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Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 10/9: PPC, HUN, NCC, MOS Higher; XL, OMRI, HMN, EYE Lower
XL Capital Ltd. (NYSE: XL) 41.2% LOWER; continues to plunge on worries in the insurance sector. The stock is down 70% over the past 5 days.Omrix Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMRI) 37.5% LOWER; announced that the Fibrin Pad U.S. Phase II clinical trial in mild to moderate bleeding was suspended yesterday afternoon to investigate an incident of post-operative bleeding. The Company will provide an update once additional information is available.Horace Mann Educators (NYSE: HMN) 36.5% LOWER; yesterday's announcement that the government would give AIG an extra $38 billion loan sent a shiver...
By  Street Insider   (+0.33%  risk: moderate)  10/09/08 Comment


Insurance takes a bloody bath

Filed under: Allstate Corp (ALL), Financial Crisis, MetLife Inc. (MET)

As the U.S. market wraps up a wild day in which central banks cut rates in unison, one sector has no doubt at all about where it wants to go -- down. Three leading insurance companies have lost as much as a 28% of their stock market value in today's trading alone. How so? As I posted, insurers are the next part of the financial foundation to crumble due to mortgage-backed securities (MBS) gone sour.

Here's the latest insurance industry carnage:

<> <> <>XL Capital (NYSE: XL) -28%. The property-casualty insurer holds <>$29 bill...
By  Peter Cohan   (-5.01%  risk: moderate)  10/08/08 Comment


Insurance takes a bloody bath

Filed under: Allstate Corp (ALL), Financial Crisis, MetLife Inc. (MET)

As the U.S. market wraps up a wild day in which central banks cut rates in unison, one sector has no doubt at all about where it wants to go -- down. Three leading insurance companies have lost as much as a 28% of their stock market value in today's trading alone. How so? As I posted, insurers are the next part of the financial foundation to crumble due to mortgage-backed securities (MBS) gone sour.

Here's the latest insurance industry carnage:

<> <> <>XL Capital (NYSE: XL) -28%. The property-casualty insurer holds <>$29 bill...
By  Peter Cohan   (-5.01%  risk: moderate)  10/08/08 Comment


Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 10/8: HMY, PSPT, GFI, RBS Higher; XL, STEI, AA, LNN Lower
XL Capital (NYSE: XL) 38% LOWER; Goldman Sachs removed XL Capital from its Conviction Buy List this morning.Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. (NYSE: HMY) 28.3% HIGHER; Gold is about $23 higher today as the flight to safety trade continues.Stewart Enterprises (Nasdaq: STEI) 26.7% LOWER; Service Corporation International (NYSE: SCI) withdraws its previous proposal of $11 per share for Stewart Enterprises.PeopleSupport, Inc. (Nasdaq: PSPT) 22.7% HIGHER; yesterday announced the closing under the merger agreement by which Essar Services will acquire PeopleSupport is expected to take place no later th...
By  Street Insider   (+0.33%  risk: moderate)  10/08/08 Comment


Option Update: Insurers' volatilities elevated; HIG, TRV, GNW, XL

Filed under: Options

Hartford Financial (NYSE: HIG) closed at $62.06 Thursday. HIG October option implied volatility of 52 is above its 26-week average of 40 according to Track Data, suggesting larger price movement.

Travelers (NYSE: TRV), a leading property casualty insurer, closed at $44.61 Thursday. TRV October option implied volatility of 37 is above its 26-week average of 32 according to Track Data, indicating larger price movement.

<>Genworth Financial (NYSE: GNW) closed at $15.02 Thursday. GNW October option implied volatility of 71 is above its 26-week average of 52 according to Track ...
By  Paul Foster   (+0.00%)  09/12/08 Comment



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