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Waiting for Berkley Specialty property/casualty insurer W.R. Berkley might look interesting to investors, but the price isn't right. |
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WR Berkley Revisited Is now a good time to buy this insurers shares? |
The Motley Fool
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AXIS Shoots the Lights Out AXIS seems to be a solid insurer, and it's impressively managed -- enough to still make a profit last year. But even though the company has posted a stellar 17% average ROE since its inception, don't expect a gaudy 26.7% ROE every year. |
The Motley Fool
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Berkley Built to Succeed W.R. Berkley is a top-notch specialty insurer, but investors -- watch out for that valuation. |
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Simple Lessons From an Investing Genius An investor I admire, Markel Chief Investment Officer Tom Gayner said, "The businesses we own are largely transparent and describable in two minutes by any reasonably knowledgeable observer of business and commerce." |
The Motley Fool
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Markel and FirstComp: A Marriage Made in Heaven A Fool's notes from the Markel annual meeting in Richmond. |
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Profit From Disaster? Here are some investment strategies for playing a possible insurance industry downturn. |
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XL Produces Alpha The hero of XL Capital's fabulous first-quarter earnings were its investment managers, who helped boost net investment income 19% and net income by 20%. |
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The Motley Fool
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Insurance Industry Basics: Premiums What are they, and how do they work? Like great value investors, great insurance companies do business only when risk-adjusted returns are favorable. |
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10 Insurance Stocks Near 52-Week Lows Here are the largest insurance stocks by market cap that are hugging 52-week lows: China Life... Travelers Cos... Manulife Financial... Sun Life Financial... Aon... AEGON... PartnerRe... Reinsurance Group of America... Markel... Fidelity National... |
The Motley Fool
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