Life & Health Insurance

Shares of Lincoln National (NYSE: LNC) are trading higher in the after-hours following the release of the company's Q2 earnings results. Currently, shares are higher by 2.16%, trading at $26.00; they ended the regular session lower by 3.23%, at $25.45. Lincoln National reported Q2 EPS of $1.09 on...

JP Morgan reiterated its Underweight rating on Principal Financial (NYSE: PFG). At the same time, the rating agency left its price target on the company's stock unchanged at $31. On Monday, PFG closed the day at $27.42.

Bank of America provided color on Principal Financial (NYSE: PFG). In a research report published today, Bank of America commented on the company's Q2 results. In the report, Bank of America states, “Principal reported 2Q11 operating EPS of $0.73 (vs. $0.59, up 24%), which was above our estimate...

Bank of America reiterated its Neutral rating on Torchmark (NYSE: TMK). At the same time, the rating agency left its price target on the company's stock unchanged at $49. On Tuesday, TMK lost 1.04% of its value to finish the day at $39.97. Its shares continued to slide in today's pre-market trading...

Below are the top small-cap accident & health insurance stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of cash. CNO Financial Group Inc (NYSE: CNO) had $830.80 million in total cash and $2.51 billion in total debt for the latest quarter. StanCorp Financial Group Inc (NYSE: SFG) had $111.10...

Citi is out with its report today on MetLife (NYSE: MET), reiterating Buy. In a note to clients, Citi writes, "We rate the shares of MetLife as Buy/Medium Risk (1M). The company possesses the strongest long-term growth potential of any U.S. life insurer owing to its leading market positions,...

Quarterly reports of note scheduled for this week include those from Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM), General Motors (NYSE: GM), MasterCard (NYSE: MA), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), all of which are expected to post earnings growth, as well as Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)...

Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU) releases its next round of earnings this Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Here's Benzinga's essential guide to Prudential Financial's second quarter earnings report. Earnings and Revenue: Wall Street expects a EPS of $1.55 per share and revenues of $9.62 billion....

Doug Kass tweeted a link to his article on insurance stocks and his reasoning for liking them. Kass likes names such as MetLife (NYSE: MET), Lincoln National (NYSE: LNC) and Prudential (NYSE: PRU). The article was posted in Barron's, and can be read here.

According to J.P. Morgan, MetLife (NYSE: MET), EPS estimates are increased. J.P. Morgan announced an increase in their EPS estimates from $5.06 to $5.25 for FY11 and from $5.62 to $5.74 for FY12. PT is maintained at $50 and Overweight rating is reiterated. MetLife closed yesterday at $39.81.

Among the stocks that are moving higher in the after hours on Thursday are MetLife (NYSE: MET), and True Religion (NASDAQ: TRLG). Both company's released quarterly earnings reports after the closing bell. MetLife (MET) reported Q2 EPS of $1.24, which compared to analysts' consensus estimates of...

Shares of MetLife (NYSE: MET) are trading higher in the after-hours following the release of the company's Q2 earnings results. Currently, shares are higher by 2.49%, at $40.80; they ended the regular session higher by 0.56%, at $39.81. MetLife reported Q3 EPS of $1.13 on revenues of $16.89...

Unum (NYSE: UNM) is pleased to announce that it will soon offer dental benefits, thanks to a partnership with United Concordia. The partnership unites two employee benefit market leaders – both with a focus on product innovation and world-class customer service – to provide group dental benefits...

J.P. Morgan has published a research report on AFLAC (NYSE: AFL) highlighting better than expected results. In the report, J.P. Morgan wrote, "Earnings exceeded our forecast, sales in both Japan and U.S. beat expectations, U.S. recruiting improved, and management slightly raised its 2012 EPS...

According to Bank of America, Aflac (NYSE: AFL) reported 2Q11 operating EPS of $1.56 (vs. $1.35, up 16%), which was better than the estimate and consensus (both $1.54). Bank of America said that it is raising its operating EPS estimates from $6.25 to $6.33 for 2011, from $6.65 to $6.80 for 2012...