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Top 5 Companies in the Life & Health Insurance Industry With the Highest Return on Equity

 

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Below are the top five companies in the Life & Health Insurance industry as measured by return on equity (ROE). The ROE is a general indication of the company's efficiency; Investors usually look for companies with ROEs that are high and are growing.

Aflac (NYSE:AFL) ranks first with an ROE of 22.7%; Prudential Financial (NYSE:PRU) ranks second with an ROE of 16.9%; and Torchmark (NYSE:TMK) ranks third with an ROE of 12.5%.

Protective Life (NYSE:PL) follows with an ROE of 10.6% and StanCorp Financial Group (NYSE:SFG) rounds out the top five with an ROE of 10.4%.

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 19.2% since the Uptrend alert was issued.

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