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• The Best Dividend Paying Accident & Health Insurance Stocks

  By Nauman Aly - March 6, 2013 | Tickers: AIZ, SFG, UNM

  For this article, I've researched dividend-paying companies in the Accident & Health Insurance industry. Also, to make sure I find the best gems, all three stocks mentioned in this article comply with the following criteria: 

  • Market Cap of more than 500 million and an average volume of at least 250K = Low Volatility = Low Beta
  • DCF valuation discount of at least 20% = Earnings translating into cash flow
  • PEG ratio of less more »

• The Accident and Health Insurance Sector: The Breakdown

  By Chris Hodge - October 23, 2012 | Tickers: AFL, AIZ, CNO, SFG, UNM

  Property casualty and health are two very different kinds of insurance, but they do share a lot of similarities between them. Both ultimately come down to one party (the insured) passing on its risk of catastrophic loss to another party (the insurance company). I was looking for a company to add some stability to my portfolio, and thought I'd share my results with my fellow Fools. All my results more »

• 9 Largest Companies In Accident And Health Insurance Industry

  By DividendYields - December 9, 2011 | Tickers: AFL, AMIC, AIZ, CNO, EIHI, PICO, SFG, GTS

  Here is a current sheet of the biggest stocks within the accident and health insurance industry, a part of the financial sector. The whole industry contains 9 stocks of which 5 have a market capitalization above USD 1 billion. 
  
  The average P/E ratio amounts 11.3 while the average dividend yield amounts to 2.5 percent. Price to book ratio is 1.2. The companies work with an average more »