Mercury Insurance Debunks Common Homeowners Insurance Myths
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Source: Newsfilter
Updated: 23 hour ago0mins
- Myth Clarification: Mercury Insurance highlights that many homeowners mistakenly believe their insurance covers all losses, while a standard homeowners policy only provides coverage for specific sudden events like fire and theft, emphasizing the importance of understanding policy limits and exclusions.
- Cost Analysis: Although homeowners insurance costs are rising, Mercury advises homeowners to mitigate expenses by shopping around and seeking discounts, ensuring they can still protect their valuable assets in the event of a peril.
- Importance of Renters Insurance: Mercury stresses that while many landlords do not require renters to purchase insurance, having renters insurance can safeguard personal belongings, preventing out-of-pocket expenses in case of theft or damage.
- Business Insurance Coverage: Most homeowners policies do not cover home-based businesses, and Mercury recommends homeowners consult with their insurers to ensure they have adequate additional protection to safeguard both home and business interests.
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Analyst Views on MCY
Wall Street analysts forecast MCY stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for MCY is 100.00 USD with a low forecast of 100.00 USD and a high forecast of 100.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
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Moderate Buy
Current: 90.320
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Current: 90.320
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Raymond James
Strong Buy
maintain
$90 -> $100
2025-09-22
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Raymond James
Price Target
$90 -> $100
2025-09-22
maintain
Strong Buy
Reason
Raymond James raised the firm's price target on Mercury General to $100 from $90 and keeps a Strong Buy rating on the shares. Raymond James maintains a favorable outlook on Mercury's auto insurance business and its unique positioning in the tough California homeowners' insurance market, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The company should be able to continue growing its California personal lines market share through 2026 with some the best combined ratios in the last 20 years, which should enable the company to gradually deleverage, Raymond James argues.
Raymond James
Strong Buy
maintain
$80 -> $90
2025-08-04
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Raymond James
Price Target
$80 -> $90
2025-08-04
maintain
Strong Buy
Reason
Raymond James raised the firm's price target on Mercury General to $90 from $80 and keeps a Strong Buy rating on the shares. The better-than-expected results in Q2 demonstrates the company's strong underlying earnings power from its auto insurance business and unique positioning in the very hard California homeowners' insurance market, the analyst tells investors in a research note.
Raymond James
C. Gregory Peters
Buy
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Strong Buy
Upgrades
$70 → $80
2025-02-12
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Raymond James
C. Gregory Peters
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$70 → $80
2025-02-12
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Buy
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Strong Buy
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Raymond James analyst C. Gregory Peters upgraded Mercury General to Strong Buy from Outperform with a price target of $80, up from $70. While there is still uncertainty around the potential total loss related to the wildfires, Mercury has a potential subrogation counterclaim as a partial offset to the losses associated with the Eaton Fire, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm also also expects the company to benefit from a potential change in the pricing environment for the California homeowners insurance market over the next 18 months. It also thinks Mercury General's Q4 results reflect some of the strongest underlying results in over the last 10 years, which the firm believes should continue as long as auto frequency loss trends remain relatively stable.
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About MCY
Mercury General Corporation is an insurance holding company engaged in writing personal automobile insurance business. The Company writes homeowners, commercial automobile, commercial property, mechanical protection and umbrella insurance. Its automobile coverage includes collision, property damage, bodily injury, comprehensive, personal injury protection, underinsured, and uninsured motorists, and other hazards. Its homeowners’ coverage includes dwelling, liability, personal property, and other coverages. It offers standard, non-standard and preferred private passenger automobile insurance. It also offers homeowners insurance in approximately 10 states, commercial automobile insurance in approximately four states, and mechanical protection insurance in various states. Its subsidiaries include Mercury Casualty Company, California Automobile Insurance Company, Orion Indemnity Company, American Mercury Insurance Company, Animas Funding LLC, and Mercury Insurance Company of Illinois.
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Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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