Gavin Magor

TheStreet.com Ratings Senior Health Insurance Analyst

Gavin Magor joined TheStreet.com Ratings in 2008, and is the senior analyst responsible for assigning financial strength ratings to health insurers and supporting other health care-related consumer products, including Medicare supplement insurance, long-term care insurance and elder care information. He conducts industry analysis in these areas. He has more than 20 years' international experience in credit risk management, commercial lending and analysis, working in the U.K., Sweden, Mexico, Brazil and the U.S. He holds a master's degree in business administration from The Open University in the U.K.
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How About a Bank of America, GMAC Merger?

By Gavin Magor

Bank of America is looking for a new CEO and GMAC needs to add capital. Why not bring these two bailed out companies together?

05:05AM 11/04/09

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Health Insurers Don't Deserve Vitriol

By Gavin Magor

Even dominant health-insurance companies preside over slim margins, which suggests the problems of the uninsured and skyrocketing costs lie elsewhere.

05:00AM 11/03/09

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How to Take Advantage of Nervous Nellies

By Gavin Magor

Some investors have lost their nerve and dumped -- or even shorted -- insurance stocks. Playing the contrarian might be a good bet.

05:00AM 10/29/09

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Life Insurers vs Health Insurers: Is It Safe?

By Gavin Magor

There's been a split in the insurance industry, and investors will want to be on the right side.

04:59AM 10/22/09

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Aflac Has No Need to Quack: Best in Class

By Gavin Magor

Aflac's Dan Amos has built his company quietly, with a focus on customers' needs. As the years go by, the profits have piled up.

09:28AM 10/06/09

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Hartford's Quick Turnaround: Is It Safe?

By Gavin Magor

Hartford Financial was in rough shape in June, but an injection of cash was the shot in the arm that the insurer needed.

08:02AM 10/06/09

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AIG Arrives at Crossroads: Is It Safe?

By Gavin Magor

AIG is still alive, but the insurer's third-quarter results, coming up this month, will speak volumes about its survival.

05:00AM 10/01/09

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MGIC, Radian Close to the Edge: Is It Safe?

By Gavin Magor

Investors are bullish about MGIC and Radian. But the mortgage-guarantee insurers aren't out of the woods yet.

03:01AM 09/22/09

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Insurance Portfolio Soars 50% in Five Weeks

By Gavin Magor

Insurance stocks picked according to price-to-book value jumped 80% during the past five weeks, and there's more room to grow.

01:00AM 09/18/09

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Genworth Offering Makes Shares Attractive

By Gavin Magor

Genworth's $564 million share sale made an already cheap stock even more appealing.

09:46AM 09/17/09

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