Updating your Conservative-Growth Payers: Sun Life Financial

SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC. $62 is a buy. The stock (Toronto symbol SLF; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 586.3 million; Market cap: $36.4 billion; Dividend yield: 4.6%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.sunlife.ca) is Canada’s third-largest life insurance company after Manulife (No. 1) and Great-West Lifeco… Read More

These insurers offer high yields—plus growth

Insurers write policies, collect premiums from customers, and then invest those premiums to meet future claims. They’re required to invest significant amounts of that money in fixed-income instruments, namely bonds. That means rising interest rates are a boon to their returns. Rising interest rates also… Read More

Still strong buys despite the Asian slowdown

These two insurers offer investors growth prospects, as well as high yields. Meanwhile, rising interest rates are generally good for insurers. They write policies, collect premiums from customers, and then invest those premiums to meet future claims. They’re required to invest significant amounts of that… Read More