Life & Health Insurance

Bank of America has published a research report on Lincoln National (NYSE: LNC) after the company's CEO Dennis Glass presented at its 2012 Insurance Conference this morning. In the report, Bank of America writes, "[Glass] commented that recent pricing actions in individual life insurance have...

There will be plenty more quarterly reports this week for analysts and traders to peruse. On the schedule are Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS), PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), Visa (NYSE: V), Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM) and Yum! Brands (NYSE:...

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Tuesday January 31, 2012: Multiband Announces Expiration of Letter of Intent to Acquire WPCS International The Expired Offer:Multiband Corporation (NASDAQ: MBND) announced Tuesday that it will allow a Letter of...

Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE: LNC) today announced that its Board of Directors approved raising the quarterly dividend on its common shares to $0.08 per share. The newly declared dividend represents a 60% increase over the prior-year level.

Lincoln Financial Distributors, the wholesale distribution subsidiary of Lincoln Financial Group (NYSE: LNC), a leader in retirement-income solutions, and Primerica, Inc. (NYSE: PRI), the largest independent financial services marketing company in North America, announced today that they have...

Shares of Lincoln National (NYSE: LNC) are higher on the session by 3.84%, currently trading at $19.61. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past three weeks and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the...

Oppenheimer is out with its report today on Lincoln Educational Services (NASDAQ: LNC), lowering its PT from $18 to $11. In its report, Oppenheimer writes, "We're reducing our price target to $11 from $18. Trading at 10x our tempered 2012E EPS of $0.78 & still paying a dividend yielding 3.5% (...

J.P. Morgan is out with its report today on Lincoln National (NYSE: LNC), lowering its PT from $29 to $28. In its report, J.P. Morgan writes, "We affirm our Neutral rating with a 12/31/12 price target of $28. LNC has significant capital flexibility and we expect it to generate healthy sales/net...

JP Morgan has lowered the price target on Lincoln National (NYSE: LNC) from $29 to $28 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Doug Kass tweeted that he is adding to long positions in a slew of different names. The names he mentioned are Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), Pepsi (NYSE: PEP), Lincoln Financial (NYSE: LNC), MetLife (NYSE: MET), Prudential (NYSE: PRU), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), Microsoft (NASDAQ...

MetLife (NYSE: MET) unveils its next round of earnings this Thursday, October 27, 2011. Get the latest predictions in Benzinga's essential guide to the company's third quarter earnings report. Earnings and Revenue: Analysts are predicting an EPS reading of $1.14/share and revenues of $16.49...

A report from Citi states that it has lowered the price target from $20 to $18 and raised the ‘12/'13 EPS to $3.70 and $4.35 on Lincoln National Corp. (NYSE: LNC). In the report, Citi writes, “Our target is consistent with the drop in peer valuations. Our forecasts include the negative impact to...

Citigroup has lowered the price target on Lincoln National (NYSE: LNC) from $20 to $18 and maintains its Hold rating.

Below are the top life insurance stocks on the NYSE in terms of PEG ratio. Imperial Holdings Inc (NYSE: IFT) has a PEG ratio of 0.24. IFT's trailing-twelve-month operating margin is 29.48%. Phoenix Companies Inc (The) (NYSE: PNX) has a PEG ratio of 0.40. PNX's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $1....

Lincoln Financial Group (NYSE: LNC) today announced that it has named Jamie DePeau Corporate Chief Marketing Officer effective immediately. DePeau will provide strategic leadership for Marketing, Brand and Corporate Communications for Lincoln Financial, collaborating closely with Lincoln Financial'...