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Best Property & Casualty Insurance Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top property & casualty insurance stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best property & casualty insurance stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Insurance - Property & Ca...

Zen Rating Price Value Growth Financials Momentum Sentiment Forecast Dividends Due Diligence

Insurance - Property & Casualty is Zen Rated B and is the 36th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
MCY	MERCURY GENERAL CORP	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$4.93B	$88.96	1.58%	$767.26M	9.11x	2.96	United States
UVE	UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$960.12M	$34.28	0.73%	$255.94M	5.23x	4.15	United States
HCI	HCI GROUP INC	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$2.17B	$167.39	2.59%	$428.31M	6.81x	1.36	United States
HRTG	HERITAGE INSURANCE HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$867.25M	$28.23	0.32%	$279.85M	4.46x	3.35	United States
WTM	WHITE MOUNTAINS INSURANCE GROUP LTD	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$5.41B	$2,194.70	0.58%	$1.32B	5.10x	1.12	United States
ALL	ALLSTATE CORP	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$53.51B	$206.17	0.56%	$14.05B	5.35x	2.91	United States
SAFT	SAFETY INSURANCE GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$1.07B	$73.24	1.62%	$133.42M	10.90x	1.77	United States
SKWD	SKYWARD SPECIALTY INSURANCE GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$2.01B	$45.17	-0.13%	$227.88M	10.73x	3.75	United States
SLDE	SLIDE INSURANCE HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$2.19B	$17.65	2.20%	$605.31M	3.72x	1.62	United States
MKL	MARKEL GROUP INC	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$24.43B	$1,942.78	-0.25%	$3.24B	11.45x	2.68	United States
ACIC	AMERICAN COASTAL INSURANCE CORP	NASDAQ	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$550.30M	$11.31	0.09%	$161.01M	5.14x	2.38	United States
STC	STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$1.96B	$64.59	2.09%	$232.46M	15.68x	0.98	United States
THG	HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP INC	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$6.09B	$173.39	-0.51%	$884.20M	9.37x	3.75	United States
AII	AMERICAN INTEGRITY INSURANCE GROUP INC	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$378.46M	$19.33	1.68%	$117.34M	3.42x	2.64	United States
KINS	KINGSTONE COMPANIES INC	NASDAQ	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$215.04M	$15.20	0.60%	$42.77M	6.58x	2.98	United States
UFCS	UNITED FIRE GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$941.00M	$36.87	0.22%	$169.97M	7.95x	3.08	United States
PLMR	PALOMAR HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$3.21B	$120.19	0.33%	$262.71M	16.24x	2.24	United States
ASIC	ATEGRITY SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO HOLDINGS	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$949.80M	$19.76	0.00%	$95.74M	12.05x	1.40	United States
CINF	CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP	NASDAQ	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$25.49B	$163.82	-0.25%	$3.20B	10.69x	1.58	United States
L	LOEWS CORP	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$22.26B	$108.02	-0.38%	$3.23B	13.54x	3.57	United States
CB	CHUBB LTD	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$128.35B	$328.97	-0.18%	$13.80B	12.69x	2.61	Switzerland
CNA	CNA FINANCIAL CORP	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$12.61B	$46.59	0.13%	$1.83B	9.89x	4.98	United States
HMN	HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORP	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$1.71B	$42.39	-0.52%	$264.70M	10.79x	9.30	United States
HGTY	HAGERTY INC	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$3.50B	$10.23	4.49%	$126.31M	24.95x	6.09	United States
RLI	RLI CORP	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$5.68B	$61.83	-0.26%	$519.47M	14.08x	2.47	United States
TRV	TRAVELERS COMPANIES INC	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$65.41B	$302.49	0.16%	$8.22B	10.87x	3.37	United States
SIGI	SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$4.59B	$76.41	-0.21%	$671.59M	10.13x	3.20	United States
PGR	PROGRESSIVE CORP	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$120.21B	$205.17	-0.00%	$14.81B	10.64x	3.06	United States
LMND	LEMONADE INC	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$4.21B	$55.15	4.27%	-$145.70M	-24.62x	2.61	United States
PRA	PROASSURANCE CORP	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$1.27B	$24.63	0.53%	$106.60M	24.88x	3.04	United States
BOW	BOWHEAD SPECIALTY HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$740.91M	$22.60	0.71%	$72.32M	13.78x	4.28	United States
AFG	AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$10.67B	$128.09	-0.09%	$1.24B	12.71x	5.77	United States
DGICA	DONEGAL GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$627.94M	$16.97	1.31%	$102.02M	7.64x	2.73	United States
ROOT	ROOT INC	NASDAQ	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$680.67M	$43.76	-4.54%	$73.60M	17.57x	4.50	United States
WRB	BERKLEY W R CORP	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$25.75B	$68.76	0.09%	$2.35B	15.35x	3.54	United States
KMPR	KEMPER CORP	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$1.74B	$29.72	1.99%	$284.20M	12.87x	3.66	United States
KNSL	KINSALE CAPITAL GROUP INC	NYSE	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$8.39B	$362.53	0.19%	$650.78M	16.66x	2.08	United States
NODK	NI HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$271.71M	$13.23	2.56%	-$11.54M	-26.46x	1.11	United States
GBLI	GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP LLC	NASDAQ	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$416.17M	$29.00	0.00%	$38.96M	16.57x	1.44	Cayman Islands
PRHI	PRESURANCE HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Insurance - Property & Casualty	$8.95M	$0.73	10.08%	-$23.50M	-0.34x	10.26	United States

Property & Casualty Insurance Stocks FAQ

What are the best property & casualty insurance stocks to buy right now in Mar 2026?

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best property & casualty insurance stocks to buy right now are:

1. Mercury General (NYSE:MCY)

Mercury General (NYSE:MCY) is the #1 top property & casualty insurance stock out of 40 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Mercury General (NYSE:MCY) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Mercury General (NYSE:MCY) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is -6 points lower than the property & casualty insurance industry average of 39. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates MCY as a "A".

MCY passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Mercury General has seen its stock return 60.35% over the past year, overperforming other property & casualty insurance stocks by 54 percentage points.

Mercury General has an average 1 year price target of $100.00, an upside of 12.41% from Mercury General's current stock price of $88.96.

Mercury General stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Mercury General, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Universal Insurance Holdings (NYSE:UVE)

Universal Insurance Holdings (NYSE:UVE) is the #2 top property & casualty insurance stock out of 40 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Universal Insurance Holdings (NYSE:UVE) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Universal Insurance Holdings (NYSE:UVE) has a Due Diligence Score of 43, which is 4 points higher than the property & casualty insurance industry average of 39.

UVE passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Universal Insurance Holdings has seen its stock return 60.71% over the past year, overperforming other property & casualty insurance stocks by 55 percentage points.

Universal Insurance Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $40.00, an upside of 16.69% from Universal Insurance Holdings's current stock price of $34.28.

Universal Insurance Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Universal Insurance Holdings, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Hci Group (NYSE:HCI)

Hci Group (NYSE:HCI) is the #3 top property & casualty insurance stock out of 40 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Hci Group (NYSE:HCI) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Hci Group (NYSE:HCI) has a Due Diligence Score of 50, which is 11 points higher than the property & casualty insurance industry average of 39.

HCI passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Hci Group has seen its stock return 22.14% over the past year, overperforming other property & casualty insurance stocks by 16 percentage points.

Hci Group has an average 1 year price target of $245.00, an upside of 46.36% from Hci Group's current stock price of $167.39.

Hci Group stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Hci Group, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the property & casualty insurance stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 26 property & casualty insurance stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 property & casualty insurance stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Cna Financial (NYSE:CNA)

Cna Financial (NYSE:CNA) has an annual dividend yield of 8.29%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the property & casualty insurance industry average of 2.88%. Cna Financial's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% nine times in the last 10 years. Cna Financial's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cna Financial's dividend payout ratio of 81.5% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG)

American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) has an annual dividend yield of 6.92%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the property & casualty insurance industry average of 2.88%. American Financial Group's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% twenty-one times in the last 10 years. American Financial Group's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

American Financial Group's dividend payout ratio of 87.9% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Progressive (NYSE:PGR)

Progressive (NYSE:PGR) has an annual dividend yield of 6.77%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the property & casualty insurance industry average of 2.88%. Progressive's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% six times in the last 10 years. Progressive's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Progressive's dividend payout ratio of 72.1% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are property & casualty insurance stocks up?

Property & casualty insurance stocks were up 0.26% in the last day, and down -1.09% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why property & casualty insurance stocks are up.

What are the most undervalued property & casualty insurance stocks?

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued property & casualty insurance stocks right now are:

1. Heritage Insurance Holdings (NYSE:HRTG)

Heritage Insurance Holdings (NYSE:HRTG) is the most undervalued property & casualty insurance stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Heritage Insurance Holdings has a valuation score of 43, which is 8 points higher than the property & casualty insurance industry average of 35. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Heritage Insurance Holdings's stock has gained 125.3% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the property & casualty insurance industry by 119 percentage points.

2. Slide Insurance Holdings (NASDAQ:SLDE)

Slide Insurance Holdings (NASDAQ:SLDE) is the second most undervalued property & casualty insurance stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Slide Insurance Holdings has a valuation score of 29, which is -6 points higher than the property & casualty insurance industry average of 35. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates SLDE a Valuation Rating of "A".

3. American Integrity Insurance Group (NYSE:AII)

American Integrity Insurance Group (NYSE:AII) is the third most undervalued property & casualty insurance stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

American Integrity Insurance Group has a valuation score of 43, which is 8 points higher than the property & casualty insurance industry average of 35. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Are property & casualty insurance stocks a good buy now?

34.48% of property & casualty insurance stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect property & casualty insurance stocks to rise by 13.59% over the next year.

8.11% of property & casualty insurance stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 18.92% of property & casualty insurance stocks are rated B (Buy), 64.86% are rated C (Hold), 8.11% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the insurance - property & casualty industry?

The average P/E ratio of the insurance - property & casualty industry is 10.9x.

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