Nov 18, 2010 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the top five companies in the Life & Health Insurance industry as measured by beta. Higher-beta stocks mean greater volatility and are therefore generally considered to be riskier but also may provide the potential for higher returns.
Phoenix (NYSE:PNX) ranks first with a beta of 3.41; Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC) ranks second with a beta of 3.09; and CNO Financial (NYSE:CNO) ranks third with a beta of 2.92.
Prudential Financial (NYSE:PRU) follows with a beta of 2.33 and Protective Life (NYSE:PL) rounds out the top five with a beta of 2.32.
SmarTrend currently has shares of Protective Life in an Uptrend and issued the Uptrend alert on September 13, 2010 at $21.04. The stock has risen 13.2% since the Uptrend alert was issued.
http://www.zacks.com/research/get_news.php?id=322l7752
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