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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN 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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Bhasin Vijay   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Essent Group Ltd. [ESNT] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) SVP & Chief Risk Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ESSENT GROUP LTD. CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/05/2013 (Street) HAMILTON, D0 HM 11 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Shares, par value $0.015 11/05/2013   C   87,400 (4) A (1) 87,400 D   Common Shares, par value $0.015 11/05/2013   C   144,468 (5) A (2) 231,868 D   Common Shares, par value $0.015 11/05/2013   A   75,000 (3) A (3) 306,868 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Class A Common Shares

(1)

11/05/2013

C

64,860 (1)

(1)

(1)

Common Shares

87,400 (1) (4)

(1)

0

D

Class B-2 Common Shares

(2)

11/05/2013

C

370,787 (2)

(2)

(2)

Common Shares

144,468 (2) (5)

(2)

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Bhasin Vijay C/O ESSENT GROUP LTD. CLARENDON HOUSE 2 CHURCH STREET HAMILTON, D0 HM 11			SVP & Chief Risk Officer

Signatures

/s/ Mary Lourdes Gibbons, as attorney-in-fact		11/05/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(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)	The Class A Common Shares automatically converted into Common Shares, par value $0.015, after giving effect to the 2 for 3 share split, immediately prior to consummation of the issuer's initial public offering.
(2)	The Class B-2 Common Shares that are eligible to vest under the issuer's Amended and Restated 2009 Restricted Share Plan (the "2009 Plan") automatically converted into Common Shares, par value $0.015, after giving effect to the 2 for 3 share split, immediately prior to consummation of the issuer's initial public offering and any Class B-2 Common Shares that are not eligible to vest under the 2009 Plan were forfeited immediately prior to consummation of the issuer's initial public offering.
(3)	Represents restricted shares granted under the issuer's 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan effective immediately prior to the consummation of the issuer's initial public offering, including 37,500 restricted shares subject to time-based and performance-based percentage vesting, with any shares becoming earned based upon the issuer's compounded annual book value per share growth percentage during a three-year performance period commencing January 1, 2014, vesting on the one year anniversary of the completion of the performance period, and 37,500 restricted shares subject to time-based vesting, vesting in equal annual installments during the four-year period commencing January 1, 2014.
(4)	Includes 46,513 restricted shares granted under the issuer's Annual Leadership Bonus Plan, of which 22,911 vest on January 1, 2014, 15,386 vest on January 1, 2015, and the remaining restricted shares vest on January 1, 2016.
(5)	Includes 48,156 restricted shares granted under the issuer's 2009 Plan that vest on June 1, 2014.

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