Insurance companies have been constantly in the news recently and rightly so. They cover a variety of products and gone are the days when it was just about life insurance and general insurance. Now taking the right kind of insurance can cover you against property damages, accidents, health issues, vehicles and the like. The need to be covered is quite high among the citizens today. As long as this need is there, insurance stocks will continue to have a good run. With so many insurance stocks available in the market today, which is the best one in terms of dividend? The following details provide some of the best stocks among property, life insurance and health insurance companies.
One of the best property and casualty insurance stocks available in the market today is Cincinnati Financial Corp (CINF). After considering a lot of factors, one life insurance stock that clearly stands out from its peers is MetLife (MET). With a market capitalisation of $27.5billion, Aflac (AFL) is easily the largest insurance company that provides cover against accidents and health issues. Dividends are one of the major benchmarks in measuring the success of a particular company. However there are lots of factors to watch out for like history of dividends, dividend yield in the light of earnings, pay-out ratio, scope for future improvement and the like. While considering all these factors the above insurance stocks prove to be great dividend payers and provide ultimate value to investors.
Source: Guru Focus
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