Insider trading activity: Surety & Title Insurance

In June, we recorded 13 open-market insider trades at 6 companies having a total value of $966,903. Transaction dollar volume was 49% lower than in May, and 3508.1% higher when compared to insider trading activity a year ago. Purchases accounted for 69.2% of all open-market trades last month. Our insider sell-to-buy ratio, which excludes derivative conversions and certain other types of transactions, ended the month at 0.44, up from May's reading of 0.33. On average, a sell-to-buy ratio below 4 is considered bullish, while readings above 7 are bearish.

The largest open-market transaction of the month was in FNF stock, where Daniel K. Murphy, an officer of the firm, sold 20,018 shares for a total of $311,888. The biggest buy last month was for 31,500 shares of MBI, worth $283,100.

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Ticker Price % Chg 30 Days Company Name Mkt Cap Yield P/E P/B P/S Last Trade  
SUR 0.00 - - CNA Surety Corporation - - - - - - -
CLGX 27.18 0.00% - CoreLogic, Inc. $2.60B - 21.32 2.29 1.62 26/03/2013 -2
CRD.B 6.99 0.00% - Crawford & Company $383M 2.58 7.33 2.62 0.32 - -
FNF 25.75 0.00% - Fidelity National Financial, Inc. $5.79B 2.33 9.44 1.35 0.72 07/03/2013
FAF 24.63 0.00% - First American Corporation (The) $2.66B 1.62 8.79 1.12 0.56 01/05/2013 -3
ITIC 71.49 0.00% - Investors Title Company $146M 0.42 11.54 1.22 1.22 - -
MKL 530.18 0.00% - Markel Corporation $5.11B - 17.99 1.23 1.65 06/05/2013 -2
MBI 14.80 0.00% - MBIA, Inc. $2.86B - 2.08 0.87 1.29 - -
MTG 6.13 0.00% - MGIC Investment Corporation $2.07B - - 2.66 1.59 07/03/2013 +1
ORI 13.93 0.00% - Old Republic International Corporation $3.58B 5.12 - 0.97 0.70 07/03/2013 +1
RDN 13.40 0.00% - Radian Group Inc. $2.32B 0.09 - 2.49 3.29 04/03/2013 +1
STC 28.49 0.00% - Stewart Information Services Corporation $639M 0.35 5.54 1.05 0.33 01/05/2013 -2