$15.06

2.29 (17.93%)

11/21/2008 4:01 PM

Assurant, Inc. (AIZ)

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Focuses on building & maintaining a portfolio of insurance businesses, leveraging a set of core capabilities, identifying & adapting to evolving market needs & centralizing certain key functions in the Corporate segment to achieve economies of scale.

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Insurance (178), Health Insurance (11), Small Cap (1354), S&P 500 (469)
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Assurant, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price:	$15.06
Last Trade Time:	11/21/2008 4:01 PM
Open:	$13.11
Previous Close:	$12.77
Daily Range:	$13.00 - $15.06
52-Week Range:	$12.52 - $71.31
Volume:	4,491,650
Market Cap:	$1.50B
P/E Ratio:	3.89
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Sector Snap: Insurers
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Assurant dips after 3rd-quarter loss
10/31/2008 2:56:00 PM - AP
Earnings roundup: Colgate-Palmolive, Lear
10/30/2008 10:29:00 AM - AP

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Avatar Patrick6k (< 20) Submitted: 10/17/06 1:11 PM

I hate the idea of insurance because it plays on the fear of the public, but as an investor these companies are hard to pass up. Most, if they keep focus and maintain a controlled growth strategy, can give outstanding returns for your portfolio.

Assurant Inc., founded in 1969, is a specialty insur...More

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0 Assurant, Inc. (AIZ)

Avatar jmcavalier (98.40) Submitted: 7/17/07 10:01 PM

As of July 17, 2007 five of Assurant's executives have come under SEC scrutiny, including the CEO (Robert Pollock) and CFO (Philip Camacho), for abuse of "loss mitigation insurance products". Further information on the case can be found here:

http://www.forbes.com/2007/07/17/assurant-i...More

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Recs 0 (AIZ) JonAtkins57 (< 20) Submitted: 11/14/08 6:19 PM : Start Price: $19.70 AIZ Score: -11.36 Just interviewed there, sounds like they have got it together Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (AIZ) huddaman (95.81) Submitted: 11/06/08 10:39 PM : Start Price: $23.29 AIZ Score: -18.10 8/10 Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (AIZ) GBIGD (< 20) Submitted: 10/31/08 1:39 PM : Start Price: $24.58 AIZ Score: -16.36 THE MODEL SAYS SADDLE THIS ONE AND RIDE Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (AIZ) tenmiles (99.99) Submitted: 10/30/08 2:32 PM : Start Price: $25.86 AIZ Score: -21.33 Specialty insurance play getting crushed by natural disasters - hurricanes- and Wall Street disasters - impaired investments. Survivor with almost $500 million net cash should base soon around $25; technically about 10% oversold in the very near term Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (AIZ) TMFFischer (74.47) Submitted: 10/21/08 12:25 PM : Start Price: $49.64 AIZ Score: -33.37 Assurant is, I believe, one of the best-run insurance companies in the country. Management focuses on niches where it can enjoy sustainable competitive advantages and pricing power (consumer warranties, healthcare for small businesses, etc.). Assurant is conservatively capitalized, and is actually on track to grow book value this year despite some investment losses. Book value will likely end 2008 around $34 to $35 per share. The stock, recently $40, is barely above that, even though historically it enjoys a multiple of about 1.75 times book value. Once the financial panic subsides, Assurant should still be standing strong, and the shares should recover. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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