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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...
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Insurance - Property & Casualty is Zen Rated B and is the 32nd ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries
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UVE
UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS INC
$875.97M$31.23$40.0028.08%Strong Buy1-3.47%-22.98%21.46%3.44%
HCI
HCI GROUP INC
$2.03B$156.34$245.0056.71%Strong Buy220.62%-4.56%28.21%9.88%
HRTG
HERITAGE INSURANCE HOLDINGS INC
$820.39M$26.54$37.0039.41%Strong Buy17.04%-1.32%34.25%6.33%
MCY
MERCURY GENERAL CORP
$5.00B$90.25$100.0010.80%Strong Buy18.02%6.99%19.42%4.63%
SKWD
SKYWARD SPECIALTY INSURANCE GROUP INC
$1.79B$44.25$67.1751.79%Buy621.16%21.93%29.25%6.12%
STC
STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP
$1.90B$67.80$80.5018.73%Buy213.38%38.66%13.98%7.24%
ALL
ALLSTATE CORP
$52.80B$201.77$226.7712.39%Strong Buy133.27%-7.25%N/AN/A
SLDE
SLIDE INSURANCE HOLDINGS INC
$2.12B$17.06$21.3325.05%Strong Buy3N/AN/A37.58%13.49%
HMN
HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORP
$1.83B$44.92N/AN/AN/AN/A9.15%18.53%14.87%1.38%
HGTY
HAGERTY INC
$4.23B$12.38$14.0013.09%Buy68.29%35.39%197.82%19.46%
PLMR
PALOMAR HOLDINGS INC
$3.23B$121.89$149.6022.73%Strong Buy5217.08%33.31%30.27%9.03%
CINF
CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP
$25.56B$163.84$178.008.64%Buy30.39%-36.15%9.49%3.60%
ACIC
AMERICAN COASTAL INSURANCE CORP
$539.83M$11.07N/AN/AN/AN/A-2.83%-13.94%23.87%6.62%
CNA
CNA FINANCIAL CORP
$13.19B$48.74N/AN/AN/AN/A-84.15%32.10%13.28%2.16%
UFCS
UNITED FIRE GROUP INC
$933.57M$36.59$37.502.49%Buy25.33%-15.58%10.57%2.53%
THG
HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP INC
$6.19B$174.05$196.6712.99%Hold35.09%-3.51%18.47%3.77%
AII
AMERICAN INTEGRITY INSURANCE GROUP INC
$359.43M$18.36$26.6745.25%Buy6N/AN/A22.72%5.01%
KINS
KINGSTONE COMPANIES INC
$214.62M$15.17N/AN/AN/AN/A15.91%5.97%36.86%9.26%
SAFT
SAFETY INSURANCE GROUP INC
$1.18B$79.27N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A21.22%11.82%4.34%
ASIC
ATEGRITY SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO HOLDINGS
$841.17M$17.50$25.2544.29%Strong Buy4N/AN/A20.52%8.35%
L
LOEWS CORP
$22.20B$107.41N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
SIGI
SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC
$5.24B$86.82$84.40-2.79%Hold55.19%16.29%16.14%3.76%
DGICA
DONEGAL GROUP INC
$688.86M$18.80$21.0011.70%Hold15.44%-12.07%12.63%3.27%
CB
CHUBB LTD
$123.33B$313.38$322.082.78%Buy13-1.32%4.95%14.17%3.77%
TRV
TRAVELERS COMPANIES INC
$64.29B$288.23$306.626.38%Hold130.31%4.12%17.36%3.82%
RLI
RLI CORP
$5.48B$59.65$63.506.45%Hold4-3.20%-12.89%14.85%4.45%
MKL
MARKEL GROUP INC
$25.71B$2,038.65N/AN/AN/AN/A4.53%-5.30%9.53%2.55%
LMND
LEMONADE INC
$6.18B$82.69$65.71-20.53%Hold745.51%N/AN/AN/A
KNSL
KINSALE CAPITAL GROUP INC
$9.11B$391.77$449.8314.82%Buy611.41%5.64%29.26%9.36%
AFG
AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC
$10.86B$130.25$139.507.10%Buy4-2.73%14.12%23.69%3.31%
PGR
PROGRESSIVE CORP
$117.88B$201.03$254.4326.56%Buy137.27%-3.46%27.02%7.88%
WTM
WHITE MOUNTAINS INSURANCE GROUP LTD
$5.25B$2,056.30N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A114.10%7.03%2.72%
WRB
BERKLEY W R CORP
$26.29B$69.19$69.921.05%Hold125.26%2.51%18.29%4.10%
BOW
BOWHEAD SPECIALTY HOLDINGS INC
$819.25M$24.99$34.0036.05%Buy517.05%20.96%24.89%5.12%
KMPR
KEMPER CORP
$2.23B$38.09$56.6748.77%Hold3-2.93%26.30%13.50%2.96%
ROOT
ROOT INC
$959.38M$61.86$120.7595.20%Buy411.68%-1.80%N/AN/A
PRA
PROASSURANCE CORP
$1.25B$24.39N/AN/AN/AN/A-5.41%68.38%4.36%1.02%
NODK
NI HOLDINGS INC
$279.62M$13.57N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
PRHI
PRESURANCE HOLDINGS INC
$8.62M$0.71N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
GBLI
GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP LLC
$410.09M$28.63N/AN/AN/AN/A13.13%77.19%7.26%2.95%

Property & Casualty Insurance Stocks FAQ

What are the best property & casualty insurance stocks to buy right now in Feb 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. Universal Insurance Holdings (NYSE:UVE)


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

Universal Insurance Holdings (NYSE:UVE) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 3 points higher than the property & casualty insurance industry average of 36.

UVE passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Universal Insurance Holdings has seen its stock return 60.48% over the past year, overperforming other property & casualty insurance stocks by 53 percentage points.

Universal Insurance Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $40.00, an upside of 28.08% from Universal Insurance Holdings's current stock price of $31.23.

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.

2. Hci Group (NYSE:HCI)


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

Hci Group (NYSE:HCI) has a Due Diligence Score of 50, which is 14 points higher than the property & casualty insurance industry average of 36.

HCI passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Hci Group has seen its stock return 28.32% over the past year, overperforming other property & casualty insurance stocks by 20 percentage points.

Hci Group has an average 1 year price target of $245.00, an upside of 56.71% from Hci Group's current stock price of $156.34.

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.

3. Heritage Insurance Holdings (NYSE:HRTG)


Heritage Insurance Holdings (NYSE:HRTG) is the #3 top property & casualty insurance stock out of 40 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

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

Heritage Insurance Holdings (NYSE:HRTG) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is -2 points lower than the property & casualty insurance industry average of 36. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates HRTG as a "B".

HRTG passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Heritage Insurance Holdings has seen its stock return 140.18% over the past year, overperforming other property & casualty insurance stocks by 132 percentage points.

Heritage Insurance Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $37.00, an upside of 39.41% from Heritage Insurance Holdings's current stock price of $26.54.

Heritage Insurance Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Heritage 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.

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

Out of 25 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 7.88%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the property & casualty insurance industry average of 2.83%. Cna Financial's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% ten times in the last 10 years. Cna Financial's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cna Financial's dividend payout ratio of 104.1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Progressive (NYSE:PGR)


Progressive (NYSE:PGR) has an annual dividend yield of 6.91%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the property & casualty insurance industry average of 2.83%. Progressive's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% seven times in the last 10 years. Progressive's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Progressive's dividend payout ratio of 26.8% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. American Coastal Insurance (NASDAQ:ACIC)


American Coastal Insurance (NASDAQ:ACIC) has an annual dividend yield of 6.78%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the property & casualty insurance industry average of 2.83%. American Coastal Insurance's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. American Coastal Insurance's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

American Coastal Insurance's dividend payout ratio of 28.4% 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 0.12% in the last day, and up 1.27% 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 140.18% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the property & casualty insurance industry by 132 percentage points.

2. Allstate (NYSE:ALL)


Allstate (NYSE:ALL) 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.

Allstate 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.

Allstate's stock has gained 5.1% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the property & casualty insurance industry by -3 percentage points.

3. American Coastal Insurance (NASDAQ:ACIC)


American Coastal Insurance (NASDAQ:ACIC) 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 Coastal Insurance 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.

American Coastal Insurance's stock has dropped -7.67% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the property & casualty insurance industry by -15 percentage points.

Are property & casualty insurance stocks a good buy now?

42.86% of property & casualty insurance stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect property & casualty insurance stocks to rise by 16.54% over the next year.

5.41% of property & casualty insurance stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 21.62% of property & casualty insurance stocks are rated B (Buy), 67.57% are rated C (Hold), 5.41% 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 11.82x.
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