Multi-line Insurance

Travelzoo Inc. (TZOO) - Travelzoo hit a new 52-week high Monday as it is currently trading at $97.65, above its previous 52-week high of $95.45 with 112,564 shares traded as of 9:32 a.m. ET. Average volume has been 670,000 shares over the past 30 days. New Dragon Asia Corp. (AMEX:NWD) - New...

All eyes are on corporate earnings this week as 20 percent of all U.S. publicly traded companies report quarterly results. How do you know which stocks will give you a nice return on reporting day? Bespoke Investment Group co-founder Paul Hickey looked at 2,240 stocks and found just nine...

Apple (AAPL) earnings surpassed expectations- AAPL is trading higher by 1.41 percent to $342.61 in pre-market trading. Over the last 52 weeks the stock has ranged from a low of $199.25 to a high of $364.90. AAPL will report its fiscal-Q2 earnings after today's close. Analysts are expecting the...

AIG (NYSE: AIG) enters into a Loss Portfolio Retrocession Agreement with Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B). The agreement will transfer most of AIG's asbestos (a toxic substance traditionally found in old structures) liabilities to Berkshire Hathaway. In...

AIG (NYSE: AIG) has sold its rail-car leasing unit to Perella Weinberg Partners LP for $600 million, as it continues to try to back the U.S. government. Sovereign-debt fears continue to hurt Europe's most troubled countries, as Greece and Spain continue to hand out record yields for government...

Perella Weinberg Partners and American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) today announced that an affiliate of Perella Weinberg Partners' Asset Based Value strategy has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AIG Rail Services Inc. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Standpoint Research raises HCC Insurance (NYSE: HCC) price target from $35 to $40

NeoStem (NYSE: NBS) and an internationally recognized cell therapy services and development company, announced today that it has, once again, demonstrated compliance with the FACT-JACIE International Standards for Cellular Therapy Product Collection, Processing and Administration, and has earned...

LifeTech Capital is maintaining its Strong Buy rating and $4 PT on shares of NeoStem, Inc. (NYSE: NBS). “NeoStem has Record $69.8M in Revenues for 2010,” LifeTech Capital writes. “Suzhou Erye Pharmaceuticals accounted for the majority of revenues in 2010 while new business units, including the...

HCC Insurance Holdings (NYSE: HCC) has hit a 52-week high in today's trading. At last check the year-to-date performance of HCC has been a gain of 11.5%.

Europe raised interest rates this morning by 25 basis points, as it looks to deal with rising inflation caused by surging oil prices. Portugal asked for a bailout yesterday, which could potentially affect Spanish banks like Santander (NYSE: STD), which hold Portuguese debt. President Barack Obama...

The New York Fed has sold $1.3 billion worth of subprime mortgage-backed securities (MBS) that it had obtained through the bailout of American International Group (NYSE: AIG). According to the New York Times Dealbook, "The mortgage-backed securities are part of an entity called Maiden Lane II, one...

International Lease Finance Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG), announced today that it has commenced a registered exchange offer to exchange up to $1,250,000,000 8.625% Senior Notes due 2015, which have been registered under the Securities Act...

American International Group (NYSE: AIG) ticks higher on a possible bid for the Maiden Lane II mortgage-backed security portfolio. AIG also says that the Chartis Unit has paid 6% of Japanese claims.

Below are the top large-cap property & casualty insurance stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of operating margin. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at Chubb Corporation (The) (NYSE: CB) is 24.36%. CB's PEG ratio is 1.17. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at Ace...