UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) January 9, 2013

Radian Group Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

1-11356

23-2691170

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1601 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

19103

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(215) 231 - 1000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 2.02.          Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On January 9, 2013, Radian Group Inc. (the “Company”) issued a news release reporting, among other things:

 

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Primary mortgage delinquencies for the month of December 2012 and for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011;

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During the month of December 2012, Radian Guaranty Inc., the Company’s principal mortgage insurance subsidiary, wrote $3.85 billion of primary new insurance written; and

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For the full year ended December 31, 2012, Radian Guaranty Inc. wrote $37.1 billion of primary new insurance written.

A copy of this news release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.   

The information included in, or furnished with, this report shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01.          Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

          99.1*               Radian Group Inc. News Release dated January 9, 2013

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*  Furnished herewith.

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 hereunto duly authorized.


RADIAN GROUP INC.

(Registrant)
 
Date: January 9, 2013 By:

/s/ C. Robert Quint

C. Robert Quint

Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 
99.1*

Radian Group Inc. News Release dated January 9, 2013

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*Furnished herewith.