---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-234920"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RDN"
cik: "0000890926"
company_name: "RADIAN GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-21T21:26:58+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T21:34:43.235940+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Radian appoints Michael Weinbach as CEO; Rick Thornberry to retire in August 2026

## Summary
- Weinbach named CEO-Elect effective June 1, 2026; becomes CEO and Board member on August 13, 2026.
- Current CEO Richard Thornberry retires as CEO and Board member August 12, 2026; remains Strategic Advisor through Dec 31, 2026.
- Weinbach previously President at Mr. Cooper and Wells Fargo Consumer Lending CEO; total target compensation from 2027 at least $9M.
- Sign-on equity: $2.5M performance stock units and 150,000 time-based RSUs (subject to matching share purchase).
- Board adopts 2026 Inducement Grant Equity Plan reserving 500,000 shares for inducement awards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-234920
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RDN
- cik: 0000890926
- company_name: RADIAN GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-21T21:26:58+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/890926/000119312526234920/0001193125-26-234920-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/890926/000119312526234920/d67298d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-234920.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 1f29be0638
  claim: Michael Weinbach was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at RADIAN GROUP INC.
  evidence_excerpt: On May 21, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Radian Group Inc. (“ Radian ” or the “ Company ”) approved the appointment of Michael Weinbach, 52, as CEO-Elect, effective June 1, 2026, and subsequently as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board, both effective August 13, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/890926/000119312526234920/0001193125-26-234920-index.htm
- claim_id: 915380d1ec
  claim: Richard G. Thornberry departed as Chief Executive Officer at RADIAN GROUP INC.
  evidence_excerpt: Mr. Weinbach will succeed Richard G. Thornberry, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, who will retire as Chief Executive Officer and resign as a member of the Board, in each case effective August 12, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/890926/000119312526234920/0001193125-26-234920-index.htm
- claim_id: f3697d7d96
  claim: Richard G. Thornberry changed role as Strategic Advisor at RADIAN GROUP INC.
  evidence_excerpt: Mr. Thornberry will remain employed by Radian as Strategic Advisor through December 31, 2026 when his employment agreement, amended as described below, terminates in connection with his retirement
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/890926/000119312526234920/0001193125-26-234920-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.