Accident & Health Insurance: AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL), CNO Financial Group (NYSE:CNO), Unum Group (NYSE:UNM), Assurant (NYSE:AIZ)

AFLAC (NYSE:AFL) has received a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the twenty ratings firms that are covering the company, Stock Ratings Network reports. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and eight have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price target among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $66.91. AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) shares after opening at $61.41 moved to $62.29 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $60.83. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 1.16 and price to cash ratio as 10.88. AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) showed a negative weekly performance of -3.87%.

CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:CNO) announced that it will report results for the first quarter of 2014 before the market opens on Monday, April 28, 2014. CNO Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:CNO) shares fell -4.06% in last trading session and ended the day on $16.78. CNO return on equity ratio is recorded as 9.90% and its return on assets is 1.40%. CNO Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:CNO) yearly performance is 49.16%.

Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) will release its first quarter results on Wednesday, May 7, at approximately 4 p.m. Eastern. Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) shares moved down -1.43% in last trading session and was closed at $33.09, while trading in range of $33.08 – $33.83. Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) year to date (YTD) performance is -5.24%.

Iké Asistencia and Assurant Inc. (NYSE:AIZ) Expand Specialty Insurance and Assistance-Related Service Offerings in Latin America. Assurant, Inc. (NYSE:AIZ) weekly performance is -3.64%. On last trading day company shares ended up $63.22. Assurant, Inc. (NYSE:AIZ) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -2.77%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $65.00.