Best's insurance stock indices.
Best's Insurance Stock Indices
(Dec. 31, 2004 = 1,000.00)
Four Weeks Ended June 15, 2006
Percent Change
Index Month/ Year to Year/
Close Month Date Year
Best's Insurance Composite Index 1,089.79 -1.10 -5.94 6.61
Multi-Line Index (M) 981.46 -2.73 -7.98 5.22
Property/Casualty Index (PC) 1,055.79 -0.74 -1.39 5.77
Life/Health & HMO Index 1,216.55 -0.30 -7.76 8.61
Life Index (L) 1,269.40 0.15 3.91 21.94
Health & HMO Index (H) 1,171.89 -0.74 -17.45 -2.16
Brokers & Agents Index (B&A) 997.31 -2.14 -8.76 12.98
NYSE Composite Index 7,976.45 -2.11 2.87 9.42
Month/
Best's Closing Month %
Top 5 Performers Ticker Index Price Change
1. Affirmative Insurance Holdings
Inc AFFM PC 15.40 21.16
2. James River Group Inc JRVR PC 26.99 11.07
3. Kentucky Investors Inc KINV L 26.65 9.90
4. National Western Life
Insurance Co NWLIA L 226.41 8.04
5. FBL Financial Group Inc FFG L 34.24 7.64
Bottom 5 Performers
1. Penn Treaty American Corp PTA H 7.60 -11.21
2. National Security Group Inc NSEC PC 16.11 -8.98
3. EMC Insurance Group Inc EMCI PC 27.44 -7.76
4. 21st Century Insurance TW PC 14.46 -7.07
5. Safety Insurance Group Inc SAFT PC 45.66 -6.99
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