Travelers (TRV) and Chubb (CB) each run combined ratios below 84%, with Chubb hitting a record $1.88B in quarterly net investment income. Aflac has raised its dividend for 43 consecutive years, backed by Japan's 65.7% combined ratio and a $4.8B portfolio repositioning adding $50M annually. Our analysts combed the entire stock market and named the ten best stocks to buy right now, and Chubb didn't make the cut.
Enter your email to see the names that beat CB. Enter your email and see if any of your stocks made the cut. Insurance is the income group that rarely makes a dividend list, and that is a mistake for retirees who prize durability.
Every insurer funds its dividend from two separate engines: underwriting profit on the policies it writes, and investment income on the "float," the pile of premium dollars it holds between collecting a policy and paying a claim. That float gets invested, mostly in high-grade bonds, and throws off net investment income quarter after quarter. In 2026, both engines are firing at once.
Travelers (NYSE:TRV) alone reported Q2 2026 after-tax net investment income of $883 million, up 14% year over year, on top of an 83.6% consolidated combined ratio, meaning the underwriting book was profitable before a dime of investment income was added. Below are four US-listed insurers where that two-engine model translates into a dividend a retiree can actually plan around. Yields here are modest by classic income-sector standards, but the durability is the point.
Travelers is a large-cap property/casualty writer across Business Insurance, Bond & Specialty, and Personal Insurance (auto and homeowners). The quarterly dividend was raised to $1.25 per share, giving an annualized forward dividend of $5 per share against a current price around $362.01. 24/7 Wall St has helped investors make money for over two decades, and our top analysts just finished ranking the definitive Top 10 Stocks To Buy Now. Not the ten biggest companies.
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