Multi-line Insurance

Assurant, Inc. ("Assurant") (NYSE: AIZ), a premier provider of specialty insurance and insurance-related products and services, will release 2010 third quarter results on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010, after the market closes, with the news release available on Assurant's website at www.assurant.com....

Unconfirmed Rumor that Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (HIG) will be acquired at $32.00 a share by Allianz.

In a recent article by Henry Blodget with tech/ticker, the US Government are working on a way to untangle itself from American International Group (NYSE: AIG). AIG recipients of one of the all time largest taxpayer bailouts is 80% owned by the government, $49 billion in which is in the form of...

A few weeks ago, ahead of the second anniversary of Lehman Brothers collapse, I went back into my files to reread what I'd written during 2008 to see if there were any lessons to be learned that hadn't already been tackled in the book explosion arising from the financial crisis. That led me to ask...

American International Group Inc (NYSE: AIG) and the U.S. government are moving closer to a deal on how the Treasury Department would exit its investment in the bailed-out insurer, sources familiar with the situation said on Sunday. The situation, however, is still fluid and there are many moving...

BOSTON (TheStreet) -- Bruce Berkowitz, Morningstar's U.S. stock manager of 2009, has half of his mutual fund's assets in what he calls "hated financial-services and real-estate-related companies." A value-stock disciple, Berkowitz is greedy when others are fearful. The investor runs Fairholme...

Diluting its ownership in Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (HIG) on Wednesday, the US Treasury auctioned 52.1 million 10-year warrants at a sale price of $13.70 per warrant, thereby raising $706.3 million in the process. These warrants carried a minimum bidding price of $10.50 per warrant....

Morgan Stanley believes the share price of Principal Financial Group (NYSE: PFG) will fall in absolute terms over the next 60 days. This is because the stock has traded up recently, making short term valuation much less compelling. Given the rebound in the valuation, with the stock currently...

Cusick's Corner The market has pulled back into the Midday on the heels of an impressive 8-10% run up over the last 11 sessions in multiple indices. With the Fed not throwing in any surprises like QE, the market has now stalled in 3 offensive sectors -- Finance (XLF), Energy (XLE), and Housing (XHB...

MetLife Inc. (MET) has reported that it spent $1.40 million during the second quarter 2010 to address concerns related to financial regulations and other issues. The lobbying charges have plummeted for MetLife from $1.74 million in the year-ago quarter and $1.61 million during the first quarter of...

Chicago, IL – September 21, 2010 - Stocks in this week's article include A. O. Smith Corp. (NYSE: AOS), The Cato Corp. (NYSE: CATO), Horace Mann Educators Corp. (NYSE: HMN), PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE: PPG) and Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ROC). Kevin Matras talks about stocks making new highs...

Taiwan's Chinatrust Financial said it would again bid for American International Group's (NYSE: AIG) Nan Shan Life unit if the U.S. insurance giant puts it back on the market. Chinatrust, Taiwan's top credit card issuer, tried and failed to acquire Nan Shan last year. Chinatrust's comments came...

Assurant Solutions (NYSE: AIZ) today announced that it is underwriting and managing risk and compliance for the PlayStation® Protection Plan offered by Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC. The extended service program gives owners of the PlayStation®3 (PS3™) and PSP® systems the option to...

American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) didn't think its plan to escape from Uncle Sam's clutches all the way through. According to the Wall Street Journal, ” … the Treasury Department is likely to convert $49 billion in AIG preferred shares it holds into common shares, a move that could...