---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001448893-24-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESNT"
cik: "0001448893"
company_name: "Essent Group Ltd."
filed_at: "2024-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T23:05:47.579436+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Essent Q1 net income $181.7M ($1.70 EPS) up 6% YoY; declares $0.28 quarterly dividend

## Summary
- Diluted EPS of $1.70 vs $1.59 in Q1 2023; net income $181.7M up from $170.8M.
- New insurance written $8.3B, down from $12.9B YoY; insurance in force $238.5B.
- Net investment income $52.1M, up 20% YoY; entered 15% quota share reinsurance for 2024.
- Quarterly dividend $0.28 per share, payable June 10, 2024 to holders of record May 31.
- S&P raised Essent Guaranty/Reinsurance to 'A-' from 'BBB+'; Moody's affirmed A3 with positive outlook.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001448893-24-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESNT
- cik: 0001448893
- company_name: Essent Group Ltd.
- filed_at: 2024-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1448893/000144889324000034/0001448893-24-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1448893/000144889324000034/esnt-20240503.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001448893-24-000034.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Essent Group Ltd. reported the quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: net income $181.7 million or $1.70 per diluted share.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Net income: $181.7 million or $1.70 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Essent Group Ltd. (NYSE: ESNT) today reported net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2024 of $181.7 million or $1.70 per diluted share, compared to $170.8 million or $1.59 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1448893/000144889324000034/0001448893-24-000034-index.htm

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