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First Mercury Financial Corp (FMR)

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The Company is a provider of insurance products and services to the specialty commercial insurance markets.

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First Mercury Financial Corp At A Glance

Current Price: $11.87
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 4:01 PM
Open: $11.71
Previous Close: $11.57
Daily Range: $11.58 - $11.88
52-Week Range: $9.88 - $16.28
Volume: 65,429
Market Cap: $203.87M
P/E Ratio: 5.33
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Avatar tackycat (< 20) Submitted: 4/09/07 5:09 PM

You shouldn't be investing in a long tail casualty insurer unless you know how to read a "Schedule P" in a statutory annual statement.Also, you need to understand how prices are being slashed on casualty insurance policies. FMR's business model depends on its loss ratio always being far below the in...More

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Avatar InsurerWatch (< 20) Submitted: 8/26/08 3:57 PM : Underperform Start Price: $14.10 FMR Score: 2.65

Remember Frontier Insurance Company? Do your research and compare. It is tough to believe underwriting results at 85% when the rest of the market operates at 100 or 100+

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Avatar mastrmnd (< 20) Submitted: 3/13/08 5:26 PM : Outperform Start Price: $15.54 FMR Score: -7.77

Great company one of the highest insurance ratings.

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Avatar jonnycalc (22.05) Submitted: 1/31/08 6:08 AM : Outperform Start Price: $18.68 FMR Score: -20.22

Will take time for the Market to recognize this as a solid little company.

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Avatar tackycat (< 20) Submitted: 4/09/07 5:09 PM : Underperform Start Price: $19.17 FMR Score: 16.60

You shouldn't be investing in a long tail casualty insurer unless you know how to read a "Schedule P" in a statutory annual statement.Also, you need to understand how prices are being slashed on casualty insurance policies. FMR's business model depends on its loss ratio always being far below the industry average so that large commissions can be extracted for its MGA. So, the question is, "How can a small casualty carrier maintain adequate reserves while rates are being cut and still produce low loss ratios?"

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