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Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act 1933. No exchange or over-the-counter market exists for the registrant’s common stock. Shares of the registrant’s common stock issued to qualified institutional buyers in connection with its April 2012 private placement are quoted on the FBR PLUSTM System. The last sale of shares of the registrant’s common stock reported on FBR PLUSTM, of which the registrant is aware, occurred on September 6, 2013 at a price of$11.50.

(2)	Includes shares issuable under certain warrants issued by the registrant.

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•	current and future economic conditions, including continued slow economic recovery from the most recent recession or the potential of the U.S. economy to reenter a recessionary period, borrower access to credit, levels of unemployment, interest rates and home prices;

•	the level of defaults, the claim rates on loans in default and the claim severity within NMIC's mortgage insurance portfolio;

•	potentially negative economic changes in geographic regions where our insurance in force is more concentrated;

•	the rate at which our MI portfolio remains in force (persistency rate);

•	future levels of new insurance written (and the profitability of such business), which will impact future premiums written and earned and future losses;

•	the performance of our investment portfolio and the extent to which issuers of the fixed-income securities that we own default on principal and interest payments or the extent to which we are required to impair portions of the portfolio as a result of deteriorating capital markets;

•	our limited operating history, which adds to the speculative nature of our loss estimates; and

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our operating performance for at least the next few years, which likely will continue to be an unreliable indicator of future performance due to the nature of the MI business and our expectation that our claims incidence is expected to be lower as a result of the typical distribution of claims over the life of a book resulting in fewer defaults during the first two to three years after loans are originated.

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•	continue to implement and improve our operational, credit, financial, management and other internal risk controls and processes and our reporting systems and procedures in order to manage a growing number of client relationships;

•	scale our technology platform; and

•	attract and retain management talent.

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•	the level of current mortgage interest rates compared to the mortgage rates on the insurance in force, which affects the vulnerability of the insurance in force to refinancings (i.e., lower current interest rates make it more attractive for borrowers to refinance and receive a lower interest rate); and

•	mortgage insurance cancellation policies of mortgage investors along with the current value of the homes underlying the mortgages in the insurance in force.

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•	lenders using government MI programs, including those of the FHA and the VA;

•	state-supported mortgage insurance funds in several states, including California and New York;

•	lenders and other investors holding mortgages in portfolio and self-insuring;

•	investors using credit enhancements other than MI, using other credit enhancements in conjunction with reduced levels of MI coverage, or accepting credit risk without credit enhancement;

•	lenders originating mortgages using “piggy-back” structures to avoid MI, such as a first mortgage with an 80% LTV and a second mortgage with a 10%, 15% or 20% LTV (referred to as 80-10-10, 80-15-5 or 80-20 loans, respectively) rather than a first mortgage with a 90%, 95% or 100% LTV that has MI; and

•	if borrowers pay cash versus securing mortgage financing, which has occurred with greater frequency in recent years.

•	restrictions on mortgage credit due to more stringent underwriting standards and liquidity issues affecting lenders;

•	the level of home mortgage interest rates;

•	the health of the real estate industry and the national economy as well as the conditions in regional and local economies;

•	housing affordability;

•	population trends, including the rate of household formation;

•	the rate of home price appreciation, which in times of heavy refinancing can affect whether refinance loans have LTVs that require MI; and

•	U.S. government housing policy encouraging loans to first-time homebuyers.

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•	general market conditions, including price levels and volume and changes in interest rates;

•	national, regional and local economic or business conditions;

•	the effects of, and changes in, trade, monetary and fiscal policies, including the interest rate policies of the Federal Reserve;

•	our actual or projected financial condition, liquidity, operating results, cash flows and capital levels;

•	changes in, or failure to meet, our publicly disclosed expectations as to our future financial and operating performance;

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•	publication of research reports about us, our competitors or the financial services industry generally, or changes in, or failure to meet, securities analysts' estimates of our financial and operating performance, or lack of research reports by industry analysts or ceasing of coverage;

•	market valuations, as well as the financial and operating performance and prospects, of similar companies;

•	future issuances or sales, or anticipated issuances or sales, of our common stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for our common stock;

•	expenses incurred in connection with changes in our stock price, such as changes in the value of the warrant liability;

•	the potential failure to establish and maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting; and

•	additions or departures of key personnel.

•	institute a more comprehensive compliance function within legal, finance, accounting, operations and internal audit;

•	maintain a board of directors comprised of a majority of “independent directors” and recruit new directors as necessary;

•	design, establish, evaluate and maintain a system of internal controls over financial reporting in compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of SOX and the related rules and regulations of the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board;

•	comply with rules promulgated by the OTCBB or the NASDAQ or other stock exchange on which our common stock may be quoted or listed;

•	prepare and distribute periodic public reports in compliance with our obligations under the federal securities laws;

•	establish new internal policies, such as those relating to disclosure controls and procedures as well as controls to prevent insider trading;

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•	incur increased costs for professional services for independent auditors and attorney fees (annual compliance and additional fees), as well as public relations and information technology;

•	enhance insurance coverage for Directors and Officers (“D&O”) and Errors and Omission (“E&O”) policies;

•	involve and retain to a greater degree outside counsel and accountants in the foregoing activities; and

•	establish an investor relations function.

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•	provide that special meetings of our stockholders generally can only be called by the chairman of the board of directors or the president or by resolution of the board of directors;

•	provide our board of directors the ability to issue undesignated preferred stock, the terms of which may be established and the shares of which may be issued without stockholder approval, and which may grant preferred holders super voting, special approval, dividend or other rights or preferences superior to the rights of the holder of common stock;

•	provide our board of directors the ability to issue common stock and warrants within the amount of authorized capital;

•	provide that, subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock with respect to such series of preferred stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by our stockholders must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of our stockholders and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders;

•	provide that stockholders seeking to bring business before our annual meeting of stockholders, or to nominate candidates for election as directors at our annual meeting of stockholders, generally

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•	eliminate the ability of stockholders to act by consent in lieu of a meeting.

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•	our status as a recently organized corporation and lack of operating history;

•	receipt of certificates of authority to act as a mortgage insurer in Florida and Wyoming and, of the states where NMIC has received certificates of authority, approvals of our insurance rates in the state of Washington and policy forms in Alaska and Maryland;

•	retention of our existing certificates of authority in states where we have obtained them and our ability to remain a mortgage insurer in good standing in those states;

•	our ability to remain a qualified mortgage insurer under the requirements imposed by the GSEs;

•	actions of existing competitors and potential market entry by new competitors;

•	changes to laws and regulations, including changes that could affect the residential mortgage industry generally or MI in particular;

•	changes in general economic, market and political conditions and policies, interest rates, inflation and investment results or other conditions that affect the housing market or the markets for home mortgages or MI;

•	changes in the regulatory environment;

•	our ability to implement our business strategy, including our ability to attract customers, implement successfully and on a timely basis, complex infrastructure, systems, procedures, and internal controls to support our business and regulatory and reporting requirements of the insurance industry;

•	failure of risk management or investment strategy;

•	claims exceeding our reserves or amounts we had expected to experience;

•	failure to achieve the results shown in the financial projections;

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•	failure to develop, maintain and improve necessary information technology systems or the failure of technology providers to perform;

•	ability to recruit, train and retain key personnel; and

•	emergence of claim and coverage issues.

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•	the significant conditions and factors that have affected our operating results, including the costs associated with the key start-up activities in which we are engaged and development of our investment portfolio;

•	the factors we expect will impact our future results as our mortgage insurance business continues to grow, and certain issues impacting our holding company, NMIH;

•	our sources and uses of liquidity and capital resources;

•	our operating results, which were primarily driven by our start up activities;

•	disclosures related to market risk exposures and off-balance sheet and other contractual arrangements; and

•	critical accounting policies that require management to exercise significant judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain.

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•	we obtained certificates of authority for NMIC from state insurance regulators to write mortgage insurance in 48 states and the District of Columbia ("D.C.");

•	in January 2013, NMIC obtained approvals from the GSEs as a qualified mortgage insurer;

•	we made substantial progress in the design, development and implementation of our information technology platform;

•	we established customer relationships with mortgage originators; and

•	we have attracted and retained our employee base and support systems.

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•	NMIC (i) refrain from paying any dividends; (ii) retain all profits; and (iii) maintain a risk-to-capital ratio not to exceed 20 to 1, for three years from the date of GSE Approval (i.e., until January 15, 2016); and

•	certain start-up compensation expenses and equity compensation in the form of stock options and restricted stock units shall not be allocated to or assumed as a cost or expense by NMIC.

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Establish connectivity with the industry's largest providers of mortgage servicing systems, which automate loan servicing functions such as payment processing, escrow administration, default management, investor accounting, loan modifications, and year-end reporting. We have completed integration with the largest and leading servicing system providers, LPS MSP and Fiserv LoanServ™ , which combined process more mortgages in the United States by dollar volume than any other servicing system, creating significant opportunity to efficiently conduct business with large lenders and aggregators that require this integration;

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Establish connectivity with leading third party providers of loan origination systems, which provide the functionality to automate the mortgage loan origination process, including point of sale support, processing, settlement services, document preparation and tracking, underwriting, closing and funding. We have begun the process of integrating with the leading third-party loan origination systems, and we expect to complete some of these integrations this year, including Ellie Mae Encompass360®, RealEC®, Fiserv EasyLender®, FICS Loan Producer®, and Mortgage Builder. By mid-2014, we believe we will be integrated with additional leading third-party loan origination systems.

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Integrate with those lenders that maintain their own proprietary loan origination and servicing systems, recognizing that the time-lines for these integrations are heavily dependent upon the lenders' internal technology resource time-lines and availability. Many lenders require us to engage in their third party review processes before we can conduct integration testing with such lenders. While we are in the process of working through this process with some lenders, no direct lender connectivity has been completed as of the date of this prospectus.

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•	Obtaining approval from National Account lenders to be an authorized MI provider enables Regional Accounts to sell loans with insurance from NMIC to those National Accounts.  Consequently, these approvals are critical to making inroads with Regional Accounts.  As discussed above, 18 of the 35 National Accounts have agreed to use NMIC as an MI provider.

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Achieving connectivity with the largest loan servicing systems. Many of the loan servicers in the industry who sub-service loans originated by Regional Accounts that do not conduct their own servicing operations rely primarily on the two most significant servicing systems, LPS MSP and Fiserv LoanServTM, to subservice these loans. As discussed above in Development of our IT Platform, we have completed integration with LPS MSP and Fiserv LoanServTM. Attaining connectivity with these servicing systems is one of the important first steps with respect to Regional Accounts purchasing MI from NMIC.

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Achieving connectivity with leading third-party loan origination systems utilized by Regional Accounts. As discussed above, we have begun the process of integrating with some of the leading providers of automated loan origination systems, including Ellie Mae Encompass360®, RealEC®, Fiserv EasyLender®, FICS Loan Producer® and Mortgage Builder. The Regional Accounts who originate loans using these leading third-party loan origination systems will be able to automatically select NMIC as an MI provider within those systems. The progress we have made to date connecting

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new insurance written, which is the aggregate principal amount of the mortgages that are insured during a period. Many factors affect new insurance written, including, among others, the volume of low down payment home mortgage originations and the competition to provide credit enhancement on those mortgages, which includes competition from the FHA, other mortgage insurers, lenders or other investors holding mortgages in their portfolios without insurance, piggy-back loans and GSE programs that may reduce or eliminate the demand for MI and other alternatives to MI;

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cancellations, which reduce insurance-in-force. Cancellations due to refinancings are affected by the level of current mortgage interest rates compared to the mortgage rates on our insurance in force. Refinancings are also affected by current home values compared to values when the loans became insured and the terms on which mortgage credit is available. Cancellations also include rescissions, which require us to return any premiums received related to the rescinded policy, and policies canceled due to claim payment, which require us to return any premium received subsequent to the date the insured mortgage defaults. Finally, cancellations are affected by home price appreciation, which may give homeowners the right to cancel the MI on their loans;

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•	premium rates, which are based on the risk characteristics of the loans insured, the percentage of coverage on the loans, competition from other mortgage insurers, and general industry conditions; and

•	premiums ceded under reinsurance agreements.

•	the state of the economy, including unemployment and housing values, each of which affects the likelihood that borrowers may default on their loans and have the ability to cure such defaults;

•	the product mix of insurance-in-force, with loans having higher risk characteristics generally resulting in higher defaults and claims;

•	the size of loans insured, with higher average loan amounts tending to increase losses incurred;

•	the loan-to-value ratio, with higher average loan-to-value ratios tending to increase losses incurred;

•	the percentage of coverage on insured loans, with deeper average coverage tending to increase incurred losses;

•	changes in housing values, which affect our ability to mitigate our losses through sales of properties with loans in default as well as borrower willingness to continue to make mortgage payments when the value of the home is below or perceived to be below the mortgage balance;

•	higher debt-to-income ratios, which tend to increase incurred losses;

•	the rate at which we rescind policies. Because of tighter underwriting standards generally in the mortgage lending industry, we expect that our level of rescission activity, as well as that of the MI industry in general, will be lower than recent rescission activity experienced by the MI industry; and

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the distribution of claims over the life of a book. Historically, the first two to three years after loans are originated are a period of relatively low claims, with claims increasing substantially for several years subsequent and then declining. Factors, such as persistency of the book, the condition of the economy, including unemployment and housing prices, and others, can affect this pattern. See “Mortgage Insurance Earnings and Cash Flow Cycle.”

•	as stated under “Losses Incurred,” the typical distribution of claims over the life of a book results in fewer defaults during the first two to three years after loans are originated, usually peaking in years three through six and declining thereafter; and

•	we expect that the frequency of claims on our initial books of business should be between 3% and 4% of mortgages insured over the life of the book. For claims that we may receive, we expect the severity of the loss to be between 85% and 95% of the coverage amount. Based on these expectations, we believe that the loss ratio over the life of each book will be between 20% and 25% of earned

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•	Expected Life - 6 years

•	Risk free interest rate - 0.85%

•	Dividend yield - 0.00%

•	Expected stock price volatility - 39.00%

•	Projected forfeiture rates - 1.00%

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•	the prices of our common stock sold to outside, non-affiliated investors in arms-length transactions;

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•	our operating and financial performance;

•	current business conditions and projections;

•	our stage of development;

•	the hiring of key personnel;

•	the likelihood of obtaining the regulatory approvals necessary to write mortgage insurance in all 50 states and Washington D.C.;

•	the likelihood of obtaining GSE approvals;

•	the history of the company and the introductions of new products and services;

•	any adjustment necessary to recognize a lack of marketability for our common stock;

•	the market performance of comparable publicly traded companies; and

•	the U.S. capital market conditions.

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Changes to the level of interest rates. Increasing interest rates may reduce the value of certain fixed-rate bonds held in the investment portfolio. Higher rates may cause variable rate assets to generate additional income. Decreasing rates will have the reverse impact. Significant changes in interest rates can also affect persistency and claim rates to the extent that the investment portfolio must be restructured to better align it with future liabilities and claim payments. Such restructuring may cause investments to be liquidated when market conditions are adverse.

•	Changes to the term structure of interest rates. Rising or falling rates typically change by different amounts along the yield curve. These changes may have unforeseen impacts on the value of certain assets.

•	Market volatility/changes in the real or perceived credit quality of investments. Deterioration in the quality of investments, identified through changes to our own or third party (e.g., rating agency) assessments, will reduce the value and potentially the liquidity of investments.

•	Concentration Risk. If the investment portfolio is highly concentrated in one asset, or in multiple assets whose values are highly correlated, the value of the total portfolio may be greatly affected by the change in value of just one asset or a group of highly correlated assets.

•	Prepayment Risk. Bonds may have call provisions that permit debtors to repay prior to maturity when it is to their advantage. This typically occurs when rates fall below the interest rate of the debt.

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•	Level 1 - Unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical assets or liabilities;

•	Level 2 - Prices or valuations based on observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities; and

•	Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. Level 3 assets and liabilities include financial instruments whose value is determined using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies, or similar techniques, as well as instruments for which the determination of fair value requires significant management judgment or estimation.

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•	our intent to sell the security and whether it is more likely than not that we would be required to sell the security before recovery;

•	extent and duration of the decline;

•	failure of the issuer to make scheduled interest or principal payments;

•	change in rating below investment grade; and

•	adverse conditions specifically related to the security, an industry, or a geographic area.

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•	Expected Life - 6 years

•	Risk free interest rate - 0.85%

•	Dividend yield - 0.00%

•	Expected stock price volatility - 39.00%

•	Projected forfeiture rate - 1.00%

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•	Expected Life - 5 years

•	Risk free interest rate - 0.86%

•	Dividend yield - 0.00%

•	Expected stock price volatility - 39.00%

•	Projected forfeiture rate - 1.00%

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Obtaining outstanding certificates of authority, or state insurance licenses, and establishing effective rates and policy forms where required. As of the date of this prospectus, NMIC is licensed in 48 states and D.C., has effective rates in 47 states and D.C. and effective policy forms in 46 states and D.C. Our objective is to obtain licenses, effective rates and policy forms in all 50 states and D.C. NMIC's application for a certificate of authority was not accepted by the Wyoming Insurance Department for formal review due to the state's two year statutory seasoning requirement. We recently submitted documentation to the Wyoming Insurance Department to attempt to obtain a waiver of Wyoming's seasoning requirement. In Florida, on August 15, 2013, we refiled NMIC's application for a certificate of authority after we had withdrawn the application in May 2013 in response to a request by Florida's Office of Insurance Regulation.   NMIC's application for approval of rates is pending in Washington and its applications for approvals of policy forms are pending in Maryland and Alaska.

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Evaluating risk in a timely fashion on all insured loans. We intend to review every loan we insure through both our delegated and non-delegated channels. Through a program we call "Delegated Assurance Review", we plan to conduct a post-close underwriting review of each mortgage insurance policy issued by our customers under their delegated authority. This differs from other MI companies that typically underwrite a sampling of policies originated through their delegated underwriting channels. By underwriting each policy, we believe we can more effectively manage the risk characteristics in our portfolio and provide a high level of confidence to our lenders that valid claims will be paid. We also expect this process will allow us to provide our customers with timely, value-added feedback on the risk characteristics of their loan originations.

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Establishing customer relationships. In order to develop a diverse customer base of mortgage originators, we believe we will ultimately need to have a sales force of qualified mortgage professionals that generally have well-established relationships with industry leading lenders and significant experience in both MI and mortgage lending. Mortgage insurance is a highly competitive industry and therefore we believe establishing and maintaining relationships with many lending institutions is critical to our success. As of the date of this prospectus, we have made progress with hiring approximately 30% of our target sales force staffing goal.

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Attracting and retaining our employee base. We believe our Company will be an attractive stable place of employment, given that we are a well-capitalized insurance company that has made significant progress in commencing business in the MI marketplace, allowing us to attract what we believe to be a high-quality talent pool. We have grown from zero employees prior to our capitalization in April 2012 to over 100 employees as of August 31, 2013. We currently expect to have approximately 200 employees by the end of 2013.

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Integrating our systems with mortgage lenders, loan servicing systems and leading third-party origination systems. Many of our customers will require us to have connectivity or be integrated with one or more of the largest loan servicing and/or leading third-party loan origination systems as a precursor to doing business with them. We have completed integration with two of the largest loan servicing systems, LPS MSP and Fiserv LoanServ™. We have also begun the process of integrating with the leading third-party loan origination systems, and expect to complete some of these integrations this year, including Ellie Mae Encompass360®, RealEC®, Fiserv EasyLender®, FICS Loan Producer® and Mortgage Builder. By mid-2014, we believe we will be substantially integrated with other leading third-party loan origination systems. We will also integrate directly with those lenders that maintain their own, proprietary loan origination and servicing system technologies, recognizing that the time-lines for these integrations are heavily dependent upon the lenders' internal technology resource time-lines and availability.

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Continuing development of our enterprise technology platform. We seek to continue to develop our enterprise technology platform to support our mortgage insurance operations, including underwriting, premium billing, policy servicing and delinquency and claims management functions. In order to adequately support our mortgage insurance operations, we expect that, when completed and all components are fully integrated, our technology platform will allow us to: (i) obtain applications and supporting documentation from our lenders on an automated basis, thereby enabling lenders to submit insurance applications in an efficient manner and facilitating our risk review, (ii) obtain real-time data on performance of individual insured loans and programs, enabling a transparent and collaborative policy acquisition and underwriting process that should reduce response times, decrease costs and streamline communication with lenders, (iii) provide real-time feedback data for monitoring underwriting guidelines and for communicating to lenders the quality

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Availability of capital to support growth. As a newly capitalized mortgage insurer, we do not have exposure to the losses caused by historical underwriting standards (which we believe to have been less than adequate) and declines in home values experienced during the recent financial crisis. We believe our current capital will support approximately $30 billion of insurance in force (“IIF”) while staying within the regulatory guidelines imposed by state insurance departments and the GSEs.

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Superior business practices and terms of trade. Existing MI companies have rescinded or denied coverage on a significant number of mortgage insurance policies in recent years. We believe this has strained the relationship between a number of the mortgage originators and some existing private mortgage insurers, providing an opportunity for a new entrant to more effectively compete with existing providers. We believe our terms of trade offer a unique approach to rescission relief that sets us apart from other MI companies. Under our master policy, after a borrower has timely made 18 consecutive monthly payments on a loan we insure, we have agreed that we will not rescind or cancel coverage of that loan for borrower fraud or underwriting defects. In addition, upon the borrower attaining 18 full and timely consecutive monthly payments, we have agreed to limitations on our ability to initiate an investigation of fraud or misrepresentation by our insureds or any other party involved in the origination of an insured loan, which we collectively refer to in our master policies as a "First Party." We believe the standard approach by most MI companies is to provide this rescission relief with respect to underwriting defects and investigation of First Party fraud or misrepresentation after 36 months of full and timely consecutive monthly payments. For this and other reasons, we believe the terms of our insurance coverage described in our Master Policy Agreement will be favorably received by our customers, allowing us to gain market share from current providers. In addition, because we review every loan we insure as described above, we believe we are well aligned with the GSEs' desire that MI providers adopt up-front quality control practices that have the effect of giving insureds assurance of coverage after a borrower has timely made 36 months of loan payments.

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Experienced management team. We have assembled a senior management team with extensive experience developing and operating MI companies. Our Chief Executive Officer, Bradley Shuster, was responsible for international operations for PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. (“PMIC”), coordinating both acquisitions in Australia and de novo operations in Canada, Europe and Hong Kong. Before leaving PMIC in 2008, Mr. Shuster was responsible for the sale of PMIC's Australian operations to QBE Group for approximately $1.0 billion. In addition to Mr. Shuster, the rest of the Company's executive management team averages over 25 years of mortgage or financial services industry experience. See "Management - Executive Directors and Officers."

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•	the level of MI coverage, subject to the requirements of the GSEs' charters (which may be changed by federal legislation) as to when MI is used as the required credit enhancement on low down payment mortgages;

•	the amount of loan level delivery fees (which result in higher costs to borrowers) that the GSEs assess on loans that require MI;

•	whether the GSEs influence the mortgage lender's selection of the mortgage insurer providing coverage and, if so, any transactions that are related to that selection;

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the availability of different loan purchase programs from the GSEs that allow different levels of MI coverage. For example, the GSEs allow lenders to deliver loans with “standard coverage” from an MI company, or, in exchange for lenders paying higher fees, lower “charter minimum” coverage levels. Historically, the large majority of loans are insured at “standard coverage” levels. If the relationship between the cost of mortgage insurance and the fees charged by the GSEs for various coverage levels changes, lenders may prefer to obtain “charter minimum” coverage levels on their loans;

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•	the underwriting standards that determine what loans are eligible for purchase by the GSEs, which can affect the quality of the risk insured by the mortgage insurer and the availability of mortgage loans;

•	the terms on which MI coverage can be canceled by the borrower before reaching the cancellation thresholds established by law;

•	the terms that the GSEs require to be included in MI policies for loans that they purchase;

•	the programs established by the GSEs intended to avoid or mitigate loss on insured mortgages and the circumstances in which mortgage servicers must implement such programs; and

•	the minimum capital levels required to be maintained by MI companies.

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•	single — all premium is paid upfront and the premium is earned based on published earnings tables which factor in the LTV and loan term;

•	annual — premium is paid in advance covering the subsequent 12 months and the premium is earned over the year, with renewals received prior to the expiration of the current coverage;

•	monthly — coverage begins on the loan close date and when the premium is received and the lender is billed each month for the next month's coverage; and

•	monthly Advantage — coverage begins as of the loan close date, when we receive notice of such close date and the lender is billed for the previous month's coverage every month.

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Achieving connectivity with the largest loan servicing systems. Many of the loan servicers in the industry who sub-service loans originated by Regional Accounts that do not conduct their own servicing operations rely primarily on the two most signifcant servicing systems, LPS MSP and Fiserv LoanServTM, to subservice these loans. As discussed above in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Development of our IT Platform", we have completed integration with LPS MSP and Fiserv LoanServTM. Attaining connectivity with these servicing systems is one of the important first steps with respect to Regional Accounts purchasing MI from NMIC.

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Achieving connectivity with leading third-party loan origination systems utilized by Regional Accounts. As discussed above, we have begun the process of integrating with some of the leading providers of automated loan origination systems, including Ellie Mae Encompass360®, RealEC®, Fiserv EasyLender®, FICS Loan Producer® and Mortgage Builder. The Regional Accounts who originate loans using these leading third-party loan origination systems will be able to automatically select NMIC as an MI provider within those systems. The progress we have made to date connecting with these loan origination systems is another significant achievement with respect to our readiness to engage with the Regional Accounts.

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delegated — if deemed eligible by NMIC, certain loan originators may bind our mortgage insurance coverage following their own underwriting review. Loans submitted through the delegated program must meet certain eligibility rules. The delegated program is only available to customers that have strong underwriting experience. In addition, similar to the non-delegated program, we have processes in place to perform quality assurance reviews of our customers' underwriting of all delegated loans within several months of the loan closing date.

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•	the borrower's credit strength, including the borrower's credit history, debt-to-income ratios and cash reserves and the willingness of a borrower with sufficient resources to make mortgage payments when the mortgage balance exceeds the value of the home;

•	the loan product, which encompasses the LTV ratio, the type of loan instrument, including whether the instrument provides for fixed or variable payments and the amortization schedule, the type of property, the purpose of the loan and the interest rate;

•	origination practices of lenders;

•	the percentage coverage on insured loans;

•	the size of loans insured; and

•	the condition of the economy, including housing values and employment, in the geographic area in which the property is located.

•	for loans with higher LTV ratios compared to loans with lower LTV ratios;

•	for loans with higher debt-to-income ratios;

•	for loans to borrowers with lower FICO credit scores compared to loans to borrowers with higher FICO credit scores;

•	during periods of economic contraction and housing price depreciation, including when these conditions may not be nationwide, compared to periods of economic expansion and housing price appreciation;

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•	for ARMs when the reset interest rate significantly exceeds the interest rate of loan origination;

•	for loans in which the original loan amount exceeds the GSEs' established conforming loan limit compared to loans below that limit; and

•	for cash out refinance loans compared to purchase or rate and term refinance loans.

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Credit risk profile. Our insured loan portfolio's credit risk profile is measured by credit score, loan-to-value, debt-to-income ratio, occupancy type, purpose (e.g., owner-occupied) and other factors. This risk profile is directly impacted by our credit guidelines, pricing and operational quality. The risk profile of our new business is also affected by the mortgage market and macroeconomic conditions. Key drivers include regulatory and/or tax changes affecting the economics of residential mortgage lending; regulatory changes impacting the relative attractiveness of MI to our customers; and consumer attitudes about the relative attractiveness of real estate as an investment; structural changes to the industry made to reduce the role of the federal government (and develop a long-term plan for the GSEs).

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Changes in home prices. A decline in home prices typically makes it more difficult for a borrower to sell or refinance his or her home, generally increasing the likelihood of a default followed by a claim. In addition, a decline in home prices typically increases the severity of any claim we may pay. The inability to sell or refinance homes, due to a decline in home prices, typically leads to an increase in persistency. Conversely, an increase in home prices potentially makes it easier for a borrower to sell or refinance his or her home, decreasing the likelihood of a claim on a loan in default, decreasing the severity of any claim we may pay and decreasing the policy persistency.

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Changes in employment and income, healthcare and divorce. Borrowers able to make only small down payments often have more difficulty weathering financial hardships caused by unemployment or income reductions, or life events involving illness or divorce, because they may not have large amounts of personal savings or available credit. If they do have a significant amount of available credit, they are more likely to increase leverage to levels that prove unsustainable over the long run. Rising unemployment will increase the number of borrowers unable to remain current on their home mortgage and increase the number of new claims. Conversely, as the unemployment rate decreases, portfolio delinquency rates will fall as fewer borrowers become unemployed and those that do are able to find new jobs more quickly.

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Changes in interest rates. Increasing interest rates directly impact the borrower's ability to pay by causing their debt payments to rise. Higher payments on adjustable rate mortgages and other variable rate consumer secured and unsecured debt reduce borrowers' ability to pay and increase the frequency of loss. Conversely, falling interest rates make variable rate consumer debt payments more affordable and reduce loss frequency. Changes in interest rates will also indirectly impact the portfolio's credit risk characteristics through their effect on economic growth rates, the affordability of housing, loan persistency and other factors.

•	Regional economic developments. Credit performance in specific geographic regions can vary substantially from the national mean based on the impact of regional developments. These developments may include economic booms or busts in particular industries accounting for a material share of total employment, the impact of natural disasters and other factors.

•	Changes in home prices. A decline in home prices typically makes it more difficult for a borrower to sell or refinance his or her home, generally increasing the likelihood of a delinquency followed by a claim. In addition, a decline in home prices typically increases the severity of any claim we

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Changes in unemployment. Increases in the unemployment rate typically impair a borrower's ability to remain current on his or her home mortgage, increasing the likelihood of a delinquency followed by a claim. Conversely, as the unemployment rate decreases, a borrower's ability to remain current on their home mortgage typically improves, decreasing the likelihood of a delinquency followed by a claim.

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Changes in interest rates. An increase in interest rates typically leads to lower home affordability and less refinancing activity. This may decrease mortgage origination volume thereby reducing the number of low down payment loans available for us to insure. However, an increase in interest rates typically leads to a higher mix of purchase versus refinance activity which results in a higher overall penetration rate of MI. The higher penetration rate is also a result of overall lower total originations during a high interest rate environment. Higher interest rates also typically lead to higher persistency of our MI policies. Conversely, a decrease in interest rates typically leads to an increase in low down payment loans available for us to insure, a decrease in the penetration rate of MI and a decrease in the persistency of MI policies from higher refinance activity.

•	Process design and execution. New processes and procedures may not appropriately take into account scenarios that were unforeseen or misunderstood. Employees may make mistakes when executing defined processes and procedures.

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Vendor Performance. One component of our strategy is to leverage vendors for key functions including system development, website hosting, insurance approval, underwriting assurance review audits and human resources management, among others. Vendors may overstate their capabilities and/or be unable to meet promised service levels. Mistakes or failures may lead to business disruptions and/or losses.

•	System Functionality and Reliability. Systems may not be developed on time, be properly designed, perform as specified or be sufficiently reliable. Utility disruptions may bring systems down for extended periods.

•	Damage to Physical Assets and Human Resources. Aside from work-at-home employees residing across the country, our operations and staff are housed in a single building in a shoreline location near

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•	Fraud. Insured institutions may attempt to collect insurance benefits based on fraud and misrepresentation, and employees may attempt to misappropriate company assets.

•	Inadequate Internal Controls. Various internal controls have been established to manage operational and other risks. Inadequate internal controls expose us to greater operational risk.

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Establish connectivity with many of the industry's largest providers of mortgage servicing systems, which automate loan servicing functions such as payment processing, escrow administration, default management, investor accounting, loan modifications, and year-end reporting. We have completed integration with the largest and leading servicing system providers, LPS MSP and Fiserv LoanServ™ , which combined process more mortgages in the United States by dollar volume than any other servicing system, creating significant opportunity to efficiently conduct business with large lenders and aggregators that require this integration;

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Establish connectivity with leading third party providers of loan origination systems, which provide the functionality to automate the mortgage loan origination process, including point of sale support, processing, settlement services, document preparation and tracking, underwriting, closing and funding. We have begun the process of integrating with the leading third-party loan origination systems, and we expect to complete some of these integrations this year, including Ellie Mae Encompass360®, RealEC®, Fiserv EasyLender®, FICS Loan Producer®, and Mortgage Builder. By mid-2014, we believe we will be integrated with the other leading third-party loan origination systems.

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Integrate with those lenders that maintain their own proprietary loan origination and servicing systems, recognizing that the time-lines for these integrations are heavily dependent upon the lenders' internal technology resource time-lines and availability. Many lenders require us to engage in their third party review processes before we can conduct integration testing with such lenders. While we are in the process of working through this process with some lenders, no direct lender connectivity has been completed as of the date of this prospectus.

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•	be initially capitalized in the amount of $200 million and that its affiliate reinsurance companies, NMRI One and NMRI Two, be initially capitalized in the amount of $10 million each;

•	maintain minimum capital of $150 million;

•	operate at a risk-to-capital ratio not to exceed 15:1 for its first three (3) years and then pursuant to the Eligibility Requirements;

•	insure only (i) GSE-eligible loans or (ii) loans that are GSE-eligible, other than as related to loan amount subject to additional portfolio limitation requirements;

•	obtain prior written approval to enter into any transaction involving the issuance of insurance on other than an individual loan “flow” basis;

•	have and maintain a fully operational business and technology platform;

•	not declare or pay dividends to affiliates or to NMIH for its first three (3) years, then pursuant to the Eligibility Requirements;

•	not enter into capital support agreements or guarantees for the benefit of, or purchase or otherwise invest in the debt of, affiliates without the prior written approval of the GSEs for its first three (3) years, then pursuant to the Eligibility Requirements;

•	not invest in or make loans to affiliates for its first three (3) years, then pursuant to the Eligibility Requirements;

•	not enter into reinsurance or other risk share arrangements without the GSEs' prior written approval for its first three (3) years, then pursuant to the Eligibility Requirements; and

•	at the direction of one or both of the GSEs, re-domicile from Wisconsin to another state.

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•	licenses to transact business;

•	policy forms;

•	premium rates;

•	insurable loans;

•	annual and other reports on our financial condition;

•	the basis upon which assets and liabilities must be stated;

•	requirements regarding contingency reserves;

•	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;

•	special deposits of securities;

•	limits on dividends payable; and

•	claims handling.

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•	The insurance subsidiaries must give the WOCI up to 90 days', rather than 30 days', notice of a proposed dividend.

•	The insurance subsidiaries must give the WOCI up to 60 days' notice of any proposed substantive change in their business plans. WOCI may disapprove the proposed changes, and the insurance subsidiaries must conform at all times to their filed business plans.

•	The insurance subsidiaries' directors and officers may be disapproved by WOCI.

•	The insurance subsidiaries' investments are restricted unless otherwise approved by WOCI.

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•	we are exempted from compliance with Section 404(b) of Sarbanes-Oxley, which otherwise would have required our auditors to attest to and report on our internal control over financial reporting;

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we are not required to comply with any new or revised financial accounting standard until such date as a private company (i.e., a company that is not an “issuer” as defined by Section 2(a) of Sarbanes-Oxley) is required to comply with such new or revised accounting standard. As a result, our financial statements may not be comparable with another public company which is neither an ECG nor an ECG which has opted out of using the extended transition period;

•	we may elect to not comply with Item 402 of Regulation S-K, which requires extensive quantitative and qualitative disclosure regarding executive compensation, but instead disclose the more limited information required of a “smaller reporting company”;

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in the event that we register our common stock under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, the JOBS Act will also exempt us from the following additional compensation-related disclosure provisions that were imposed on U.S. public companies pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act: (i) the advisory vote on executive compensation required by Section 14A(a) of the Exchange Act, (ii) the requirements of Section 14A(b) of the Exchange Act relating to stockholder advisory votes on “golden parachute” compensation, (iii) the requirements of Section 14(i) of the Exchange Act as to disclosure relating to the relationship between executive compensation and our financial performance, and (iv) the requirement of Section 953(b)(1)of the Dodd-Frank Act, which will require disclosure as to the relationship between the compensation of the Company's chief executive officer and median employee pay.

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•	the integrity of the financial statements of the Company;

•	the independent auditor's qualifications and independence;

•	the performance of the Company's internal audit function and independent auditors;

•	the Company's system of disclosure controls and system of internal controls over financial reporting; and

•	the Company's compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

•	overseeing our executive compensation program, including approving corporate goals relating to compensation for our Chief Executive Officer and other senior executives and determining the annual compensation of our Chief Executive Officer and other senior executives;

•	reviewing and approving the compensation policy recommended by management with respect to other employees;

•	determining, subject to ratification by our independent directors, the compensation of our independent directors; and

•	preparing the Compensation Committee Report and reviewing the Compensation Discussion and Analysis included in our proxy statements.

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•	identifying individuals qualified to become Board members, and recommending to the Board nominees for election for the next annual meeting of stockholders;

•	reviewing the qualifications and independence of the members of the Board and its committees on a regular periodic basis;

•	recommending to the Board corporate governance guidelines and reviewing such guidelines, as well as the Nominating and Governance Committee charter to confirm that they remain consistent with sound corporate governance practices and with any legal requirements;

•	leading the Board in its annual review of the Board's performance; and

•	recommending committee assignments for members of the Board.

•	discussing, reviewing and monitoring the Company's mortgage insurance products, including premium rates, underwriting guidelines and returns;

•	reviewing and approving the Company's investment policy;

•	reviewing the mortgage insurance operating environment, including the state of local and regional housing markets, competitive forces affecting the Company and the Company's relationships with residential mortgage lenders and investors; and

•	assisting the Board in its oversight of the Company's risk management policies, procedures and processes.

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(1)	The named executive officers were paid as consultants to the Company prior to its capitalization. Amounts shown include consulting fees earned during 2011 and 2012. The entire amounts shown were paid in 2012 upon capitalization.

(2)	Bonus amounts were earned in 2012 but paid in 2013.

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In April 2012, Mr. McCourt entered into a letter agreement with the Company to serve as its Executive Vice President of Insurance Operations and Chief Risk Officer. At that time, Mr. McCourt was issued 151,250 stock options and 123,750 restricted stock units ("RSUs"). In October 2012, the Company and Mr. McCourt mutually agreed to terminate his April 2012 letter agreement and enter into a new letter agreement pursuant to which Mr. McCourt began serving as the Company's VP of Administration. In connection with the change to his terms of employment, Mr. McCourt forfeited 131,250 of his stock options and 113,750 of his RSUs. The values shown for Mr. McCourt's stock and option awards were calculated based on their values, as of the date of the grants, without giving effect to the forfeitures. As of December 31, 2012, Mr. McCourt held 10,000 RSUs valued at $67,900 and 20,000 option awards valued at $77,600.

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•	100% of the outstanding RSU grants vest as follows:

◦	33.3% of the performance shares will vest when our stock price equals or exceeds $12.50 for 30 days;1

◦	33.3% of the performance shares will vest when our stock price equals or exceeds $14.00 for 30 days; and

◦	33.3% of the performance shares will vest when our stock price equals or exceeds $16.00 for 30 days.

◦	50% of the time-vested shares will vest on the second anniversary of the grant date; and

◦	50% of the time-vested shares will vest on the third anniversary of the grant date.

•	100% of the stock option grants vest as follows:

◦	33.3% of the stock options will vest on the first anniversary of the grant date;

◦	33.3% of the stock options will vest on the second anniversary of the grant date; and

◦	33.3% of the stock options will vest on the third anniversary of the grant date.

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(1)	Represents stock options that vest (subject to continued employment on the vesting date) as follows:

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•	33.3% vest on the first anniversary of the grant date;

•	33.3% vest on the second anniversary of the grant date; and

•	33.3% vest on the third anniversary of the grant date.

(2)	The per share exercise price is equal to the price of a share of our common stock in our Private Placement.

(3)	Represents RSUs. As explained above under the heading - Equity Awards Granted to Certain Named Executive Officers, as of December 31, 2012, 100% of the RSUs were performance shares. In February 2013, the RSU awards were amended so that two-thirds of the grant are performance shares and one-third are time-vested shares.

(4)	There is currently no public market for our common stock, and therefore we do not have a public valuation for our security. Our securities trade in the FBRPlusTM system. To determine the value of unearned shares that have not vested, we used the 30-day average for the 30-day trading period ending on December 31, 2012 of $10.75 per share.

(5)	In 2012, Mr. McCourt was originally issued 151,250 stock options and 123,750 RSUs. In October 2012, Mr. McCourt forfeited 131,250 of his stock options and 113,750 of his RSUs.

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•	the acquisition by any individual, entity or group of “beneficial ownership” (pursuant to the meaning given in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of 35% or more (on a fully diluted basis) of either (i) the outstanding shares of our common stock or (ii) the combined voting power of our then outstanding voting securities, with each of the foregoing subject to certain customary exceptions;

•	the replacement of a majority of the directors that constituted our Board as of the closing of the Private Placement by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by at least two-thirds of the directors on the Board as of the closing of the Private Placement, subject to certain exceptions;

•	approval by our stockholders of our complete dissolution or liquidation; or

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a merger of the Company, the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of our assets or any other business combination of the Company with any other corporation, other than any merger or business combination which would result in (i) the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to the transaction continuing to represent at least 50% of the total voting power of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such transaction, (ii) no person (other than any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the surviving company) becoming the “beneficial owner,” directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the total voting power of the parent company (or, if there is no parent company, the surviving company) and (iii) members of the Board as of the execution of the initial agreement providing for the transaction constituting at least two-thirds of the members of the board of directors of the parent company (or, if there is no parent company, the surviving company) following the consummation of the transaction.

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(1)	Under the terms of Messrs. Shuster’s and Sherwood’s respective Employment Agreements, each would be entitled to be paid his respective annual base salary in effect at the time of termination and any target annual bonus for a prior award period, both to the extent not previously paid (other than any deferred portion of such target annual bonus).

(2)	Under the terms of their respective employment arrangements, each would be entitled to be paid the amounts of any Accrued Benefits through the date of termination to the extent not previously paid or provided.

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As provided in Messrs. Shuster’s and Sherwood’s respective Employment Agreements, amount includes the sum of (i) Mr. Shuster’s or Mr. Sherwood’s annual base salary plus (ii) his 2012 target annual bonus, which was 100% of the annual base salary. Further, upon a Qualifying Termination at December 31, 2012, Messrs. Shuster and Sherwood would have remained eligible to receive in the future 50% of the GSE Approval bonus and 50% of the bonuses payable upon the filing and effectiveness of this registration statement.

(4)	With a Qualifying Termination, any outstanding stock options that were not then exercisable and vested would have become fully exercisable and vested at the date of termination.

(5)	With a Qualifying Termination, unvested RSUs (100% of which were performance shares at December 31, 2012) would have remained outstanding and subject to vesting upon the later of (i) GSE approval or (ii) the achievement of the applicable stock price goals.

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As provided in Messrs. Shuster’s and Sherwood’s respective Employment Agreements, amount includes three times the sum of (i) Mr. Shuster’s or Mr. Sherwood’s annual base salary plus (ii) his 2012 target annual bonus, which was 100% of the annual base salary. Further, upon a Qualifying Termination at December 31, 2012 following a change in control, Messrs. Shuster and Sherwood would have remained eligible to receive in the future 50% of the GSE Approval bonus and 50% of the bonuses payable upon the filing and effectiveness of this registration statement.

(7)	Upon a change in control, any outstanding stock options that were not then exercisable and vested would have become fully exercisable and vested immediately.

(8)	Vesting of RSUs (100% of which were performance shares at December 31, 2012) following a change in control shall be determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board based upon the Committee’s determination regarding the extent the stock price goals with respect to the performance shares have been met.

(9)	As provided in Mr. Pachura’s letter agreement, amount includes the sum of (i) Mr. Pachura’s annual base salary plus (ii) his 2012 target annual bonus, which was 75% of the annual base salary.

(10)	As provided in Mr. Pachura’s letter agreement, amount includes one and one-half times the sum of (i) Mr. Pachura’s annual base salary plus (ii) his 2012 target annual bonus, which was 75% of the annual base salary.

(11)	Under any of the hypothetical scenarios, Mr. McCourt would not have been entitled to receive cash severance payments.

(12)	Upon a change in control, with or without a termination, Mr. McCourt’s outstanding stock options that were not exercisable and vested would have become fully exercisable and vested immediately. At $10.75 per share, the cash value of Mr. McCourt’s options at December 31, 2012 was $15,000.

(13)	Upon a change in control, with or without a termination, vesting of Mr. McCourt’s outstanding RSUs (100% of which were performance shares at December 31, 2012) would have been subject to the same conditions as described in note (8) above.

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(1)	To compensate Messrs. Dean and Gambs for their overall contribution to the Board and the Company prior to their departures in July 2012, we paid each of them $16,250 during their Board membership and an additional $98,750 upon the Company's receipt of GSE Approval.

(2)	Michael Embler, James G. Jones, Michael Montgomery and John Brandon Osmon were elected to the Company's Board of Directors on July 17, 2012.

(3)	James H. Ozanne and Steven L. Scheid have been members of the Company's Board since its capitalization on April 24, 2012.

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The stock options and RSUs granted to each non-employee director in 2012 vest in two equal 50% installments on each of the second and third anniversary of the date of grant. As of December 31, 2012, each of Messrs. Ozanne and Scheid held stock options with respect to 75,625 shares of our common stock and 61,875 RSUs and each of Messrs. Embler, Jones, Montgomery and Osmon held stock options with respect to 37,813 shares of our common stock and 30,940 RSUs.

(5)	Each of Mr. Dean and Mr. Gambs forfeited their stock options and RSUs in connection with their ceasing to be members of the Company's Board. The value of their stock and option awards are presented without giving effect to the forfeitures and prior to their redistribution to Messrs. Embler, Jones, Montgomery and Osmon.

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(1)	the acquisition by any individual, entity or group of “beneficial ownership” (pursuant to the meaning given in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of 35% or more (on a fully diluted basis) of either (a) the outstanding shares of our common stock or (b) the combined voting power of our then outstanding voting securities, with each of clauses (a) and (b) subject to certain customary exceptions;

(2)	a majority of the directors who constituted our board of directors as of the closing of this offering are replaced by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by at least two-thirds of the incumbent directors then on the board of directors, subject to certain exceptions;

(3)	approval by our stockholders of our complete dissolution or liquidation; or

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a merger of the Company, the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of our assets, or any other business combination of the Company with any other corporation, other than any merger or business combination which would result in (a) the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to the transaction continuing to represent at least 50% of the total voting power of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such transaction, (b) no person (other than any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the surviving company) is or becomes the “beneficial owner,” directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the total voting power of the parent company (or, if there is no parent company, the surviving company) and (c) at least two-thirds of the members of the board of directors of the parent company (or, if there is no parent company, the surviving company) following the consummation of the transaction were members of the board of directors at the time the execution of the initial agreement providing for the transaction was approved.

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•	each person known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of our Class A common stock;

•	each named executive officer;

•	each of our directors;

•	all of our named executive officers and directors as a group; and

•	each selling stockholder.

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•	any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders;

•	any act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

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•	any act related to unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions or payment of dividends; or

•	any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

•	we will indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, subject to limited exceptions; and

•	we may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of our current or former directors, officers, employees or agents against any liability asserted against them and incurred by them in any such capacity, or arising out of their status as such.

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•	a citizen or resident of the United States;

•	a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or a non-U.S. corporation treated as such;

•	an estate, the income of which is includible in gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes regardless of its source; or

•	a trust if (a) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (b) such trust has made a valid election to be treated as a U.S. person for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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•	the gain is effectively connected with a trade or business carried on by the non-U.S. holder within the United States (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, is attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment of such non-U.S. holder);

•	the non-U.S. holder is an individual and is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of disposition and certain other conditions are satisfied; or

•	we are or have been a U.S. real property holding corporation (a “USRPHC”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes at any time within the shorter of the five-year period ending on the date of the disposition and the non-U.S. holder's holding period of our common stock and certain other conditions are satisfied. We believe that we are currently not, and we do not anticipate becoming, a USRPHC.

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•	a U.S. person;

•	a “controlled foreign corporation” for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

•	a foreign person 50% or more of whose gross income from certain periods is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business; or

•	a foreign partnership if at any time during its tax year (a) one or more of its partners are U.S. persons who, in the aggregate, hold more than 50% of the income or capital interests of the partnership or (b) the foreign partnership is engaged in a U.S. trade or business.

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•	ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker dealer solicits purchasers;

•	block trades in which the broker dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

•	purchases by a broker dealer as principal and resale by the broker dealer for its account;

•	an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

•	privately negotiated transactions;

•	broker dealers may agree with the selling stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;

•	a combination of any such methods of sale; and

•	any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

•	engage in short sales of shares of the common stock in the course of hedging their positions;

•	sell shares of the common stock short and deliver shares of the common stock to close out short positions;

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•	loan or pledge shares of the common stock to broker-dealers or other financial institutions that in turn may sell shares of the common stock;

•	enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions that require the delivery to the broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares of the common stock, which the broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell under the prospectus; or

•	enter into transactions in which a broker-dealer makes purchases as a principal for resale for its own account or through other types of transactions.

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•	the Company's intent to sell the security or whether it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security before recovery;

•	severity and duration of the decline in fair value;

•	the financial condition of the issuer;

•	failure of the issuer to make scheduled interest or principal payments;

•	recent credit downgrades of the applicable security or the issuer below investment grade; and

•	adverse conditions specifically related to the security, an industry, or a geographic area.

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•	be initially capitalized in the amount of $200 million and that its affiliate reinsurance companies, NMRI One and NMRI Two, be initially capitalized in the amount of $10 million each;

•	maintain minimum capital of $150 million;

•	operate at a risk-to-capital ratio not to exceed 15:1 for its first three (3) years and then pursuant to the Eligibility Requirements;

•	insure only (i) GSE-eligible loans or (ii) loans that are GSE-eligible, other than as related to loan amount subject to additional portfolio limitation requirements;

•	obtain prior written approval to enter into any transaction involving the issuance of insurance on other than an individual loan “flow” basis;

•	have and maintain a fully operational business and technology platform;

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•	not declare or pay dividends to affiliates or to NMIH for its first three (3) years, then pursuant to the Eligibility Requirements;

•	not enter into capital support agreements or guarantees for the benefit of, or purchase or otherwise invest in the debt of, affiliates without the prior written approval of the GSEs for its first three (3) years, then pursuant to the Eligibility Requirements;

•	not invest in or make loans to affiliates for its first three (3) years, then pursuant to the Eligibility Requirements;

•	not enter into reinsurance or other risk share arrangements without the GSEs' prior written approval for its first three (3) years, then pursuant to the Eligibility Requirements; and

•	at the direction of one or both of the GSEs, re-domicile from Wisconsin to another state.

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a)	$700,000 to be paid 10 days after obtaining the funding required for Government Sponsored Entity (“GSE”) approval

b)	$300,000 to be paid upon completion of deployment of the Insurance Management System and user acceptance testing

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+	Application has been made to the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential treatment of certain provisions of this exhibit. Omitted material for which confidential treatment has been requested has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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(a)	The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1)	To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i)	To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

(ii)

To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement.

(iii)	To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

(2)	That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3)	To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4)

That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser: each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

(b)	Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,

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+	Application has been made to the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential treatment of certain provisions of this exhibit. Omitted material for which confidential treatment has been requested has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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