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StanCorp Financial Group Beats By 23 Cents (SFG)
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 5:18pm | 33StanCorp Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: SFG) reports Q3 earnings of $1.39 versus consensus of $1.16. StanCorp Financial Group Inc. reports revenues of $685 million versus consensus of $693.37 million.
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StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2010 Earnings of $.99 per Share
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 4:27pm | 68StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: SFG) today reported net income for the third quarter of 2010 of $46.2 million, or $0.99 per diluted share, compared to net income for the third quarter of 2009 of $59.9 million, or $1.21 per diluted share. After-tax net capital losses were $18.6 million for...
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CNO Financial Group, Inc. Receives Regulatory Approvals
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 9:15am | 89CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CNO) today announced that it has received regulatory approvals for the previously announced plan to consolidate three insurance companies. Under the consolidation plan, two CNO insurance subsidiaries - Conseco Insurance Company and Conseco Health Insurance Company...
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Aflac Promotes Michael W. Zuna to Senior VP and CMO
Monday, October 18, 2010 - 4:41pm | 33Aflac (NYSE: AFL) Incorporated announced today that Michael W. Zuna has been promoted to senior vice president and chief marketing officer of Aflac U.S.
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10 Insurance Stocks That May Gain Up to 74%
Monday, October 18, 2010 - 10:44am | 265(TheStreet) -- Insurance stocks are some of the cheapest in the equity market. Aside from AIG (NYSE: AIG), which recently attracted capital from value guru Bruce Berkowitz of Fairholme Capital (NASDAQ: FAIRX), insurance stocks get little attention from the media. Warren Buffett earned a fortune...
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Unconfirmed Rumors that Manulife Financial Corporation (MFC) will acquire Lincoln National Corp. (LNC) in the mid $30s.
Monday, October 18, 2010 - 10:42am | 31Unconfirmed Rumors that Manulife Financial Corporation (MFC) will acquire Lincoln National Corp. (LNC) in the mid $30s.
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Unconfirmed Rumor that GNW (Genworth Financial): industry chatter Sun Life has initiated prelim. talks w/ GNW offering $18.50-per-share cash & stk !!
Friday, October 15, 2010 - 9:42am | 37Unconfirmed Rumor that (GNW)Genworth Financial: industry chatter Sun Life Financial Inc. (SLF) has initiated prelim. talks with GNW offering $18.50-per-share cash & stk !!
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Al Riggieri Named Chief Actuary of Unum Group
Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 4:00pm | 67Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) announced today the promotion of Al Riggieri to senior vice president and chief actuary. Currently, Riggieri is vice president and chief actuary for Unum US in the company's Portland, Maine, offices. He began his career in 1980 with Unum-predecessor The Paul Revere Life...
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2010 Fund Performance Period 10
Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 3:45pm | 4455If, after reading the blog content you might have an interest in participation for the mutual fund, please consider reading why this blog exists. Conditional launch date should be November 2010. [Jan 2008: Reader Pledges Toward Mutual Fund Launch] [May 2008: Frequently Asked Questions] Our story...
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Wells Fargo Lowers Principal Financial Group Full-Year Estimates
Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 12:32pm | 67Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: PFG) has released a revised financial supplement, which restated prior period consolidated earnings to account for the previously-announced exit from the health insurance business, Wells Fargo reports. “Accordingly, we are revising our full-year 2010 operating...
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UBS Reiterates Coverage On (VFC, SBUX, PLX, KED, HAIN, GEL, KO, AFL, CSX)
Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 11:35am | 148UBS reiterates its coverage on the following stocks: VF Corp (NYSE: VFC); Buy with a $98 PT Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX); Buy with a $31 PT Protalix BioTheraputics (NYSE: PLX); BUY with a $10.75 PT Kayne Anderson Energy (NYSE: KED); Neutral with a $17 PT Hain Celestial (NASDAQ: HAIN); Neutral with a $...
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Sun Life Financial Announces Retirement of President
Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 9:30am | 34Sun Life Financial Inc. (NYSE: SLF) announced today that Jon A. Boscia, President, Sun Life Financial, is retiring and will join the Company's Board of Directors.
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Manulife Financial Corporation Responds to TRC's "Mini-Tender" Offer
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 1:51pm | 146Manulife Financial Corporation (NYSE: MFC) has received notice of an unsolicited "mini-tender" offer made by TRC Capital Corporation to purchase up to 5,000,000, or 0.28 per cent, of the Company's issued and outstanding common shares. The offer price of $12.40 per share was 4.62 per cent below the...
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Joseph Caron appointed to Manulife Board
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 9:10am | 34Manulife Financial Corporation (NYSE: MFC) and The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company announced today that Joseph Caron has been appointed to their Boards of Directors, effective October 11, 2010.
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Benzinga's Top Downgrades (FO, PUK, GLDD, COST)
Monday, October 11, 2010 - 9:58am | 160Fortune Brands Inc (NYSE: FO) was downgraded by Robert W Baird from "outperform" to "neutral." FO's shares closed at $55.85 on Friday. Fortune Brands Inc's 52-week trading range is $36.90-$59.40. JP Morgan downgraded Prudential Public Limited Company (NYSE: PUK) from "neutral" to "underweight." PUK...