Insurance

Shares of AMIC Up 32.0% Since Uptrend Call on Shares

SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for American Independence (NASDAQ:AMIC) on March 8th, 2013 at $5.65. In approximately 3 months, American Independence has returned 31.98% as of today's recent price of $7.45. Over the past year, American...

Comtex SmarTrend(R), 6:18pm ET

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ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operations of the ACE Group, today announced the release of an updated Marine Open Cargo Policy. The new policy consolidates multiple coverage components into one form, which provides concise...

BusinessWire, 6:08pm ET

United Fire & Casualty Has Returned 33.7% Since SmarTrend Recommendation (UFCS)

SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for United Fire & Casualty (NASDAQ:UFCS) on November 30th, 2012 at $20.92. In approximately 6 months, United Fire & Casualty has returned 33.65% as of today's recent price of $27.96. In the past 52...

Comtex SmarTrend(R), 6:08pm ET

Manulife Financial Looks to Continue to Trade Above its Annual-High Share Price Today

Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) traded today at a new 52-week high of $15.97. So far today approximately 1.3 million shares have been exchanged, as compared to an average 30-day volume of 1.8 million shares. Over the past year, Manulife...

Financial News NetwFork O, 3:33pm ET

Shares of Assurant Have Risen Above Previous 52-Week High

Assurant (NYSE:AIZ) traded at a new 52-week high today of $51.19. Approximately 413,000 shares have changed hands today, as compared to an average 30-day volume of 734,000 shares. Assurant, Inc. provides specialized insurance and...

Financial News NetwFork O, 3:08pm ET

Shares of AIZ Up 40.5% Since Uptrend Call on Shares

SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for Assurant (NYSE:AIZ) on January 11th, 2013 at $36.05. In approximately 4 months, Assurant has returned 40.53% as of today's recent price of $50.65. In the past 52 weeks, Assurant share prices have been...

Comtex SmarTrend(R), 10:18am ET

Phoenix Cos. Leads AMBG as Global Insurance Index Falls 0.24%

The 'AMB' (AMBG), A.M. Best's global index of 164 publicly traded insurance companies and brokers, finished at 1125.1, down -0.24% at the close of U.S. trading on May 21. Leading the list was Phoenix Cos. (PNX), which saw shares rise 7.67%....

AMBest, 9:58am ET

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Matrix Absence Management, Inc., (Matrix), a market leading integrator of insurance and absence management services, has named Paul Dube Vice President, Product Strategy and Development, a newly-created role reporting to...

BusinessWire, 8:08am ET

A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of Household Life Insurance Company and Affiliates

A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of B++ and the issuer credit ratings of "bbb+" of Household Life Insurance Company its direct subsidiary, First Central National Life Insurance Company of New York, and its...

Close-Up Media, 12:38am ET

CIGNA disability-claims dispute leads to $77 million settlement

The CIGNA Group has agreed to set aside $77 million and pay the state significant fines to settle claims that it improperly denied long-term disability claims or terminated payments. Insurance Commissioner Thomas B. Leonardi announced...

McClatchy-Tribune Informa, 8:13pm ET

Homeowners Choice Declares Dividends on Preferred Shares

Homeowners Choice, Inc., doing business as HCI Group, Inc. (NYSE:HCI), a Florida-based holding company, has declared cash dividends of 5.833 cents per share on its Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock ("HCIIP") for the months ending...

GlobeNewswire, 7:03pm ET

Uptrend Call Working As American Equity Investment Stock Rises 29.6% (AEL)

SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for American Equity Investment (NYSE:AEL) on December 19th, 2012 at $12.11. In approximately 5 months, American Equity Investment has returned 29.64% as of today's recent price of $15.70. Over the past...

Comtex SmarTrend(R), 6:23pm ET

Shares of AGII Up 29.7% Since Uptrend Call on Shares

SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for Argo Group (NASDAQ:AGII) on December 11th, 2012 at $33.17. In approximately 5 months, Argo Group has returned 29.70% as of today's recent price of $43.02. In the past 52 weeks, Argo Group share prices...

Comtex SmarTrend(R), 6:18pm ET

Bill to End Tax Breaks for Foreign Affiliates Introduced in Congress

Congress is set to take up a bill designed to end tax breaks on premiums paid to affiliates domiciled outside the United States. The question of how premiums paid to foreign reinsurance affiliates has divided the insurance industry. In a...

AMBest, 5:23pm ET

MetLife CFO: Merger of Three Life Companies, One Foreign Reinsurer to Create 'Larger, Well-Capitalized' Company

MetLife Inc.'s plan to merge three life companies and one foreign reinsurer is aimed at creating a larger, well-capitalized U.S. life insurance company, according to the company's chief financial officer. The move also addresses recent regulatory...

AMBest, 5:18pm ET

Sirius Group Declares Semi-Annual Preference Share Dividend

The Board of Directors of Sirius International Group, Ltd., the Bermuda-based reinsurance unit of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (NYSE:WTM), has declared a dividend of $37.53 per share, payable in cash on July 1, 2013, to holders of record...

PR Newswire, 4:38pm ET

Endurance Announces Peter Mills to Head Specialty Reinsurance

PEMBROKE, Bermuda - May 22, 2013 - Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:ENH), a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, today announced that Peter Mills will be joining the company as Executive Vice...

Thomson Reuters ONE, 4:23pm ET

Horace Mann Reports Quarterly Dividend of $0.195

Horace Mann Educators Corporation (NYSE:HMN) Board of Directors today announced a quarterly dividend of 19.5 cents per share payable on June 28, 2013 to shareholders of record as of June 10, 2013. Horace Mann -- the largest national...

PR Newswire, 4:23pm ET