Mark Casale - 11 Feb 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT)

Reporting relationship: Chairman, CEO and President, Director
Issuer ticker: ESNT
Reported as of: 11 Feb 2026
Net transaction value: +$10,500,074
SEC form: 4
Accepted by SEC: 13 Feb 2026, 16:23:32 UTC
Prior SEC filing: 15 Dec 2025
Next SEC filing: 02 Mar 2026
Source filing: View source filing
Reporting owner signature: /s/ David B. Weinstock, as attorney-in-fact

Key filing fact

Mark Casale filed Form 4 for Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT) on 13 Feb 2026.

Key facts

This page summarizes Mark Casale's Form 4 filing for Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT).
4 reported transactions and 2 derivative rows are listed below.
Accepted by SEC: 13 Feb 2026, 16:23.

Change

Previous filing in this sequence was filed on 15 Dec 2025.
Current net transaction value: +$10,500,074.

Research use

This tells you what this filing adds before you inspect full transaction and derivative tables.
You can trace every row back to the original SEC filing document.

Evidence

Filed on Form 4

Ownership activity is grounded in SEC Form 4 disclosures.

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Reporting Owners (1)

CIK 0001188567 Primary reporting owner

CASALE MARK

Relationship: Chairman, CEO and President, Director
Address: C/O ESSENT GROUP LTD., CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON, BERMUDA
Signature: /s/ David B. Weinstock, as attorney-in-fact
Signature date: 13 Feb 2026

Reported non-derivative transactions

Shares, units, or other non-derivative securities reported in this filing.

ESNT transaction

Common shares, par value $0.015

Award

Transaction value: $9,000,026
Shares: +137,384
Change %: +6.3%
Price: $65.51
Shares after: 2,328,078
Date: 11 Feb 2026
Ownership: Direct
Footnotes: F1

ESNT transaction

Common shares, par value $0.015

Disposed to Issuer

Transaction value: $0
Shares: -7,239
Change %: -0.31%
Price: $0.000000
Shares after: 2,320,839
Date: 11 Feb 2026
Ownership: Direct

ESNT holding

Common shares, par value $0.015

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 250,000
Date: 11 Feb 2026
Ownership: By Mark A Casale Trust

Reported derivative securities

Options, warrants, convertible securities, or similar derivative positions disclosed in the filing.

ESNT transaction Derivative

Restricted share units

Award

Transaction value: $1,500,048
Shares: +22,898
Change %
Price: $65.51
Shares after: 22,898
Date: 11 Feb 2026
Ownership: Direct
Underlying class: Common shares, par value $0.015
Underlying amount: 22,898
Exercise price
Footnotes: F2, F3

ESNT transaction Derivative

Dividend equivalent units

Disposed to Issuer

Transaction value: $0
Shares: -455
Change %: -1.8%
Price: $0.000000
Shares after: 24,827
Date: 11 Feb 2026
Ownership: Direct
Underlying class: Common shares, par value $0.015
Underlying amount: 455
Exercise price
Footnotes: F4

^* marks a reported price that did not pass the local price check.

Additional SEC filing notes

Filing notes and footnotes

Explanation of responses 4 footnotes

Footnote F1

Represents restricted shares granted under the issuer's 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan, with any shares becoming earned based upon the issuer's compounded annual book value per share growth percentage and relative total shareholder return during a three-year performance period commencing January 1, 2026 and vesting on March 1, 2029.

Footnote F2

Restricted share units convert into common shares on a one-for-one basis.

Footnote F3

Represents restricted shares granted under the issuer's 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan subject to time-based vesting in equal installments on each of March 1, 2027, 2028 and 2029.

Footnote F4

The dividend equivalent rights accrued on unvested restricted stock award(s) and/or unvested restricted stock unit award(s) and become vested proportionately with the award(s) to which they relate. Each dividend equivalent unit is the economic equivalent of one common share of Essent Group Ltd.