Essent Group Ltd.
Close on Oct 19, 2026
- Market cap
- $5.95B
- P/E (TTM)
- 9.1
- Dividend yield
- 1.91%
About Essent
Surety Insurance, SIC 6351
Essent Group Ltd. offers private mortgage insurance, reinsurance, and title insurance alongside settlement services to support the housing finance industry. Through its primary Mortgage Insurance segment, the company provides mortgage credit protection on U.S. residential first-lien loans, primarily through primary insurance policies covering lenders, borrowers, and investors. It also delivers credit risk management solutions such as contract underwriting. Through its Reinsurance segment, the company reinsures mortgage credit risk and provides underwriting consulting to third-party reinsurers, while expanding to reinsure select property and casualty risks. Its title insurance segment provides title policies directly and via agents.
The company operates across the United States, with its mortgage insurance entity licensed across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and its title underwriter licensed across 45 states and the District of Columbia. Essent Re operates as a Bermuda-based insurer and participates in the Lloyd's of London market. Essent Group maintains its registered office in Hamilton, Bermuda.
Summary of the business section of Essent's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- Essent Group Ltd.
- Founded
- 2008
- Headquarters
- Hamilton, D0
- Address
- Clarendon House, 2 Church Street HM 11
- Phone
- (441) 297-9901
- Website
- essentgroup.com
- Employees
- 514, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Surety Insurance
- Incorporated in
- D0
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopersLLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- ESNT
- Exchange
- NYSE
- IPO date
- Nov 1, 2013
- Shares outstanding
- 90M, Jul 31, 2026
- Public float
- $5.39B, Jun 30, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- SEC CIK
- 1448893
- CUSIP
- G3198U102
- ISIN
- USG3198U1028
- LEI
- 254900QUO860OUT6ZF83
- EIN
- 98-0673656
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Casale | Chairman, CEO and President, Director | 2,288,893 |
| David B. Weinstock | SVP and CFO | 29,994 |
| Christopher G. Curran | Pres., Essent Guaranty, Inc. | 291,575 |
| Mary Lourdes Gibbons | SVP and Chief Legal Officer | 228,658 |
| Vijay Bhasin | SVP and Chief Risk Officer | 184,274 |
| William Spiegel | Director | 28,821 |
| Angela L. Heise | Director | 24,538 |
| April Joyce Galda | Director | 2,569 |
| Anu Karna | Director | 10,740 |
| Douglas J. Pauls | Director | 62,808 |
| David C. Benson | Director | 2,569 |
| Martin P. Connor | Director | – |
| Roy James Kasmar | Director | 47,559 |
| Aditya Dutt | Director | 31,291 |
| Allan Levine | Director | 41,510 |
| Robert Glanville | Director | 56,815 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Mark A. Casale | $10.04M | $22.39M | $2.24M | $186 | $325 |
| FY2024 Mark A. Casale | $9.78M | $12.66M | $2.24M | $125 | $251 |
| FY2023 Mark A. Casale | $8.89M | $20.05M | $2.44M | $126 | $202 |
| FY2022 Mark A. Casale | $8.91M | $6.23M | $2.74M | $87 | $163 |
| FY2021 Mark A. Casale | $9.14M | $6.16M | $2.56M | $96 | $115 |
| FY2020 Mark A. Casale | $6.78M | $3.91M | $1.70M | $87 | $86 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of December 31, 2025, we had a total of 514 employees, including 507 employees based in our Radnor, PA, Winston-Salem, NC, New York, NY, Reston, VA, Pittsburgh, PA, Columbia, MO and Charlotte, NC locations, or remotely throughout the United States, and 7 employees located in Hamilton, Bermuda.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2013 | IPO | Initial public offering priced (424B4 prospectus) |
| Oct 28, 2013 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |