Property & Casualty Insurance

J.P Morgan is updating estimates for XL Group (NYSE: XL) following the Honshu/Tohoku earthquake. Specifically, it is reducing 2011-2013 operating EPS estimate by $0.69, $0.05, and $0.05 to $1.03, $1.85, and $1.65, respectively, to reflect 1Q 2011 Japan quake losses and lower share repurchases in...

Goldman Sachs has downgraded The Travelers Companies (NYSE: TRV) from Neutral to Sell and maintains its $31 price target.

J.P. Morgan has reported on ACE Limited's (NYSE: ACE) first quarter net loss estimates following multiple natural disasters. In the report J.P. Morgan writes, "Additionally, the company anticipates 1Q to be impacted by Japanese earthquake losses in the range of $200-250 million. As a result, we...

Analysts at Goldman downgrade Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE: TRV) from “neutral” to “sell.” The target price for TRV is set to $61. TRV shares fell 0.12% to close at $58.91 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Analysts at Goldman upgrade W.R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: WRB) from “sell” to “neutral.” The target price for WRB has been raised from $27 to $33. WRB shares gained 0.95% to close at $30.95 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Doug Kass tweeted that he is adding to his positions in General Motors (NYSE: GM) and XL Capital (NYSE: XL). Kass is a contributor to CNBC and TheStreet.com.

During a recent trip with American Safety Insurance Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: ASI) management, BGB Securities reports that the company is focusing on “building out its lines of business to take advantage of the next market cycle turn.” “We believe the P&C market will continue to inch closer to a...

BGB Securities has issued a report on American Safety Insurance Holdings (NYSE: ASI) following management meetings. According to the report, "ASI management has focused on building out its lines of business to take advantage of the next market cycle turn. We believe the P&C market will...

OneBeacon Insurance Group, Ltd. (NYSE: OB) will review its first quarter 2011 results via live webcast at 10:00 a.m. ET on Friday, April 29, 2011, following its earnings release earlier that morning. The slide presentation that will be referenced during the call, the news release and a financial...

The bulls are still making a go at pushing this market higher and have obviously been successful doing so the past few days.  Today the S&P did not break below my key level I mentioned yesterday at 1284.05, so I remain neutral.  The series of higher highs and higher lows remains intact...

Billionaire hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman told CNBC that his team likes Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Ace (NYSE: ACE), BP (NYSE: BP), Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS), and Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR). The Omega Advisors CEO also said that the dollar is headed softly lower from...

XOMA Ltd (NASDAQ: XOMA) fell 31.27% to $3.45 at 9:55 am. XOMA reported that its potential diabetes treatment failed to lower blood sugar in a mid-stage study. Duoyuan Global Water Inc (NYSE: DGW) shares dipped 14.79% to $6.97. DGW reported a 13.7% y/y rise in its Q4 revenue. Kingsway Financial...

Below are the top small-cap surety & title insurance stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of operating margin. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at PMI Group Inc (The) (NYSE: PMI) is 78.89%. PMI's revenue for the same period is $654.35 million. The trailing-twelve-month...

Markel Corporation (NYSE: MKL) announced today that Ellicott Dredge Enterprises, LLC, a Markel Ventures company, has acquired the European and U.S. operations of Rohr Bagger GmbH and its affiliates. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Rohr companies are leading manufacturers of...

Sterne Agee, which initiated coverage of The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL), is providing some color on the stock. “We believe earnings have the potential to benefit from several factors,” Sterne Agee writes, “including: 1) “Improvement in auto combined ratio (addressing PIP loss issues in NY...