Life & Health Insurance

Delphi Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: DFG) announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized repurchases of the Company's outstanding Class A common stock in a total amount of up to $50 million. These repurchases may be made from time to time on the open market or in privately negotiated...

J.P. Morgan is out with its report today on Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU), maintaining Overweight. In its report, J.P. Morgan writes, "PRU reported strong 2Q11 results, highlighted by upside in EPS, robust international sales, and healthy flows in its U.S. accumulation businesses. Strong...

Morgan Stanley reiterated its Overweight rating on Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU). On Wednesday, PRU added 0.41% to its value to finish the day at $56.88. Its shares continued to climb in today's pre-market trading, rising 1.27% to stand around $57.60.

According to J.P. Morgan, Unum (NYSE: UNM) results were strong, marked by upside in EPS, stable U.S. margins, improving U.S. sales, and poor UK sales. J.P. Morgan said that its Neutral rating reflects a cautious view on near term growth but the long term outlook is bullish due to UNM's strong...

Goldman Sachs provided color on life insurers. In a research report published today, the rating agency commented on Lincoln National (NYSE: LNC) and Unum's (NYSE: UNM) Q2 results, which it views as better than expected. In the report, Goldman states, “We view 2Q EPS results from Buy-rated LNC and...

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.