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Opinion on  Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc. (DR)
Liability insurance provider

Jun 29, 2008 10:03 PM GMT

The company handles liability insurance in segments like

Directors and officers (D and O) liability
Errors and omissions liability
Medical liability

http://www.darwinpro.com/products/e_o.html

http://caps.fool.com/Ticker/DR.aspx

From the website
Financial information
$280.3 million total gross premium written as of December 31, 2007
• Over $560 million of business written since inception
• Approximately 60% of writings in health care liability risks
• Based on 2007 actual writings, Darwin is currently capitalized at a “Best
Capital Adequacy Ratio” (BCAR) of approximately 180%, which quantitatively
is at the midpoint of a rating of A+ based on A.M. Best’s BCAR requirements

What caught my attention?
Niche segment
Excellent management
pe 12.31
pb 1.80
roe 16.99
debt equity ratio 0.019
current ratio 0.994
EV/EBIDTA is high 7.214%
quarterly earnings growth 184%

from yahoo finance

The company has good prospects but is cheap.Not too expensive either.


DR:  This call was made on 06/29/08 @ $32.2
Rating:   Positive   $32.2 (06/29/08)
Gain/Loss:   n/a in 1814 days
Allocation:   10.0% of portfolio


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