- On December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second term
- On March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was their lowest point due to the spillover effects resulting from the 2008 financial meltdown, and
- also on the most recent date February 14, 2014.
The historical common stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 51 largest US Property & Casualty Insurance Companies had their average stock prices decline by a huge 51% from December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second Presidential term, to March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was the very lowest point for the overall stock market due to the spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 Financial Meltdown.
But in the slightly less than five years since March 6, 2009, the average stock prices of these same 51 largest US Property & Casualty Insurance Companies have increased by a robust 268% through February 14, 2014, led by Radian Group and by FBL Financial Group, with both having stock price increases of more than 10 times since March 6, 2009.
All 51 US Property & Casualty Insurance Companies experienced stock price increases since March 6, 2009.
Clearly, a majority of the investors in and employees of these 51 largest US Property & Casualty Insurance Companies must be very pleased with the impact of actions taken by both the Obama Administration and the US Fed to successfully rescue the US economy from its extremely weakened state.
Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 51 largest US Property & Casualty Insurance Companies on February 14, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007:
| Market | Market | ||||||
| Price | Price | ||||||
| % | % | ||||||
| Change | Change | ||||||
| Market | Market | Market | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | |||
| Price | Price | Price | to | to | |||
| Property & Casualty Insurance Companies | HQs | 2-14-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 2-14-14 | 3-6-09 | |
| Radian Group | Philadelphia | PA | 15.78 | 0.96 | 11.68 | 1544% | -92% |
| FBL Financial Group | West Des Moines | IA | 39.06 | 2.55 | 34.53 | 1432% | -93% |
| XL Group plc | Stamford | CT | 29.23 | 2.95 | 50.31 | 891% | -94% |
| Harford Financial Services Group | Hartford | CT | 34.67 | 3.62 | 87.19 | 858% | -96% |
| Federated National Holding | Sunrise | FL | 12.72 | 1.72 | 13.44 | 640% | -87% |
| MGIC Investment | Milwaukee | WI | 8.78 | 1.23 | 22.43 | 614% | -95% |
| American Intl Group | New York | NY | 48.98 | 7.00 | 1,166.00 | 600% | -99% |
| CNA Financial | Chicago | IL | 41.94 | 6.98 | 33.72 | 501% | -79% |
| AmTrust Financial Services | New York | NY | 33.33 | 5.88 | 11.38 | 467% | -48% |
| MBIA Inc | Armonk | NY | 12.67 | 2.53 | 18.63 | 401% | -86% |
| Kemper Corp | Chicago | IL | 37.95 | 8.34 | 47.99 | 355% | -83% |
| Horace Mann Educators Corp | Springfield | IL | 28.32 | 6.46 | 18.94 | 338% | -66% |
| American Financial Group | Cincinnati | OH | 56.43 | 13.13 | 28.88 | 330% | -55% |
| Allstate | Northbrook | IL | 52.96 | 14.55 | 52.23 | 264% | -72% |
| White Mountains Insurance | Hanover | NH | 578.58 | 165.00 | 514.05 | 251% | -68% |
| Arch Capital Group Ltd | Jersey City | NJ | 55.26 | 15.93 | 23.45 | 247% | -32% |
| Universal Insurance Holdings | Fort Lauderdale | FL | 11.62 | 3.44 | 7.41 | 238% | -54% |
| American National Insurance | Galveston | TX | 117.31 | 35.38 | 121.24 | 232% | -71% |
| ACE Limited | Philadelphia | PA | 96.97 | 32.50 | 61.78 | 198% | -47% |
| CoreLogic | Irvine | CA | 33.87 | 11.37 | 19.47 | 198% | -42% |
| Amerisafe Inc | DeRidder | LA | 40.22 | 13.80 | 15.51 | 191% | -11% |
| Employers Holdings | Reno | NV | 23.93 | 8.71 | 16.71 | 175% | -48% |
| Stewart Information Services | Houston | TX | 35.21 | 13.65 | 26.09 | 158% | -48% |
| Cincinnati Financial | Fairfield | OH | 47.00 | 18.57 | 39.54 | 153% | -53% |
| Markel | Glen Allen | VA | 568.96 | 225.21 | 491.10 | 153% | -54% |
| Travelers | New York | NY | 84.02 | 34.44 | 53.80 | 144% | -36% |
| Loews | New York | NY | 44.03 | 18.13 | 50.34 | 143% | -64% |
| Chubb | Warren | NJ | 86.12 | 35.73 | 54.58 | 141% | -35% |
| Everest Re Group Ltd | Liberty Corner | NJ | 147.23 | 61.84 | 100.40 | 138% | -38% |
| Progressive | Mayfield Village | OH | 23.98 | 10.32 | 19.16 | 132% | -46% |
| Infinity Prperty & Casualty | Birmingham | AL | 73.64 | 32.20 | 36.13 | 129% | -11% |
| ProAssurance | Birmingham | AL | 47.42 | 21.09 | 27.46 | 125% | -23% |
| Hilltop Holdings | Dallas | TX | 23.74 | 11.00 | 10.92 | 116% | 1% |
| Selective Group | Branchville | NJ | 22.37 | 10.61 | 22.99 | 111% | -54% |
| WR Berkley | Greenwich | CT | 40.64 | 19.47 | 29.81 | 109% | -35% |
| HCC Insurance Holdings | Houston | TX | 43.83 | 21.34 | 28.68 | 105% | -26% |
| National Interstate | Richfield | OH | 28.93 | 14.34 | 33.10 | 102% | -57% |
| The Hanover Insurance Group | Worcester | MA | 59.04 | 30.50 | 45.80 | 94% | -33% |
| RLI Corp | Peoria | IL | 42.33 | 21.88 | 28.40 | 93% | -23% |
| Safety Insurance Group | Boston | MA | 55.77 | 29.16 | 36.62 | 91% | -20% |
| Mercury General | Los Angeles | CA | 44.66 | 23.53 | 49.81 | 90% | -53% |
| Donegal Group | Marietta | PA | 24.00 | 14.06 | 18.25 | 71% | -23% |
| United Fire Group | Cedar Rapids | IA | 27.37 | 17.54 | 29.09 | 56% | -40% |
| Alleghany | New York | NY | 377.29 | 253.63 | 402.00 | 49% | -37% |
| EMC Insurance Group | Des Moines | IA | 26.99 | 19.03 | 23.67 | 42% | -20% |
| Hallmark Financial Services | Fort Worth | TX | 8.59 | 6.50 | 15.86 | 32% | -59% |
| State Auto Financial | Columbus | OH | 19.62 | 15.12 | 26.30 | 30% | -43% |
| First Acceptance Corp | Nashville | TN | 2.72 | 2.14 | 4.22 | 27% | -49% |
| Navigators Group | Stamford | CT | 61.30 | 48.24 | 65.00 | 27% | -26% |
| Baldwin & Lyons | Indianapolis | IN | 23.90 | 19.03 | 27.46 | 26% | -31% |
| Meadowbrook Insurance Group | Southfield | MI | 6.24 | 5.46 | 9.41 | 14% | -42% |
| Average % Change all 51 | 268% | -51% |
