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FORM 10-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

[ x ] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001

OR

[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ____________ to ________________

Commission file number 1-10816
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MGIC Investment Corporation
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Wisconsin 39-1486475
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

MGIC Plaza, 250 East Kilbourn Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code (414) 347-6480
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Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class: Common Stock, Par Value $1 Per Share
Common Share Purchase Rights

Name of Each Exchange
on Which Registered: New York Stock Exchange

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Title of Class: None
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No

State the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of
the Registrant as of February 15, 2001: $6.9 billion*

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* Solely for purposes of computing such value and without thereby admitting that
such persons are affiliates of the Registrant, shares held by directors and
executive officers of the Registrant are deemed to be held by affiliates of the
Registrant. Shares held are those shares beneficially owned for purposes of Rule
13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 but excluding shares subject to
stock options.

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the Registrant's classes of
common stock as of February 15, 2002: 106,278,860.

The following documents have been incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K,
as indicated:


Part and Item Number of
Form 10-K Into Which
Document Incorporated
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1. Information from 2000 Annual Report to Item 1 of Part I
Shareholders (for Fiscal Year Items 5 through 8 of
Ended December 31, 2001) Part II

2. Proxy Statement for the 2002 Annual Items 10 through 13 of Part III
Meeting of Shareholders

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. X

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Part I

Item 1. Business.

A. General

MGIC Investment Corporation (the "Company") is a holding company which,
through its wholly owned subsidiary, Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation
("MGIC"), is the leading provider of private mortgage insurance coverage in the
United States to the home mortgage lending industry. Private mortgage insurance
covers residential first mortgage loans and expands home ownership opportunities
by enabling people to purchase homes with less than 20% down payments. If the
homeowner defaults, private mortgage insurance reduces and, in some instances,
eliminates the loss to the insured institution. Private mortgage insurance also
facilitates the sale of low down payment mortgage loans in the secondary
mortgage market, principally to the Federal National Mortgage Association
("Fannie Mae") and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("Freddie Mac")
(Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are collectively referred to as the "GSEs"). In
addition to mortgage insurance on first liens, the Company, through other
subsidiaries, provides lenders with various underwriting and other services and
products related to home mortgage lending.

MGIC is licensed in all 50 states of the United States, the District of
Columbia and Puerto Rico. The Company is a Wisconsin corporation. Its principal
office is located at MGIC Plaza, 250 East Kilbourn Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
53202 (telephone number (414) 347-6480).

The Company and its business may be materially affected by the factors
discussed in "Management's Discussion and Analysis -- Risk Factors" in Exhibit
13 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. These factors may also cause actual
results to differ materially from the results contemplated by forward looking
statements that the Company may make.

B. The MGIC Book

Types of Product

In general, there are two principal types of private mortgage
insurance: "primary" and "pool."


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Primary Insurance. Primary insurance provides mortgage default
protection on individual loans and covers unpaid loan principal, delinquent
interest and certain expenses associated with the default and subsequent
foreclosure (collectively, the "claim amount"). The insurer generally pays the
coverage percentage of the claim amount specified in the primary policy, but has
the option to pay 100% of the claim amount and acquire title to the property.
The claim amount averages about 115% of the unpaid principal balance of the
loan. Primary insurance generally applies to owner occupied, first mortgage
loans on one-to-four family homes, including condominiums. Primary coverage can
be used on any type of residential mortgage loan instrument approved by the
mortgage insurer. References in this document to amounts of insurance written or
in force, risk written or in force and other historical data related to MGIC's
insurance refer only to direct (before giving effect to reinsurance) primary
insurance, unless otherwise indicated. References in this document to "primary
insurance" include insurance written in bulk transactions (see "Bulk
Transactions" below) that is supplemental to mortgage insurance written in
connection with the origination of the loan. Effective with the third quarter of
2001, in reports by private mortgage insurers to the trade association for the
private mortgage insurance industry, mortgage insurance that is supplemental to
other mortgage insurance is classified as pool insurance. The trade association
classification is used by members of the private mortgage insurance industry in
reports to a mortgage industry publication that computes and publishes primary
market share information.

The following table shows, on a direct basis, primary insurance in
force (the unpaid principal balance of insured loans as reflected in MGIC's
records) and primary risk in force (the coverage percentage applied to the
unpaid principal balance and, for new risk written in 2001 and risk in force as
of December 31, 2001, taking into account any loss limit that is applicable to a
portfolio or group of insured loans), for insurance that has been written by
MGIC (the "MGIC Book") as of the dates indicated:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Primary Insurance and Risk In Force

December 31,
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2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
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(In millions of dollars)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Direct Primary
Insurance In Force.............. $183,904 $160,192 $147,607 $137,990 $138,497


Direct Primary
Risk In Force................... $42,678(1) $39,090 $35,623 $32,891 $32,175


(1) Net of aggregate loss limits for 2001. Aggregate loss limits for years prior
to 2001 are immaterial and are not reflected.
</TABLE>

The coverage percentage provided by MGIC is determined by the lender.
For loans sold by lenders to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, the coverage percentage
must comply with the

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requirements established by the particular GSE to which the loan is delivered.
Effective in the first quarter of 1995, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae increased
their coverage requirements for, among other loan types, 30-year fixed rate
mortgages with loan-to-value ratios, determined at loan origination ("LTVs"), of
90.01-95.00% ("95s") from 25% coverage to 30% coverage and for such mortgages
with LTVs of 85.01-90.00% ("90s") from 17% to 25%. During the first quarter of
1999, the GSEs changed their mortgage insurance requirements for fixed rate and
certain other mortgages on owner occupied properties having terms greater than
20 years when the loan is approved by their automated underwriting services.
Lenders may deliver these loans to the GSEs with the prior coverage requirements
(30% for a 95 and 25% for a 90), or in the case of 95s, with either (i) 25%
coverage or (ii) 18% coverage and the payment of a delivery fee to the GSE, and
in the case of 90s, with either (i) 17% coverage or (ii) 12% coverage and the
payment of a delivery fee to the GSE.

The following table shows new insurance written during the last five
years for 95s with 30% coverage and for 90s with 25% coverage:
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<CAPTION>
Coverage Categories as a Percentage of New Insurance Written

Year Ended December 31,
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LTV/
Coverage 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
95 / 30% 26.5% 32.2% 32.0% 33.9% 38.7%

90 / 25% 29.7% 29.6% 34.7 38.6% 39.1%
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Total 56.2% 61.8% 66.7% 72.5% 77.8%
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The Company expects the aggregate percentage of its new insurance written with
95/30% and 90/25% coverage will continue to decline in response to the GSEs
changed mortgage insurance requirements.

MGIC charges higher premium rates for higher coverages, and the deeper
coverage requirements imposed by the GSEs beginning in 1995 have resulted in
higher earned premiums for loans with the same characteristics (such as LTV and
loan type). MGIC believes depth of coverage requirements have no significant
impact on frequency of default. Higher coverage percentages generally result in
increased severity (which is the amount paid on a claim), and lower coverage
percentages generally result in decreased severity. In accordance with industry
accounting practice, reserves for losses are only established for loans in
default. Because relatively few defaults occur in the early years of a book of
business (see "Past Industry Losses; Defaults; and Claims--Claims" below),
the higher premium revenue from deeper coverage is recognized before any higher
losses resulting from that deeper coverage may be incurred. On the other hand,
while a decline in

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coverage percentage will result in lower premium revenue, it should also result
in lower incurred (and paid) losses at the same level of claim incidence.
However, given the historical pattern of claims, the decline in revenue will
precede the benefits of reduced severity. MGIC's premium pricing methodology
generally targets substantially similar returns on capital regardless of the
depth of coverage. However, there can be no assurance that changes in the level
of premium rates adequately reflect the risks associated with changes in the
depth of coverage.

In partnership with mortgage insurers, the GSEs are also offering
programs under which, on delivery of an insured loan to a GSE, the primary
coverage is restructured to an initial shallow tier of coverage followed by a
second tier that is subject to an overall loss limit and, depending on the
program, compensation may be paid to the GSE reflecting services or other
benefits realized by the mortgage insurer from the coverage conversion. Lenders
receive guaranty fee relief from the GSEs on mortgages delivered with these
restructured coverages.

Mortgage insurance coverage cannot be terminated by the insurer, except
for non-payment of premium, and remains renewable at the option of the insured
lender, generally at the renewal rate fixed when the loan was initially insured.
Lenders may cancel insurance at any time at their option or because of mortgage
repayment, which may be accelerated because of the refinancing of mortgages. In
the case of a loan purchased by Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae, a borrower meeting
certain conditions may require the mortgage servicer to cancel insurance upon
the borrower's request when the principal balance of the loan is 80% or less of
the home's current value.

Under the federal Homeowners Protection Act (the "HPA") a borrower has
the right to stop paying premiums for private mortgage insurance on loans closed
after July 28, 1999 secured by a property comprised of one dwelling unit that is
the borrower's primary residence when certain LTV ratio thresholds determined by
the value of the home at loan origination and other requirements are met. In
general, a borrower may stop making mortgage insurance payments when the LTV
ratio is scheduled to reach 80% (based on the loan's amortization schedule
established at loan origination) if the borrower so requests and if certain
requirements relating to the borrower's payment history and the absence of
junior liens and a decline in the property's value since origination are
satisfied. In addition, a borrower's obligation to make payments for private
mortgage insurance generally terminates regardless of whether a borrower so
requests when the LTV ratio reaches 78% of the unpaid principal balance of the
mortgage and the borrower is (or thereafter becomes) current in his mortgage
payments. A borrower's right to stop paying for private mortgage insurance
applies only to borrower paid mortgage insurance. The HPA requires that lenders
give borrowers certain notices with regard to the cancellation of private
mortgage insurance.

In addition, some states require that mortgage servicers periodically
notify borrowers of the circumstances in which they may request a mortgage
servicer to cancel private mortgage insurance and some states allow the borrower
to require the mortgage servicer to cancel private mortgage insurance under
certain circumstances or require the mortgage servicer to cancel such insurance
automatically in certain circumstances.

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Coverage tends to continue in areas experiencing economic contraction
and housing price depreciation. The persistency of coverage in such areas
coupled with cancellation of coverage in areas experiencing economic expansion
and housing price appreciation can increase the percentage of the insurer's
portfolio comprised of loans in economically weak areas. This development can
also occur during periods of heavy mortgage refinancing because refinanced loans
in areas of economic expansion experiencing property value appreciation are less
likely to require mortgage insurance at the time of refinancing, while
refinanced loans in economically weak areas not experiencing property value
appreciation are more likely to require mortgage insurance at the time of
refinancing or not qualify for refinancing at all and, thus, remain subject to
the mortgage insurance coverage.

When a borrower refinances an MGIC-insured mortgage loan by paying it
off in full with the proceeds of a new mortgage, the insurance on that existing
mortgage is cancelled, and insurance on the new mortgage is considered to be new
primary insurance written. Therefore, continuation of MGIC's coverage from a
refinanced loan to a new loan results in both a cancellation of insurance and
new insurance written. The percentage of primary risk written with respect to
loans representing refinances was 43.7% in 2001 compared to 18.0% in 2000 and
22.3% in 1999.

In addition to varying with the coverage percentage, MGIC's premium
rates vary depending upon the perceived risk of a claim on the insured loan and,
thus, take into account the LTV, the loan type (fixed payment versus non-fixed
payment) and mortgage term and, for subprime loans, where the borrower's credit
score falls within a range of credit scores. In general, subprime loans are
mortgages that would not meet the standard underwriting guidelines of Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac for prime quality mortgages due to credit quality,
documentation, or other factors, such as in a refinance transaction exceeding a
specified increase in the amount of mortgage debt due to cash being paid to the
borrower.

Premium rates cannot be changed after the issuance of coverage. Because
the Company believes that over the long term each region of the United States is
subject to similar factors affecting risk of loss on insurance written, MGIC
generally utilizes a nationally based, rather than a regional or local, premium
rate policy.

The borrower's mortgage loan instrument may require the borrower to pay
the mortgage insurance premium ("borrower paid mortgage insurance") or there may
be no such requirement imposed on the borrower, in which case the premium is
paid by the lender, who may recover the premium through an increase in the note
rate on the mortgage ("lender paid mortgage insurance"). Almost all of MGIC's
primary insurance in force and new insurance written, other than through bulk
transactions, is borrower paid mortgage insurance. New insurance written through
bulk transactions is generally paid by the securitization vehicles that hold the
mortgages; the mortgage note rate generally does not reflect the premium for the
mortgage insurance.

Under the monthly premium plan, a monthly premium payment is made to
MGIC to provide only one month of coverage, rather than one year of coverage
provided by the annual premium plan. Under the annual premium plan, the initial
premium is paid to MGIC in advance, and earned over


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the next twelve months of coverage, with annual renewal premiums paid in advance
thereafter and earned over the subsequent twelve months of coverage. The annual
premiums can be paid with either a higher premium rate for the initial year of
coverage and lower premium rates for the renewal years, or with premium rates
which are equal (level) for the initial year and subsequent renewal years. Under
the single premium plan, a single payment is made to MGIC, covering a specified
term exceeding 12 months.

During each of the last three years, the monthly premium plan
represented more than 90% of MGIC's new insurance written. The annual premium
plan represented substantially all of the remaining new insurance written.

Pool Insurance. Pool insurance is generally used as an additional
"credit enhancement" for certain secondary market mortgage transactions. Pool
insurance generally covers the loss on a defaulted mortgage loan which exceeds
the claim payment under the primary coverage, if primary insurance is required
on that mortgage loan, as well as the total loss on a defaulted mortgage loan
which did not require primary insurance, in each case up to a stated aggregate
loss limit.

During the first quarter of 1997, the Company began writing pool
insurance generally covering fixed-rate, 30-year mortgage loans delivered to
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae ("agency pool insurance"). The aggregate loss limit
on agency pool insurance generally does not exceed 1% of the aggregate original
principal balance of the mortgage loans in the pool. New pool risk written
during 2001 was $412 million and was $345 million in 2000. New pool risk written
during these years was virtually all agency pool insurance, with the remaining
risk written associated with loans insured under state housing finance programs.
Net (giving effect to external reinsurance) MGIC Book pool risk in force at
December 31, 2001 was $1.8 billion compared to $1.5 billion and $1.4 billion at
December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively.

For a discussion of litigation brought as a nationwide class action
alleging that MGIC violated the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act ("RESPA")
by providing agency pool insurance and entering into other transactions with
lenders that were not properly priced (the "RESPA Litigation"). The settlement
of the RESPA Litigation, which was approved by the District Court in June 2001
but which has been challenged through an appeal of a related order, includes an
injunction that specifies the basis on which agency pool insurance may be
provided in compliance with RESPA. See Item 3 "Legal Proceedings." There can be
no assurance that the standards established by the injunction will be
determinative of compliance with RESPA were additional litigation to be brought
in the future.

In a February 1, 1999 circular addressed to all mortgage guaranty
insurers licensed in New York, the New York Department of Insurance ("NYID")
advised that "significantly underpriced" agency pool insurance would violate the
provisions of New York insurance law that prohibit mortgage guaranty insurers
from providing lenders with inducements to obtain mortgage guaranty business.
The NYID circular does not provide standards under which the NYID will evaluate
whether agency pool insurance is "significantly underpriced." In response to
subsequent inquiries from the NYID, MGIC provided various information about
agency pool insurance to the NYID. In


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a January 31, 2000 letter addressed to all mortgage guaranty insurers licensed
in Illinois, the Illinois Department of Insurance advised that providing pool
insurance at a "discounted or below market premium" in return for the referral
of primary mortgage insurance would violate Illinois law.

Captive Mortgage Reinsurance. MGIC's products include captive mortgage
reinsurance in which an affiliate of a lender reinsures a portion of the risk on
loans originated or purchased by the lender which have MGIC primary insurance.
Approximately 24% of MGIC's primary risk in force at December 31, 2001 was
subject to captive mortgage reinsurance and other similar arrangements compared
to approximately 21% at year-end 2000. The complaint in the RESPA Litigation
alleges that MGIC pays "inflated" captive mortgage reinsurance premiums in
violation of RESPA. The settlement includes an injunction that specifies the
basis on which captive mortgage reinsurance may be provided in compliance with
RESPA. There can be no assurance that the standards established by the
injunction will be determinative of compliance with RESPA were additional
litigation to be brought in the future.

External Reinsurance. At December 31, 2001, disregarding reinsurance
under captive structures, less than 4% of MGIC's insurance in force was
externally reinsured. Reinsuring against possible loan losses does not discharge
MGIC from liability to a policyholder; however, the reinsurer agrees to
indemnify MGIC for the reinsurer's share of losses incurred.

Bulk Transactions

Primary insurance may be written on a flow basis, in which loans are
insured in individual, loan-by-loan transactions, or may be written on a bulk
basis, in which a portfolio of loans is insured in a single, bulk transaction.
Generally, in bulk transactions, the individual loans in the insured portfolio
are insured to specified levels of coverage and there may be an aggregate loss
limit applicable to all of the insured loans. Bulk transaction are frequently
effected in connection with the securitization of mortgage loans by securitizers
other than the GSEs. The premium in a bulk transaction is based on the mortgage
insurer's evaluation of the overall risk of the insured loans included in the
transaction and is negotiated with the securitizer or other owner of the loans.

In general, the loans insured by MGIC in bulk transactions consist of
Alt A loans; jumbo loans with FICO credit scores of at least 700; and subprime
loans. Alt A loans meet the conforming loan limit referred to below and have
FICO credit scores of at least 620, which is viewed as the cut-off for prime
quality loans, but do not meet the standard underwriting requirements of the
GSEs because of reduced documentation or other factors, such as in a refinance
transaction exceeding a specified increase in the amount of the mortgage debt
due to cash being paid to the borrower. A jumbo loan has an unpaid principal
balance that exceeds the conforming loan limit. The conforming loan limit is the
maximum unpaid principal amount of a mortgage loan that can be purchased by the
GSEs. The conforming loan limit is subject to annual adjustment, and for
mortgages covering a home with one dwelling unit is $300,700 for 2002 and was
$275,000 in 2001 and $240,000 in 2000. Subprime loans have FICO credit scores of
less than 620.

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More than half of MGIC's bulk loan risk in force at December 31, 2001
had FICO credit scores of at least 620. More than half of MGIC's subprime bulk
loan risk in force at December 31, 2001 had A- FICO credit scores, which are
between 575 and 620. Most of the subprime loans insured by MGIC in 2001 were
insured in bulk transactions. More than half of MGIC's bulk loan risk in force
at December 31, 2001 had LTV ratios of 80% and below.

New insurance written for bulk transactions was $25.7 billion during
2001 compared to $7.0 billion for 2000 and $2.2 billion for 1999. The company
does not anticipate that the level of growth in the bulk business during the
last two years will continue in 2002.

Customers

Originators of residential mortgage loans such as mortgage bankers,
savings institutions, commercial banks, mortgage brokers, credit unions and
other lenders have historically determined the placement of mortgage insurance
written on flow basis and as a result are the customers of MGIC. To obtain
primary insurance from MGIC written on flow basis, a mortgage lender must first
apply for and receive a mortgage guaranty master policy ("Master Policy") from
MGIC. MGIC had approximately 12,000 master policyholders at December 31, 2001
(not including policies issued to branches and affiliates of large lenders). In
2001, MGIC issued coverage on mortgage loans for approximately 4,700 of its
master policyholders. MGIC's top 10 customers generated 38.4% of its new
insurance written on a flow basis in 2001, compared to 36.2% in 2000 and 32.5%
in 1999.

Sales and Marketing and Competition

Sales and Marketing. MGIC sells its insurance products through its own
employees, located throughout the United States. At December 31, 2001, MGIC had
30 underwriting centers located in 19 states and in Puerto Rico.

Competition. MGIC and other private mortgage insurers compete
directly with federal and state governmental and quasi-governmental agencies,
principally the FHA and, to a lesser degree, the Veterans Administration ("VA").
These agencies sponsor government-backed mortgage insurance programs, which
during 2001 accounted for approximately 37% (compared to approximately 41%
during 2000) of the total low down payment residential mortgages which were
subject to governmental or private mortgage insurance. See "Regulation, Indirect
Regulation" below. Loans insured by the FHA cannot exceed maximum principal
amounts which are determined by a percentage of the conforming loan limit. For
2002, the maximum FHA loan amount for homes with one dwelling unit in "high
cost" areas is as high as $261,609 and was as high as $239,250 in 2001 and
$219,849 in 2000. Loans insured by the VA do not have mandated maximum principal
amounts but have maximum limits on the amount of the guaranty provided by the VA
to the lender. For most of 2001, the maximum VA guaranty was $50,750, which was
the same amount as in 2000. For loans closed after December 27, 2001 the maximum
VA guarantee is $60,000.

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In addition to competition from the FHA and the VA, MGIC and other
private mortgage insurers face competition from state-supported mortgage
insurance funds in several states, including California, Illinois and New York.
From time to time, other state legislatures and agencies consider expansions of
the authority of their state governments to insure residential mortgages.

Private mortgage insurers may also be subject to competition from
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the extent the GSEs are compensated for assuming
default risk that would otherwise be insured by the private mortgage insurance
industry. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac each have programs under which an up-front
delivery fee can be paid to the GSE and primary mortgage insurance coverage is
substantially reduced compared to the coverage requirements that would apply in
the absence of the program. See "Types of Product--Primary Insurance" above. In
October 1998, Freddie Mac's charter was amended (and the amendment immediately
repealed) to give Freddie Mac flexibility to use protection against default in
addition to private mortgage insurance and the two other types of credit
enhancement required by the charter for low down payment mortgages purchased by
Freddie Mac. In addition, to the extent up-front delivery fees are not retained
by the GSEs to compensate for their assumption of default risk, and are used
instead to purchase supplemental coverage from mortgage insurers, the resulting
concentration of purchasing power in the hands of the GSEs could increase
competition among insurers to provide such coverage.

The capital markets may also develop as competitors to private mortgage
insurers. During 1998, a newly-organized off-shore company funded by the sale of
notes to institutional investors provided "reinsurance" to Freddie Mac against
default on a specified pool of mortgages owned by Freddie Mac.

MGIC and other mortgage insurers also compete with transactions
structured to avoid mortgage insurance on low down payment mortgage loans. Such
transactions include self-insuring and originating loans comprised of both a
first and a second mortgage, with the LTV ratio of the first mortgage below what
investors require for mortgage insurance, instead of originating a loan in which
the first mortgage covers the entire borrowed amount. Captive mortgage
reinsurance and similar transactions also result in mortgage originators
receiving a portion of the premium and the risk.

The private mortgage insurance industry currently consists of eight
active mortgage insurers and their affiliates; one of the eight is a joint
venture in which a mortgage insurer is one of the joint venturers. The names of
these mortgage insurers are listed in "Management's Discussion and
Analysis--Risk Factors" in Exhibit 13 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
According to Inside Mortgage Finance, a mortgage industry publication, which
obtains its data from reports to it by MGIC and other mortgage insurers that are
to be prepared on the same basis as the reports by insurers to the trade
association for the private mortgage insurance industry, for 1995 and subsequent
years, MGIC has been the largest private mortgage insurer based on new primary
insurance written (with a market share of 25.0% in 2001, 24.5% in 2000 and 24.3%
in 1999) and at December 31, 2001, MGIC also had the largest book of direct
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with the third quarter of 2001, these reports do not include as "primary
mortgage insurance" insurance on certain loans classified by MGIC as primary
insurance, such as loans insured through bulk transactions that already had
mortgage insurance placed on the loans at origination.

The private mortgage insurance industry is highly competitive and, over
the past five years, the dynamics of industry competition have undergone
significant change. The Company believes it competes with other private mortgage
insurers for flow business principally on the basis of programs involving
captive mortgage reinsurance, agency pool insurance, and other similar
structures involving lenders; the provision of contract underwriting and related
fee-based services to lenders; the provision of other products and services that
meet lender needs for underwriting risk management, affordable housing, loss
mitigation, capital markets and training support; the strength of MGIC's
management team and field organization; and the effective use of technology and
innovation in the delivery and servicing of MGIC's insurance products. The
Company believes MGIC's additional competitive strengths, compared to other
private insurers, are its customer relationships, name recognition, reputation
and the depth of its database covering loans it has insured.

The complaint in the RESPA Litigation alleges, among other things, that
captive mortgage reinsurance, agency pool insurance, and contract underwriting
as provided by the Company violate RESPA. The settlement includes an injunction
that specifies the basis on which these products and services may be provided in
compliance with RESPA. There can be no assurance that the standards established
by the injunction will be determinative of compliance with RESPA were additional
litigation to be brought in the future.

Certain private mortgage insurers compete for flow business by offering
lower premium rates than other companies, including MGIC, either in general or
with respect to particular classes of business. MGIC on a case-by-case basis
will adjust premium rates, generally depending on the risk characteristics, loss
performance or class of business of the loans to be insured, or the costs
associated with doing such business.

In the third quarter of 2001, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise
Oversight ("OFHEO") adopted a risk-based capital stress test for the GSEs. One
of the elements of the stress test is that future claim payments made by a
private mortgage insurer on GSE loans are reduced below the amount provided by
the mortgage insurance policy to reflect the risk that the insurer will fail to
pay. Claim payments from an insurer whose claims-paying ability rating is "AAA"
were subject to a 5% reduction over the 10-year period of the stress test, while
claim payments from a "AA" rated insurer, such as MGIC, were subject to a 15%
reduction. In February 2002, OFHEO adopted amendments to the stress test that
reduced the differential between "AAA" and "AA" rated mortgage insurers to
5.25%. The effect of the differentiation among insurers is to require the GSEs
to have additional capital for coverage on loans provided by a private mortgage
insurer whose claims-paying rating is less than "AAA." As a result, there is an
incentive for the GSEs to use private mortgage insurance provided by a "AAA"
rated insurer.

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Contract Underwriting and Related Services

The Company performs contract underwriting services for lenders in
which the Company judges whether the data relating to the borrower and the loan
contained in the lender's mortgage loan application file comply with the
lender's loan underwriting guidelines. The Company also provides an interface to
submit such data to the automated underwriting systems of the GSEs, which
independently judge the data. These services are provided for loans that require
private mortgage insurance as well as for loans that do not require private
mortgage insurance. A material portion of the Company's new insurance written in
recent years involved loans for which the Company provided contract underwriting
services. The complaint in the RESPA Litigation alleges, among other things,
that the pricing of contract underwriting provided by the Company violates
RESPA. The settlement specifies the basis on which contract underwriting may be
provided in compliance with RESPA. There can be no assurance that the standards
established by the injunction will be determinative of compliance with RESPA
were additional litigation to be brought in the future.


Risk Management

Risk Management Approach. MGIC's risk management philosophy focuses on
evaluating four major elements of risk:

. Individual Loan and Borrower. Except to the extent its delegated
underwriting program is being utilized or for loans approved by the
automated underwriting services of the GSEs (see "Delegated
Underwriting and GSE Automated Underwriting Approvals" below), MGIC
evaluates insurance applications based on its analysis of the
borrower's ability to repay the mortgage loan and the
characteristics and value of the property. The analysis of the
borrower includes reviewing the borrower's FICO credit score, as
reported by credit reporting agencies, as well as the borrower's
housing and total debt ratios. In the case of delegated
underwriting, compliance with program parameters is monitored by
periodic audits of delegated business.

. Geographic Market. MGIC places significant emphasis on the condition
of the housing markets around the nation in determining its
underwriting policies.

. Product. The type of mortgage instrument that the borrower selects
and the purpose of the loan are important factors in MGIC's analysis
of mortgage default risk. MGIC analyzes four general characteristics
of the product to quantify this risk evaluation: (i) LTV ratio; (ii)
type of loan instrument; (iii) type of property; and (iv) purpose of
the loan. In addition to its underwriting guidelines (as referred to
below), pricing is MGIC's principal method used to manage these
risks. Loans with higher LTV ratios generally have a higher premium,
as do instruments such as ARMs with an initial interest period of
less than five years and loans with a maturity longer than fifteen
years.

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.  Mortgage Lender. MGIC evaluates from time to time its major
customers and the performance of their business which MGIC has
insured.

The Company believes that, excluding other factors, the claim incidence
for 95s is substantially higher than for 90s or loans with lower LTV ratios; for
loans with LTVs greater than 95 (which include loans with LTVs of up to 103) is
substantially higher than for 95s; for ARMs during a prolonged period of rising
interest rates would be substantially higher than for fixed rate loans; for
loans in which the original loan amount exceeds the conforming loan limit is
higher than for loans where such amount is below the conforming loan limit; and
for loans with lower FICO credit scores (which include subprime loans) is higher
than for loans with higher FICO credit scores. MGIC charges higher premium rates
to reflect the increased risk of claim incidence that it perceives is associated
with a loan. However, there can be no assurance that MGIC's premium rates
adequately reflect the increased risk, particularly in a period of economic
recession.

There are also other types of loan characteristics relating to the
individual loan or borrower which affect the risk potential for a loan. The
presence of a number of higher-risk characteristics in a loan materially
increases the likelihood of a claim on such a loan unless there are other
characteristics to lower the risk.

Underwriting Process. To obtain primary insurance on a specific
mortgage loan for which delegated underwriting is not being used, a master
policyholder typically submits an application to MGIC, supported by various
documents, if required by MGIC. MGIC utilizes national underwriting guidelines
to evaluate the potential risk of default on mortgage loans submitted for
insurance coverage. These guidelines generally are consistent with Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac underwriting guidelines and take into account the applicable
premium rates charged by MGIC and the loss experience of the private mortgage
insurance industry, as well as the initiatives to expand home ownership
opportunities undertaken by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. MGIC's underwriters have
discretionary authority to insure loans which deviate in one or more respects
from MGIC's underwriting guidelines. In most such cases, offsetting underwriting
strengths must be identified.

In order to react to local or regional economic conditions, MGIC has
also developed for use by its underwriting staff certain modified guidelines
which attempt to address particular regional or local market developments. These
"special market underwriting guidelines" are updated from time to time and
deviate in varying degrees from MGIC's national guidelines based on MGIC's
analysis of area housing markets and related economic indicators and conditions.
The special market underwriting guidelines are more liberal than the published
national guidelines in some markets, but in other markets are more restrictive.

To assist its staff of underwriters, MGIC utilizes a computer-assisted
underwriting system which analyzes and approves certain mortgage insurance
applications based on MGIC's underwriting standards, but without personal
underwriter intervention, thereby allowing MGIC's underwriting staff to devote
additional attention to evaluating more difficult underwriting decisions. MGIC
audits a representative sample of applications approved by the system.

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Delegated Underwriting and GSE Automated Underwriting Approvals.
Delegated underwriting is a program whereby approved lenders are allowed to
commit MGIC to insure loans utilizing their MGIC-approved underwriting
guidelines and underwriting evaluation. For delegated loans insured on a flow
basis, while MGIC does not underwrite on a loan-by-loan basis the credit of the
borrower, the value of the property, or other factors which it normally
considers in its underwriting decision, it does audit on a regular basis a
sample of the loans insured. Loans insured in bulk transactions are categorized
as delegated underwritten loans. For these loans, the audit is conducted prior
to the commitment for the insurance and includes other procedures for certain
loans that are not audited.

At December 31, 2001, MGIC's delegated underwriting program involved
approximately 536 lenders, including all of MGIC's top twenty customers. Loans
insured under MGIC's delegated underwriting program accounted for approximately
42.0% of MGIC's total risk in force at December 31, 2001. The percentage of new
risk written by delegated underwriters increased to 53.1% in 2001 from 46.8% in
2000 (this increase is principally due to loans insured in bulk transactions)
and was 38.4% in 1999.

Loans covered under agency pool insurance are not underwritten by MGIC
on a loan-by-loan basis. If the loan has primary insurance provided by MGIC,
delegated underwriting is used, and if the loan has primary insurance provided
by another mortgage insurer or has no primary insurance, the lender underwrites
the loan to standards set forth in the agency pool insurance agreement with the
lender.

MGIC also has a reduced document submission program under which it
approves a loan for insurance if the borrower satisfies certain minimum criteria
for credit scores and debt ratios.

Since 2000, loans approved by the automated underwriting services of
the GSEs have been automatically approved for MGIC mortgage insurance and were
generally insured at premium rates applicable to prime quality loans. Because
some of the loans approved by these services have higher risk than prime quality
loans, MGIC plans to charge subprime premium rates for these loans.


Past Industry Losses; Defaults; and Claims

Past Industry Losses. The private mortgage insurance industry
experienced substantial unanticipated incurred losses in the mid-to-late 1980s.
From the 1970s until 1981, rising home prices in the United States generally led
to profitable insurance underwriting results for the industry and caused private
mortgage insurers to emphasize market share. To maximize market share, until the
mid-1980s, private mortgage insurers employed liberal underwriting practices,
and charged premium rates which, in retrospect, generally did not adequately
reflect the risk assumed (particularly on pool insurance). These industry
practices compounded the losses which resulted from changing economic and market
conditions which occurred during the early and mid-1980s, including (i) severe
regional recessions and attendant declines in property values in the nation's

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energy producing states; (ii) the development by lenders of new mortgage
products to defer the impact on home buyers of double digit mortgage interest
rates; and (iii) changes in federal income tax incentives which initially
encouraged the growth of investment in non-owner occupied properties.

Defaults. The claim cycle on private mortgage insurance begins with the
insurer's receipt of notification of a default on an insured loan from the
lender. Lenders are required to notify MGIC of defaults within 130 days after
the initial default, although most lenders do so earlier. The incidence of
default is affected by a variety of factors, including the level of borrower
income growth, unemployment, divorce and illness, the level of interest rates
and general borrower creditworthiness. Defaults that are not cured result in a
claim to MGIC. Defaults may be cured by the borrower bringing current the
delinquent loan payments or by a sale of the property and the satisfaction of
all amounts due under the mortgage.

The following table shows the number of primary and pool loans insured
in the MGIC Book, including for new insurance written in 2001 and 2000 on loans
in bulk transactions, the related number of loans in default and the percentage
of loans in default (default rate) as of the dates indicated:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Default Statistics for the MGIC Book

December 31,
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2001 2000 1999 1998(1) 1997(1)
---- ---- ---- ------- -------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
PRIMARY INSURANCE
Insured loans in force ... 1,580,283 1,448,348 1,370,020 1,320,994 1,342,976
Loans in default ......... 54,653 37,422 29,761 29,253 28,493
Percentage of loans in default
(default rate) ........... 3.46% 2.58% 2.17% 2.21% 2.12%
Loans in default excluding
bulk loans................ 36,193 29,889 27,062 - -
Percentage of loans in default
excluding bulk loans.... . 2.65% 2.19% 2.02% - -
Bulk loans in force....... 214,917 83,513 33,569 - -
Bulk loans in default..... 18,460 7,533 2,699 - -
Percentage of bulk loans in
default (default rate).... 8.59% 9.02% 8.04% - -
POOL INSURANCE
Insured loans in force ... 1,351,266 1,360,059 1,181,512 899,063 374,378
Loans in default ......... 23,623 18,209 11,638 6,524 2,174
Percentage of loans in default
(default rate) ........... 1.75% 1.34% 0.99% 0.73% 0.58%

(1)Information relating to defaults excluding bulk defaults, and to bulk
defaults in 1997 and 1998 is not separately presented and is not material.
</TABLE>

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The default rate for primary loans excluding bulk loans has generally
increased due to an increase in the risk profile of loans insured since 1997 and
the continued maturation of MGIC's insurance in force. The default rate for bulk
loans reflects the higher default rate associated with such loans. The default
rate for bulk loans is expected to continue to increase. The number of pool
insurance loans in force increased at December 31, 1997-2001 as a result of
agency pool insurance writings, and the number of pool insurance loans in
default at those dates increased due to the increase in pool insurance in force
and the aging of the loans in the pools. The percentage of pool insurance loans
in default decreased from 1996 to 1997 as a result of the increase in pool
insurance in force and increased from 1997 to 2001 due to the aging of the loans
in the pools.

Regions of the United States may experience different default rates due
to varying localized economic conditions from year to year. The following table
shows the percentage of the MGIC Book's primary loans in default by MGIC region
at the dates indicated:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Default Rates for Primary Insurance By Region*

Dec. 31 Dec. 31 Dec. 31
2001 2000 1999
---- ---- ----

<S> <C> <C> <C>
MGIC REGION:
New England............. 2.27% 1.84% 1.60%
Northeast............... 3.90 3.15 3.02
Mid-Atlantic............ 3.27 2.69 2.19
Southeast............... 3.65 2.72 2.24
Great Lakes............. 3.74 2.68 2.09
North Central........... 3.21 2.22 1.85
South Central........... 3.56 2.56 2.00
Plains.................. 2.76 1.98 1.40
Pacific................. 3.38 2.63 2.42

National............. 3.46% 2.58% 2.17%
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* The default rate is affected by both the number of loans in default at any
given date as well as the number of insured loans in force at such date.
</TABLE>

Claims. Claims result from defaults which are not cured. Whether a
claim results from an uncured default principally depends on the borrower's
equity in the home at the time of default and the borrower's (or the lender's)
ability to sell the home for an amount sufficient to satisfy all amounts due
under the mortgage. Claims are affected by various factors, including local
housing prices and employment levels, and interest rates.

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Under the terms of the Master Policy, the lender is required to file a
claim for primary insurance with MGIC within 60 days after it has acquired good
and marketable title to the underlying property through foreclosure. Depending
on the applicable state foreclosure law, an average of about 12 months
transpires from the date of default to payment of a claim on an uncured default.
The claim amount generally averages about 115% of the unpaid principal amount of
the loan.

Within 60 days after the claim has been filed, MGIC has the option of
either (i) paying the coverage percentage specified for that loan, with the
insured retaining title to the underlying property and receiving all proceeds
from the eventual sale of the property or (ii) paying 100% of the claim amount
in exchange for the lender's conveyance of good and marketable title to the
property to MGIC, with MGIC then selling the property for its own account.

Claim activity is not evenly spread throughout the coverage period of a
book of primary business. For prime loans, relatively few claims are received
during the first two years following issuance of coverage on a loan. This is
followed by a period of rising claims which, based on industry experience, has
historically reached its highest level in the third through fifth years after
the year of loan origination. Thereafter, the number of claims received has
historically declined at a gradual rate, although the rate of decline can be
affected by conditions in the economy, including lower housing price
appreciation. There can be no assurance that this historical pattern of claims
will continue in the future and due in part to the subprime component of loans
insured in bulk transactions, MGIC expects that the peak claim period for bulk
loans will occur earlier than for prime loans. Moreover, when a loan is
refinanced, because the new loan replaces, and is a continuation of, an earlier
loan, the pattern of claims frequency for that new loan may be different from
the historical pattern of other loans. As of December 31, 2001, 68.5% of the
MGIC Book primary insurance in force had been written during 1999, 2000 and
2001, although a portion of such insurance arose from the refinancing of earlier
originations.

In addition to the increasing level of claim activity arising from the
maturing of the MGIC Book, another important factor affecting MGIC Book losses
is the amount of the average claim paid, which is generally referred to as claim
severity. The main determinants of claim severity are the amount of the mortgage
loan and coverage percentage on the loan. The average claim severity on the MGIC
Book primary insurance was $18,607 for 2001 as compared to $18,977 in 2000,
reflecting the decline in the number of claims paid from certain high cost
regions of the country.

Loss Reserves

A significant period of time may elapse between the occurrence of the
borrower's default on a mortgage payment (the event triggering a potential
future claim payment by MGIC), the reporting of such default to MGIC and the
eventual payment of the claim related to such uncured default. To recognize the
liability for unpaid losses related to outstanding reported defaults (known as
the default inventory), the Company (similar to other private mortgage insurers)
establishes loss reserves, representing the estimated percentage of defaults
which will ultimately result in a claim


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(known as the claim rate), and estimates of the severity of each claim which
will arise from the defaults included in the default inventory. In accordance
with industry accounting practices, the Company does not establish loss reserves
for future claims on insured loans which are not currently in default.

The Company also establishes reserves to provide for the estimated
costs of settling claims, including legal and other fees, and general expenses
of administering the claims settlement process ("loss adjustment expenses"), and
for losses and loss adjustment expenses from defaults which have occurred, but
which have not yet been reported to the insurer.

The Company's reserving process is based upon the assumption that past
experience, adjusted for the anticipated effect of current economic conditions
and projected future economic trends, provides a reasonable basis for estimating
future events. However, estimation of loss reserves is a difficult process.
Economic conditions that have affected the development of the loss reserves in
the past may not necessarily affect development patterns in the future, in
either a similar manner or degree.

For a further information about loss reserves, see Note 6 to the
consolidated financial statements of the Company, included in Exhibit 13 to this
Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Geographic Dispersion

The following table reflects the percentage of primary risk in force in
the top 10 states and top 10 metropolitan statistical areas ("MSAs") for the
MGIC Book at December 31, 2001:


Dispersion of Primary Risk in Force

Top 10 States Top 10 MSAs
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1. California 12.0% 1. Chicago 3.9%
2. Florida 6.3 2. Los Angeles 3.3
3. Texas 6.2 3. Atlanta 2.5
4. Michigan 5.3 4. Washington, D.C. 2.3
5. Illinois 5.2 5. Detroit 2.3
6. Ohio 4.6 6. Boston 2.2
7. New York 4.2 7. Phoenix 2.0
8. Pennsylvania 4.0 8. Philadelphia 1.8
9. Georgia 3.2 9. Houston 1.7
10. New Jersey 2.8 10. New York 1.5
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Total 53.8% Total 23.5%
===== =====


The percentages shown above for various MSAs can be affected by changes,
from time to time, in the federal government's definition of an MSA.

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Insurance in Force by Policy Year

The following table sets forth the dispersion of MGIC's primary
insurance in force as of December 31, 2001, by year(s) of policy origination
since MGIC began operations in 1985:

Primary Insurance In Force by Policy Year

Primary
Insurance in Percent of
Policy Year Force Total
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(In millions of dollars)

1985-1995 $ 20,239 11.0%
1996 6,216 3.4
1997 8,808 4.8
1998 22,649 12.3
1999 25.228 13.7
2000 26,050 14.2
2001 74,714 40.6
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Total $183,904 100.0%
======== ======


Product Characteristics of Risk in Force

At December 31, 2001 and 2000, 95.6% and 95.9%, respectively, of MGIC's
risk in force was primary insurance and the remaining risk in force was pool
insurance. The following table reflects at the dates indicated the (i) total
dollar amount of primary risk in force for the MGIC Book and (ii) percentage of
such primary risk in force (as determined on the basis of information available
on the date of mortgage origination) by the categories indicated.



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Characteristics of Primary Risk in Force

December 31, December 31,
2001 2000
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Direct Risk in Force (Dollars in Millions):.... $42,678 $39,090

Lender Concentration:
Top 10 lenders............................. 29.5% 28.8%
Top 20 lenders............................. 39.7% 40.6%

LTV: (1)
100s(2).................................... 6.4% 5.6%
95s........................................ 40.6 44.7
90s(3)..................................... 46.2 47.0
80s........................................ 6.8 2.7
----- -----
Total.................................. 100.0% 100.0%
===== =====

Loan Type:
Fixed(4)................................... 85.3% 87.7%
ARM(5)..................................... 13.9 11.1
Balloon(6)................................. 0.8 1.2
Other...................................... 0.0 0.0
----- -----
Total.................................. 100.0% 100.0%
===== =====

Original Insured Loan Amount(7):
Conforming loan limit and below............ 91.0% 90.8%
Non-conforming............................. 9.0 9.2
----- -----
Total.................................. 100.0% 100.0%
===== =====

Mortgage Term:
15-years and under......................... 3.9% 3.6%
Over 15 years.............................. 96.1 96.4
----- -----
Total.................................. 100.0% 100.0%
===== =====

Property Type:
Single-family(8)........................... 93.8% 93.9%
Condominium................................ 5.9 5.8
Other(9)................................... 0.3 0.3
----- -----
Total.................................. 100.0% 100.0%
===== =====

Occupancy Status:
Primary residence.......................... 96.2% 97.1%
Second home................................ 1.7 1.5
Non-owner occupied......................... 2.1 1.4
----- -----
Total.................................. 100.0% 100.0%
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(1)  Loan-to-value represents the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the
dollar amount of the mortgage loan to the value of the property at the time
the loan became insured. For purposes of the table, LTV ratios are
classified as in excess of 95% ("100s"); in excess of 90% LTV and up to 95%
LTV ("95s"); in excess of 80% LTV and up to 90% LTV ("90s"); and equal to
or less than 80% LTV ("80s").
(2) Includes 97% to 103% LTV loans for year 2001.
(3) MGIC includes in its classification of 90s, loans where the borrower makes
a down payment of 10% and finances the associated mortgage insurance
premium payment as part of the mortgage loan. At December 31, 2001 and
2000, 2.4% and 2.7%, respectively, of the primary risk in force consisted
of these types of loans.
(4) Includes fixed rate mortgages with temporary buydowns (where in effect, the
applicable interest rate is typically reduced by one or two percentage
points during the first two years of the loan) and adjustable rate
mortgages in which the initial interest rate is fixed for at least five
years.
(5) Includes ARMs where payments adjust fully with interest rate adjustments.
Also includes ARMs with negative amortization, which at December 31, 2001
and 2000, represented 0.9% and 1.2%, respectively, of primary risk in
force. Does not include ARMs in which the initial interest rate is fixed
for at least five years. As of December 31, 2001 and 2000, ARMs with LTVs
in excess of 90% represented 2.5% and 3.2%, respectively, of primary risk
in force.
(6) Balloon payment mortgages are loans with a maturity, typically five to
seven years, that is shorter than the loans' amortization period.
(7) Loans within the conforming loan limit have an original principal balance
that does not exceed the maximum original principal balance of loans that
the GSEs are eligible to purchase. The conforming loan limit is subject to
annual upward adjustment and was $275,000 for 2001 and $252,700 for 2000.
Non-conforming loans are loans with an original principal balance above the
conforming loan limit.
(8) Includes townhouse-style attached housing with fee simple ownership.
(9) Includes cooperatives and manufactured homes deemed to be real estate.


C. Other Business and Joint Ventures

The Company, through subsidiaries, provides various mortgage services
for the mortgage finance industry, such as contract underwriting, portfolio
retention and secondary marketing of mortgage-related assets. At December 31,
2001, the Company also owned approximately 46% of Credit-Based Asset Servicing
and Securitization LLC ("C-BASS") and approximately 46% of Sherman Financial
Group LLC, joint ventures with senior management of the joint ventures and
Radian Group Inc. At December 31, 2001, the Company owned less than 50% of
Customers Forever LLC (more than 50% assuming the conversion of convertible debt
held by the Company and Metavante Corporation); Customers Forever is a joint
venture with senior management of the joint venture and Metavante Corporation.
For further information about the C-BASS and Sherman joint ventures, see
"Management's Discussion and Analysis--Results of Consolidated Operations--2001
Compared to 2000" and Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements of the
Company, both of which are included in Exhibit 13 to this Annual Report on Form
10-K. The revenues recognized from these mortgage services operations, other
non-insurance services and the joint ventures


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represented 5.4% and 3.6% of the Company's consolidated revenues in both 2001
and 2000, respectively.

The Company's eMagic.com, LLC subsidiary, launched in January 2000,
provides an Internet portal through which mortgage originators can access
products and services of wholesalers, investors, and vendors necessary to make a
home mortgage loan.

In 1997, the Company, through subsidiaries, began insuring second
mortgages, including home equity loans. New insurance written on second
mortgages in 2001, 2000 and 1999 was approximately $1.3 billion, $1.1 billion
and $1.1 billion. The Company discontinued writing new second mortgage risk
effective January 1, 2002.


D. Investment Portfolio

Policy and Strategy

Cash flow from the Company's investment portfolio represented
approximately 36% of its total cash flow from operations during 2001.
Approximately 75% of the Company's long-term investment portfolio is managed by
a subsidiary of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, although the
Company maintains overall control of investment policy and strategy. The Company
maintains direct management of the remainder of its investment portfolio.

The Company's current policies emphasize preservation of capital, as
well as total return. Therefore, the Company's investment portfolio consists
almost entirely of high-quality, fixed-income investments. Liquidity is sought
through diversification and investment in publicly traded securities. The
Company attempts to maintain a level of liquidity commensurate with its
perceived business outlook and the expected timing, direction and degree of
changes in interest rates. The Company's investment policies in effect at
December 31, 2001 limited investments in the securities of a single issuer
(other than the U.S. government and its agencies) and generally did not permit
purchasing fixed income securities rated below "A."

At December 31, 2001, based on amortized cost, approximately 98.1% of
the Company's total fixed income investment portfolio was invested in securities
rated "A" or better, with 72.8% which were rated "AAA" and 19.7% which were
rated "AA," in each case by at least one nationally recognized securities rating
organization.

The Company's investment policies and strategies are subject to change
depending upon regulatory, economic and market conditions and the existing or
anticipated financial condition and operating requirements, including the tax
position, of the Company.


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Investment Operations

At December 31, 2001, the market value of the Company's investment
portfolio was approximately $4.1 billion. At December 31, 2001, municipal
securities represented 75.4% of the market value of the total investment
portfolio. Securities due within one year, within one to five years, within five
to ten years, and after ten years, represented 5.6%, 20.6%, 31.1% and 42.7%,
respectively, of the total book value of the Company's investment in debt
securities. The Company's net pre-tax investment income was $204.4 million for
the year ended December 31, 2001. The Company's after-tax yield for 2001 was
4.6%, which was comparable to the after-tax yield in 2000.

For further information concerning investment operations, see Note 4 to
the consolidated financial statements of the Company, included in Exhibit 13 to
this Annual Report on Form 10-K.


E. Regulation

Direct Regulation

The Company and its insurance subsidiaries, including MGIC, are subject
to regulation, principally for the protection of policyholders, by the insurance
departments of the various states in which each is licensed to do business. The
nature and extent of such regulation varies, but generally depends on statutes
which delegate regulatory, supervisory and administrative powers to state
insurance commissioners.

In general, such regulation relates, among other things, to licenses to
transact business; policy forms; premium rates; annual and other reports on
financial condition; the basis upon which assets and liabilities must be stated;
requirements regarding contingency reserves equal to 50% of premiums earned;
minimum capital levels and adequacy ratios; reinsurance requirements;
limitations on the types of investment instruments which may be held in an
investment portfolio; the size of risks and limits on coverage of individual
risks which may be insured; deposits of securities; limits on dividends payable;
and claims handling. Most states also regulate transactions between insurance
companies and their parents or affiliates and have restrictions on transactions
that have the effect of inducing lenders to place business with the insurer. For
a discussion of a February 1, 1999 circular letter from the NYID and a January
31, 2000 letter from the Illinois Department of Insurance, see "The MGIC
Book--Types of Product--Pool Insurance" and "--Captive Mortgage Reinsurance."
For a description of limits on dividends payable, see "Management's Discussion
and Analysis-Liquidity and Capital Resources" and Note 11 to the consolidated
financial statements of the Company, both of which are included in Exhibit 13 to
this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Mortgage insurance premium rates are also subject to state regulation
to protect policyholders against the adverse effects of excessive, inadequate or
unfairly discriminatory rates and to encourage competition in the insurance
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justified, generally on the basis of the insurer's loss experience, expenses and
future trend analysis. The general mortgage default experience may also be
considered. Premium rates are subject to review and challenge by state
regulators.

A number of states generally limit the amount of insurance risk which
may be written by a private mortgage insurer to 25 times the insurer's total
policyholders' reserves, commonly known as the "risk-to-capital" requirement.

MGIC is required to contribute to a contingency loss reserve an amount
equal to 50% of earned premiums. Such amounts cannot be withdrawn for a period
of 10 years, except under certain circumstances.

Mortgage insurers are generally single-line companies, restricted to
writing residential mortgage insurance business only. Although the Company, as
an insurance holding company, is prohibited from engaging in certain
transactions with MGIC without submission to and, in some instances, prior
approval of applicable insurance departments, the Company is not subject to
insurance company regulation on its non-insurance businesses.

Wisconsin's insurance regulations generally provide that no person may
acquire control of the Company unless the transaction in which control is
acquired has been approved by the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance of
Wisconsin. The regulations provide for a rebuttable presumption of control when
a person owns or has the right to vote more than 10% of the voting securities.

As the most significant purchasers and sellers of conventional mortgage
loans and beneficiaries of private mortgage insurance, Freddie Mac and Fannie
Mae impose requirements on private mortgage insurers in order for such insurers
to be eligible to insure loans sold to such agencies. These requirements of
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are subject to change from time to time. Currently,
MGIC is an approved mortgage insurer for both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. In
addition, to the extent Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac assumes default risk for
itself that would otherwise be insured, changes current guarantee fee
arrangements (including as a result of primary mortgage insurance coverage being
restructured as described under "The MGIC Book--Types of Product--Primary
Insurance"), allows alternative credit enhancement, alters or liberalizes
underwriting guidelines on low down payment mortgages they purchase, or
otherwise changes its business practices or processes with respect to such
mortgages, private mortgage insurers may be affected.

Fannie Mae has issued primary mortgage insurance master policy
guidelines applicable to MGIC and all other Fannie Mae-approved private mortgage
insurers, establishing certain minimum terms of coverage necessary in order for
an insurer to be eligible to insure loans purchased by Fannie Mae. The terms of
MGIC's Master Policy comply with these guidelines.

MGIC's claims-paying ability is rated "AA+" by Standard & Poor's
Corporation and "Aa2" by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. Maintenance of a
claims-paying ability rating of at least AA-/Aa3 is critical to a mortgage
insurer's ability to continue to write new business. In assigning


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claims-paying ability ratings, rating agencies review a mortgage insurer's
competitive position and business, management, corporate strategy, historical
and projected operating and underwriting performance, adequacy of capital to
withstand extreme loss scenarios under assumptions determined by the rating
agency, as well as other factors. The rating agency issuing the claims-paying
ability rating can withdraw or change its rating at any time.

Indirect Regulation

The Company and MGIC are also indirectly, but significantly, impacted
by regulations affecting purchasers of mortgage loans, such as Freddie Mac and
Fannie Mae, and regulations affecting governmental insurers, such as the FHA and
VA, and lenders. Private mortgage insurers, including MGIC, are highly dependent
upon federal housing legislation and other laws and regulations to the extent
they affect the demand for private mortgage insurance and the housing market
generally. From time to time, those laws and regulations have been amended to
affect competition from government agencies. See "The MGIC Book - Sales and
Marketing and Competition - Competition." Proposals are discussed from time to
time by Congress and certain federal agencies to reform or modify the FHA and
the Government National Mortgage Association, which securitizes mortgages
insured by the FHA.

Subject to certain exceptions, in general, RESPA prohibits any person
from giving or receiving any "thing of value" pursuant to an agreement or
understanding to refer settlement services. See "Item 3--Legal Proceedings."

The OTS, the OCC, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation have uniform guidelines on real estate lending by insured
lending institutions under their supervision. The guidelines specify that a
residential mortgage loan originated with an LTV of 90% or greater should have
appropriate credit enhancement in the form of mortgage insurance or readily
marketable collateral, although no depth of coverage percentage is specified in
the guidelines.

Lenders are subject to various laws, including the Home Mortgage
Disclosure Act, the Community Reinvestment Act and the Fair Housing Act, and
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are subject to various laws, including laws relating
to government sponsored enterprises, which may impose obligations or create
incentives for increased lending to low and moderate income persons, or in
targeted areas.

There can be no assurance that other federal laws and regulations
affecting such institutions and entities will not change, or that new
legislation or regulations will not be adopted which will adversely affect the
private mortgage insurance industry.


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F.  Employees

At December 31, 2001, the Company had 1,223 full- and part-time
employees, of whom approximately 53% were assigned to its Milwaukee headquarters
and 47% to its field offices. The number of employees given above does not
include "on-call" employees. The number of "on-call" employees can vary
substantially, primarily as a result of changes in demand for contract
underwriting services.

Item 2. Properties.

At December 31, 2001, the Company leased office space in various cities
throughout the United States under leases expiring between 2002 and 2006 and
which required annual rentals of $3.4 million in 2001.

The Company owns its headquarters facility and an additional
office/warehouse facility, both located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which contain
an aggregate of approximately 310,000 square feet of space.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings.

The Company is involved in litigation in the ordinary course of
business. No pending litigation is expected to have a material adverse effect on
the financial position of the Company.

In addition, MGIC is a defendant in Downey et. al. v. MGIC, filed in
Federal District Court for the Southern District of Georgia in May 2000
following the dismissal of a similar case filed in December, 1999. The Downey
case sought certification as nationwide class action. Equivalent actions seeking
nationwide class action certification were filed in December 1999 against three
other mortgage insurers (PMI, Republic and United Guaranty) and in June 2000 an
equivalent class action was filed against Triad, another mortgage insurer. In
August 2000, the Federal District Court dismissed the cases against PMI,
Republic and United Guaranty on the ground that the Federal McCarran-Ferguson
Act barred the RESPA claims brought by the individual plaintiffs in those cases.
Because the pending case against MGIC dated only from May 2000, the time for
MGIC to file a motion to dismiss the case against it under the motion schedule
established by the Court had not yet occurred. In February 2001, the Court
dismissed the case against Triad on the same basis as the cases against PMI,
Republic and United Guaranty were dismissed.

In December 2000 MGIC, PMI and United Guaranty entered into a
settlement agreement with the plaintiffs. In the fourth quarter of 2000, the
Company recorded a $23.2 million charge to cover the estimated costs of the
settlement, including payments to borrowers. In June 2001, the Federal District
Court issued a final order approving the December 2000 settlement agreement and
certified a nationwide class of borrowers. Due to appeals of related orders
denying certain class members the right to intervene to challenge certain
aspects of the settlement in Downey and the PMI and United Guaranty cases,
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outcome of the appeals. The settlement includes an injunction that prohibits
certain practices and specifies the basis on which agency pool insurance,
captive mortgage reinsurance, contract underwriting and other products may be
provided in compliance with the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. There can
be no assurance that the standards established by the injunction will be
determinative of compliance with RESPA were additional litigation to be brought
in the future.

The complaint in the case alleges that MGIC violated the Real Estate
Settlement Procedures Act by providing agency pool insurance, captive mortgage
reinsurance, contract underwriting and other products that were not properly
priced, in return for the referral of mortgage insurance. The complaint seeks
damages of three times the amount of the mortgage insurance premiums that have
been paid and that will be paid at the time of judgment for the mortgage
insurance found to be involved in a violation of the Real Estate Settlement
Procedures Act. The complaint also seeks injunctive relief, including
prohibiting MGIC from receiving future premium payments. If the settlement is
not fully implemented, the litigation will continue. In these circumstances,
there can be no assurance that the ultimate outcome of the litigation will not
materially affect the Company's financial position or results of operations.

In January 2002, the Federal Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
reversed the dismissal of the case against Triad holding that the
McCarran-Ferguson Act did not bar the RESPA claims of the individual plaintiff.
The dismissal of the Republic case was also appealed to the Court of Appeals for
the Eleventh Circuit but no decision has been rendered.


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Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

None.

Executive Officers

Certain information with respect to the Company's executive officers as
of March 1, 2002 is set forth below:

Name and Age Title

Curt S. Culver, 49................... President and Chief Executive Officer of
the Company and MGIC; Director of the
Company and MGIC

John D. Fisk, 45..................... Executive Vice President--Strategic
Planning of the Company and MGIC

J. Michael Lauer, 57................. Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company and MGIC

James S. MacLeod, 54................. Executive Vice President--Field
Operations of MGIC

Lawrence J. Pierzchalski, 49......... Executive Vice President--Risk Management
of MGIC

Jeffrey H. Lane, 52.................. Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary of the Company and MGIC


Mr. Culver has served as President of the Company since January 1999
and as Chief Executive Officer since January 2000. He has been President of MGIC
since May 1996 and was Chief Operating Officer of MGIC from May 1996 until he
became Chief Executive Officer in January 1999. Mr. Culver has been a senior
officer of MGIC since 1988 having responsibility at various times during his
career with MGIC for field operations, marketing and corporate development. From
March 1985 to 1988, he held various management positions with MGIC in the areas
of marketing and sales.

Mr. Fisk joined the Company in February 2002. From January 2000 to May
2001 he was Chief Executive Officer of LoanChannel.com, an internet small
business lending portal. For more than 17 years before then, he held various
positions with Freddie Mac, including Senior Vice President--Investor & Dealer
Services from May 1993 to September 1997 and Executive Vice President--Single
Family Securitization Group from September 1997 to January 2000 when he left to
found LoanChannel.com.

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Mr. Lauer has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of the Company and MGIC since March 1989.

Mr. MacLeod has served as Executive Vice President-Field Operations of
MGIC since January 1998 and was Senior Vice President-Field Operations of MGIC
from May 1996 to January 1998. Mr. MacLeod has been a senior officer of MGIC
since 1987 having responsibility at various times during his career with MGIC
for sales, business development and marketing. From March 1985 to 1987, he held
various management positions with MGIC in the areas of underwriting and risk
management.

Mr. Pierzchalski has served as Executive Vice President-Risk Management
of MGIC since May 1996 and prior thereto as Senior Vice President-Risk
Management or Vice President-Risk Management of MGIC from April 1990. From March
1985 to April 1990, he held various management positions with MGIC in the areas
of market research, corporate planning and risk management.

Mr. Lane has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary of the Company and MGIC since August 1996. For more than five years
prior to his joining the Company, Mr. Lane was a partner of Foley & Lardner, a
law firm headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.



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PART II




Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters.

The information set forth under the caption "MGIC Stock" in
Exhibit 13 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K is incorporated
herein by reference.

Item 6. Selected Financial Data.

The information set forth in the tables under the caption
"Five-Year Summary of Financial Information" in Exhibit 13 to
this Annual Report on Form 10-K is hereby incorporated by
reference in answer to this Item.

Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations.

The information set forth under the caption "Management's
Discussion and Analysis" in Exhibit 13 to this Annual Report
on Form 10-K is hereby incorporated by reference in answer to
this Item.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

The information set forth in the third paragraph under the
caption "Management's Discussion and Analysis - Financial
Condition," and in the eight and ninth paragraphs under the
caption "Management's Discussion and Analysis - Liquidity and
Capital Resources," all in Exhibit 13 to this Annual Report
on Form 10-K, is hereby incorporated by reference in answer
to this Item.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

The consolidated statements of operations, of shareholders'
equity and of cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 2001, and the related
consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of December 31,
2001 and 2000, together with the related notes thereto and
the report of independent accountants, as well as the
unaudited quarterly financial data, all set forth in Exhibit
13 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, are hereby
incorporated by reference in answer to this Item.


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Item 9.  Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and
Financial Disclosure.

None.


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PART III


Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.

This information (other than for executive officers) is
included in the Company's Proxy Statement for the 2002 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, and is hereby incorporated by
reference. The information on the executive officers appears
at the end of Part I of this Form 10-K.

Item 11. Executive Compensation.

This information is included in the Company's Proxy Statement
for the 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and, other than
information covered by Instruction (9) to Item 402 (a) of
Regulation S-K of the Securities and Exchange Commission, is
hereby incorporated by reference.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.

This information is included in the Company's Proxy Statement
for the 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and is hereby
incorporated by reference.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.

This information is included in the Company's Proxy Statement
for the 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and is hereby
incorporated by reference.


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PART IV



Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K.

(a) 1. Financial statements. The financial statements listed
in the accompanying Index to Consolidated Financial
Statements and Financial Statement Schedules are filed
as part of this Form 10-K.

2. Financial statement schedules. The financial statement
schedules listed in the accompanying Index to
Consolidated Financial Statements and Financial
Statement Schedules are filed as part of this Form
10-K.

3. Exhibits. The accompanying Index to Exhibits is
incorporated by reference in answer to this portion
of this Item and the Exhibits listed in such Index are
filed as part of this Form 10-K.

(b) Reports on Form 8-K

During the quarter ended December 31, 2001, the Company did
not file any Reports on Form 8-K.


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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

[Item 14(a) 1 and 2]


Consolidated Financial Statements (all contained in Exhibit 13 to this Annual
Report on Form 10-K)

Consolidated statement of operations for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 2001

Consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2001 and 2000

Consolidated statement of shareholders' equity for each of the three years in
the period ended December 31, 2001

Consolidated statement of cash flows for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 2001

Notes to consolidated financial statements

Report of independent accountants

Financial Statement Schedules (all contained immediately following the signature
page to this Annual Report on Form 10-K)

Report of independent accountants on financial statement schedules

Schedules at and for the specified years in the three-year period ended December
31, 2001:

Schedule I - Summary of investments, other than investments in related
parties

Schedule II - Condensed financial information of Registrant

Schedule IV - Reinsurance

All other schedules are omitted since the required information is not present or
is not present in amounts sufficient to require submission of the schedules, or
because the information required is included in the consolidated financial
statements and notes thereto.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on March 28, 2002.

MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION


By /s/ Curt S. Culver
-----------------------------------------
Curt S. Culver
President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report
has been signed below as of the date set forth above by the following persons on
behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated.

Name and Title

/s/ Curt S. Culver /s/ David S. Engelman
- -------------------------------------- --------------------------------
Curt S. Culver David S. Engelman, Director
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director /s/ Thomas M. Hagerty
--------------------------------
Thomas M. Hagerty, Director

/s/ J. Michael Lauer /s/ Kenneth M. Jastrow, II
- -------------------------------------- --------------------------------
J. Michael Lauer Kenneth M. Jastrow, II, Director
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer /s/ Daniel P. Kearney
(Principal Financial Officer) --------------------------------
Daniel P. Kearney, Director

/s/ Patrick Sinks /s/ Michael E. Lehman
- -------------------------------------- --------------------------------
Patrick Sinks Michael E. Lehman, Director
Senior Vice President, Controller
and Chief Accounting Officer /s/ Sheldon B. Lubar
(Principal Accounting Officer) --------------------------------
Sheldon B. Lubar, Director

/s/ James A. Abbott /s/ William A. McIntosh
- -------------------------------------- --------------------------------
James A. Abbott, Director William A. McIntosh, Director

/s/ Mary K. Bush /s/ Leslie M. Muma
- -------------------------------------- --------------------------------
Mary K. Bush, Director Leslie M. Muma, Director

/s/ Karl E. Case
- --------------------------------------
Karl E. Case, Director

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Report of Independent Accountants on
Financial Statement Schedules

To the Board of Directors
of MGIC Investment Corporation:

Our audits of the consolidated financial statements referred to in our report
dated January 9, 2002 appearing in the 2001 Annual Report to Shareholders of
MGIC Investment Corporation (which report and consolidated financial
statements are incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K)
also included an audit of the financial statement schedules listed in Item
14(a)(2) of this Form 10-K. In our opinion, these financial statement
schedules present fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth
therein when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial
statements.



PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
January 9, 2002


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<TABLE>
MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION

SCHEDULE I - SUMMARY OF INVESTMENTS -
OTHER THAN INVESTMENTS IN RELATED PARTIES

December 31, 2001
<CAPTION>
Amount at
Amortized Market which shown in
Type of Investment Cost Value the balance sheet
------------------ ----------------- --------------- ------------------------
(In thousands of dollars)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Fixed maturities:
Bonds:
United States Government and government
agencies and authorities $ 307,761 $ 305,448 $ 305,448
States, municipalities and political subdivisions 2,998,688 3,069,511 3,069,511
Foreign governments 13,985 15,207 15,207
Public utilities 75,975 78,062 78,062
All other corporate bonds 407,806 420,512 420,512
----------------- ------------------ --------------------
Total fixed maturities 3,804,215 3,888,740 3,888,740

Equity securities:
Common stocks:
Industrial, miscellaneous and all other 21,481 20,747 20,747
----------------- ------------------ --------------------
Total equity securities 21,481 20,747 20,747
----------------- ------------------ --------------------

Short-term investments 159,960 159,960 159,960
----------------- ------------------ --------------------
Total investments $ 3,985,656 $ 4,069,447 $ 4,069,447
================= ================== ====================
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION

SCHEDULE II - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET
PARENT COMPANY ONLY
December 31, 2001 and 2000
<CAPTION>

2001 2000
---- ----
(In thousands of dollars)
<S> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Investment portfolio, at market value:
Fixed maturities $ 1,709 $ 1,373
Short-term investments 20,774 8,172
--------------- ---------------
Total investment portfolio 22,483 9,545

Investment in subsidiaries, at equity in net assets 3,486,574 2,854,667
Income taxes receivable - affiliates 2,897 0
Accrued investment income 87 19
Other assets 5,271 11,261
--------------- ---------------
Total assets $ 3,517,312 $ 2,875,492
=============== ===============

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Liabilities:
Short- and long-term debt $ 472,102 $ 397,364
Other liabilities 25,023 13,246
--------------- ---------------
Total liabilities 497,125 410,610
--------------- ---------------

Shareholders' equity (note B):
Common stock, $1 par value, shares authorized
300,000,000; shares issued 121,110,800;
outstanding 2001 - 106,086,594; 2000 - 106,825,758 121,111 121,111
Paid-in surplus 214,040 207,882
Treasury stock (shares at cost, 2001 - 15,024,206;
2000 - 14,285,042) (671,168) (621,033)
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax 46,644 75,814
Retained earnings 3,309,560 2,681,108
--------------- ---------------
Total shareholders' equity 3,020,187 2,464,882
--------------- ---------------
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 3,517,312 $ 2,875,492
=============== ===============

</TABLE>

See accompanying supplementary notes to Parent Company condensed financial
statements.



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<TABLE>
MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION

SCHEDULE II - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT

CONDENSED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
PARENT COMPANY ONLY
Years Ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999
<CAPTION>

2001 2000 1999
---- ---- ----
(In thousands of dollars)

<S> <C> <C> <C>
Revenue:
Equity in undistributed net income of subsidiaries $ 644,714 $ 550,014 $ 313,292
Dividends received from subsidiaries 12,751 11,091 169,650
Investment income, net 746 800 1,362
Realized investment gains (losses), net 29 (659) (216)
--------------- ------------- -----------
Total revenue 658,240 561,246 484,088
--------------- ------------- -------------

Expenses:
Operating expenses 926 735 312
Interest expense 30,623 28,759 20,402
--------------- ------------- -------------
Total expenses 31,549 29,494 20,714
--------------- ------------- -------------
Income before tax 626,691 531,752 463,374
Credit for income tax (12,446) (10,247) (6,827)
--------------- ------------- -------------
Net income 639,137 541,999 470,201
--------------- ------------- -------------
Other comprehensive income - unrealized
investment gains (losses), net (29,170) 116,549 (135,307)
--------------- ------------- -------------
Comprehensive income $ 609,967 $ 658,548 $ 334,894
=============== ============= =============

</TABLE>




See accompanying supplementary notes to Parent Company condensed financial
statements.


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<TABLE>
MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION

SCHEDULE II - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT

CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
PARENT COMPANY ONLY
Years Ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999
<CAPTION>

2001 2000 1999
---- ---- ----
(In thousands of dollars)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income $ 639,137 $ 541,999 $ 470,201
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
provided by operating activities:
Equity in undistributed net income of subsidiaries (644,714) (550,014) (313,292)
(Increase) decrease in income taxes receivable (2,897) 4,518 (4,259)
(Increase) decrease in accrued investment income (68) 190 (182)
Increase (decrease) in other liabilities 11,777 10,559 (1,517)
Decrease (increase) in other assets 5,990 (10,303) (110)
Other 7,576 29,005 (1,916)
---------------- -------------- --------------
Net cash provided by operating activities 16,801 25,954 148,925
---------------- -------------- --------------

Cash flows from investing activities:
Transactions with subsidiaries (8,657) (5,050) 67,801
Purchase of fixed maturities (500) (10,500) (14,448)
Sale of fixed maturities 164 21,920 1,843
------------- ------------ ------------
Net cash provided by investing activities (8,993) 6,370 55,196
---------------- -------------- --------------

Cash flows from financing activities:
Dividends paid to shareholders (10,685) (10,618) (10,825)
Proceeds from issuance of short- and long-term debt 205,521 309,079 43,000
Repayment of short- and long-term debt (133,384) (336,751) (60,000)
Reissuance of treasury stock 16,830 18,699 3,912
Repurchase of common stock (73,488) (6,224) (200,533)
---------------- -------------- --------------
Net cash used in financing activities 4,794 (25,815) (224,446)
---------------- -------------- --------------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and short-term investments 12,602 6,509 (20,325)
Cash and short-term investments at beginning of year 8,172 1,663 21,988
---------------- -------------- --------------
Cash and short-term investments at end of year $ 20,774 $ 8,172 $ 1,663
================ ============== ==============


</TABLE>

See accompanying notes to Parent Company condensed financial statements.

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MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION

SCHEDULE II - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT

PARENT COMPANY ONLY

SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES


Note A

The accompanying Parent Company financial statements should be read in
conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements appearing in Exhibit 13 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Note B

The Company's insurance subsidiaries are subject to statutory regulations
as to maintenance of policyholders' surplus and payment of dividends. The
maximum amount of dividends that the insurance subsidiaries may pay in any
twelve-month period without regulatory approval by the Office of the
Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Wisconsin is the lesser of adjusted
statutory net income or 10% of statutory policyholders' surplus as of the
preceding calendar year end. Adjusted statutory net income is defined for this
purpose to be the greater of statutory net income, net of realized investment
gains, for the calendar year preceding the date of the dividend or statutory net
income, net of realized investment gains, for the three calendar years preceding
the date of the dividend less dividends paid within the first two of the
preceding three calendar years. In 2002, MGIC can pay $137.4 million of
dividends and the other insurance subsidiaries of the Company can pay $7.8
million of dividends without such regulatory approval.

Certain of the Company's non-insurance subsidiaries also have requirements
as to maintenance of net worth. These restrictions could also affect the
Company's ability to pay dividends.

In 2001, 2000 and 1999, the Company paid dividends of $10.7 million, $10.6
million and $10.8 million, respectively, or $0.10 per share.


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<TABLE>
MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION

SCHEDULE IV - REINSURANCE

MORTGAGE INSURANCE PREMIUMS EARNED
Years Ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999
<CAPTION>

Assumed Percentage
Ceded to From of Amount
Gross Other Other Net Assumed to
Amount Companies Companies Amount Net
--------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
(In thousands of dollars)

<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Year ended December 31,
2001 $ 1,107,168 $ 65,587 $ 686 $ 1,042,267 0.1%
=============== ============= ============== ==============

2000 $ 939,981 $ 50,889 $ 999 $ 890,091 0.1%
=============== ============= ============== ==============

1999 $ 819,485 $ 28,346 $ 1,442 $ 792,581 0.2%
=============== ============= ============== ==============

</TABLE>

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

[Item 14(a)3]

Exhibit
Numbers Description of Exhibits
- ------- -----------------------

3.1 Articles of Incorporation, as amended.(1)

3.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws. (2)

4.1 Article 6 of the Articles of Incorporation (included within Exhibit
3.1)

4.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws (included as Exhibit 3.2)

4.3 Rights Agreement, dated as of July 22, 1999, between MGIC Investment
Corporation and Firstar Bank Milwaukee, N.A., which includes as
Exhibit A thereto the Form of Right Certificate and as Exhibit B
thereto the Summary of Rights to Purchase Common shares(3)

4.4 Indenture, dated as of October 15, 2000, between MGIC Investment
Corporation and Bank One Trust Company, National Association, as
Trustee(4)

[The Company is a party to various other agreements with respect to
its long-term debt. These agreements are not being filed pursuant to
Reg. S-K Item 602(b) (4) (iii) (A). The Company hereby agrees to
furnish a copy of such agreements to the Commission upon its
request.]

10.1 Common Stock Purchase Agreement between the Company and The
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company ("NML"), dated November
30, 1984(5)

10.2 Amended and Restated Investment Advisory and Servicing Agreement
between the Company and Northwestern Mutual Investment Services,
Inc. ("NMIS"), dated December 5, 1997.(6) [Mason Street Advisors,
LLC has succeeded NMIS as a party to such Agreement.]

10.3 MGIC Investment Corporation 1991 Stock Incentive Plan.(7)

10.4 Two Forms of Stock Option Agreement under 1991 Stock Incentive
Plan.(8)

10.4.1 Form of Stock Option Agreement under 1991 Stock Incentive Plan

10.4.2 Form of Incorporated Terms to Stock Option Agreement under 1991
Stock Incentive Plan

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Exhibit
Numbers Description of Exhibits
- ------- -----------------------

10.5 Two Forms of Restricted Stock Award Agreement under 1991 Stock
Incentive Plan.(9)

10.5.1 Form of Restricted Stock Agreement under 1991 Stock Incentive Plan

10.5.2 Form of Incorporated Terms to Restricted Stock Agreement under 1991
Stock Incentive Plan

10.6 Executive Bonus Plan

10.7 Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (10)

10.8 MGIC Investment Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan for
Non-Employee Directors.(11)

10.9 MGIC Investment Corporation 1993 Restricted Stock Plan for
Non-Employee Directors.(12)

10.10 Two Forms of Award Agreement under MGIC Investment Corporation 1993
Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors.(13)

10.11 Form of MGIC Mortgage Guaranty Master Policy, in effect generally
for insurance commitments issued beginning March 1, 1995, including
the Master Policy Program Endorsement relating to delegated
underwriting.(14)

10.12 Form of Key Executive Employment and Severance Agreement.(15)

10.13 Non-Competition, Confidentiality and Severance Agreement, dated
February 25, 2002, between the Company and John D. Fisk

11 Statement re: computation of per share earnings

13 Information from the 2001 Annual Report of the Company to
Shareholders which is incorporated by reference in this Annual
Report on Form 10-K.

21 List of Subsidiaries

23 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

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Supplementary List of the above Exhibits which relate to management
contracts or compensatory plans or arrangements.

10.3 MGIC Investment Corporation 1991 Stock Incentive Plan.

10.4 Two Forms of Stock Option Agreement under 1991 Stock Incentive Plan.

10.4.1 Form of Stock Option Agreement under 1991 Stock Incentive Plan

10.4.2 Form of Incorporated Terms to Stock Option Agreement under 1991 Stock
Incentive Plan

10.5 Two Forms of Restricted Stock Award Agreement under 1991 Stock
Incentive Plan.

10.5.1 Form of Restricted Stock Agreement under 1991 Stock Incentive Plan

10.5.2 Form of Incorporated Terms to Restricted Stock Agreement under 1991
Stock Incentive Plan

10.6 Executive Bonus Plan

10.7 Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan.

10.8 MGIC Investment Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan for
Non-Employee Directors.

10.9 MGIC Investment Corporation 1993 Restricted Stock Plan for
Non-Employee Directors.

10.10 Two Forms of Award Agreement under MGIC Investment Corporation 1993
Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors.

10.12 Form of Key Executive Employment and Severance Agreement

10.13 Non-Competition, Confidentiality and Severance Agreement, dated
February 25, 2002, between the Company and John D. Fisk


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The following documents, identified in the footnote references
above, are incorporated by reference, as indicated, to: the Company's Annual
Reports on Form 10-K for the years ended December 31, 1993, 1994, 1997 or 1999
(the "1993 10-K," "1994 10-K," "1997 10-K," and "1999 10-K," respectively); to
the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the Quarters ended June 30,
1994, 1998 or 2000 (the "June 30, 1994 10-Q," "June 30, 1998 10-Q" and "June 30,
2000 10-Q," respectively); to the Company's registration Statement Form 8-A
filed July 27, 1999 (the "8-A"); to the Company's Current Report on form 8-K
dated October 17, 2000 (the "8-K"); or to the Company's Form S-1 Registration
Statement (No. 33-41289) (the "S-1"). The documents are further identified by
cross-reference to the Exhibits in the respective documents where they were
originally filed:

(1) Exhibit 3 to the June 30, 1998 10-Q.

(2) Exhibit 3.2 to the 1999 10-K.

(3) Exhibit 4.1 to the 8-A.

(4) Exhibit 4.1 to the 8-K.

(5) Exhibit 10.1 to the S-1.

(6) Exhibit 10.5 to the 1997 10-K.

(7) Exhibit 10.7 to the 1999 10-K.

(8) Exhibit 10.9 to the 1999 10-K.

(9) Exhibit 10.10 to the 1999 10-K.

(10) Exhibit 10 to the June 30, 2000 10-Q.

(11) Exhibit 10.23 to the 1993 10-K.

(12) Exhibit 10.24 to the 1993 10-K.

(13) Exhibits 10.27 and 10.28 to the June 30, 1994 10-Q.

(14) Exhibit 10.26 to the 1994 10-K.

(15) Exhibit 10.17 to the 1999 10-K.


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