Independence Holding Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in life and health insurance business. The company's dental portfolio includes indemnity and PPO plans for employer groups of two or more lives, and for individuals within affinity groups; vision plans that offer a flat reimbursement amount for exams and materials; and short-term medical products for people with temporary needs for health coverage. It also provides supplemental products, including hospital indemnity, fixed indemnity limited benefit, critical illness, accident medical coverage, and life insurance products to individuals and families; and pet insurance and occupational accident insurance products. In addition, the company offers group long-term and short-term disability products to employers that provide benefit to their employees; New York short-term disability plan that offers temporary cash payments to replace wages lost; and group term life products, such as group term life, accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D), supplemental life and AD&D, and dependent life products. Independence Holding Company markets its products through general agents, independent brokers, and independent producers in 50 states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Life insurance
Sub-IndustryLife & Health Insurance
SectorFinance
Phone203-358-8000
Debt
Price-To-Earnings
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$350.77 million
Profitability
Miscellaneous
Employees400
Next Earnings Date11/5/2019 (Estimated)
OptionableNot Optionable
Independence (NYSE:IHC) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Independence's stock symbol?
Independence trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "IHC."
How often does Independence pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Independence?
Independence declared a semiannual dividend on Tuesday, March 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, July 5th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 20th. This is an increase from Independence's previous semiannual dividend of $0.15. View Independence's Dividend History.
How were Independence's earnings last quarter?
Independence Holding (NYSE:IHC) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 6th. The financial services provider reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter. The financial services provider earned $95.12 million during the quarter. Independence had a net margin of 8.27% and a return on equity of 6.65%. View Independence's Earnings History.
When is Independence's next earnings date?
Has Independence been receiving favorable news coverage?
News articles about IHC stock have trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Independence earned a coverage optimism score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Independence.
Who are some of Independence's key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Independence include Genworth Financial (GNW), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), FGL (FG), FBL Financial Group (FFG), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Citizens (CIA), GWG (GWGH), Kansas City Life Insurance (KCLI), Vericity (VERY), UTG (UTGN), Atlantic American (AAME), Emergent Capital (EMGC) and National Security Group (NSEC).
What other stocks do shareholders of Independence own?
Who are Independence's key executives?
Independence's management team includes the folowing people:
- Mr. Roy Tjay Kiang Thung, Chairman, CEO & Pres (Age 75)
- Mr. David Thomas Kettig, Exec. VP, COO & Director (Age 60)
- Mr. Vincent John Furfaro, Sr. VP of Corp. Devel. & Chief Information Security Officer (Age 55)
- Ms. Teresa Ellen Akshar Herbert, CFO, Sr. VP & Director (Age 57)
- Ms. Loan Tuong Nisser, VP & Sec.
Who are Independence's major shareholders?
Independence's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (1.86%), Vanguard Group Inc. (1.51%), Northern Trust Corp (0.47%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.22%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.10%) and Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.10%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Independence.
Which major investors are selling Independence stock?
IHC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Northern Trust Corp, Morgan Stanley and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for Independence.
Which major investors are buying Independence stock?
IHC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Zebra Capital Management LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Aperio Group LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Swiss National Bank and Bank of Montreal Can. View Insider Buying and Selling for Independence.
How do I buy shares of Independence?
Shares of IHC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is Independence's stock price today?
One share of IHC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $39.40.
How big of a company is Independence?
What is Independence's official website?
How can I contact Independence?
Independence's mailing address is 96 CUMMINGS POINT ROAD, STAMFORD CT, 06902. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 203-358-8000 or via email at [email protected]
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