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Best Specialty Insurance Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top specialty insurance stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best specialty insurance stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Insurance - Specialty
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Insurance - Specialty is Zen Rated C and is the 75th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries
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Ticker
Company
Exchange
Industry
Zen Rating
Market Cap
Price
1d %
EBITDA
P/E
D/E
Country
DD Score
AXS
AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD
NYSE
Insurance - Specialty
$7.80B$99.110.90%$1.12B9.72x4.63
Bermuda
NMIH
NMI HOLDINGS INC
NASDAQ
Insurance - Specialty
$3.37B$43.151.46%$528.01M9.14x0.49
United States
FAF
FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORP
NYSE
Insurance - Specialty
$6.45B$63.250.85%$561.90M41.34x2.08
United States
ACT
ENACT HOLDINGS INC
NASDAQ
Insurance - Specialty
$5.67B$37.800.69%$934.05M8.44x0.31
United States
MTG
MGIC INVESTMENT CORP
NYSE
Insurance - Specialty
$6.77B$28.522.19%$1.03B9.38x0.27
United States
AIZ
ASSURANT INC
NYSE
Insurance - Specialty
$9.81B$193.470.88%$1.15B15.00x5.69
United States
AGO
ASSURED GUARANTY LTD
NYSE
Insurance - Specialty
$4.20B$85.500.62%$642.00M9.95x1.12
Bermuda
ESNT
ESSENT GROUP LTD
NYSE
Insurance - Specialty
$6.28B$61.901.28%$890.12M8.96x0.27
Bermuda
TRUP
TRUPANION INC
NASDAQ
Insurance - Specialty
$2.26B$52.841.69%$26.39M-528.40x1.51
United States
TIPT
TIPTREE INC
NASDAQ
Insurance - Specialty
$898.05M$23.952.83%$173.12M17.74x10.84
United States
RDN
RADIAN GROUP INC
NYSE
Insurance - Specialty
$4.94B$36.801.32%$955.67M9.29x0.91
United States
EIG
EMPLOYERS HOLDINGS INC
NYSE
Insurance - Specialty
$1.15B$47.772.09%$130.70M11.57x2.31
United States
ITIC
INVESTORS TITLE CO
NASDAQ
Insurance - Specialty
$417.11M$221.132.41%$41.21M14.03x0.31
United States
FNF
FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL INC
NYSE
Insurance - Specialty
$15.93B$57.991.19%$2.43B14.25x11.33
United States
JRVR
JAMES RIVER GROUP HOLDINGS LTD
NASDAQ
Insurance - Specialty
$258.84M$5.642.36%-$76.00M-1.75x8.94
Bermuda
RYAN
RYAN SPECIALTY HOLDINGS INC
NYSE
Insurance - Specialty
$17.53B$66.781.50%$530.88M159.00x16.28
United States
AMSF
AMERISAFE INC
NASDAQ
Insurance - Specialty
$834.21M$43.791.58%$60.51M17.52x3.44
United States
HIPO
HIPPO HOLDINGS INC
NYSE
Insurance - Specialty
$707.16M$28.111.85%-$34.20M-13.45x3.76
United States
MBI
MBIA INC
NYSE
Insurance - Specialty
$222.14M$4.412.56%-$217.00M-0.50x-2.00
United States
AMBC
AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC
NYSE
Insurance - Specialty
$333.81M$7.191.41%-$613.43M-0.58x8.26
United States

Specialty Insurance Stocks FAQ

What are the best specialty insurance stocks to buy right now in Jul 2025?

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 specialty insurance stocks to buy right now are:

1. Axis Capital Holdings (NYSE:AXS)


Axis Capital Holdings (NYSE:AXS) is the #1 top specialty insurance stock out of 20 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 Axis Capital Holdings (NYSE:AXS) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Axis Capital Holdings (NYSE:AXS) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 10 points higher than the specialty insurance industry average of 32.

AXS passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Axis Capital Holdings has seen its stock return 42.83% over the past year, overperforming other specialty insurance stocks by 21 percentage points.

Axis Capital Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $109.80, an upside of 10.79% from Axis Capital Holdings's current stock price of $99.11.

Axis Capital Holdings stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Axis Capital Holdings, 40% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 40% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Nmi Holdings (NASDAQ:NMIH)


Nmi Holdings (NASDAQ:NMIH) is the #2 top specialty insurance stock out of 20 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 Nmi Holdings (NASDAQ:NMIH) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Nmi Holdings (NASDAQ:NMIH) has a Due Diligence Score of 31, which is -1 points lower than the specialty insurance industry average of 32. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates NMIH as a "B".

NMIH passed 10 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Nmi Holdings has seen its stock return 26.06% over the past year, overperforming other specialty insurance stocks by 5 percentage points.

Nmi Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $40.40, a downside of -6.37% from Nmi Holdings's current stock price of $43.15.

Nmi Holdings stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Nmi Holdings, 40% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 40% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. First American Financial (NYSE:FAF)


First American Financial (NYSE:FAF) is the #3 top specialty insurance stock out of 20 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 First American Financial (NYSE:FAF) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

First American Financial (NYSE:FAF) has a Due Diligence Score of 36, which is 4 points higher than the specialty insurance industry average of 32.

FAF passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. First American Financial has seen its stock return 18.51% over the past year, underperforming other specialty insurance stocks by -3 percentage points.

First American Financial has an average 1 year price target of $75.67, an upside of 19.63% from First American Financial's current stock price of $63.25.

First American Financial stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering First American Financial, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the specialty insurance stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 15 specialty insurance stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 specialty insurance stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Amerisafe (NASDAQ:AMSF)


Amerisafe (NASDAQ:AMSF) has an annual dividend yield of 10.32%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the specialty insurance industry average of 2.61%. Amerisafe's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% ten times in the last 10 years. Amerisafe's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Amerisafe's dividend payout ratio of 180% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Investors Title Co (NASDAQ:ITIC)


Investors Title Co (NASDAQ:ITIC) has an annual dividend yield of 7.16%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the specialty insurance industry average of 2.61%. Investors Title Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% eight times in the last 10 years. Investors Title Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Investors Title Co's dividend payout ratio of 100.5% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. First American Financial (NYSE:FAF)


First American Financial (NYSE:FAF) has an annual dividend yield of 3.42%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the specialty insurance industry average of 2.61%. First American Financial's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. First American Financial's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

First American Financial's dividend payout ratio of 140.5% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are specialty insurance stocks up?

Specialty insurance stocks were up 1.45% in the last day, and up 0.75% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why specialty insurance stocks are up.

What are the most undervalued specialty 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 specialty insurance stocks right now are:

1. Axis Capital Holdings (NYSE:AXS)


Axis Capital Holdings (NYSE:AXS) is the most undervalued specialty insurance stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Axis Capital Holdings has a valuation score of 57, which is 25 points higher than the specialty insurance industry average of 32. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Axis Capital Holdings's stock has gained 42.83% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty insurance industry by 21 percentage points.

2. Essent Group (NYSE:ESNT)


Essent Group (NYSE:ESNT) is the second most undervalued specialty insurance stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Essent Group has a valuation score of 43, which is 11 points higher than the specialty insurance industry average of 32. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Essent Group's stock has gained 10.67% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty insurance industry by -11 percentage points.

3. Enact Holdings (NASDAQ:ACT)


Enact Holdings (NASDAQ:ACT) is the third most undervalued specialty insurance stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Enact Holdings has a valuation score of 71, which is 39 points higher than the specialty insurance industry average of 32. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Enact Holdings's stock has gained 22.53% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty insurance industry by 1 percentage points.

Are specialty insurance stocks a good buy now?

53.33% of specialty insurance stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect specialty insurance stocks to rise by 13.08% over the next year.

0% of specialty insurance stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 15% of specialty insurance stocks are rated B (Buy), 65% are rated C (Hold), 15% are rated D (Sell), and 5% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the insurance - specialty industry?

The average P/E ratio of the insurance - specialty industry is 27.49x.
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