Since intangibles such as goodwill cannot be sold when the company liquidates, tangible book value per share is considered more accurate in reflecting how much shareholders will receive when the company liquidates.
American Independence Tangible Book per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for American Independence's Tangible Book per Share can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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American Independence Tangible Book per Share Chart
Competitive Comparison of American Independence's Tangible Book per Share
For the Insurance - Life subindustry, American Independence's Price-to-Tangible-Book, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Tangible-Book data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
American Independence's Price-to-Tangible-Book Distribution in the Insurance Industry
For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, American Independence's Price-to-Tangible-Book distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where American Independence's Price-to-Tangible-Book falls into.
American Independence Tangible Book per Share Calculation
American Independence's Tangible Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Theoretically it is what the shareholders will receive if the company is liquidated. Total equity is a balance sheet item and equal to total assets less total liabilities of the company. Since intangibles such as goodwill cannot be sold when the company liquidates, tangible book value per share is considered more accurate in reflecting how much shareholders will receive when the company liquidates.
American Independence (NAS:AMIC) Tangible Book per Share Explanation
Usually a company's book value and Tangible Book per Share may not reflect its true value. The assets may be carried on the balance sheets at the original cost minus depreciation. This may underestimate the true economic values of the assets. It also may over-estimate their true economic value because the assets can become obsolete.
For financial companies such as banks and insurance companies, their assets may be reported in current market value of the assets owned. Book values of financial companies are more accurate indicator of the economic value of the company.
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American Independence (American Independence) Business Description
American Independence Corp is a Delaware corporation. The Company is an insurance holding Company, which provides specialized health coverage and related services to commercial customers and individuals. The Company focuses on niche health products and/or narrowly defined distribution channels in the United States. It's wholly owned subsidiary, Independence American Insurance Company, markets its products through IHC Risk Solutions, LLC, IHC Specialty Benefits, Inc., and IPA Family, LLC, which are subsidiaries of AMIC, and through independent brokers, producers and agents. Independence American is licensed to write property and/or casualty insurance in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and has an A- (Excellent) rating from A.M. Best Company, Inc. Risk Solutions is a full-service direct writer of medical stop-loss insurance for self-insured employer groups. Risk Solutions has offices near Hartford, Connecticut and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and markets and underwrites employer medical stop-loss and group life mainly for Standard Security Life Insurance Company of New York. It also writes, to a much lesser extent, for three other carriers, including Madison National Life Insurance Company, Inc. and Independence American. Independence Holding Company and its subsidiaries including, among others, Standard Security Life and Madison National Life are collectively referred to as "IHC". Independence American writes group important medical, medical stop-loss, crucial medical plans for individuals and families, short-term medical, and dental, and began writing pet insurance in 2012.Independence American competes with many larger insurance and reinsurance companies and managed care organizations. Risk Solutions competes with many other managing general underwriters, insurance companies, and MCOs. AMIC is an insurance holding company; as such, AMIC and its subsidiaries are subject to regulation and supervision by multiple state insurance regulators, including the Office of the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Delaware.
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