Essent Guaranty
Insurance Agency
Why pick this one
Essent Guaranty provides private mortgage insurance nationwide, is approved by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and serves more than 1,500 lender partners.
Best for
- Lenders needing private mortgage insurance for single-family loans
- Mortgage teams using ICE Encompass, Empower, Byte, or Optimal Blue
- First-time homebuyer and millennial lending programs using EssentIQ
- Title agents needing underwriting, curative, and closing services
- Mortgage and real estate transactions across all 50 states and the District of Columbia
Look elsewhere if
- Personal auto insurance needs
- Standalone personal homeowners insurance needs
- Consumers seeking a local retail insurance agency rather than mortgage or title insurance services
Specialties
- Private mortgage insurance for single-family mortgage loans
- Risk-based mortgage insurance pricing through EssentEDGE
- Title insurance underwriting
- Title curative services
- Title and settlement closing services
Certifications
- Approved by Fannie Mae
- Approved by Freddie Mac
- Licensed nationwide for private mortgage insurance
- Title insurance and settlement services available in all 50 states and the District of Columbia
What makes them different
- More than 1,500 lender partners across the United States
- More than three million borrowers supported with mortgage insurance solutions
- Integration with ICE Encompass, Empower, Byte, and Optimal Blue
- Essent Guaranty holds A- Standard & Poor’s, A2 Moody’s, and A (Excellent) A.M. Best ratings
- Title services support purchases, refinances, private wealth, commercial, HELOC, reverse mortgage, and default transactions
- Response time
- Fast access to innovative tools and resources for title underwriting
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 101 S Stratford Rd, Winston-Salem, NC 27104
- Phone
- +18776738190
- Website
- http://www.essent.us
Services
- Mortgage insurance
- Title insurance
- Title underwriting
- Title and settlement production
- Curative services
- Closing services
- Default transaction support