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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 * KOMANECKI JOSEPH J   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MGIC INVESTMENT CORP [MTG] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) SVP, Controller & CAO (Last) (First) (Middle) MGIC PLAZA, 250EAST KILBOURN AVENUE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/22/2005 (Street) MILWAUKEE, WI 53202 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 Stock 01/22/2005   F   331 D $ 64.05 17,521 D   Common Stock 01/23/2005   F   238 D $ 64.05 17,287 D   Common Stock               0.452 (1) I By Issuer's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan

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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

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 46.0625

(2)

05/05/2009

Common Stock

6,000

1,500

D

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 45.375

(3)

01/26/2010

Common Stock

10,000

10,000

D

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 57.88

(4)

01/24/2011

Common Stock

5,000

5,000

D

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 63.8

(5)

01/23/2012

Common Stock

8,000

8,000

D

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 43.7

(6)

01/22/2013

Common Stock

13,250

13,250

D

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 68.2

(7)

01/28/2014

Common Stock

13,250

13,250

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
KOMANECKI JOSEPH J MGIC PLAZA 250EAST KILBOURN AVENUE MILWAUKEE, WI 53202			SVP, Controller & CAO

Signatures

Dan D. Stilwell, Attorney-in-Fact		01/25/2005
**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)	Number of shares as of December 31, 2004.
(2)	All of these options are vested and exercisable in full.
(3)	This option was granted to the reporting person under the Issuer's 1991 Stock Incentive Plan. Vesting of the option may occur on January 26 of each of the five years beginning in 2001, at a rate equal to the percent which the Issuer's earnings per share for the prior fiscal year was of $31.21, and subject to at least a 10% increase in the Issuer's earnings per share from the prior fiscal year. Any portion of the option which has not been vested at January 26, 2005 will become vested on January 26, 2009.
(4)	This option was granted to the reporting person under the Issuer's 1991 Stock Incentive Plan and one-fifth of the option vests on January 24 of each of the five years beginning in 2002.
(5)	This option was granted to the reporting person under the Issuer's 1991 Stock Incentive Plan and one-fifth of the option vests on January 23 of each of the five years beginning in 2003.
(6)	This option was granted to the reporting person under the Issuer's 2002 Stock Incentive Plan and one-fifth of the option vests on January 22 of each of the five years beginning in 2004.
(7)	This option was granted to the reporting person under the Issuer's 2002 Stock Incentive Plan and one-fifth of the option vests on January 28 of each of the five years beginning in 2005.
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