RE: Another RNS - more director share buys - looking good9 Nov 2021 22:57
The share got hammered by 2 factors:
1: Lancashire (LRE) in 2020, as the specialist insurer was forced to swallow $244m (£177m) of losses even before the small matter of Covid-19.
Claims stemming from the pandemic, largely from property exposures, came in just shy of the $42m forecast in July. The remaining exposures – including losses from hurricanes as well as “unusually high level of frequency in non-natural catastrophe” lines – were within Lancashire’s risk tolerance, but 88 per cent ahead of 2019.
2: they had to pay out for hurricane and unrest in South Africa.
However, their order book increased from 600m to 900m from 2020 to 2021. Which means the share has been lowered due to some big insurance pay outs, but the funds and potential revenue for 2021 onwards appear to signal the massive revenue and profit margins on the horizon.
Also this company consistently pays out dividends, so a great one to buy and potentially get 3 pay outs a year to make consistent profit.