Friday, December 30, 2011

Investopedia: ACE And Arch Capital - Can Investors Look To These A-List Insurers?

Hardly anyone seems to have noticed, but 2012 has been a pretty good year for some of the large corporate insurers. True, there have been natural disasters this year and the rate environment isn't great, but many of the top players like ACE (NYSE:ACE), Arch Capital Group (Nasdaq:ACGL) and Renaissance RE (NYSE:RNR) have seen their stocks solidly beat the market this year. Of course, it's not all perfect in P&C and reinsurance - companies like XL Group (NYSE: XL) and PartnerRe (NYSE:PRE) have seen their stocks sell off this year. (For additional reading, see When Things Go Awry, Insurers Get Reinsured.)

The question for investors, though, is whether the recovery in 2011 has taken away the value in top-notch names like ACE and Arch Capital.


Read the full piece here:
http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2011/ACE-And-Arch-Capital---Can-Investors-Look-To-These-A-List-Insurers--ACGL-ACE-RNR-XL-PRE-WSH-AON1229.aspx

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