Best's insurance stock indices.
Four Weeks Ended July 13, 2006
<---Percent Change --->
Index Month/ Year to Year/
Close Month Date Year
Best's Insurance Composite Index 1,085.86 -0.36 -6.28 3.30
Multi-Line Index (M) 961.05 -2.08 -9.89 -3.28
Property/Casualty Index (PC) 1,041.41 -1.36 -2.73 3.16
Life/Health & HMO Index 1,240.13 1.94 -5.97 8.12
Life Index (L) 1,268.53 -0.07 3.84 15.40
Health & HMO Index (H) 1,220.03 4.11 -14.06 1.84
Brokers &Agents Index (B&A) 936.69 -6.08 -14.31 1.00
NYSE Composite Index 7,991.85 0.19 3.07 7.95
Month/
Top 5 Performers Ticker Best's Closing Month
Index Price Change
1. AmerUs Group Co AMH L 66.81 22.21
2. Cigna Corp. CI H 103.36 13.33
3. Humana Inc HUM H 55.96 11.45
4. EMC Insurance Group Inc EMCI PC 30.58 11.44
5. Coventry Health Care Inc CVH H 55.97 9.64
Bottom 5 Performers
1. Scottish Re Group Ltd SCT L 16.01 -13.97
2. American Equity Investment
Life Holding Co AEL L 10.30 -12.79
3. James River Group Inc JRVR PC 24.00 -11.08
4. UnumProvident Corp. UNM H 16.49 -10.04
5. White Mountains Insurance
Group Ltd WTM PC 465.00 -9.97
Indices by Segment (see bestreview.com for methodology and further
details identifying the companies included in each index.)
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