The recent CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD ) outage may be bad news for CRWD stock, but it may be a different story for cyber insurance stocks. In other words, shares in property and casualty (P&C) insurance companies that offer cyber insurance products.

As of July 29, 2024, five stocks in the financials sector could be flashing a real warning to investors who value momentum as a key criteria in their trading decisions.

Hartford Financial's (HIG) quarterly earnings benefit from a strong Group Benefits and Commercial Lines performance. However, rising expenses partially offset the positives.

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE:HIG ) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call July 26, 2024 9:00 AM ET Company Participants Susan Spivak - Senior Vice President, Investor Relations Chris Swift - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Beth Costello - Chief Financial Officer Morris Tooker - Head of Enterprise Sales & Distribution, Global Specialty, and Middle & Large Commercial Jonathan Bennett - Head of Group Benefits Conference Call Participants Elyse Greenspan - Wells Fargo Andrew Kligerman - TD Cowen Brian Meredith - UBS Financial Gregory Peters - Raymond James Josh Shanker - Bank of America Yaron Kinar - Jefferies Peter Knudsen - Evercore ISI Operator Thank you for standing by, and welcome to The Hartford Financial Second Quarter 2024 Results Conference Call and Webcast. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for The Hartford (HIG) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Hartford Financial's (HIG) Q2 results are likely to reflect benefits of new business growth and favorable retention rates in the Commercial Lines unit, partly offset by an elevated expense level.

Travelers' stock (NYSE: TRV) dropped 8% on 19th July (Friday) vs a nearly 1% rise in the S&P500 index. In comparison, Travelers' peer, Hartford Financial (NYSE: HIG), was down 4% on the 19th.

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Hartford Financial (HIG) remains well-poised for growth on the back of improved premiums, solid performance of Commercial Lines business and a sound financial stand.

Dublin, July 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. - Digital transformation strategies" company profile has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This report provides insight into Hartford's tech activities, including its digital transformation strategies, its innovation programs, its technology initiatives, its estimated ICT budget, and its major ICT contracts. The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc (Hartford) is a financial holding group. The group, through its subsidiaries, provides a range of property and casualty insurance, group benefits and mutual funds to individuals and business customers. It offers insurance products for homeowners, renters, workers' compensation, business income, commercial property, data breach, auto, general liability, professional liability, bond, management liability, inland marine and livestock. The group also offers annuities, asset management and investment management services. It serves customers through direct sales, brokers, banks, registered investment advisors, affinity partners, internal sales force and independent agents. It operates in the US. Hartford InsurTech Hub is an accelerator program launched in 2017, by Startupbootcamp (a global network of startup accelerators) along with founding partners, The Hartford, Cigna, Aetna, USAA, Travelers, White Mountains, Capgemini, Conning, Locke Lord, LKP Global Law, Launch, Rainmaking, and the City of Hartford. The hub helps insurtech startups grow their business by offering resources and support, as well as helping them connect with the investor community. In 2019, The Hartford launched an IoT Innovation Lab focused on accelerating IoT innovation within the group. The lab supports core business units and incubates breakthrough startups, services, and business models. The lab started its operations by studying how real-time data from network connected water sensors and wearables can be processed and used to help industrial customers prevent on-site accidents and equipment damage or failure. Scope

Here, we discuss four low-beta stocks, ACGL, AXS, HIG and ORI, which boast strong growth potential and are poised to deliver steady performance.

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #insurance--AM Best has revised the outlook to positive from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICRs) and affirmed the Long-Term ICR of “a-” (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issue Credit Ratings (Long-Term IR) of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The Hartford) (Delaware) [NYSE: HIG], which is the ultimate parent of the companies hereinafter mentioned. AM Best also has revised the outlooks to positive from stable for the Long-Term ICR and affirm.