Registration No. 333-__________
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                           MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                    Wisconsin                         39-1486475
(State or other jurisdiction of          (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 incorporation or organization)

            250 East Kilbourn Avenue                                53202
              Milwaukee, Wisconsin                               (Zip Code)
    (Address of principal executive offices)


              MGIC Investment Corporation 1991 Stock Incentive Plan

                                 Jeffrey H. Lane
                     Senior Vice President, General Counsel
                                  and Secretary
                           MGIC Investment Corporation
                            250 East Kilbourn Avenue
                           Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
                                 (414) 347-6406
 (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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        Title of                                    Proposed Maximum       Proposed Maximum
    Securities to be          Amount to be           Offering Price            Aggregate              Amount of
       Registered              Registered              Per Share            Offering Price        Registration Fee
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Common Stock,
 $1.00 par value                3,000,000               $56.90(1)          $170,700,000(1)            $42,675
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      Common Stock              3,000,000                 (2)                     (2)                    (2)
    Purchase Rights
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(1)   Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
      amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based
      on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported
      on The New York Stock Exchange on February 23, 2001.
(2)   The value attributable to the Common Share Purchase Rights is reflected in
      the market price of the Common Stock to which the Rights are attached.


Pursuant to Rule 429 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Prospectus referred to herein also relates to the Form S-8 Registration
Statement (Registration No. 33-79430).

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PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS The document or documents containing the information specified in Part I are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") as part of this Form S-8 Registration Statement. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. The following documents filed by MGIC Investment Corporation (the "Company") with the Commission are hereby incorporated herein by reference: 1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999. 2. The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2000, June 30, 2000 and September 30, 2000, filed on May 11, 2000, August 14, 2000 and November 14, 2000, respectively. 3. The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K, dated May 19, 2000, October 10, 2000, October 17, 2000 and November 16, 2000, filed on May 25, 2000, October 10, 2000, October 19, 2000 and November 20, 2000, respectively. 4. The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in Item 1 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated July 25, 1991, filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, as amended, and any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. 5. The description of the Company's Common Share Purchase Rights contained in Item 1 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated July 27, 1999, filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, as amended, and any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. 6. All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining to be sold. -2-

A statement contained in any incorporated document shall be modified or superseded for the purposes of this Registration Statement if it is modified or superseded by a document which is also incorporated in this Registration Statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. Not applicable. Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. Pursuant to the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law and the Company's by-laws, directors and officers of the Company are entitled to mandatory indemnification from the Company against certain liabilities and expenses (i) to the extent such officers or directors are successful in the defense of a proceeding and (ii) in proceedings in which the director or officer is not successful in the defense thereof unless it is determined that the director or officer breached or failed to perform his or her duties to the Company and such breach or failure constituted: (a) a willful failure to deal fairly with the Company or its shareowners in connection with a matter in which the director or officer had a material conflict of interest; (b) a violation of the criminal law, unless the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; (c) a transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal profit; or (d) willful misconduct. The Wisconsin Business Corporation Law specifically states that it is the policy of Wisconsin to require or permit indemnification in connection with a proceeding involving securities regulation, as described therein, to the extent required or permitted as described above. Additionally, under the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, directors of the Company are not subject to personal liability to the Company, its shareowners or any person asserting rights on behalf thereof for certain breaches or failures to perform any duty resulting solely from their status as directors except in circumstances paralleling those in subparagraphs (a) through (d) outlined above. The indemnification provided by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law and the Company's by-laws is not exclusive of any other rights to which a director or officer may be entitled. The general effect of the foregoing provisions may be to reduce the circumstances which an officer or director may be required to bear the economic burden of the foregoing liabilities and expenses. The Company maintains a liability insurance policy for its directors and officers as permitted by Wisconsin law which may extend to, among other things, liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed. Not applicable. -3-

Item 8. Exhibits. The exhibits filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference are set forth in the attached Exhibit Index. Item 9. Undertakings. (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; (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; and (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; provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference 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. (b) Filings Incorporating Subsequent Exchange Act Documents by Reference. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement 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. -4-

(c) Statement Required in Connection with Filing of Registration Statement on Form S-8. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. -5-

SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, on this 28th day of February, 2001. MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION By: /s/ Jeffrey H. Lane ---------------------------------- Jeffrey H. Lane Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary -6-

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by or on behalf of the following persons in their indicated capacities, all as of February 28, 2001. Signature Title /s/ Curt S. Culver President and Chief Executive - --------------------------- Officer and Director Curt S. Culver (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ J. Michael Lauer Executive Vice President and Chief - --------------------------- Financial Officer J. Michael Lauer (Principal Financial Officer) /s/ Patrick Sinks Senior Vice President, Controller and - --------------------------- Chief Accounting Officer Patrick Sinks (Principal Accounting Officer) * - --------------------------- James A. Abbott Director * - --------------------------- Mary K. Bush Director * - --------------------------- Karl E. Case Director * - --------------------------- David S. Engelman Director * - --------------------------- James D. Ericson Director * - --------------------------- Kenneth M. Jastrow, II Director * - --------------------------- Daniel P. Kearney Director * - --------------------------- Sheldon B. Lubar Director * - --------------------------- William A. McIntosh Director * - --------------------------- Leslie M. Muma Director * - --------------------------- Edward J. Zore Director *By /s/ Jeffrey H. Lane ---------------------------- Jeffrey H. Lane Attorney-in-Fact -7-

EXHIBIT INDEX MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION 1991 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN Exhibit No. Exhibit (4.1) MGIC Investment Corporation 1991 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended) [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.] (4.2) Rights Agreement, dated as of July 22, 1999, between MGIC Investment Corporation and Firstar Bank, Milwaukee, N.A. [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed July 27, 1999] (5) Opinion of Joseph J. Ziino, Jr. (23.1) Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (23.2) Consent of Joseph J. Ziino, Jr. (contained in Exhibit 5 hereto) (24) Powers of Attorney relating to this filing and subsequent amendments -8-


MGIC Investment Corporation
                                                                       Exhibit 5

Joseph J. Ziino, Jr.
Senior Vice President - Regulatory Relations
and Associate General Counsel



February 28, 2001



MGIC Investment Corporation
250 East Kilbourn Avenue
Milwaukee, WI  53202

Gentlemen:

I am Senior Vice President - Regulatory Relations, Associate General Counsel and
Assistant Secretary of MGIC Investment Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation (the
"Company"). In that capacity, I have acted as counsel to the Company in
connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-8
("Registration Statement") relating to the Company's 1991 Stock Incentive Plan,
as amended (the "Plan"), and the registration under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended ("Act"), of an additional (i) 3,000,000 shares of the Company's
Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share ("Shares") and (ii) related Common Share
Purchase Rights (the "Rights") which may be issued under the Plan, in the manner
set forth in the Registration Statement. The terms of the Rights are set forth
in that certain Rights Agreement, dated July 22, 1999, by and between the
Company and Firstar Bank, N.A. (the "Rights Agreement"). In connection
therewith, I have examined: (i) the Registration Statement; (ii) the Rights
Agreement; (iii) the Company's Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and
Amended and Restated Bylaws; (iv) corporate proceedings of the Company relating
to the authorization for issuance of the Shares and Rights; and (v) such other
proceedings, documents and records as I have deemed necessary to enable me to
render this opinion.

Based upon the foregoing, I am of the opinion that:

1.        The Company is a corporation validly existing under the corporate laws
          of the state of Wisconsin.

2.        The Shares subject to the Registration Statement, when issued and paid
          for in the manner set forth in the Plan will be legally issued, fully
          paid and nonassessable and no personal liability will attach to the
          ownership thereof, except for all debts owing to employees of the
          Company for services performed therefor, but not exceeding six months
          service in any one case, as provided in Section 180.0622(2)(b) of the
          Wisconsin Business Corporation Law and as such may be interpreted by a
          court of law.




MGIC Plaza, P.O. Box 488, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-0488, (414) 347-6361
WATS (800) 558-9900, FAX (414) 347-6959, E-mail:  Joseph_Ziino@mgic.com

MGIC Investment Corporation February 28, 2001 Page 2 3. The Rights subject to the Registration Statement, when issued pursuant to the terms of the Rights Agreement, will be validly issued. I consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference of my name therein. In giving my consent, I do not admit that I am an "expert" within the meaning of Section 11 of the Act or within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Act. Very truly yours, /s/ Joseph J. Ziino Joseph J. Ziino, Jr. Senior Vice President - Regulatory Relations and Associate General Counsel JJZ/pjj


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We  hereby  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in this  Registration
Statement  on Form S-8 of our report  dated  January  12,  2000  relating to the
financial statements, which appears in the 1999 Annual Report to Shareholders of
MGIC  Investment  Corporation,  which  is  incorporated  by  reference  in  MGIC
Investment  Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1999. We also consent to the  incorporation by reference of our report dated
January 12, 2000 relating to the financial statement schedules, which appears in
such Annual Report on Form 10-K.

/s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP


Milwaukee, Wisconsin
February 23, 2001


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a Director of MGIC
Investment Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Curt S.
Culver, J. Michael Lauer and Jeffrey H. Lane, and each of them, his or her true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power or substitution and
resubstitution for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign:

(1)      the Registration Statements on Form S-8 and any and all amendments
         (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statements
         relating to the registration of an additional 3,000,000 shares of
         Common Stock, $1.00 par value, under the Company's 1991 Stock Incentive
         Plan and an additional 750,000 shares of Common Stock $1.00 par value,
         under the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan and the Common
         Share Purchase Rights associated with such additional shares of Common
         Stock; and

(2)      any and all post-effective amendments to any Registration Statements on
         Form S-8 currently in effect relating to the Company's Profit Sharing
         and Savings Plan, the Company's 1989 Amended and Restated Stock Option
         Plan and 1991 Stock Incentive Plan, and the Company's 1993 Restricted
         Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors,

and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent
or his substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Dated this 25th day of January, 2001.


/s/ James A. Abbott
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James A. Abbott

POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a Director of MGIC Investment Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Curt S. Culver, J. Michael Lauer and Jeffrey H. Lane, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power or substitution and resubstitution for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign: (1) the Registration Statements on Form S-8 and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statements relating to the registration of an additional 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value, under the Company's 1991 Stock Incentive Plan and an additional 750,000 shares of Common Stock $1.00 par value, under the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan and the Common Share Purchase Rights associated with such additional shares of Common Stock; and (2) any and all post-effective amendments to any Registration Statements on Form S-8 currently in effect relating to the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, the Company's 1989 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan and 1991 Stock Incentive Plan, and the Company's 1993 Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated this 24th day of January, 2001. /s/ Mary K. Bush - ------------------------ Mary K. Bush

POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a Director of MGIC Investment Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Curt S. Culver, J. Michael Lauer and Jeffrey H. Lane, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power or substitution and resubstitution for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign: (1) the Registration Statements on Form S-8 and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statements relating to the registration of an additional 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value, under the Company's 1991 Stock Incentive Plan and an additional 750,000 shares of Common Stock $1.00 par value, under the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan and the Common Share Purchase Rights associated with such additional shares of Common Stock; and (2) any and all post-effective amendments to any Registration Statements on Form S-8 currently in effect relating to the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, the Company's 1989 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan and 1991 Stock Incentive Plan, and the Company's 1993 Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated this 24th day of January, 2001. /s/ Karl E. Case - ------------------------ Karl E. Case

POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a Director of MGIC Investment Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Curt S. Culver, J. Michael Lauer and Jeffrey H. Lane, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power or substitution and resubstitution for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign: (1) the Registration Statements on Form S-8 and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statements relating to the registration of an additional 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value, under the Company's 1991 Stock Incentive Plan and an additional 750,000 shares of Common Stock $1.00 par value, under the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan and the Common Share Purchase Rights associated with such additional shares of Common Stock; and (2) any and all post-effective amendments to any Registration Statements on Form S-8 currently in effect relating to the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, the Company's 1989 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan and 1991 Stock Incentive Plan, and the Company's 1993 Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated this 26th day of January, 2001. /s/ Curt S. Culver - ------------------------ Curt S. Culver

POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a Director of MGIC Investment Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Curt S. Culver, J. Michael Lauer and Jeffrey H. Lane, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power or substitution and resubstitution for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign: (1) the Registration Statements on Form S-8 and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statements relating to the registration of an additional 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value, under the Company's 1991 Stock Incentive Plan and an additional 750,000 shares of Common Stock $1.00 par value, under the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan and the Common Share Purchase Rights associated with such additional shares of Common Stock; and (2) any and all post-effective amendments to any Registration Statements on Form S-8 currently in effect relating to the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, the Company's 1989 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan and 1991 Stock Incentive Plan, and the Company's 1993 Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated this 25th day of January, 2001. /s/ David S. Engelman - ------------------------ David S. Engelman

POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a Director of MGIC Investment Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Curt S. Culver, J. Michael Lauer and Jeffrey H. Lane, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power or substitution and resubstitution for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign: (1) the Registration Statements on Form S-8 and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statements relating to the registration of an additional 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value, under the Company's 1991 Stock Incentive Plan and an additional 750,000 shares of Common Stock $1.00 par value, under the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan and the Common Share Purchase Rights associated with such additional shares of Common Stock; and (2) any and all post-effective amendments to any Registration Statements on Form S-8 currently in effect relating to the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, the Company's 1989 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan and 1991 Stock Incentive Plan, and the Company's 1993 Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated this 24th day of January, 2001. /s/ James D. Ericson - ------------------------ James D. Ericson

POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a Director of MGIC Investment Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Curt S. Culver, J. Michael Lauer and Jeffrey H. Lane, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power or substitution and resubstitution for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign: (1) the Registration Statements on Form S-8 and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statements relating to the registration of an additional 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value, under the Company's 1991 Stock Incentive Plan and an additional 750,000 shares of Common Stock $1.00 par value, under the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan and the Common Share Purchase Rights associated with such additional shares of Common Stock; and (2) any and all post-effective amendments to any Registration Statements on Form S-8 currently in effect relating to the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, the Company's 1989 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan and 1991 Stock Incentive Plan, and the Company's 1993 Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated this 25th day of January, 2001. /s/ Kenneth M. Jastrow, II - ------------------------ Kenneth M. Jastrow, II

POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a Director of MGIC Investment Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Curt S. Culver, J. Michael Lauer and Jeffrey H. Lane, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power or substitution and resubstitution for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign: (1) the Registration Statements on Form S-8 and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statements relating to the registration of an additional 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value, under the Company's 1991 Stock Incentive Plan and an additional 750,000 shares of Common Stock $1.00 par value, under the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan and the Common Share Purchase Rights associated with such additional shares of Common Stock; and (2) any and all post-effective amendments to any Registration Statements on Form S-8 currently in effect relating to the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, the Company's 1989 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan and 1991 Stock Incentive Plan, and the Company's 1993 Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated this 25th day of January, 2001. /s/ Daniel P. Kearney - ------------------------ Daniel P. Kearney

POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a Director of MGIC Investment Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Curt S. Culver, J. Michael Lauer and Jeffrey H. Lane, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power or substitution and resubstitution for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign: (1) the Registration Statements on Form S-8 and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statements relating to the registration of an additional 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value, under the Company's 1991 Stock Incentive Plan and an additional 750,000 shares of Common Stock $1.00 par value, under the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan and the Common Share Purchase Rights associated with such additional shares of Common Stock; and (2) any and all post-effective amendments to any Registration Statements on Form S-8 currently in effect relating to the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, the Company's 1989 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan and 1991 Stock Incentive Plan, and the Company's 1993 Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated this 25th day of January, 2001. /s/ Sheldon B. Lubar - ------------------------ Sheldon B. Lubar

POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a Director of MGIC Investment Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Curt S. Culver, J. Michael Lauer and Jeffrey H. Lane, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power or substitution and resubstitution for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign: (1) the Registration Statements on Form S-8 and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statements relating to the registration of an additional 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value, under the Company's 1991 Stock Incentive Plan and an additional 750,000 shares of Common Stock $1.00 par value, under the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan and the Common Share Purchase Rights associated with such additional shares of Common Stock; and (2) any and all post-effective amendments to any Registration Statements on Form S-8 currently in effect relating to the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, the Company's 1989 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan and 1991 Stock Incentive Plan, and the Company's 1993 Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated this 23rd day of January, 2001. /s/ William A. McIntosh - ------------------------ William A. McIntosh

POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a Director of MGIC Investment Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Curt S. Culver, J. Michael Lauer and Jeffrey H. Lane, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power or substitution and resubstitution for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign: (1) the Registration Statements on Form S-8 and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statements relating to the registration of an additional 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value, under the Company's 1991 Stock Incentive Plan and an additional 750,000 shares of Common Stock $1.00 par value, under the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan and the Common Share Purchase Rights associated with such additional shares of Common Stock; and (2) any and all post-effective amendments to any Registration Statements on Form S-8 currently in effect relating to the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, the Company's 1989 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan and 1991 Stock Incentive Plan, and the Company's 1993 Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated this 19th day of January, 2001. /s/ Leslie M. Muma - ------------------------ Leslie M. Muma

POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a Director of MGIC Investment Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Curt S. Culver, J. Michael Lauer and Jeffrey H. Lane, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power or substitution and resubstitution for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign: (1) the Registration Statements on Form S-8 and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statements relating to the registration of an additional 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value, under the Company's 1991 Stock Incentive Plan and an additional 750,000 shares of Common Stock $1.00 par value, under the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan and the Common Share Purchase Rights associated with such additional shares of Common Stock; and (2) any and all post-effective amendments to any Registration Statements on Form S-8 currently in effect relating to the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, the Company's 1989 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan and 1991 Stock Incentive Plan, and the Company's 1993 Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated this 24th day of January, 2001. /s/ Edward J. Zore - ------------------------ Edward J. Zore