Insurance
Ebix: Insurance for your portfolio
Few sectors have been spared by the recent bear market, and technology is no exception, but Ebix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EBIX) has been one of the rare bright spots in 2008 in an otherwise discouraging... | Nasdaq: EBIX |1 Comment
BELLUS Health to buy Innodia for $1.3M
Canada-based biopharmaceutical company BELLUS Health Inc. (Nasdaq:BLUS) is up more than 6% today after announcing ahead of the opening it will buy Innodia Inc., a privately held company that... | Nasdaq: BLUS |Comment
eHealth rises 9% on analyst upgrade to ‘perform’
Internet-based insurance company eHealth Inc. (Nasdaq:EHTH) is 9% higher today after analysts at Oppenheimer upgraded the company ahead of today’s opening to “perform” from “underperform.” | Nasdaq: EHTH |Comment
Infinity Pharma drops 12% after stopping prostate cancer drug study
Infinity Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:INFI) is down nearly 12% today after announcing Monday’s close that it was discontinuing its prostate cancer drug study. | Nasdaq: INFI |Comment
Employer Holdings drops 9% on analyst downgrade
Employers Holdings Inc. (NYSE:EIG) is down 9% today after analysts at Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods downgraded the company ahead of the opening to “market perform” from “outperform.” | NYSE: EIG |Comment
Hallmark Financial falls after Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance rejects second offer
Hallmark Financial Services Inc. (Nasdaq:HALL) shares dropped 7% on Wednesday after Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance Inc. (Nasdaq:SUAI) said it will not reconsider Hallmark’s offer to obtain... | Nasdaq: HALL |Comment
CorVel Corp.: Taking care of business
In the land of all things health insurance, the grease that has kept the bureaucratic wheels efficiently turning as of late has been CorVel Corp. (Nasdaq:CRVL), a medical cost containment and... | Nasdaq: CRVL |Comment
Tower Group (TWGP): With a little help from its friends
Read why Tower Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWGP), a property and casualty insurer, had a 70% year-over-year rise in net income in the third quarter of 2007. | TWGP |1 Comment
CNinsure Inc. forms SA with Ping An Life Insurance
CNinsure Inc. (Nasdaq: CISG) said this morning that it has formed a strategic partnership with Chinese insurance company Ping An Life Insurance Co. of China to distribute and design certain... | CISG |Comment
Ambac Financial Group plunges on Moody's review
Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK) shares are plunging after ratings agency Moody’s Investors Services placed the insurer’s credit rating on review for a potential downgrade from its "AAA"... | ABK |Comment
Penn Treaty American Corp. to restate financials
Penn Treaty American Corp. (NYSE: PTA), which specializes in the sale and distribution of long-term care insurance products, said today that it will restate its financial statements for the year... | PTA |Comment
Sector Watch: The price of premiums
While competitive pressures are pushing rates and premiums down for many property and casualty insurance providers, these two small caps are continuing to post robust growth due to their niche... | SEAB |Comment
CRM Holdings posts strong Q3
CRM Holdings, Ltd. (Nasdaq: CRMH), a provider of a full range of products and services for the workers' compensation insurance industry, reported robust third-quarter results today, pushing shares... | CRMH |Comment
Triad Guaranty reports dismal Q3, downgraded on rising claims
Shares of Triad Guaranty Inc. (Nasdaq: TGIC) tumbled to a 52-week low after the company was downgraded today by Bear Stearns to “underperform” from “peer perform,” on account of claims that... | TGIC |Comment
Scpie Holdings to be acquired by The Doctors Company for $281M
Scpie Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SKP), a provider of health-care liability insurance, reported today that it will be acquired by The Doctors Company, a physician-owned medical malpractice carrier, for... | SKP |Comment
Stewart Information Services: A few degrees removed
See why this small cap, one of the nation's largest title insurance groups, is perfect for investors with low risk tolerance. | YHOO |Comment
RTW Inc. rises to 52-week high on buyout news
Shares of RTW Inc. (Nasdaq: RTWI) have soared to a new 52-week high following news before the opening that the provider of products and services to manage workers’ compensation will be purchased... | RTWI |Comment
American Physicians Service Group: Risky business
This ever-growing small-cap is poised to make a name for itself in the world of insurance and financial services. | AMPH |Comment
First Acceptance Corp. swings to a loss in fiscal Q4
Shares of First Acceptance Corp. (NYSE: FAC) are tumbling today after the retailer, servicer and underwriter of non-standard personal automobile insurance reported late Thursday that it swung to a... | FAC |Comment
Providence Service Corp: Up to the job
Providing services for those in difficult straits doesn’t seem like a popular business, and it isn’t. But it can be a profitable one, particularly when handled by Providence Service Corp. | PRSC |Comment
National Interstate Corporation: discipline and new products will power growth
During a Friday morning conference call, executives of the insurance company National Interstate Corporation (Nasdaq: NATL) said discipline and new products will power growth going... | NATL |Comment
SeaBright Insurance Holdings, Inc. jumps on upgrade
Shares of SeaBright Insurance Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEAB) are on a rampage today after Friedman Billings Ramsey upgraded the provider of multi-jurisdictional workers' compensation insurance to a... | SEAB |Comment
EMC Insurance expects record Q2 income
Shares of EMC Insurance Group Inc. (Nasdaq: EMCI) suddenly shot up $2.57, or 11%, to $26.88, this afternoon. | EMCI |Comment
Radiation Therapy Services: Healthy for your portfolio?
Though the company has flown beneath the radar of many investors, it appears well positioned to capitalize on the ever-growing number of cancer patients and a wave of innovations in radiation therapy. | RTSX |Comment
Amerisafe, Inc: Safety First
A workers’ comp insurer that seeks out not the safest but the most hazardous industries might seem counter-intuitive as a surefire way to profit. But Amerisafe, Inc. is stringing together an... | AMSF |1 Comment
New 52-week highs
Hot-dog maker Nathan’s Famous Inc. (Nasdaq: NATH) reported 2007 earnings from continuing operations increased 34%--their highest level since the company went public in 1993. | 1 Comment
Life Partners shares up on strong Q1 earnings results
Shares of Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LPHI) traded higher after reporting strong earnings for their first quarter before the morning bell Thursday. | LPHI |Comment
Pointer Telocation reports Q1 loss
Shares of Pointer Telocation Ltd. (Nasdaq: PNTR) are trading lower following news that the Israeli provider of services to the insurance and automotive industries posted a loss in the first quarter... | PNTR |Comment
Another day of gains
Stock indices appreciated as speculation of a possible deal between Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) overshadowed news of slow U.S. job growth. | YHOO |Comment
Merger rumors raise stocks
Wall Street is bullish this morning amid reports Microsoft Corp. is looking to acquire Yahoo! Inc. and despite news of slow U.S. job growth. | YHOO |Comment
21st Century Holdings’ stock sinks on lower Q1 earnings, revised ’07 guidance
Investors reacted swiftly and decisively late today to 21st Century Holding Co.’s (Nasdaq: TCHC) reporting a significantly lower first quarter earnings and lowering its guidance for 2007. | TCHC |Comment
NVE Corp leads small-cap percentage gainers
Pre-market: Deb Shops same-store sales fall
Shares of retailer Deb Shops, Inc. (Nasdaq: DEBS) are moving up despite a fall in comparable store sales. | DEBS |Comment
Insure.com biggest percentage loser
Columbia Labs tops small-cap percentage gainers
InsWeb posts first-ever profit
InsWeb Corp. (Nasdaq: INSW) announced after-hours Monday that it turned the corner to profitability for the first time. | INSW |Comment
Monday after hours
Shares of memory subsystems maker Netlist, Inc. fell in after-hours trading after the company issued lower-than-expected revised first-quarter guidance | NLST |Comment
