Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Curran Christopher G
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/06/2019		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Essent Group Ltd. [ESNT]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O ESSENT GROUP LTD., CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
SVP, Corporate Development
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

HAMILTON, D0 HM 11		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common shares, par value $0.015 141,756 (1)
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Curran Christopher G
C/O ESSENT GROUP LTD.
CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET
HAMILTON, D0 HM 11		       SVP, Corporate Development  

Signatures

Lawrence E. McAlee, Attorney-in-Fact 02/20/2019
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Includes 45,444 restricted shares granted under the issuer's 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan, of which (i) 30,513 shares are subject to time-based vesting (consisting of 13,552 vesting on March 1, 2019, 8,231 shares vesting on March 1, 2020, 5,475 shares vesting on March 1, 2021, and 3,255 shares vesting on March 1, 2022), (ii) 8,267 shares will become earned based upon the issuer's compounded annual book value per share growth percentage during a three-year performance period commencing January 1, 2017 and vest on March 1, 2020, and (iii) 6,664 shares will become earned based upon the issuer's compounded annual book value per share growth percentage during a three-year performance period commencing January 1, 2018 and vest on March 1, 2021.

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