock options. The following is a reconciliation of the weighted average number of shares used for basic EPS and diluted EPS.

Note 5 – Comprehensive income

     The Company’s total comprehensive income, as calculated per SFAS No. 130, Reporting Comprehensive Income, was as follows:

     At March 31, 2005, accumulated other comprehensive income of $66.7 million included $67.7 million of net unrealized gains on investments and ($1.0) million relating to derivative financial instruments. At December 31, 2004, accumulated other comprehensive income of $123.4 million included $126.0 million of net unrealized gains on investments, ($1.9) million relating to derivative financial instruments and ($0.7) million relating to the accumulated other comprehensive loss of the Company’s joint venture investment.

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Note 6 – Benefit Plans

     The following table provides the components of net periodic benefit cost for the pension and other postretirement benefit plans:

     The Company previously disclosed in its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2004 that it expected to contribute approximately $10.9 million and $4.9 million, respectively, to its pension and postretirement plans in 2005. As of March 31, 2005, no contributions have been made.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Overview

Business and General Environment

     The Company, through its subsidiary Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (“MGIC”), is the leading provider of private mortgage insurance in the United States to the home mortgage lending industry. The Company’s principal products are primary mortgage insurance and pool mortgage insurance. Primary mortgage insurance may be written through the flow market channel, in which loans are insured in individual, loan-by-loan transactions. Primary mortgage insurance may also be written through the bulk market channel, in which portfolios of loans are individually insured in single, bulk transactions.

The Company’s results of operations are affected by:

     Premiums written and earned in a year are influenced by:

  Premiums are generated by the insurance that is in force during all or a portion of the period. Hence, lower average insurance in force in one period compared to another is a factor that will reduce premiums written and earned, although this effect may be mitigated (or enhanced) by differences in the average premium rate between the two periods as well as by premium that is ceded. Also, NIW and cancellations during a period will generally have a greater effect on premiums written and earned in subsequent periods than in the period in which these events occur.

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     The investment portfolio is comprised almost entirely of highly rated, fixed income securities. The principal factors that influence investment income are the size of the portfolio and its yield.

     Losses incurred are the expense that results from a payment delinquency on an insured loan. As explained under “Critical Accounting Policies” in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, this expense is recognized only when a loan is delinquent. Losses incurred are generally affected by:

     The operating expenses of the Company generally vary primarily due to contract underwriting volume, which in turn generally varies with the level of mortgage origination activity. Contract underwriting generates fee income included in “Other revenue.”

     The Company’s results of operations are also affected by income from joint ventures. Joint venture income principally consists of the aggregate results of the Company’s investment in two less than majority owned joint ventures, Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC (“C-BASS”) and Sherman Financial Group LLC (“Sherman”).

     C-BASS: C-BASS is primarily an investor in the credit risk of credit-sensitive single-family residential mortgages. It finances these activities through borrowings included on its balance sheet and by securitization activities generally conducted through off-balance sheet entities. C-BASS generally retains the first-loss and other subordinate securities created in the securitization. The loans owned by C-BASS and underlying C-BASS’s mortgage securities investments are serviced by Litton Loan Servicing LP, a subsidiary of C-BASS (“Litton”). Litton’s servicing operations primarily support

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C-BASS’s investment in credit risk, and investments made by funds managed or co-managed by C-BASS, rather than generating fees for servicing loans owned by third-parties.

     C-BASS’s consolidated results of operations are affected by:

Net interest income is principally a function of the size of C-BASS’s portfolio of whole loans and mortgage and other securities, and the spread between the interest income generated by these assets and the interest expense of funding them. Interest income from a particular security is recognized based on the expected yield for the security.

Gain on sale and liquidation results from sales of mortgage and other securities, and liquidation of mortgage loans. Securities may be sold in the normal course of business or because of the exercise of call rights by third parties. Mortgage loan liquidations result from loan payoffs, from foreclosure or from sales of real estate acquired through foreclosure.

Servicing revenue is a function of the unpaid principal balance of mortgage loans serviced and servicing fees and charges. The unpaid principal balance of mortgage loans serviced by Litton is affected by mortgages acquired by C-BASS because servicing on subprime and other mortgages acquired is generally transferred to Litton. Litton also services or provides special servicing on loans in mortgage securities owned by funds managed or co-managed by C-BASS. Litton also may obtain servicing on loans in third party mortgage securities acquired by C-BASS or when the loans become delinquent by a specified number of payments (known as “special servicing”).

Gain on securitization is a function of the face amount of the collateral in the securitization and the margin realized in the securitization. This margin depends on the difference between the proceeds realized in the securitization and the purchase price paid by C-BASS for the collateral. The proceeds realized in a securitization include the value of securities created in the securitization that are retained by C-BASS.

These revenues include management fees from C-BASS issued collateralized bond obligations (“CBOs”), equity in earnings from C-BASS investments in investment funds managed or co-managed by C-BASS and management fees and incentive income from investment funds managed or co-managed by C-BASS.

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Hedging gains and losses primarily consist of changes in the value of derivative instruments (including interest rate swaps, interest rate caps and futures) and short positions, as well as realized gains and losses from the closing of hedging positions. C-BASS uses derivative instruments and short sales in a strategy to reduce the impact of changes in interest rates on the value of its mortgage loans and securities. Changes in value of derivative instruments are subject to current recognition because C-BASS does not account for the derivatives as “hedges” under FAS 133.

Mortgage and other securities are classified by C-BASS as trading securities and are carried at fair value, as estimated by C-BASS. Changes in fair value between period ends (a “mark-to-market”) are reflected in C-BASS’s statement of operations as unrealized gains or losses. Changes in fair value of mortgage and other securities may relate to changes in credit spreads or to changes in the level of interest rates or the slope of the yield curve. Mortgage loans are not marked-to-market and are carried at the lower of cost or fair value on a portfolio basis, as estimated by C-BASS.

During a period in which short-term interest rates decline, in general, C-BASS’s hedging positions will decline in value and the change in value, to the extent that the hedges related to whole loans, will be reflected in C-BASS’s earnings for the period as an unrealized loss. The related increase, if any, in the value of mortgage loans will not be reflected in earnings but, absent any countervailing factors, when mortgage loans owned during the period are securitized, the proceeds realized in the securitization should increase to reflect the increased value of the collateral.

     Sherman: Sherman is principally engaged in the business of purchasing and collecting for its own account delinquent consumer assets which are primarily unsecured. The borrowings used to finance these activities are included in Sherman’s balance sheet.

     Sherman’s consolidated results of operations are affected by:

These revenues are the cash collections on such portfolios, and depend on the aggregate amount of receivables owned by Sherman, the type of receivable and the length of time that the receivable has been owned by Sherman.

Amortization is the recovery of the cost to purchase the receivable portfolios. Amortization expense is a function of estimated collections from the portfolios over their estimated lives. If estimated collections cannot be reasonably predicted, cost is fully recovered before any net revenue (the difference between

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revenues from a receivable portfolio and that portfolio’s amortization) is recognized.

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2005 First Quarter Results

     The Company’s results of operations in the first three months of 2005 were principally affected by:

     Losses incurred for the first quarter of 2005 decreased compared to the same period in 2004 primarily due to a larger decrease in the delinquency inventory, as well as smaller increases in the estimates regarding how many delinquencies will eventually result in a claim and how much will be paid on claims when compared to the prior period.

     During the first quarter of 2005, the Company’s written and earned premiums were lower than in the first quarter of 2004 due to a decline in the average insurance in force.

     During the first quarter of 2005, investment income was higher than in the first quarter of 2004 due to an increase in the portfolio, as well as a slight increase in the pre-tax yield.

     Underwriting and other expenses in the first quarter of 2005 were comparable to the same period in 2004.

     Income from joint ventures increased in the first quarter of 2005 compared to the same period in 2004 due to higher income from each of Sherman and C-BASS.

     The discussion below should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.

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RESULTS OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS

     As discussed under “Risk Factors” below, actual results may differ materially from the results contemplated by forward looking statements. The Company is not undertaking any obligation to update any forward looking statements it may make in the following discussion or elsewhere in this document.

NIW

     The amount of MGIC’s NIW (this term is defined in the “Overview-Business and General Environment” section) during the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 was as follows:

     The decrease in NIW on a flow basis was primarily the result of continued market growth for structured transactions that offer alternatives to mortgage insurance, as well as a decrease in refinance volume. Refinance volume in turn is driven by changes in interest rates as discussed with respect to cancellations below. For a discussion of NIW written through the bulk channel, see “Bulk transactions” below. The Company expects new insurance written for the last three quarters of 2005 to be lower than for the comparable period in 2004.

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Cancellations and insurance in force

     NIW and cancellations of primary insurance in force during the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 were as follows:

     Direct primary insurance in force was $172.1 billion at March 31, 2005 compared to $177.1 billion at December 31, 2004 and $185.3 billion at March 31, 2004.

     Cancellation activity has historically been affected by the level of mortgage interest rates and the level of home price appreciation. Cancellations generally move inversely to the change in the direction of interest rates, although they generally lag a change in direction. MGIC’s persistency rate (percentage of insurance remaining in force from one year prior) of 59.7% at March 31, 2005 decreased slightly from 60.2% at December 31, 2004 and increased from 51.0% at March 31, 2004. The Company expects modest improvement in the persistency rate for the remainder of 2005, although this expectation assumes the absence of significant declines in the level of mortgage interest rates from their level in late April 2005.

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Bulk transactions

     The Company’s writings of bulk insurance are in part sensitive to the volume of securitization transactions involving non-conforming loans. The Company’s writings of bulk insurance are also sensitive to competition from other methods of providing credit enhancement in a securitization, including an execution in which the subordinate tranches in the securitization rather than mortgage insurance bear the first loss from mortgage defaults. Competition from such an execution in turn depends on, among other factors, the yield at which investors are willing to purchase tranches of the securitization that involve a higher degree of credit risk compared to the yield for tranches involving the lowest credit risk (the difference in such yields is referred to as the spread) and the amount of credit for losses that a rating agency will give to mortgage insurance, which may be affected by the agency’s view of the outlook for the insurer’s claims-paying ability. As the spread narrows, competition from an execution in which the subordinate tranches bear the first loss increases. The competitiveness of the mortgage insurance execution in the bulk channel may also be impacted by changes in the Company’s view of the risk of the business, which is affected by the historical performance of previously insured pools and the Company’s expectations for regional and local real estate values. As a result of the sensitivities discussed above, bulk volume can vary materially from period to period.

     The Company continued to face competition from other mortgage insurers which adversely affected the competitiveness of the mortgage insurance execution during the first quarter of 2005. As it has in past quarters, the Company priced the bulk business written in the first quarter of 2005 to generate acceptable returns; there can be no assurance, however, that the assumptions underlying the premium rates will achieve this objective.

     NIW for bulk transactions increased from $2.1 billion during the first quarter of 2004 to $2.5 billion in the first quarter of 2005, although NIW written through the bulk channel in the first quarter of 2005 was below the level of the second through fourth quarters of 2004 ($2.9 billion, $6.0 billion and $4.8 billion, respectively).

Pool insurance

     In addition to providing primary insurance coverage, the Company also insures pools of mortgage loans. New pool risk written during the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 was $48 million and $47 million, respectively. The Company’s direct pool risk in force was $3.1 billion, $3.0 billion and $2.9 billion at March 31, 2005, December 31, 2004 and March 31, 2004, respectively. These risk amounts are contractual aggregate loss limits and for contracts without such limits, risk is calculated at the estimated amount that would credit enhance the loans in the pool to a ‘AA’ level based on a rating agency model. At March 31, 2005 and 2004, there was $5.1 billion and $5.0 billion, respectively, of risk without such limits for which risk in force was calculated on this basis at $438 million and $367 million, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, new risk written calculated on this basis was $20 million and $14 million, respectively.

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Net premiums written and earned

     Net premiums written and earned during the first quarter of 2005 decreased due to a decline in the average insurance in force, when compared to the same period in 2004. The Company expects the average insurance in force during the remainder of 2005 will be lower than during the comparable period in 2004. As a result, the Company anticipates that net premiums written and earned in the remaining quarters of 2005 will be lower than the comparable periods in 2004.

Risk sharing arrangements

     For the quarter ended December 31, 2004, approximately 48.5% of the Company’s new insurance written on a flow basis was subject to captive reinsurance arrangements with subsidiaries of certain mortgage lenders or risk sharing arrangements with the GSEs compared to 51.2% for the quarter ended March 31, 2004. (New insurance written through the bulk channel is not subject to risk sharing arrangements.) The percentage of new insurance written during a period covered by such arrangements normally increases after the end of the period because, among other reasons, the transfer of a loan in the secondary market can result in a mortgage insured during a period becoming part of such an arrangement in a subsequent period. Therefore, the percentage of new insurance written covered by such arrangements is not shown for the current quarter. Premiums ceded in such arrangements are reported in the period in which they are ceded regardless of when the mortgage was insured. See also the second paragraph of “The mortgage insurance industry is subject to the risk of private litigation and regulatory proceedings” under “Risk Factors” below.

Investment income

     Investment income for the first quarter of 2005 increased due to an increase in the amortized cost of average invested assets to $5.5 billion for the first quarter of 2005 from $5.1 billion for the first quarter of 2004, as well as a slight increase in the average investment yield. The portfolio’s average pre-tax investment yield was 4.3% at March 31, 2005 and 4.2% at March 31, 2004. The portfolio’s average after-tax investment yield was 3.8% at March 31, 2005 and 3.7% at March 31, 2004. The Company’s net realized gains in the first quarter of 2005 and 2004 resulted primarily from the sale of fixed maturities. As discussed in Note 1 – New Accounting Standards, the impact of the final issuance of proposed FSP EITF 03-1-a cannot be determined at this time. Under the proposed guidance, it may be more likely that a decrease in the market value of certain investments in the Company’s fixed income portfolio will be required to be recognized as a realized loss in the statement of operations than under the existing accounting standard.

Other revenue

     The slight decrease in other revenue is primarily the result of decreased revenue from non-insurance operations.

Losses

     As discussed in “Critical Accounting Policies” in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, consistent with industry

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practices, loss reserves for future claims are established only for loans that are currently delinquent. (The terms “delinquent” and “default” are used interchangeably by the Company and are defined as an insured loan with a mortgage payment that is 45 days or more past due.) Loss reserves are established by management’s estimating the number of loans in the Company’s inventory of delinquent loans that will not cure their delinquency (historically, a substantial majority of delinquent loans have cured), which is referred to as the claim rate, and further estimating the amount that the Company will pay in claims on the loans that do not cure, which is referred to as claim severity. Estimation of losses that the Company will pay in the future is inherently judgmental. The conditions that affect the claim rate and claim severity include the current and future state of the domestic economy and the current and future strength of local housing markets.

     Net losses incurred decreased in the first quarter of 2005 compared to the same period of 2004 due to a larger decrease in the delinquency inventory, as well as smaller increases in the estimates regarding how many delinquencies will eventually result in a claim and how much will be paid on claims. The average primary claim paid for the three months ended March 31, 2005 was $26,094 compared to $23,972 for the same period in 2004.

     The Company believes that the level of losses incurred in the first quarter of 2005 was in part related to a normal seasonal reduction in delinquencies. The Company expects that incurred losses in the second quarter of 2005 will be above the level of the first quarter.

     Information about the composition of the primary insurance default inventory at March 31, 2005, December 31, 2004 and March 31, 2004 appears in the table below.

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     The pool notice inventory decreased from 25,500 at December 31, 2004 to 23,568 at March 31, 2005; the pool notice inventory was 26,427 at March 31, 2004.

     Information about net losses paid in 2005 and 2004 appears in the table below.

     As of March 31, 2005, 83% of the Company’s primary insurance in force was written subsequent to December 31, 2001. On the Company’s flow business, the highest claim frequency years have typically been the third through fifth year after the year of loan origination. However, the pattern of claims frequency can be affected by many factors, including low persistency (which can have the effect of accelerating the period in the life of a book during which the highest claim frequency occurs) and deteriorating economic conditions (which can result in increasing claims following a period of declining claims). The Company expects the period of highest claims frequency on bulk loans will occur earlier than in the historical pattern on the Company’s flow business.

Underwriting and other expenses

     Underwriting and other expenses in the first quarter of 2005 were comparable to the same period in 2004.

Consolidated ratios

     The table below presents the Company’s consolidated loss, expense and combined ratios for the periods indicated.

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     The loss ratio (expressed as a percentage) is the ratio of the sum of incurred losses and loss adjustment expenses to net premiums earned. The expense ratio (expressed as a percentage) is the ratio of underwriting expenses to net premiums written. The combined ratio is the sum of the loss ratio and the expense ratio.

Income taxes

     The effective tax rate was 28.8% in the first quarter of 2005, compared to 27.3% in the first quarter of 2004. During those periods, the effective tax rate was below the statutory rate of 35%, reflecting the benefits recognized from tax preferenced investments. Tax preferenced investments of the Company include tax-exempt municipal bonds, interests in mortgage related securities with flow through characteristics and investments in real estate ventures which generate low income housing credits. The higher effective tax rate in 2005 resulted from a lower percentage of total income before tax being generated from tax preferenced investments, which resulted from higher levels of underwriting income.

Joint ventures

     The Company’s equity in the earnings from the C-BASS and Sherman joint ventures with Radian Group Inc. and certain other joint ventures and investments, accounted for in accordance with the equity method of accounting, is shown separately, net of tax, on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations. The increase in income from joint ventures from the first quarter of 2004 to the first quarter of 2005 is primarily the result of increased equity earnings from each of Sherman and C-BASS.

C-BASS

     Summary C-BASS balance sheets and income statements at the dates and for the periods indicated appear below.

Summary Balance Sheet:

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     Included in total assets and total liabilities at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 are approximately $457 million of assets and the same amount of liabilities from securitizations that did not qualify for off-balance sheet treatment. The liabilities from these securitizations are not included in Debt in the table above.

Summary Income Statement:

     The increased contribution from C-BASS in the first quarter of 2005 compared to the first quarter of 2004 was primarily due to an increase in gains from liquidation of mortgage loans, net hedging gains and higher net interest income. Gains on liquidation of whole loans reflects payoff of loans and mortgage insurance payments. C-BASS had net hedging gains on whole loans in the first quarter of 2005, compared to net hedging losses in the first quarter of 2004. Higher net interest income was the result of a higher average portfolio of mortgage loans and higher earnings rate on trust deposits for securities serviced by Litton.

     The Company’s investment in C-BASS on an equity basis at March 31, 2005 was $304.8 million. The Company received $8.5 million in distributions from C-BASS during the first quarter of 2005.

Sherman

     Summary Sherman balance sheets and income statements at the dates and for the periods indicated appear below.

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Summary Balance Sheet:

     In March 2005, Sherman acquired the holding company for First National Bank of Marin (“Bank of Marin”) for a payment of cash and subordinated notes. This acquisition materially increased Sherman’s consolidated assets as well as its debt and financial leverage. In 2004, the Bank of Marin was the 43rd largest credit card issuer in the United States, as measured by the amount of receivables generated. The Bank of Marin’s operations following the acquisition will consist of originating subprime credit cards the receivables from which will be sold to an affiliate of Sherman. The primary regulator of Bank of Marin is the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”). Under the Change in Bank Control Act and the regulations of the OCC, any person who acquires 25% or more of the Company’s voting securities would be deemed to control the Bank of Marin (and, under certain circumstances, any person who acquires 10% or more of the Company’s voting securities might be deemed to control the Bank of Marin) and would be required to seek the approval of the OCC prior to achieving such ownership threshold.

Summary Income Statement:

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     The increased contribution from Sherman was primarily due to increased net revenue from portfolios owned during the 2004 and 2005 periods attributable to continuing collections and lower amortization on those portfolios. The Company’s investment in Sherman on an equity basis at March 31, 2005 was $69.4 million, down from $97.0 million at December 31, 2004 due to a $51.9 million distribution received from Sherman in the first quarter of 2005.

Other Matters

     Under the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight’s (“OFHEO”) risk-based capital stress test for the GSEs, claim payments made by a private mortgage insurer on GSE loans are reduced below the amount provided by the mortgage insurance policy to reflect the risk that the insurer will fail to pay. Claim payments from an insurer whose claims-paying ability rating is ‘AAA’ are subject to a 3.5% reduction over the 10-year period of the stress test, while claim payments from a ‘AA’ rated insurer, such as MGIC, are subject to an 8.75% reduction. The effect of the differentiation among insurers is to require the GSEs to have additional capital for coverage on loans provided by a private mortgage insurer whose claims-paying rating is less than ‘AAA.’ As a result, there is an incentive for the GSEs to use private mortgage insurance provided by a ‘AAA’ rated insurer.

Financial Condition

     The Company had $300 million, 7.5% Senior Notes due in October 2005 and $200 million, 6% Senior Notes due in 2007 outstanding at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004. The Company intends to refinance the $300 million of Senior Notes due in October through the issuance of senior debt. In March 2005, the Company obtained a bank commitment for a credit facility of $300 million expiring on the earlier of 364 days from the closing date of the facility or the repayment of the 7.5% Senior Notes. The Company intends to draw upon this facility to refinance these Senior Notes if they cannot otherwise be refinanced. At March 31, 2005 and 2004, the market value of the Company’s outstanding debt was $667.3 million and $641.7 million, respectively.

     See “Results of Operations–Joint ventures” above for information about the financial condition of C-BASS and Sherman.

     As of March 31, 2005, 80% of the investment portfolio was invested in tax-preferenced securities. In addition, at March 31, 2005, based on book value, the Company’s fixed income securities were approximately 99% invested in ‘A’ rated and above, readily marketable securities, concentrated in maturities of less than 15 years.

     At March 31, 2005, the Company’s derivative financial instruments in its investment portfolio were immaterial. The Company places its investments in instruments that meet high credit quality standards, as specified in the Company’s investment policy guidelines; the policy also limits the amount of credit exposure to any one issue, issuer and type of instrument. At March 31, 2005, the effective duration of the Company’s fixed income investment portfolio was 5.6 years. This means that for an instantaneous

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parallel shift in the yield curve of 100 basis points there would be an approximate 5.6% change in the market value of the Company’s fixed income portfolio.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

     The Company’s consolidated sources of funds consist primarily of premiums written and investment income. Positive cash flows are invested pending future payments of claims and other expenses. Management believes that future cash inflows from premiums will be sufficient to meet future claim payments. Cash flow shortfalls, if any, could be funded through sales of short-term investments and other investment portfolio securities subject to insurance regulatory requirements regarding the payment of dividends to the extent funds were required by other than the seller. Substantially all of the investment portfolio securities are held by the Company’s insurance subsidiaries.

     The Company has a $285 million commercial paper program, which is rated “A-1” by Standard and Poors (“S&P”) and “P-1” by Moody’s. At March 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company had $155.5 million and $100.5 million in commercial paper outstanding with a weighted average interest rate of 2.85% and 1.10%, respectively.

     In March of 2005, the Company obtained a $300 million, five year revolving credit facility, expiring in 2010. The facility replaced the previous $285 million facility that was set to expire in 2006. Under the terms of the credit facility, the Company must maintain shareholders’ equity of at least $2.25 billion and Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (“MGIC”) must maintain a risk-to-capital ratio of not more than 22:1 and maintain policyholders’ position (which includes MGIC’s statutory surplus and its contingency reserve) of not less than the amount required by Wisconsin insurance regulation. At March 31, 2005, the Company met these requirements. The facility will continue to be used as a liquidity back up facility for the outstanding commercial paper. The remaining credit available under the facility after reduction for the amount necessary to support the commercial paper was $144.5 million at March 31, 2005.

     In March 2005, a swap designated as a cash flow hedge was amended to coincide with the new credit facility. Under the terms of the swap contract, the Company pays a fixed rate of 5.07% and receives an interest rate based on LIBOR. The swap has an expiration date coinciding with the maturity of the credit facility and is designated as a cash flow hedge. The cash flow swap outstanding at March 31, 2005 and 2004 is evaluated quarterly using regression analysis with any ineffectiveness being recorded as an expense. To date this evaluation has not resulted in any hedge ineffectiveness. Swaps are subject to credit risk to the extent the counterparty would be unable to discharge its obligations under the swap agreements.

     Expense on the interest rate swaps for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 of approximately $0.5 million and $0.9 million, respectively, was included in interest expense. Gains or losses arising from the amendment or termination of interest rate swaps are deferred and amortized to interest expense over the life of the hedged items.

     The commercial paper, back-up credit facility and the Senior Notes are obligations of the Company and not of its subsidiaries. The Company is a holding company and the

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payment of dividends from its insurance subsidiaries is restricted by insurance regulation. MGIC is the principal source of dividend-paying capacity. For the remainder of 2005 MGIC can pay up to $133 million in dividends at a quarterly rate of approximately $44 million without the approval of the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Wisconsin.

     During the first quarter of 2005, the Company repurchased 1.1 million shares of Common Stock under publicly announced programs at a cost of $68.6 million. At March 31, 2005, the Company had authority covering the purchase of an additional 3.5 million shares under these programs. In April 2005 the Company purchased an additional 1.8 million shares at a cost of $105.7 million, a portion of which is subject to adjustment. For additional information regarding stock repurchases during the first quarter of 2005, see Item 2(c) of Part II of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. From mid-1997 through March 31, 2005, the Company has repurchased 27.9 million shares under publicly announced programs at a cost of $1.5 billion. Funds for the shares repurchased by the Company since mid-1997 have been provided through a combination of debt, including the Senior Notes and the commercial paper, and internally generated funds.

     The Company’s principal exposure to loss is its obligation to pay claims under MGIC’s mortgage guaranty insurance policies. At March 31, 2005, MGIC’s direct (before any reinsurance) primary and pool risk in force (which is the unpaid principal balance of insured loans as reflected in the Company’s records multiplied by the coverage percentage, and taking account of any loss limit) was approximately $52.4 billion. In addition, as part of its contract underwriting activities, the Company is responsible for the quality of its underwriting decisions in accordance with the terms of the contract underwriting agreements with customers. Through March 31, 2005, the cost of remedies provided by the Company to customers for failing to meet the standards of the contracts has not been material. However, the decreasing trend of home mortgage interest rates over the last several years may have mitigated the effect of some of these costs since the general effect of lower interest rates can be to increase the value of certain loans on which remedies are provided. There can be no assurance that contract underwriting remedies will not be material in the future.

     The Company’s consolidated risk-to-capital ratio was 7.5:1 at March 31, 2005 compared to 7.9:1 at December 31, 2004. The decrease was due to an increase in capital and a decrease in risk in force during the first three months of 2005.

     The risk-to-capital ratios set forth above have been computed on a statutory basis. However, the methodology used by the rating agencies to assign claims-paying ability ratings permits less leverage than under statutory requirements. As a result, the amount of capital required under statutory regulations may be lower than the capital required for rating agency purposes. In addition to capital adequacy, the rating agencies consider other factors in determining a mortgage insurer’s claims-paying rating, including its historical and projected operating performance, business outlook, competitive position, management and corporate strategy.

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     For certain material risks of the Company’s business, see “Risk Factors” below.

Risk Factors

Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors:

     The Company’s revenues and losses could be affected by the risk factors discussed below that are applicable to the Company, and the Company’s income from joint ventures could be affected by the risk factors discussed below that are applicable to C-BASS and Sherman. These risk factors are an integral part of Management’s Discussion and Analysis.

     These risk factors may also cause actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated by forward looking statements that the Company may make. Forward looking statements consist of statements which relate to matters other than historical fact. Among others, statements that include words such as the Company “believes”, “anticipates” or “expects”, or words of similar import, are forward looking statements. The Company is not undertaking any obligation to update any forward looking statements it may make.

     The amount of insurance the Company writes could be adversely affected if lenders and investors select alternatives to private mortgage insurance.

These alternatives to private mortgage insurance include:

     While no data is publicly available, the Company believes that 80-10-10 loans and related products are a significant percentage of mortgage originations in which borrowers make down payments of less than 20% and that their use, which the Company believes is primarily by borrowers with higher credit scores, continues to increase. During the fourth quarter of 2004, the Company introduced on a national basis a program designed to recapture business lost to these mortgage insurance avoidance products but there can be no assurance that it will be successful.

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     Deterioration in the domestic economy or changes in the mix of business may result in more homeowners defaulting and the Company’s losses increasing.

     Losses result from events that reduce a borrower’s ability to continue to make mortgage payments, such as unemployment, and whether the home of a borrower who defaults on his mortgage can be sold for an amount that will cover unpaid principal and interest and the expenses of the sale. Favorable economic conditions generally reduce the likelihood that borrowers will lack sufficient income to pay their mortgages and also favorably affect the value of homes, thereby reducing and in some cases even eliminating a loss from a mortgage default. A deterioration in economic conditions generally increases the likelihood that borrowers will not have sufficient income to pay their mortgages and can also adversely affect housing values.

     The mix of business the Company writes also affects the likelihood of losses occurring. In recent years, the percentage of the Company’s volume written on a flow basis that includes segments the Company views as having a higher probability of claim has continued to increase. These segments include loans with LTV ratios over 95% (including loans with 100% LTV ratios), FICO credit scores below 620, limited underwriting, including limited borrower documentation, or total debt-to-income ratios of 38% or higher, as well as loans having combinations of higher risk factors.

     Approximately 8% of the Company’s risk in force written through the flow channel, and more than half of the Company’s risk in force written through the bulk channel, consists of ARMs. The Company believes that during a prolonged period of rising interest rates, claims on ARMs would be substantially higher than for fixed rate loans, although the performance of ARMs has not been tested in such an environment. In addition, the Company believes the volume of “interest-only” loans has recently increased. Because interest-only loans are a relatively recent development, the Company has no data on their historical performance. The Company believes claim rates on certain interest-only loans will be substantially higher than on comparable loans requiring amortization. Interest-only loans may also be ARMs.

     Competition or changes in the Company’s relationships with its customers could reduce the Company’s revenues or increase its losses.

     Competition for private mortgage insurance premiums occurs not only among private mortgage insurers but also with mortgage lenders through captive mortgage reinsurance transactions. In these transactions, a lender’s affiliate reinsures a portion of the insurance written by a private mortgage insurer on mortgages originated or serviced by the lender. As discussed under “The mortgage insurance industry is subject to risk from private litigation and regulatory proceedings” below, it has been publicly reported that certain insurance departments may review or investigate captive mortgage insurance arrangements.

     The level of competition within the private mortgage insurance industry has also increased as many large mortgage lenders have reduced the number of private mortgage insurers with whom they do business. At the same time, consolidation among mortgage lenders has increased the share of the mortgage lending market held by large lenders.

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The Company’s private mortgage insurance competitors include:

     Assured Guaranty Limited f/k/a/ AGC Holdings Limited, a financial guaranty company whose mortgage insurance business is primarily reinsurance, has announced that it intends to write investment grade mortgage guaranty insurance on a direct basis.

     If interest rates decline, house prices appreciate or mortgage insurance cancellation requirements change, the length of time that the Company’s policies remain in force could decline and result in declines in the Company’s revenue.

     In each year, most of the Company’s premiums are from insurance that has been written in prior years. As a result, the length of time insurance remains in force (which is also generally referred to as persistency) is an important determinant of revenues. The factors affecting the length of time the Company’s insurance remains in force include:

     During the 1990s, the Company’s year-end persistency ranged from a high of 87.4% at December 31, 1990 to a low of 68.1% at December 31, 1998. At March 31, 2005 persistency was at 59.7%, compared to the record low of 44.9% at September 30, 2003. Over the past several years, refinancing has become easier to accomplish and less costly for many consumers. Hence, even in an interest rate environment favorable to persistency improvement, the Company does not expect persistency will approach its December 31, 1990 level.

     If the volume of low down payment home mortgage originations declines, the amount of insurance that the Company writes could decline which would reduce the Company’s revenues.

     The factors that affect the volume of low-down-payment mortgage originations include:

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     In general, the majority of the underwriting profit (premium revenue minus losses) that a book of mortgage insurance generates occurs in the early years of the book, with the largest portion of the underwriting profit realized in the first year. Subsequent years of a book generally result in modest underwriting profit or underwriting losses. This pattern of results occurs because relatively few of the claims that a book will ultimately experience occur in the first few years of the book, when premium revenue is highest, while subsequent years are affected by declining premium revenues, as persistency decreases due to loan prepayments, and higher losses.

     If all other things were equal, a decline in new insurance written in a year that followed a number of years of higher volume could result in a lower contribution to the mortgage insurer’s overall results. This effect may occur because the older books will be experiencing declines in revenue and increases in losses with a lower amount of underwriting profit on the new book available to offset these results.

     Whether such a lower contribution would in fact occur depends in part on the extent of the volume decline. Even with a substantial decline in volume, there may be offsetting factors that could increase the contribution in the current year. These offsetting factors include higher persistency and a mix of business with higher average premiums, which could have the effect of increasing revenues, and improvements in the economy, which could have the effect of reducing losses. In addition, the effect on the insurer’s overall results from such a lower contribution may be offset by decreases in the mortgage insurer’s expenses that are unrelated to claim or default activity, including those related to lower volume.

     Changes in the business practices of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could reduce the Company’s revenues or increase its losses.

     The business practices of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac affect the entire relationship between them and mortgage insurers and include:

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     The mortgage insurance industry is subject to the risk of private litigation and regulatory proceedings.

     Consumers are bringing a growing number of lawsuits against home mortgage lenders and settlement service providers. In recent years, seven mortgage insurers, including the Company’s MGIC subsidiary, have been involved in litigation alleging violations of the anti-referral fee provisions of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, which is commonly known as RESPA, and the notice provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which is commonly known as FCRA. MGIC’s settlement of class action litigation against it under RESPA became final in October 2003. MGIC settled the named plaintiffs’ claims in litigation against it under FCRA in late December 2004 following denial of class certification in June 2004. There can be no assurance that MGIC will not be subject to future litigation under RESPA or FCRA.

     Spokesmen for insurance commissioners in Colorado and North Carolina have been publicly reported as saying that those commissioners are considering investigating or reviewing captive mortgage reinsurance arrangements. Insurance departments or other officials in other states may also conduct such investigations or reviews. The anti-referral fee provisions of RESPA provide that HUD as well as the insurance commissioner or attorney general of any state may bring an action to enjoin violations of these provisions of RESPA. The insurance law provisions of many states prohibit paying for the referral of insurance business and provide various mechanisms to enforce this prohibition. While the Company believes its captive reinsurance arrangements are in conformity with applicable laws and regulations, it is not possible to predict the outcome of any such reviews or investigations nor is it possible to predict their effect on the Company or the mortgage insurance industry.

     Net premiums written could be adversely affected if the Department of Housing and Urban Development reproposes and adopts a regulation under the Real Estate

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Settlement Procedures Act that is equivalent to a proposed regulation that was withdrawn in 2004.

     The regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act prohibit paying lenders for the referral of settlement services, including mortgage insurance, and prohibit lenders from receiving such payments. In July 2002, the Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed a regulation that would exclude from these anti-referral fee provisions settlement services included in a package of settlement services offered to a borrower at a guaranteed price. HUD withdrew this proposed regulation in March 2004. Under the proposed regulation, if mortgage insurance were required on a loan, the package must include any mortgage insurance premium paid at settlement. Although certain state insurance regulations prohibit an insurer’s payment of referral fees, had this regulation been adopted in this form, the Company’s revenues could have been adversely affected to the extent that lenders offered such packages and received value from the Company in excess of what they could have received were the anti-referral fee provisions of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act to apply and if such state regulations were not applied to prohibit such payments.

     The Company’s income from joint ventures could be adversely affected by credit losses, insufficient liquidity or competition affecting the business of C-BASS or Sherman.

     C-BASS: C-BASS is particularly exposed to credit risk and funding risk. In addition, C-BASS’s results are sensitive to its ability to purchase mortgage loans and securities on terms that it projects will meets its return targets.

     With respect to credit risk, an increasing proportion of non-conforming mortgage originations (the types of mortgages C-BASS principally purchases), are products, such as interest only loans to subprime borrowers, that are viewed by C-BASS as having greater credit risk. In addition, credit losses are a function of housing prices, which in certain regions have experienced rates of increase greater than historical norms and greater than growth in median incomes.

     With respect to liquidity, the substantial majority of C-BASS’s on-balance sheet financing for its mortgage and securities portfolio is short-term and dependent on the value of the collateral that secures this debt. While C-BASS’s policies governing the management of capital at risk are intended to provide sufficient liquidity to cover an instantaneous and substantial decline in value, such policies cannot guaranty that all liquidity required will in fact be available.

     Although there has been growth in the volume of non-conforming mortgage originations in recent years, such growth may not continue if interest rates increase or the economy weakens. There is an increasing amount of competition to purchase non-conforming mortgages, including from newly established real estate investment trusts and from firms that in the past acted as mortgage securities intermediaries but which are now establishing their own captive origination capacity. The continuing decrease in credit spreads has also heightened competition in the purchase of non-conforming mortgages and other securities.

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     Sherman: Sherman’s results are sensitive to its ability to purchase receivable portfolios on terms that it projects will meets its return targets. While the volume of charged-off consumer receivables and the portion of these receivables that have been sold to third parties such as Sherman has grown in recent years, there is an increasing amount of competition to purchase such portfolios, including from new entrants to the industry, which has resulted in increases in the prices at which portfolios can be purchased.

     The March 2005 acquisition of Bank of Marin is intended to provide Sherman with the capability to originate subprime credit card receivables. This acquisition has materially increased Sherman’s assets as well as its debt and its financial leverage. There can be no assurance that the benefits projected from the acquisition by Sherman will be achieved.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

     At March 31, 2005, the Company’s derivative financial instruments in its investment portfolio were immaterial. The Company places its investments in instruments that meet investment grade credit quality standards, as specified in the Company’s investment policy guidelines; the policy also limits the amount of credit exposure to any one issue, issuer and type of instrument. At March 31, 2005, the effective duration of the Company’s fixed income investment portfolio was 5.6 years. This means that for each instantaneous parallel shift in the yield curve of 100 basis points there would be an approximate 5.6% change in the market value of the Company’s fixed income investment portfolio.

     The Company’s borrowings under its commercial paper program are subject to interest rates that are variable. See the fourth and fifth paragraphs under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Liquidity and Capital Resources” for a discussion of the Company’s interest rate swaps.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

     The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, has evaluated the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on such evaluation, the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that such controls and procedures were effective as of the end of such period. There was no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the first quarter of 2005 that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 2. CHANGES IN SECURITIES, USE OF PROCEEDS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

(c) Repurchase of common stock:

     Information about shares of Common Stock repurchased during the first quarter of 2005 appears in the table below.

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securities might be deemed to control the Bank of Marin) and would be required to seek the approval of the OCC prior to achieving such ownership threshold.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

     The accompanying Index to Exhibits is incorporated by reference in answer to this portion of this Item, and except as otherwise indicated in the next sentence, the Exhibits listed in such Index are filed as part of this Form 10-Q. Exhibit 32 is not filed as part of this Form 10-Q but accompanies this Form 10-Q.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, on May 10, 2005.

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
(Part II, Item 6)

Exhibit 4.1

BRIDGE
CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of March 31, 2005

Among

MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION,

BNP PARIBAS,
as Administrative Agent,

and

THE OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO

Arranged by

BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner

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BRIDGE CREDIT AGREEMENT

     This BRIDGE CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of March 31, 2005, among MGIC Investment Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation (the “Company”), the several financial institutions from time to time party to this Agreement (collectively, the “Banks”; individually, a “Bank”), and BNP Paribas, as administrative agent for the Banks (in such capacity, the “Agent”).

     WHEREAS, the Banks have agreed to make available to the Company a credit facility upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants contained herein, the parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

     1.1 Certain Defined Terms. The following terms have the following meanings:

     “Acquired Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary (i) the stock or equity interests in which are acquired (whether by purchase, merger or otherwise) after the date hereof from a Person or Persons which are not Subsidiaries at the time of such acquisition or (ii) the majority of the assets of which are acquired (whether by purchase, merger or otherwise) after the date hereof from a Person or Persons which are not Subsidiaries at the time of such acquisition.

     “Acquisition” means any transaction or series of related transactions for the purpose of or resulting, directly or indirectly, in (a) the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of a Person, or of any business or division of a Person, (b) the acquisition of in excess of 50% of the capital stock, partnership interests or equity of any Person, or otherwise causing any Person to become a Subsidiary, or (c) a merger or consolidation or any other combination with another Person (other than a Person that is a Subsidiary), provided that the Company or the Subsidiary is the surviving entity.

     “Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the other Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.

     “Agent” means BNP Paribas in its capacity as administrative agent for the Banks hereunder, and any successor administrative agent arising under Section 9.9.

     “Agent-Related Persons” means BNP Paribas and any successor agent arising under Section 9.9, together with their respective Affiliates (including, in the case of BNP Paribas, the Arranger), and the officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and Affiliates.

     “Agent’s Payment Office” means the address for payments set forth on the signature page hereto in relation to the Agent, or such other address as the Agent may from time to time specify.

     “Agreement” means this Credit Agreement.

     “Annual Statement” means the annual financial statement of any insurance company as required to be filed with the Department, together with all exhibits or schedules filed therewith, prepared in conformity with SAP.

     “Applicable Margin” means 0.0% for Base Rate Loans and 0.33% for Offshore Base Rate Loans.

     “Arranger” means BNP Paribas Securities Corp., as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner.

     “Assignee” has the meaning specified in subsection 10.8(a).

     “Attorney Costs” means and includes all fees and disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel, the non-duplicative allocated cost of internal legal services and all disbursements of internal counsel.

     “Bank” has the meaning specified in the introductory clause hereto.

     “Bankruptcy Code” means the Federal Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. §101, et seq.).

     “Base Rate” means, for any day, the higher of: (a) 0.50% per annum above the latest Federal Funds Rate; and (b) the rate of interest established by BNP Paribas as its prevailing “base rate,” with each change in such rate to be effective for purposes of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby without necessity of any action on the part of any Person, on the day on which such change is effective, it being understood that such rate does not and shall not necessarily reflect the best or lowest rate of interest available to BNP Paribas’ best or preferred commercial customers. Such rate is a rate set by BNP Paribas based upon various factors including BNP Paribas’ costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in the prime rate announced by BNP Paribas shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

     “Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

     “Borrowing” means a borrowing hereunder consisting of Loans of the same Type made to the Company on the same day by the Banks under Article II, and, other than in the case of Base Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period.

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     “Borrowing Date” means any date on which a Borrowing occurs under Section 2.3.

     “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close and, if the applicable Business Day relates to any Offshore Rate Loan, means such a day on which dealings are carried on in the applicable offshore dollar interbank market.

     “Capital Adequacy Regulation” means any guideline, request or directive of any central bank or other Governmental Authority, or any other law, rule or regulation, whether or not having the force of law, in each case, regarding capital adequacy of any bank or of any corporation controlling a bank.

     “Change of Control” means the acquisition by any Person, or two or more Persons acting in concert, of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of 35% or more of the outstanding shares of voting stock of the Company.

     “Closing Date” means the date that the Agent notifies the Company and the Banks that all conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.1 are satisfied or waived by all Banks (or, in the case of subsection 4.1(e), waived by the Person entitled to receive such payment).

     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and regulations promulgated thereunder.

     “Commitment” as to each Bank, has the meaning specified in Section 2.1.

     “Commitment Termination Date” means the earlier to occur of:

               (a) October 15, 2005; and

               (b) the date on which the Commitments terminate in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

     “Company” has the meaning specified in the introductory clause hereto.

     “Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.

     “Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, undertaking, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument, document or agreement to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

     “Conversion/Continuation Date” means any date on which, under Section 2.4, the Company (a) converts Loans of one Type to another Type, or (b) continues as Loans of

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the same Type, but with a new Interest Period, Loans having Interest Periods expiring on such date.

     “Default” means any event or circumstance which, with the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, would (if not cured or otherwise remedied during such time) constitute an Event of Default.

     “Department” means the applicable Governmental Authority of the state of domicile of an insurance company responsible for the regulation of said insurance company.

     “Designated Bank” means a special purpose corporation that (a) shall have become a party to the Agreement pursuant to Section 10.8(f) of the Agreement and (b) is not otherwise a Bank.

     “Designating Bank” means each Bank that shall designate a Designated Bank pursuant to Section 10.8(f) of the Agreement.

     “Designation Agreement” means a designation agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit G to the Credit Agreement, entered into by a Bank and a Designated Bank and accepted by the Company and the Agent.

     “Dollars”, “dollars” and “$” each mean lawful money of the United States.

     “Eligible Assignee” means (i) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States, or any state thereof, and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000; (ii) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (the “OECD”), or a political subdivision of any such country, and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000, provided that such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the country in which it is organized or another country which is also a member of the OECD; and (iii) a Person that is primarily engaged in the business of commercial banking and that is (A) a Subsidiary of a Bank, (B) a Subsidiary of a Person of which a Bank is a Subsidiary, or (C) a Person of which a Bank is a Subsidiary.

     “Environmental Claims” means all claims, however asserted, by any Governmental Authority or other Person alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law, or for release or injury to the environment.

     “Environmental Laws” means all federal, state or local laws, statutes, common law duties, rules, regulations, ordinances and codes, together with all administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authorities, in each case relating to environmental matters.

     “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and regulations promulgated thereunder.

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     “ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).

     “ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations which is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Company or any ERISA Affiliate.

     “Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Offshore Rate.”

     “Event of Default” means any of the events or circumstances specified in Section 8.1.

     “Exchange Act” means the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and regulations promulgated thereunder.

     “Existing Notes” means the Company’s 7 ¹/2% Senior Notes due October 15, 2005.

     “FDIC” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

     “Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upwards to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

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     “FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

     “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth from time to time in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or agencies with similar functions of comparable stature and authority within the U.S. accounting profession), which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.

     “Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any central bank (or similar monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing.

     “Guaranty Obligation” means, as to any Person, without duplication, any direct or indirect liability of that Person, whether or not contingent, with or without recourse (but excluding any such liability to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company), Indebtedness, lease or letter of credit (the “primary obligations”) of another Person (the “primary obligor”), including any obligation of that Person (i) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such primary obligations or any security therefor, (ii) to advance or provide funds for the payment or discharge of any such primary obligation, or to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation, or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the holder of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof. The amount of any Guaranty Obligation shall be deemed equal to the lesser of (i) the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guaranty Obligation is made or, if not stated or if indeterminable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof, and (ii) the stated maximum amount of such Guaranty Obligation.

     “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) the principal amount of all indebtedness for borrowed money; (b) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade and similar accounts payable and accrued expenses entered into in the ordinary course of business employee compensation and pension obligations, and other similar obligations, obligations in respect of trade letters of credit, obligations in respect of earnout and holdbacks and obligations in respect of customer advances received in the ordinary course of business); (c) all non-contingent reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to Surety Instruments; (d) the principal amount of all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced

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incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses; (e) the principal amount of all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement (excluding operating leases), or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to property acquired by the Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property); (f) all obligations with respect to capital leases; (g) all net obligations with respect to Swap Contracts; (h) the principal amount of all indebtedness referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in property (including accounts and contracts rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness; and (i) all Guaranty Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above. The amount of any obligation characterized as Indebtedness of any Person by reason of clause (h) of this definition but which has not been assumed by such Person shall be deemed equal to the lesser of (i) the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation secured (or subject to a right to be secured by) by the Lien referred to in such clause or, if not stated or if indeterminable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof and (ii) the fair market value of the property subject (or which may become subject) to such Lien. For purposes of determining the amount of any Indebtedness outstanding for any purpose of this Agreement, there shall be no double-counting of any primary obligation and any other Indebtedness arising by reason of such primary obligation by operation of clause (h) or (i) of this definition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Indebtedness” shall not include any obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries owing to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

     “Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 10.5.

     “Indemnified Person” has the meaning specified in Section 10.5.

     “Independent Auditor” has the meaning specified in subsection 6.1(a).

     “Insolvency Proceeding” means (a) any case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors, or (b) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, composition, marshalling of assets for creditors, or other, similar arrangement in respect of its creditors generally or any substantial portion of its creditors, undertaken under U.S. Federal, state or foreign law, including the Bankruptcy Code.

     “Insurance Code” means, with respect to any insurance company, the insurance code of its state of domicile and any successor statute of similar import, together with the regulations thereunder, as amended or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time. References to sections of the Insurance Code shall be construed to also refer to successor sections.

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     “Interest Payment Date” means, as to any Offshore Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or quarterly, if earlier) and, as to any Base Rate Loan, quarterly on the last Business Day of each of March, June, September and December.

     “Interest Period” means, as to any Offshore Rate Loan, the period commencing on the Borrowing Date of such Loan or on the Conversion/Continuation Date on which the Loan is converted into or continued as an Offshore Rate Loan, and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter as selected by the Company in its Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation (or on such other date as all of the Banks may agree); provided that:

               (i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, that Interest Period shall be extended to the following Business Day unless, in the case of an Offshore Rate Loan, the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month, in which event such Interest Period shall end on the preceding Business Day;

               (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to an Offshore Rate Loan that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and

               (iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.

     “IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service, and any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions under the Code.

     “Joint Venture” means a single-purpose corporation, partnership, joint venture or other similar legal arrangement which is not a Subsidiary (whether created by contract or conducted through a separate legal entity) now or hereafter formed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with another Person in order to conduct a common venture or enterprise with such Person and in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is an “equity method investor”.

     “Lending Office” means, as to any Bank, the office or offices of such Bank specified as its “Lending Office” or “Domestic Lending Office” or “Offshore Lending Office”, as the case may be, on Schedule 10.2, or such other office or offices as such Bank may from time to time notify the Company and the Agent.

     “Lien” means any security interest, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment for security, charge or deposit arrangement for collateral purposes, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other) or consensual preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever in respect of any property (including those created by, arising under or evidenced by any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, the interest of a lessor under a capital lease, any financing lease having substantially the same

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economic effect as any of the foregoing, and any contingent or other agreement to provide any of the foregoing, but not including the interest of a lessor under an operating lease.

     “Loan” means an extension of credit by a Bank to the Company under Article II, and may be a Base Rate Loan or an Offshore Rate Loan (each, a “Type” of Loan).

     “Loan Documents” means this Agreement and any Notes.

     “Majority Banks” means at any time Banks then holding in excess of 50% of the then aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans, or, if no such principal amount is then outstanding, Banks then having in excess of 50% of the Commitments.

     “Maturity Date” means the first anniversary of the initial borrowing hereunder or, if such anniversary is not a Business Day, then the Maturity Date shall be the Business Day most immediately preceding such anniversary.

     “Margin Stock” means “margin stock” as such term is defined in Regulation T, U or X of the FRB.

     “Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the business, liabilities, financial position or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under any Loan Document; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against the Company of any Loan Document; provided, however, that the repurchase by the Company of Company common stock shall not be considered to be a Material Adverse Effect so long as such repurchase does not give rise to a Default or an Event of Default.

     “Material Debt” of any Person means, without duplication, all indebtedness for borrowed money and all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) in excess of the greater of $200,000,000 and 5% of the tangible net worth of such person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Material Debt” shall not include any obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries owing to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

     “MGIC” means Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation, a Wisconsin stock insurance corporation.

     “Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan”, within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate makes, is making, or is obligated to make contributions or, during the preceding three calendar years, has made, or been obligated to make, contributions.

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     “NAIC” means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any successor thereto.

     “Note” means a promissory note executed by the Company in favor of a Bank pursuant to subsection 2.2(b), in substantially the form of Exhibit F.

     “Notice of Borrowing” means a notice in substantially the form of Exhibit A.

     “Notice of Conversion/Continuation” means a notice in substantially the form of Exhibit B.

     “Obligations” means all advances, debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties arising under any Loan Document owing by the Company to any Bank, the Agent, or any Indemnified Person, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assignment), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising.

     “Offshore Rate” means, for any Interest Period, with respect to Offshore Rate Loans comprising part of the same Borrowing, the rate of interest per annum (rounded upward to the next 1/100th of 1%) determined by the Agent pursuant to the following formula:

Where,

     “Offshore Base Rate” means, for such Interest Period:

               (x) the rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the higher 1/16th of one percent) equal to the rate determined by the Agent to be the offered rate that appears on the page of the Telerate Screen that displays an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or

               (y) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding subsection (x) does not appear on such page or service or such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate per annum (carried out to the fifth decimal place) equal to the rate determined by the Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service that displays an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or

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               (z) in the event the rates referenced in the preceding subsections (x) and (y) are not available, the rate per annum determined by the Agent as the rate of interest at which Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) in same day funds in the approximate amount of the applicable Offshore Rate Loan and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by its London Branch to major banks in the offshore Dollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.

          “Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” means, for any day during any Interest Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, rounded upward to the next 1/100th of 1%) in effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”). The Offshore Rate for each outstanding Offshore Rate Loan shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.

          The determination of the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage and the Offshore Base Rate by the Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.

          “Offshore Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Offshore Rate.

          “Organization Documents” means, for any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation, the bylaws, any certificate of determination or instrument relating to the rights of preferred shareholders of such corporation, any shareholder rights agreement, and all applicable resolutions of the board of directors (or any committee thereof) of such corporation.

          “Other Taxes” means any present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, but not including taxes on or taxes measured by income or any franchise taxes imposed in lieu of income taxes.

          “Participant” has the meaning specified in subsection 10.8(d).

          “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions under ERISA.

          “Pension Plan” means a pension plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA which the Company sponsors, maintains, or to which it makes, is making, or is obligated to make contributions, or in the case of a multiple employer plan (as described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA) has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five (5) plan years.

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     “Permitted Liens” has the meaning specified in Section 7.1.

     “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or Governmental Authority.

     “Plan” means an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) which the Company sponsors or maintains or to which the Company makes, is making, or is obligated to make contributions and includes any Pension Plan.

     “Pro Rata Share” means, as to any Bank at any time, the percentage equivalent (expressed as a decimal, rounded to the ninth decimal place) at such time of such Bank’s Commitment divided by the combined Commitments of all Banks.

     “Replacement Bank” has the meaning specified in Section 3.6.

     “Reportable Event” means, any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA or the regulations thereunder, other than any such event for which the 30-day notice requirement under ERISA has been waived in regulations issued by the PBGC.

     “Requirement of Law” means, as to any Person, any law (statutory or common), treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or of a Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon the Person or any of its property or to which the Person or any of its property is subject.

     “Responsible Officer” means, as to the Company or any Subsidiary, the chief executive officer, the president, any senior vice president or any executive vice president of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, or any other officer having substantially the same authority and responsibility; or, with respect to compliance with financial covenants, the chief financial officer, chief accounting officer, treasurer or any assistant treasurer of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, or any other officer having substantially the same authority and responsibility.

     “SAP” means, as to any insurance company, the statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Department.

     “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

     “Significant Insurance Subsidiary” means, at any time, MGIC and any other Subsidiary engaged primarily in the business of insurance having at such time total assets in excess of 20% of total consolidated assets based upon the Company’s most recent annual or quarterly financial statements delivered to the Agent under Section 6.1.

     “Significant Subsidiary” means, at any time, MGIC and any other Subsidiary having at such time total (gross) revenues for the preceding four fiscal quarter periods in excess of the greater of $100,000,000 and 10% of consolidated gross revenues based

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upon the Company’s most recent annual or quarterly financial statements delivered to the Agent under Section 6.1; provided, that MGIC Investor Services Corporation (or any successor thereto) shall not be deemed a Significant Subsidiary so long as it has total (gross) revenues for the preceding four fiscal quarter periods not in excess of $200,000,000.

     “Subsidiary” of a Person means any corporation, association, partnership, joint venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the voting stock or other equity interests (in the case of Persons other than corporations), is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the Person, or one or more of the Subsidiaries of the Person, or a combination thereof (such 50% threshold is herein referred to as the “50% Threshold”), provided, however that Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC, and Sherman Financial Group LLC and any successors thereto, and any other joint venture in which the Company or any of its Affiliates is a party if the interests of such Person in such joint venture do not on the Closing Date satisfy the 50% Threshold, shall not become Subsidiaries as a result of the acquisition of interests therein from members of the management of such Persons if the interests so acquired that would, but for this exception, result in such Person being a Subsidiary under the foregoing definition do not exceed 10% of the interests in the entity. Any Person identified in Schedule 1.1 by the Company shall not be deemed a “Subsidiary” of the Company if (a) the Company owns more than 50% but less than 100% of the voting stock or other equity interests (in the case of Persons other than corporations) therein and (b) the total investment (either by capital contribution, loan, advance or otherwise but excluding any increase in such investment as a result of the recognition of earnings from a Person identified on such Schedule) by the Company and its Subsidiaries in all such Persons shall not at any time exceed the greater of $300,000,000 and 10% of the Company’s shareholders equity. The Company may amend Schedule 1.1 from time to time upon notice to the Agent. Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, references here in to a “Subsidiary” refer to a Subsidiary of the Company.

     “Surety Instruments” means all letters of credit (including standby and commercial), banker’s acceptances, bank guaranties, shipside bonds, surety bonds and similar instruments.

     “Swap Contract” means any agreement (including any master agreement and any agreement, whether or not in writing, relating to any single transaction) that is an interest rate swap agreement, basis swap, forward rate agreement, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap or option, bond option, interest rate option, forward foreign exchange agreement, rate cap, collar or floor agreement, currency swap agreement, cross-currency rate swap agreement, swaption, currency option or any other, similar agreement (including any option to enter into any of the foregoing).

     “Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, in the case of each Bank and the Agent, fines, penalties, interest and additions to tax arising from the action or inaction of such Bank or Agent and such taxes (including income taxes or

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franchise taxes) as are imposed on or measured by each Bank’s net income by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such Bank or the Agent, as the case may be, is or was organized, maintains or maintained a lending office or would be subject to taxation if this Agreement were not in effect.

     “Type” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Loan.”

     “Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of a Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year.

     “United States” and “U.S.” each means the United States of America.

     “Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means any corporation in which (other than directors’ qualifying shares required by law) 100% of the capital stock of each class having ordinary voting power, and 100% of the capital stock of every other class, in each case, at the time as of which any determination is being made, is owned, beneficially and of record, by the Company, or by one or more of the other Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, or both.

     1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions

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     1.3 Accounting Principles

ARTICLE II

THE CREDITS

     2.1 Amounts and Terms of Commitments. Each Bank severally agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, to make Loans to the Company from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date to the Commitment Termination Date, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount set forth on Schedule 2.1 (such amount, as the same may be reduced under Section 2.5 or as a result of one or more assignments under Section 10.8, the Bank’s “Commitment”); provided, however, that, after giving effect to any Borrowing, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans shall not at any time exceed the combined Commitments. Within the limits of each Bank’s Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Company may borrow under this Section 2.1, prepay under Section 2.6 and reborrow under this Section 2.1.

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     2.2 Loan Accounts.

     2.3 Procedure for Borrowing.

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time) on the Borrowing Date requested by the Company in funds immediately available to the Agent. The proceeds of all such Loans will then be made available to the Company by the Agent at such office by crediting the account of the Company on the books of BNP Paribas with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Agent by the Banks and in immediately available funds.

     2.4 Conversion and Continuation Elections.

provided, that if at any time the aggregate amount of Offshore Rate Loans in respect of any Borrowing is reduced, by payment, prepayment, or conversion of part thereof to be less than $10,000,000, such Offshore Rate Loans shall automatically convert into Base Rate Loans.

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     2.5 Termination or Reduction of Commitments. Unless, after giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of Loans made on the effective date thereof, the then-outstanding principal amount of the Loans would exceed the amount of the combined Commitments then in effect, the Company may, upon not less than three Business Days’ prior notice to the Agent, terminate the Commitments, or permanently reduce the Commitments by an aggregate minimum amount of $10,000,000 or any multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. If the Company pays, prepays, defeases or redeems all or any portion of the Existing Notes other than with the proceeds of Loans, it shall forthwith notify the Agent of such event; and upon receipt by the Agent of such notice the Commitments shall automatically be reduced by the aggregate principal amount of the Existing Notes so paid, prepaid or redeemed or if the Existing Notes are so paid in full the Commitments hereunder shall be terminated. Once reduced in accordance with this Section, the Commitments may not be increased. Any reduction of the Commitments shall be applied to each Bank according to its Pro Rata Share. All accrued facility fees to, but not including the effective date of any reduction or termination of Commitments, shall be paid on the effective date of such reduction or termination. Each notice of a termination or reduction of Commitments shall be irrevocable, except that a notice of termination of the Commitments may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Company (by notice to the Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.

     2.6 Optional Prepayments. Subject to Section 3.4, the Company may, at any time or from time to time, upon notice to the Agent received not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the date of prepayment (in the case of Base Rate Loans) or three Business Days’ irrevocable notice to the Agent (in the case of Offshore Rate Loans), ratably prepay Loans in whole or in part, in minimum amounts of $5,000,000 or any multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Such notice of prepayment shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid. The Agent will promptly notify each Bank of its receipt of any such notice, and of

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such Bank’s Pro Rata Share of such prepayment. Each notice of prepayment shall be irrevocable, except that if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.5, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.5. If such notice is given by the Company and not revoked as aforesaid, the Company shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with accrued interest to each such date on the amount prepaid (except for amounts prepaid on Base Rate Loans) and any amounts required pursuant to Section 3.4.

     2.7 Mandatory Prepayments. If the Company finances or refinances the payment, prepayment or redemption of all of any portion of the Existing Notes with the proceeds of Indebtedness (other than the Loans) incurred after the maturity date of the Existing Notes, it shall forthwith notify the Agent of such event and prepay the Loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of such proceeds used for such purpose.

     2.8 Repayment . The Company shall repay to the Banks on the Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of Loans outstanding on such date.

     2.9 Interest.

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contrary to the provisions of any law applicable to such Bank limiting the highest rate of interest that may be lawfully contracted for, charged or received by such Bank, and in such event the Company shall pay such Bank interest at the highest rate permitted by applicable law.

     2.10 Commitment Fees.

     2.11 Computation of Fees and Interest.

     2.12 Payments by the Company.

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     2.13 Payments by the Banks to the Agent.

     2.14 Sharing of Payments, Etc. If, other than as expressly provided elsewhere herein, any Bank shall obtain on account of the Loans made by it any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-off, or otherwise) in excess of its Pro Rata

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Share, such Bank shall immediately (a) notify the Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase from the other Banks such participations in the Loans made by them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Bank to share the excess payment pro rata with each of them; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Bank, such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Bank shall repay to the purchasing Bank the purchase price paid therefor, together with an amount equal to such paying Bank’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such paying Bank’s required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Bank) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Bank in respect of the total amount so recovered. The Company agrees that any Bank so purchasing a participation from another Bank may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off, but subject to Section 10.9) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Bank were the direct creditor of the Company in the amount of such participation. The Agent will keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations purchased under this Section and will in each case notify the Banks following any such purchases or repayments.

ARTICLE III

TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

     3.1 Taxes.

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     3.2 Illegality.

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     3.3 Increased Costs and Reduction of Return.

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determination of such costs so charged is made in accordance with the methodology set forth in such certificate.

     3.4 Funding Losses. Upon five days notice by the relevant Bank accompanied by a certificate showing in reasonable detail the calculation of such amount, the Company shall reimburse each Bank and hold each Bank harmless from any loss or expense which the Bank may sustain or incur as a consequence of:

               (a) the failure of the Company to make on a timely basis any payment of principal of any Offshore Rate Loan;

               (b) the failure of the Company to borrow, continue or convert a Loan after the Company has given (or is deemed to have given) a Notice of Borrowing or a Notice of Conversion/ Continuation;

               (c) the failure of the Company to make any prepayment in accordance with any notice delivered under Section 2.6 (whether or not the notice of such prepayment is revoked in accordance with said Section 2.6);

               (d) the prepayment (including pursuant to Section 2.7) or other payment (including after acceleration thereof) of an Offshore Rate Loan on a day that is not the last day of the relevant Interest Period; or

               (e) the automatic conversion under Section 2.4 of any Offshore Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan on a day that is not the last day of the relevant Interest Period;

including any such loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain its Offshore Rate Loans or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained. For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Company to the Banks under this Section and under subsection 3.3(a), each Offshore Rate Loan made by a Bank (and each related reserve, special deposit or similar requirement) shall be conclusively deemed to have been funded at the Offshore Base Rate used in determining the Offshore Rate for such Offshore Rate Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Offshore Rate Loan is in fact so funded.

     3.5 Inability to Determine Rates. If the Agent reasonably determines that for any reason adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Offshore Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Offshore Rate Loan, or that the Offshore Rate applicable pursuant to subsection 2.9(a) for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Offshore Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to BNP Paribas of funding such Loan, the Agent will promptly so notify the Company and each Bank. Thereafter, the obligation of the Banks to make or maintain Offshore Rate Loans, as the case may be, hereunder shall be suspended until the Agent revokes such notice in writing (and the Agent shall revoke such notice promptly after becoming aware that the condition triggering notice ceases to exist). Upon receipt of such notice, the Company may revoke any Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation then submitted by it. If the Company does not revoke such

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Notice, the Banks shall make, convert or continue the Loans, as proposed by the Company, in the amount specified in the applicable notice submitted by the Company, but such Loans shall be made, converted or continued as Loans at the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50% per annum instead of Offshore Rate Loans with interest payable on the dates on which interest on Base Rate Loans would be payable.

     3.6 Substitution of Banks. Upon the receipt by the Company from any Bank of a claim for compensation under Section 3.1, 3.2 or 3.3, or if any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, modification or waiver of this Agreement requested by the Company which requires the consent of all of the Banks to become effective and which is approved by at least the Majority Banks (any Bank making such claim or not consenting being referred to herein as an “Affected Bank”), the Company may: (i) request the Affected Bank to use its best efforts to obtain a replacement bank or financial institution satisfactory to the Company to acquire and assume all or a ratable part of all of such Affected Bank’s Loans and Commitment (a “Replacement Bank”); (ii) request one more of the other Banks to acquire and assume all or part of such Affected Bank’s Loans and Commitment (it being understood and agreed that none of the other Banks shall be required to do so); or (iii) designate a Replacement Bank. Any such designation of a Replacement Bank under clause (i) or (iii) shall be subject to the prior written consent of the Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

     3.7 Survival. The agreements and obligations of the Company in this Article III shall survive for one year after the payment of all other Obligations.

ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

     4.1 Conditions of Initial Loans. The effectiveness of the obligation of each Bank to make its initial Loan hereunder is subject to the condition that the Agent shall have received on or before March 31, 2005 all of the following, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and each Bank, and in sufficient copies for each Bank:

               (a) Credit Agreement and Notes. This Agreement and the Notes executed by each party thereto;

               (b) Resolutions; Incumbency.

                    (i) Copies of the resolutions of the board of directors or the executive committee of the board of directors of the Company authorizing the transactions contemplated hereby, certified as of the Closing Date by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company; and

                    (ii) A certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of the Company authorized to execute, deliver and perform, as applicable, this Agreement, and all other Loan Documents to be delivered by it hereunder;

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