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Affirmative Insurance Holdings Inc. Leads,
As the AMBG Declines 31.66% Year-to-Date
As of the market close on Friday, Mar. 13, the AMBG stood at
490.41. Leading A.M. Best’s Global Insurance composite Index
(AMBG) were Affirmative Insurance Holdings Inc. (+155.86%) and
Maiden Holdings Ltd. (+42.17%). trailing the list of global insur-
ance stocks were conseco (-92.86%) and Phoenix cos. (-86.54%).
the Global Insurance Brokers Index led the sector indexes,
with the U.S. Multi-Line Insurance Index trailing the year-to-date
list. Ranked by share price percentage change for the year, the
A.M. Best insurance stock indexes finished:
Global Insurance Brokers Index (AMBGB) -17.27%
U.S. Insurance Brokers Index (AMBUB) -17.84%
U.S. Property/Casualty Insurance Index (AMBUPC) -18.10%
Global Non-Life Insurance Index (AMBGNL) -23.14%
U.S. Insurance Index (AMBUS) -26.41%
U.S. Health and HMO Insurance Index (AMBUH) -27.72%
Global Reinsurance Index (AMBGR) -28.05%
Global Composite Index (AMBG) -31.66%
Asia/Pacific Insurance Index (AMBAP) -31.90%
U.S. Life and Health/HMO Insurance Index (AMBULH) -34.94%
Global Life Insurance Index (AMBGL) -38.57%
Global Multi-Line Insurance Index (AMBGML) -39.39%
European Insurance Index (AMBEUR) -41.67%
Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings -20.88%
U.S. Life Insurance Index (AMBUL) -43.11%
China Insurance International Holdings -21.48%
U.S. Multi-Line Insurance Index (AMBUML) -45.65%
TransAtlantic Holdings -23.09%
Platinum Underwriters Holdings -23.34%
Note: share prices are reported by Dow Jones Indexes in U.S. dollars. Here are Chaucer Holdings -25.00%
ranked results with individual A.M. Best stock indexes for those insurers that
Endurance Specialty Holdings -25.48%
have been tracked since Jan. 1. Several insurers were added in recent months.
Axis Capital Holdings -26.96%
AMBAP (Asia/Pacific Insurers) close: 745.06
Montpelier Re Holdings -27.58%
Arch Capital Group -27.77%
Odyssey Re Holdings -28.12%
Dongbu Insurance Co. +10.34%
ACE -30.82%
LIG Insurance Co. +0.85%
W.R. Berkley Corp. -31.84%
Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance -14.23%
Catlin Group -33.10%
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. -14.59%
Mapfre S.A. -33.33%
Nipponkoa Insurance -14.60%
QBE Insurance Group Ltd. -34.64%
Tower Ltd. -15.58%
Zurich Financial Services AG -34.71%
Singapore Reinsurance Corp. -17.24%
White Mountains Insurance Group -35.83%
Korean Reinsurance Co. -17.59%
Reinsurance Group of America Inc. -36.81%
Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. -19.15%
Euler Hermes -44.34%
China Insurance International Holdings -21.48%
Aegon N.V. -47.07%
Tokio Marine Holdings -24.07%
AXA S.A. -51.71%
Sompo Japan Insurance -26.82%
ING Groep N.V. -55.73%
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings -27.29%
Swiss Reinsurance -70.42%
Aioi Insurance Co. Ltd. -30.65%
QBE Insurance Group Ltd. -34.64%
Fuji Fire & Marine Insurance -60.15%
AMBGB (Global Brokers) close: 793.66
AMBGR (Global Reinsurers) close: 623.58
National Financial Partners +22.70%
eHealth Inc. +14.31%
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group PLC +5.99%
Maiden Holdings Ltd. +42.17%
Insure.com -12.77%
Paris Re Holdings +12.45%
Willis Group Holdings -14.07%
XL Capital +7.84%
Aon -14.78%
Hannover Rueckversicherungs AG +4.67%
Brown & Brown -18.71%
Amlin PLC +4.27%
DCAP Group Inc. -18.75%
Validus Holdings -5.93%
Marsh & McLennan Cos. -20.15%
Max Capital Group -9.49%
InsWeb -23.53%
Scor S.E. -9.59%
AmTrust Financial Services Inc. -28.79%
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. -12.88%
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. -35.82%
Aspen Insurance Holdings -13.40%
Berkshire Hathaway -13.51% Index values are calculated by Dow Jones Indexes in U.S.
Everest Re Group -14.18%
dollars. companies in the A.M. Best stock indexes include
Allied World Assurance -15.57%
PartnerRe -16.07%
insurers and insurance-related organizations with credit ratings
Argo Group International Holdings -17.04% from A.M. Best, along with brokers. A.M. Best does not provide
Singapore Reinsurance Corp. -17.24%
Korean Reinsurance Co. -17.59%
investment recommendations. A listing of companies in each
Munich Re -19.03%
A.M. Best Index is available at http://www.ambest.com/stocks.
BestWeek AsiA/PAcific • 17 March, 2009
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