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With many investors looking for income as well as capital gains, we now publish the top ten yielding stocks in certain industries each week. This week we look at Life Insurance (see below for other industries). These stocks have been selected from a screening program. They are not recommendations to buy or sell. If you have an interest in any of them, please investigate them completely before taking any action.
Updated 11/3/11 INDUSTRY: Life Insurance Company | Symbol | Div/Yield | EPS | | Life Partners Hldgs. * | LPHI | 11.8% | $1.54 | | Aviva plc * | AV | 6.0% | $0.50 | | Sun Life Financial * | SLF | 5.7% | $3.39 | | Manulife Financial | MFC | 3.8% | $1.25 | | Protective Life Corp. | PL | 3.3% | $3.53 | | | Kansas City Life | KCLI | 3.1% | $2.38 | | Symetra Financial | SYA | 2.6% | $1.70 | | | Presidential Life | PLFE | 2.4% | $1.27 | | Prudential Public Ltd. | PUK | 2.3% | $2.35 | | | China Life Insurance | LFC | 2.1% | $2.12 | |
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LPHI: Life Partners Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, Life Partners, Inc., operates in the secondary market for life insurance in the United States. It facilitates life settlement transactions by identifying, examining, and purchasing the policies as agent for the purchasers. The company's financial transactions involve the purchase of life insurance policies at a discount to their face value for investment purposes. It serves institutional purchasers, which include investment funds designed to acquire and hold life settlements; and retail purchasers, such as high net worth individuals. The company was founded in 1971 and is based in Waco, Texas. AV: Aviva plc provides insurance, savings, and investment products in the United Kingdom, Europe, North America, and the Asia Pacific. The company provides various long-term insurance and savings products and services comprising pensions, such as personal and group pensions, stakeholder pensions, and income drawdown; annuities; insurance products, including term assurance, mortgage life insurance, flexible whole life protection, and critical illness coverage insurance; bonds and savings consisting of single premium investment bonds, regular premium savings plans, mortgage endowment products, and funding agreements; and investment products, such as unit trusts, individual savings accounts (ISAs), and open ended investment companies. It also offers general insurance and health products and services comprising personal lines and commercial lines insurance products, such as motor, household, travel, creditor, commercial liability, and commercial property coverage; and health insurance products, including private health insurance, income protection, and personal accident insurance, as well as a range of corporate healthcare products. In addition, the company manages investments, including equities, fixed income, property, hedge fund, and socially responsible investments on behalf of institutional, pension fund, and retail clients; and sells retail ISAs, unit trusts, and structured products under the Aviva Investors and the Royal Bank of Scotland Group brands names. Further, it sells retail investment fund and mortgage products in the Netherlands; and retail banking products in Belgium. Aviva plc has a strategic partnership with Royal Bank of Scotland Group. The company was formerly known as CGNU plc and changed its name to Aviva plc in July 2002. Aviva plc is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. SLF: Sun Life Financial Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides various life and health insurance, savings, investment management, retirement, and pension products and services to individuals and corporate customers. It offers individual life insurance policies, including individual term life, universal life, critical illness, disability, accident, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance policies; and group life insurance policies. The company also provides individual health insurance, long-term care insurance, group health benefits, dental benefits, and group insurance; and various individual and group annuity, retirement, and investment income products and services, such as mutual and pooled funds, variable and fixed annuities, savings, retirement and pension plans, and education savings. In addition, it offers asset management services for corporate retirement plans, separate accounts, public or government funds, and insurance company assets to institutional clients; and advisory services to individual investors. Further, the company provides run-off reinsurance services. Sun Life Financial Inc. distributes its products through direct sales agents, independent and managing general agents, financial intermediaries, broker-dealers, banks, pension and benefit consultants, and other third-party marketing organizations. The company operates primarily in Bermuda, Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, the Philippines, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Sun Life Financial Inc. was founded in 1999 and is based in Toronto, Canada.
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DISCLAIMER: Dividend yields will differ from these tables due to pricing considerations. The table is generated from data that is not as of the close last Friday. Therefore, when you investigate one of these stocks, expect to see a lower or higher yield. Also, not all stocks are included in this list. There may be more in this industry that have a higher yield but due to the methodology of the screening program, they are not listed.
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