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Insurance Watch List: October 2017

Performance Review

From our October 2016 Insurance Watch List,  we have the following performance of the entire watch list.

symbol name % chg
CNO CNO Financial Group, Inc. 56.67%
THG The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 24.84%
HALL Hallmark Financial Services Inc. 12.98%
ORI Old Republic International Corp. 6.44%

The average change for the list was +25.23% as compared to the iShares Dow Jones Insurance Index ETF (IAK) gain of +22.51%. Below is the performance of the same stocks relative to the analyst estimates:

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How’s this for a stunner?  Take a look at the performance Old Republic Title (ORI).  What in the world is that all about?  The analysts called for a +6.44% gain and that is exactly the amount the stock has increased one year later.  Let’s dare them to do it two years in a row.

The stock that we highlighted was Hallmark Financial Services (HALL). We pointed out the downside target however only one ($9.68) was achieved.  The underperformance of HALL was expected and therefore continues to put the stock in the position of being undervalued at the current price.

In our section titled “Sell the Principal” we highlighted the stocks that we thought investors should consider selling the principal.  Below is the performance of those stocks.

symbol name % chg
GNW Genworth Financial, Inc. -32.67%
STC Stewart Information Services -17.39%
KFS Kingsway Financial Services Inc. -2.65%
NATL National Interstate Corporation 0.25%
ENH Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. 1.19%
CRD-B Crawford & Company 1.97%
HTH Hilltop Holdings Inc. 9.72%
PFG Principal Financial Group Inc. 30.14%
SYCRF Syncora Holdings Ltd. 36.30%
UNM Unum Group 44.21%
LNC Lincoln National Corporation 58.14%

Four stocks exceeded the average return of the iShares Dow Jones Insurance Index ETF (IAK). The average change of the entire list increased by +11.74% as compared to the iShares Dow Jones Insurance Index ETF (IAK) gain of +22.51%.

October 2017 Insurance Watch List

Below is the latest list of stocks that we’re watching and the analyst estimates for the stocks: