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With many investors looking for income as well as capital gains, we now publish the top ten yielding stocks in certain industries each week. This week we look at Life Insurance (see below for other industries). These stocks have been selected from a screening program. They are not recommendations to buy or sell. If you have an interest in any of them, please investigate them completely before taking any action.
Updated 04/28/10 INDUSTRY: Life Insurance Company | Symbol | Div/Yield | EPS | | Sun Life Financial * | SLF | 4.59% | $0.94 | | Prudential * | PUK | 4.53% | $0.82 | | Great West Lifeco * | GWLIF | 4.42% | $1.70 | | Kansas City Life Insurance | KCLI | 3.09% | $0.92 | | Industrial Alliance Insurance | IDLLF | 2.83% | $2.52 | | American Nat'l Insurance | ANAT | 2.79% | $0.58 | | Manulife Financial Corp. | MFC | 2.68% | $1.86 | | China Life Insurance | LFC | 2.15% | $2.56 | | Presidential Life Corp. | PLFE | 2.13% | $0.08 | | Protective Life Corp. | PL | 2.01% | $3.28 | |
| * Comments:
SLF: an international financial services organization. The Company offers a diverse range of life and health insurance, savings, investment management, retirement, and pension products and services to both individual and corporate customers. Sun Life Financial manages its operations through five business segments: Sun Life Financial Canada (SLF Canada), Sun Life Financial United States (SLF U.S.), MFS Investment Management (MFS), Sun Life Financial Asia (SLF Asia) and Corporate. The Corporate segment includes the operations of the Company's United Kingdom business unit (SLF U.K.) and Corporate Support operations, which include the Company's reinsurance businesses. PUK: a United Kingdom-based company. It is an international financial services company with its principal operations in the United Kingdom, the United States and Asia. It operates in the United Kingdom through its subsidiaries, primarily The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (PAC), Prudential Annuities Limited (PAL), Prudential Retirement Income Limited (PRIL) and M&G Investment Management Limited. In the United States, the Company's principal subsidiary is Jackson National Life Insurance Company (Jackson). The Company also has operations in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and other Asian countries. It has two segments: insurance operations and asset management operations. Prudential offers a range of retail financial products and services, and asset management services throughout these territories. The retail financial products and services principally include life insurance, pensions and annuities, as well as collective investment schemes. GWLIF: a financial services holding company with interests in the life insurance, health insurance, asset management, investment and retirement savings, and reinsurance businesses. The major segments of Lifeco are Canada, the United States, Europe and Lifeco Corporate. In Canada, its subsidiaries, The Great-West Life Assurance Company, London Life Insurance Company and The Canada Life Assurance Company (Canada Life), offer a portfolio of financial and benefit plan solutions for individuals, families and businesses. In the United States, its subsidiary, Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, offers products to meet the retirement income needs of employees in the public/non-profit and corporate sectors. In Europe, Canada Life offers protection and wealth management products, and reinsurance. It also has a subsidiary, Putnam Investments, LLC. Its brands include Canada Life, Freedom 55 Financial, and the Putnam Investments and PanAgora brand. |
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DISCLAIMER: Dividend yields will differ from these tables due to pricing considerations. The table is generated from data that is not as of the close last Friday. Therefore, when you investigate one of these stocks, expect to see a lower or higher yield. Also, not all stocks are included in this list. There may be more in this industry that have a higher yield but due to the methodology of the screening program, they are not listed.
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