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  0001188563
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001448893
  Essent Group Ltd.
  001-36157
  CLARENDON HOUSE
  2 CHURCH STREET
  HAMILTON
  D0
  HM 11
  441-297-9901
  KASMAR ROY JAMES
  Director
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  245 Summer Street
  Boston
  MA
  02110
  3235
  192385.45
  101401546
  05/15/2025
  NYSE
  Common
  11/01/2014
  Stock Award
  Essent Group LTD
  N
  3235
  11/01/2014
  compensation
  Y
  shares are being sold from Roy J Kasmar Living Trust
  05/15/2025
  /s/ Audrey Skillern as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Roy J KASMAR