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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 * PBRA (CAYMAN) Co   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Essent Group Ltd. [ESNT] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) __X__ Other (specify below) See Remarks (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O PINE BROOK ROAD PARTNERS LLC, 60 EAST 42ND STREET, 50TH FLOOR 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/11/2015 (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10165 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ 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 03/11/2015   J(1)   1,019,769 (1) D $ 0 (1) 12,063,295 (2) I See Footnotes (2) (3)

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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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
PBRA (CAYMAN) Co C/O PINE BROOK ROAD PARTNERS LLC 60 EAST 42ND STREET, 50TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10165		X		See Remarks
Pine Brook Road Advisors, LP C/O PINE BROOK ROAD PARTNERS LLC 60 EAST 42ND STREET, 50TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10165		X		See Remarks
PBRA, LLC C/O PINE BROOK ROAD PARTNERS LLC 60 EAST 42ND STREET, 50TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10165		X		See Remarks
NEWMAN HOWARD H C/O PINE BROOK ROAD PARTNERS LLC 60 EAST 42ND STREET, 50TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10165		X		See Remarks

Signatures

PBRA (CAYMAN) COMPANY, By: /s/ Robert Jackowitz, Director		03/13/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
PINE BROOK ROAD ADVISORS, LP By: /s/ Robert Jackowitz, Chief Compliance Officer		03/13/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
PBRA, LLC By: /s/ Robert Jackowitz, Executive Vice President		03/13/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
HOWARD H. NEWMAN By: /s/ Robert Jackowitz, Attorney-in-Fact		03/13/2015
**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)	Represents a pro-rata, in-kind liquidating distribution of Common Shares from Pine Brook Essent Co-Invest, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, ("Essent Co-Invest"), to its limited partners, without receipt of consideration. PRBA (Cayman) Company, a Cayman Islands exempted company, ("PRBA") is the general partner of Essent Co-Invest.
(2)	Represents Common Shares held directly by Essent Intermediate, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, ("Essent Intermediate" and, together with Essent Co-Invest, the "PB Entities"). PRBA is the general partner of Essent Intermediate.
(3)	Pine Brook Road Advisors, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, ("Advisors") serves as investment manager to each of the PB Entities. PBRA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, serves as general partner of Advisors. Howard H. Newman, a U.S. citizen, ("Mr. Newman") is the sole member of PBRA, LLC. In such capacities, each of PBRA, Advisors, PBRA, LLC and Mr. Newman may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own shares held by the PB Entities and disclaims beneficial ownership of all such shares except to the extent of any indirect pecuniary interest therein.
Remarks: Exhibit 99.1 - Power of Attorney (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to the Schedule 13D/A filed by PRBA (Cayman) Company on March 13, 2015). Solely for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the PB Entities, and each of PBRA, Advisors, PBRA, LLC and Mr. Newman by virtue of its or his control of the PB Entities, may be deemed to be directors-by-deputization by virtue of the PB Entities' contractual right to designate a member of the board of directors of the issuer. William Spiegel and Robert Glanville, each a director of PRBA, are members of the issuer's board of directors.

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