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Protective Life Corporation CEO Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, May 7
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Protective Life Corp. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
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Protective Li Fe Corp. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
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Sector: Financial

Industry: Life Insurance

Country: United States

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Monday, May 13, 3:45 PM Protective Life Corporation (PL) declares $0.20/share quarterly dividend, 11.1% increase from prior dividend of $0.18. Forward yield 2.08%. For shareholders of record May 24. Payable June 10. Ex-div date May 22. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Monday, May 6, 5:10 PM Protective Life (PL): Q1 EPS of $0.97 beats by $0.04. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Thursday, April 11, 4:19 AM Protective Life (PL) has agreed to acquire Mony Life Insurance Company from France's AXA (AXAHF.PK) for $1.06B, with the deal forecast to add $0.10-0.15 to Protective Life's EPS in 2013 and $0.55-0.65 in 2014. "This book of business, comprised primarily of life insurance policies written prior to 2004...should produce a steady and predictable stream of earnings for many years to come," says Protective Life CEO John Johns. (PR) (previous) Comment! [M&A, Financials]
Wednesday, March 27, 5:51 AM Protective Life Insurance (PL) is reportedly in the lead to buy some of the U.S. life insurance assets of France's Axa (AXAHF.PK) in a transaction that could be worth $1B, or more than a third of Protective's market cap of $2.8B. A deal would help the firm expand beyond its main focus of variable annuity business, which is becoming harder to manage.
Comment! [Financials, M&A]
Wednesday, February 6, 5:29 PM Protective Life (PL): Q4 EPS of $0.98 beats by $0.10. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Friday, January 4, 5:50 PM After-hours top gainers, as of 5:15 p.m.: OPTR +16%. GTI +9%. DSLV +3%. EGLE +2%. GNMK +2%.
After-hours top losers: MSPD -8%. CFFN -5%. G -4%. PL -4%. WCRX -2%. Comment! [On the Move]
Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 5:33 PM Protective Life (PL): Q3 EPS of $0.76 misses by $0.10. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 2:37 AM Protective Life (PL) declares $0.18/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. For shareholders of record Nov. 16. Payable Dec. 3. Ex-div Nov. 14. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Monday, November 5, 2012, 3:47 PM Protective Life (PL) declares $0.18/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. For shareholders of record Nov. 16. Payable Dec. 3. Ex-div Nov. 14. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Tuesday, August 7, 2012, 5:06 PM Protective Life (PL): Q2 EPS of $0.91 beats by $0.06. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Monday, August 6, 2012, 6:56 PM Protective Life (PL) declares $0.18/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 2.47%. For shareholders of record Aug 17. Payable Sep 04. Ex-div date Aug 15. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 5:19 PM Protective Life (PL): Q1 EPS of $1.18 beats by $0.15. Shares +0.7% AH. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 6:00 PM Protective Life (PL): Q4 EPS of $1.02 beats by $0.19. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 3:40 AM Insurers may have to boost reserves by billions of dollars if regulators insist on a stricter approach for meeting claims on "universal-life" products, the WSJ reports, with states saying that firms have improperly minimized reserves. No names have been mentioned, but Genworth (GNW), Lincoln, (LNC) and Protective (PL) use the disputed methodology. Comment! [Financials]
Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 6:30 PM Protective Life (PL): Q2 EPS of $1.16 beats by $0.39. Revenue of $726M vs. $732M. Shares -1.8% AH. (PR) Comment!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Tuesday's close: ACAS, AUY, BID, BMC, BRE, CAR, CBL, CEDC, CEPH, CTRP, ERTS, FRT, HLS, JLL, KFT, PL, PXD, SOLR, TSRA, UDR, UNM, VCLK, WFMI, XCO 1 Comment

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Shadow Insurance. $PL naked King, major culprit with its Golden Gate program. Publish your daily VAR! http://bit.ly/140ChA7
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spiced_alpha
$PL is a VA story and nothing more than that. More than 70% of OI comes from VA. Sales are declining YTY on all lines
May 30, 1:44 PM
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Jim Van Meerten
$PL - 100% Barchart technical buy signals - 5 new highs and up 5.81% in the last month - Relative Strength Index 65.58%
Apr 16, 2:12 PM
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ltfinger
Potential Downgrades (4/4/13): $NBL, $NGLS, $ONXX, $PCH, $PL, $PNC, $PRGO, $PRLB, $QLD, $RRGB, $SATS, $SLXP, $SNA, $SPSC, $SPY, $SSO
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Dustin Moore
$LNC and $PL STILL cheap, cheap, cheap...Protective Life $PL buying back share, has $40.93/share in cash. Trading at $30...
3/27/12
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Dustin Moore
Financials like Protective Life (PL) will continue to outperform if market conditions stay the same or improve. P/E is 4 w/ $40/sh in cash
10/6/11
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Dustin Moore
Banks are cheap...I am nibbling on safe financials. Example: Protective Life (PL). Total Cash Per Share (mrq): $40.80 -- trading at $15.50
9/23/11
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mun2000: Agree will not touch banks until europe fix themself
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Dustin Moore: Valuations are quite attractive now. I agree; No doubt banks are dangerous...and the most vulnerable; which is why I am only nibbling...
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JediMaster
PL is going back to $50
8/13/11
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12 Undervalued Dividend Stocks With Low Debt + http://t.co/DAgIMAa + $MSFT $SIGI $MHLD $ALV $ALL $AMAT $PL $ART $CEO $MDP $BK $MEI
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Today at between 2 to 3 pm specially after 2.30 pm cst check Platinum futures. Just for the day. July Futures PL 0N
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Dustin Moore
Banks are cheap...I am nibbling on safe financials. Example: Protective Life (PL). Total Cash Per Share (mrq): $40.80 -- trading at $15.50
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