What to Look For -- An Insurance Earnings Preview

By Jessica Alling – Apr 30, 2013 at 8:00PM

NYSE: TRV

Travelers Companies

Market Cap

$51B

Today's Change

(-0.02%) -$0.04

Current Price

$221.06

Price as of April 15, 2024, 4:00 p.m. ET

With three big names in insurance set to release earnings in a few days, here's what investors should keep an eye out for.

Earnings season is well upon us, with three big players in the insurance field -- AIG (AIG -0.85%), Allstate (ALL -0.63%), and Markel (MKL -0.38%) -- set to announce earnings in the next few days. With some trends already spotted in the earnings of Progressive (PGR 1.32%) and Traveler's Companies (TRV -0.02%) earlier this month, Motley Fool contributor Jessica Alling has a few key items for investors to look out for. In the video below, she details the key items, what we've seen so far, and how investors should evaluate moves by the companies.

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