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Lowest Operating Margin in the Property & Casualty Insurance Industry Detected in Shares of Selective Insurance (SIGI, SAFT, GBLI, IPCC, ASI)

Written on Sun, 10/09/2011 - 10:32am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Property & Casualty Insurance industry as ranked by lowest operating margin. A healthy operating margin is required for a company to pay for its fixed costs and generate cash.
Selective Insurance (NASDAQ:SIGI) had an operating margin of 1.4% in the last quarter on sales of $399.6 million.
Safety Insurance (NASDAQ:SAFT) had an operating margin of 3.5% in the last quarter on sales of $163.9 million.
Global Indemnity (NASDAQ:GBLI) had an operating margin of 3.9% in the last quarter on sales of $100.5 million.
Infinity Property & Casualty (NASDAQ:IPCC) had an operating margin of 4.4% in the last quarter on sales of $264.2 million.
American Safety Insurance Hold (NYSE:ASI) had an operating margin of 5.7% in the last quarter on sales of $68.2 million.
SmarTrend currently has shares of Infinity Property & Casualty in an Uptrend and issued the Uptrend alert on August 30, 2011 at $50.94. The stock has risen 4.3% since the Uptrend alert was issued.

Keywords: keywords: nasdaq:sigi selective insurance operating margin

Ticker(s): SIGI SAFT GBLI IPCC ASI

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