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Allstate (NYSE:ALL) First Quarter Profit Plunges 7.4% on Higher Catastrophe Losses – ALL, SAFT, AEG, BRK.A

The Allstate Corporation (NYSE:ALL) announced fiscal Q1 earnings tumbled 7.4 percent as the company booked higher catastrophe losses. But, the insurance company beat Wall Street forecasts.

Northbrook, Illinois based Allstate announced stronger bottom-line results for fiscal Q1 of previous year, …

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Financial Sector Roundup: JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), Progressive (NYSE:PGR) –MCBI, NMR, CPSS

Investors responded positively to the financial stocks on Wednesday. Key movement were monitored in MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc (NASDAQ:MCBI) and Nomura Holdings, Inc (ADR) (NYSE:NMR) on percentage gainers side while Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc (NASDAQ:CPSS) was prominent stock on percentage losers …

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MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) Posts Wider Loss in the Third Quarter – MTG, ORI, AIG, ALL

MGIC Investment Corp (NYSE:MTG) announced on Monday that a loss broadened in the third-quarter as the private-mortgage insurer was squeezed by lighter revenue and lesser income tax benefits.

MGIC Investment reported a loss of $246.9 million or $1.22 per share, …

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Allstate (NYSE:ALL) Third Quarter Profit Outshines Wall Street Forecasts

The Northbrook, Illinois-based The Allstate Corporation (NYSE:ALL) reported that profit in the third-quarter quadrupled on lowered disaster claims in the quarter before Hurricane Sandy lashed the East Coast.

Allstate, the biggest publicly traded United States home and auto insurer, reported …

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Progressive’s (NYSE:PGR) Board Awards Special Dividend of $1 Per Common Share – PGR, ALL, SAFT, MCY

The Progressive Corporation (NYSE:PGR) reported on Friday that its Board of Directors has awarded a special cash dividend of $1.00 a Common Share, payable November 29, 2012 to investors of record at the end of business on November 21, 2012.…

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Progressive (NYSE:PGR) Outshines Wall Street Forecasts; Marks Biggest Boost in S&P Financial Index – PGR, ALL, SAFT, SIGI

The Progressive Corporation (NYSE:PGR) on Wednesday marked the major boost in the 81- company Standard & Poor’s 500 Financials Index after profit moved up and underwriting results improved.

Progressive, the fourth- biggest United States auto insurer moved up 2.7% to …

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