8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 10, 2026

Radian Group Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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Delaware

1-11356

23-2691170

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

550 East Swedesford Road, Suite 350

Wayne, Pennsylvania, 19087

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, and Zip Code)

(215) 231-1000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share		RDN		New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Appointment of Directors

On August 10, 2026, upon the recommendation of the Governance Committee of the board of directors (the “Board”) of Radian Group Inc. (the “Company”), the Board increased the size of the Board from eleven to twelve directors and appointed a new director, Barry C. McCarthy, to the Board.

Mr. McCarthy’s compensation will be consistent with the Company’s compensatory arrangements for non-employee directors. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. McCarthy and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed as director. Mr. McCarthy does not have a direct or indirect material interest in any transaction in which the Company is or will be a participant.

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Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

The Company’s news release announcing the appointment of Mr. McCarthy to the Company’s Board is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

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Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

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99.1*		Radian Group Inc. News Release dated August 10, 2026
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Exhibit 104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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*	Furnished herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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\n		\n		RADIAN GROUP INC.
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Date: August 11, 2026		\n		\n
\n		\n		By:		/s/ Elizabeth A. Diffley
\n		\n		Elizabeth A. Diffley
\n		\n		Executive Vice President, Senior Corporate
\n		\n		Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Exhibit 99.1

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Radian Appoints Barry C. McCarthy to Board of Directors

WAYNE, Pa., August 10, 2026 — Radian Group Inc. (NYSE: RDN) today announced that Barry C. McCarthy has been appointed to serve\non its Board of Directors. Mr. McCarthy is President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Deluxe Corporation, where he has led the company’s transformation from a legacy check-printing business into a leading\npayments and data company.

“Barry brings a rare combination of public company leadership, transformation experience and deep expertise across\nfinancial services, payments, data and technology,” said Radian Non-Executive Board Chairperson Howard B. Culang. “As Radian continues to evolve as a global multi-line specialty insurer, his\nperspectives on innovation and governance will be highly relevant to our Board and management team and we look forward to working with him.”

“Radian has a strong reputation, a differentiated business model and a clear opportunity to build on its financial strength, risk expertise and data and\nanalytics capabilities,” said Mr. McCarthy. “I am honored to join the Board at this important point in the company’s evolution and look forward to working with my fellow directors and the management team to support\nRadian’s continued growth and success.”

About Barry C. McCarthy

Barry C. McCarthy, 62, is President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Deluxe Corporation, a NYSE-listed Fortune 1000 company.\nSince joining Deluxe in 2018, he has led the company’s transformation into a leading payments and data company. Mr. McCarthy brings nearly four decades of executive leadership experience across payments, financial technology, financial\nservices, software, data and analytics, and consumer products, including senior leadership roles at First Data, Wells Fargo and VeriSign. He is an NACD and ACCD Certified Director and holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at\nNorthwestern University.

About Radian

Radian Group\nInc. (NYSE: RDN) is a trusted, global multi-line specialty insurer that helps businesses navigate risk with confidence. Built on financial strength and disciplined risk management, Radian brings clarity to complex risk decisions through its\nproprietary view of risk and a global perspective. Visit radian.com to learn how our collaborative and customer-centric culture transforms risk into a world of opportunity.

For Investors:

Bob Lally - Phone:\n215.231.1570

Email: robert.lally@radian.com

For the Media:

Rashi Iyer - Phone\n215.231.1167

email: rashi.iyer@radian.com