Essent Guaranty Announces Access to MI through INTEGRA’s Destiny LOS Platform

September 16, 2014

RADNOR, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Essent Guaranty, Inc., a nationwide provider of mortgage insurance (MI), announced today that it is now offering lenders access to Essent MI for delegated and non-delegated loans and rate quotes through INTEGRA’s Destiny Loan Origination System (LOS) Platform.

“Lenders using INTEGRA’s Destiny platform will now have seamless and direct access to Essent MI products,” said Bill Kaiser, Essent Guaranty’s chief operating officer. “From checking rate quotes to ordering MI, Essent’s delegated and non-delegated underwriting customers have the ability to complete their mortgage loan process even more efficiently.”

INTEGRA’s Destiny LOS spans point-of-sale to post-closing and secondary marketing for lenders interested in efficiencies gained by automating every step of their mortgage loan workflow.

INTEGRA President, Jerry Pratt, stated, “Our goal as an LOS provider has always been to provide the highest level of service, functionality and efficiencies gained through our relationship with our clients and business partners alike. The integration with Essent MI is no exception to that end and only serves to further meet the requirements our mutual clients have grown to expect from us.”

About Essent

Essent Group Ltd. (NYSE: ESNT) is a Bermuda-based holding company which, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Essent Guaranty, Inc., offers private mortgage insurance for single-family mortgage loans in the United States. Essent provides private capital to mitigate mortgage credit risk, allowing lenders to make additional mortgage financing available to prospective homeowners. Headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania, Essent Guaranty, Inc. is licensed to write mortgage insurance in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and is approved by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Additional information regarding Essent may be found at www.essentgroup.com.

About INTEGRA

Established in 1996, INTEGRA’s 3-in-1 Destiny, provides for a comprehensive, powerful Consumer, Commercial LOS including a Mortgage loan origination system ‘from A to Z’ for retail, wholesale and correspondent lenders. Destiny is CFPB compliant and includes 2ndary delivery, GFE/HUD compare, HMDA reporting, Broker portal, and much more. Over 175 interfaces are provided for Credit, Flood, MI, AUS, etc. INTEGRA offers two configurations: Destiny for mid-size to large lenders and DestinyXpress (hosted Software as a Service) for the smaller lender. For more information about INTEGRA Software Systems, please visit www.Integra-online.com or contact sales@integra-online.com or call 877-253-7779.

Source: Essent Group Ltd.

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