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Who writes mortgage guaranty in Washington

The 9 largest writers by premium in 2025 from the Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner and the Surplus Line Association of Washington market report (a top-9 list, shares of earned premium).

The 9 largest writers of mortgage guaranty in Washington in 2025: Radian Guaranty, Inc. led with 19.7% of the state's premium; the top five hold 86%.

By Sam Alishahi, independent insurance broker · All lines in Washington

Top 10 · NAIC table: 06 - Mortgage Guaranty

The insurer groups that write the most mortgage guaranty in Washington

Top 10 insurer groups by direct premium written in 2025, from the NAIC's Market Share Reports for Property/Casualty Groups and Companies by State. A group is the parent and its insurance companies together; share is the group's part of the state total for the line; loss ratio is losses incurred over premium earned.

Mortgage guaranty · Washington

The companies

#CompanyNAICHome stateStatus herePremiumShare
1Radian Guaranty, Inc.33790PAAdmitted (licensed)$35.9M19.68%
2Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation29858WIAdmitted (licensed)$31.8M17.39%
3Essent Guaranty, Inc.13634PAAdmitted (licensed)$30.5M16.72%
4Arch Mortgage Insurance Company40266WIAdmitted (licensed)$30.1M16.50%
5Enact Mortgage Insurance Corporation38458NCAdmitted (licensed)$28.1M15.41%
6National Mortgage Insurance Corporation13695WIAdmitted (licensed)$24.5M13.42%
7United Guaranty Residential Insurance Company15873NCAdmitted (licensed)$1.4M0.78%
8Arch Mortgage Guaranty Company18732WIAdmitted (licensed)$99,0000.05%
9Enact Mortgage Insurance Corporation of North Carolina16675NCAdmitted (licensed)$45,0000.02%
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Last resort for mortgage guaranty in Washington

Last resortLinesWhereHow to get in
Surplus lines and Lloyd's open marketallall states, under each state's diligent-search rulesThrough surplus lines wholesalers; commercial property and liability have no guaranteed plan, so this is their last stepSource

Method and source

Source: the Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner and the Surplus Line Association of Washington company list, read 2026-10-17 and the surplus lines list. Washington's authorized list comes from the OIC's 2025 market report (Appendix D), which leaves out authorized companies with no premium that year. Premiums are in thousands. "Premium" is direct premium written in the state for the year shown; "share" is that company's part of the state total for the line. A company can be licensed for a line and write none of it, and a surplus lines insurer can write a line without a state license for it.

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