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Insurance Industry Stock Review - Dec. '10 - Zacks Analyst Interviews
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 5:18pm | 2122After enduring stress with respect to pricing pressure and reduced insured exposure through mid-2009, the overall health of the U.S. insurance industry has started improving. Though the market turmoil forced many companies to take immense write-downs, the worst of the crisis appears to be now...
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Insurance Industry Stock Review - Dec. '10 - Industry Outlook
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 5:18pm | 2122After enduring stress with respect to pricing pressure and reduced insured exposure through mid-2009, the overall health of the U.S. insurance industry has started improving. Though the market turmoil forced many companies to take immense write-downs, the worst of the crisis appears to be now...
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PartnerRe's $99.5M Share Buyback - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 5:18pm | 541Yesterday, property-casualty (P&C) and life reinsurer PartnerRe Ltd. (PRE) announced the share repurchase of approximately 1.2834 million of common stock at a price of $77.50 per share, for $99.5 million. This represented about 1.7% of 74.6 million outstanding shares as of September 30. The...
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Insurance Industry Stock Update - Dec. 2010 - Industry Outlook
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 5:18pm | 2122After enduring stress with respect to pricing pressure and reduced insured exposure through mid-2009, the overall health of the U.S. insurance industry has started improving. Though the market turmoil forced many companies to take immense write-downs, the worst of the crisis appears to be now...
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Insurance Industry Stock Update - Dec. 2010 - Industry Outlook
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 5:06pm | 2122After enduring stress with respect to pricing pressure and reduced insured exposure through mid-2009, the overall health of the U.S. insurance industry has started improving. Though the market turmoil forced many companies to take immense write-downs, the worst of the crisis appears to be now...
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PartnerRe's $99.5M Share Buyback - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 4:42pm | 541Yesterday, property-casualty (P&C) and life reinsurer PartnerRe Ltd. (PRE) announced the share repurchase of approximately 1.2834 million of common stock at a price of $77.50 per share, for $99.5 million. This represented about 1.7% of 74.6 million outstanding shares as of September 30. The...
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AIG Implements Recapitalization Plan - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 4:03pm | 1109After much mulling over the past several weeks, yesterday American International Group Inc. (AIG) gave its thumbs up to execute the recapitalization plan for exiting the US taxpayers loan curriculum, as per the regulatory filing agreed and signed by the two parties. The US federal government has...
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AIG Implements Recapitalization Plan - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 3:16pm | 1109After much mulling over the past several weeks, yesterday American International Group Inc. (AIG) gave its thumbs up to execute the recapitalization plan for exiting the US taxpayers loan curriculum, as per the regulatory filing agreed and signed by the two parties. The US federal government has...
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Options Brief: CNO Financial Group (CNO)
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 11:27am | 99Shares of CNO Financial Group (NYSE: CNO) are higher on the session by 1.79%, trading at $6.54. Overall call volume is now running at 8.77x the daily average, with 0% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 13,527 contracts have traded on the session so far. CNO Financial Group, Inc.,...
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Insurance Industry Stock Review - Dec. '10 - Zacks Analyst Interviews
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 1:00am | 2122After enduring stress with respect to pricing pressure and reduced insured exposure through mid-2009, the overall health of the U.S. insurance industry has started improving. Though the market turmoil forced many companies to take immense write-downs, the worst of the crisis appears to be now...
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Insurance Industry Stock Review - Dec. '10 - Industry Outlook
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 1:00am | 2122After enduring stress with respect to pricing pressure and reduced insured exposure through mid-2009, the overall health of the U.S. insurance industry has started improving. Though the market turmoil forced many companies to take immense write-downs, the worst of the crisis appears to be now...
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Lincoln National Shares Climb 7.4% (LNC)
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 4:44pm | 83Shares of Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE: LNC) are currently up 7.4% at $27.21 per share during Wednesday afternoon trading. Today's trading range for shares of Lincoln National Corporation has been between $25.47 and $27.47 per share. The consensus price target of analysts covering the company...
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Market Roundup (JBLU, HD, KFN, LNC, GS, MS, MTG, OXY)
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 1:36pm | 259Shares of JetBlue Airways Corp (NASDAQ: JBLU) dropped about 6.3% after the company reduced its Q4 revenue per available seat mile projections. JBLU shares have surged 19% year-to-date. Shares of Home Depot (NYSE: HD) gained about 1.1% after the company projected its 2011 profit to rise 11% to 13%...
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ALICO to Earn for MetLife in 2011 - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 3:03am | 823Yesterday, MetLife Inc. (MET) announced its projected operating earnings growth to be more than 38% year over year in 2011, which is guided in the range of $5.1–$5.5 billion or $4.75–$5.15 per share. The raised optimism reflects the company's major acquisition of American Life Insurance Co. (...
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Exactech Announces Resolution of Government Investigation
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 5:41pm | 209Exactech, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXAC) announced today that it has entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey and a civil Settlement Agreement with the United States. These agreements resolve the investigation commenced by the USAO...