Our History

Radian Group Inc. is a leading credit risk management provider to the global financial and capital markets, headquartered in Philadelphia. The company is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RDN.

Radian has leveraged its core competencies in credit-risk evaluation to become a full-service credit enhancement resource, offering financial guaranty insurance and reinsurance to investors in corporate, municipal and asset-backed securities and mortgage insurance and risk management products and services to mortgage lenders.

The company is focused on the continued and prudent growth of its businesses, both within the US and internationally, by providing its clients with flexible solutions and cutting-edge technology.

1977	Commonwealth Mortgage Assurance Company (CMAC), Radian's predecessor company, is founded.
1992	CMAC goes public.
1999	CMAC and Amerin merge, forming Radian and its MI subsidary.
2001	Radian acquires Enhance Financial Services Group, including strategic interests in C-BASS and Sherman Financial.
2002	Principal operating entities unite under the Radian brand.
2003	Radian receives authorization by U.K.'s Financial Services Authority to create subsidiary, Radian Asset Assurance Limited.
2004	Radian receives authorization by the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority to create subsidiary, Radian Financial Products Limited. Financial Guaranty subsidiaries, Radian Reinsurance and Radian Asset Assurance, merge into Radian Asset Assurance Inc.
2005	Radian forms relationship with Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited.
2006	Radian establishes presence in Australia.