Aon Plc (AON): Today's Featured Insurance Winner

Aon plc (AON) pushed the Insurance industry higher today making it today's featured insurance winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.2%. By the end of trading, Aon plc rose 58 cents (1.2%) to $47.36 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1.9 million shares of Aon plc exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.1 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $46.64-$47.39 after having opened the day at $46.99 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $46.78. Other companies within the Insurance industry that increased today were: Kingstone Companies (KINS), up 17.5%, American Independence Corporation (AMIC), up 9.2%, 21st Century Holding Company (TCHC), up 7.3%, and AMERISAFE (AMSF), up 7.2%.

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Aon Corporation provides risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human resource consulting and outsourcing services primarily in the United States, the Americas, the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Aon plc has a market cap of $14.92 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.2, above the average insurance industry P/E ratio of 15.9 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 5.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are nine analysts that rate Aon plc a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and eight rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Aon plc as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

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On the negative front, First Acceptance Corporation (FAC), down 6.7%, Symetra Financial Corporation (SYA), down 4%, Catalyst Health Solutions (CHSI), down 1.5%, and Crawford & Company (CRD.A), down 1.5%, were all losers within the insurance industry with Lincoln National Corp (Radnor (LNC) being today's insurance industry loser.

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