insurance

The Benzinga Fintech Focus Podcast took a brief detour last week into the world of term life insurance. This week’s episode features an interview with Peter Colis, founder and CEO of Ethos, a startup looking to change the way consumers buy term life insurance policies. Ethos has raised over $...

EverQuote (NASDAQ: EVER), a free website for comparing quotes on auto insurance, listed on the Nasdaq June 28. JMP Securities is taking a bullish stance on the stock and outlined five key investment themes. The Analyst Analyst Ronald Josey initiated coverage of EverQuote with a Market Outperform...

In the view of Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE: TRV), all cars should be treated equally whether driven by man or by machine and owned personally or commercially. “If separate compensation and liability structures govern and/or have primacy over different types of vehicles and their owners...

Insurer Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ) is poised for a 15-percent compound annual earnings growth rate thanks to accelerating growth and its accretive acquisition of TWG, according to Morgan Stanley. The Analyst Analyst Kai Pan initiated coverage of Assurant with an Overweight rating and $125...

Shares of the Dutch company Aegon N.V. (ADR) (NYSE: AEG) have outperformed American and European peers since the start of 2018, but Bank of America Merrill Lynch sees two risks in the stock that led to a downgrade Friday.  The Analyst BofA's Michael van Wegen downgraded Aegon...

Life insurance stocks have underperformed the S&P 500 index in 2018 despite an interest rate hike and flat overall performance in equity markets. Investors should be selective in the group, which still has "pockets of opportunity," according to Goldman Sachs. The Analyst Goldman...

Activist investor Carl Icahn owns a 9.4-percent stake in AmTrust Financial Services Inc (NASDAQ: AFSI) and is continuing his activist campaign against the casualty insurance company. What Happened Icahn, one of AmTrust Financial's biggest shareholders, argued in an open letter to the company...

The Benzinga Global Fintech Awards are a yearly showcase of the greatest advents in fintech from leaders and visionaries in the worlds of finance and technology. This year, we have executives, developers and innovators from the likes of Facebook, Amazon, IBM, JP Morgan, Zelle, TD Ameritrade,...

American International Group Inc (NYSE: AIG)'s first-quarter report May 2 sent shares lower, but investors could be overlooking a key catalyst in the bottom half of 2018, according to Goldman Sachs. The Analyst Goldman Sachs' Yaron Kinar upgraded AIG from Neutral to Buy with an...