Alleghany Corporation (Y) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

GlobalData, April 2012, Pages: 28

Alleghany Corporation (Y) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

Summary

Alleghany Corporation (Alleghany) specializes in the property and casualty; and surety insurance business. The company is also into the reinsurance business. Alleghany through its subsidiaries provides a wide range of services and underwrites specialty insurance coverage’s in the property, general liability, workers compensation insurance, directors and officers’ liability, errors and omissions liability, medical malpractice liability, and professional liability lines of business. The company writes surety products, such as commercial surety bonds and contract surety bonds. Alleghany offers its products and services through trained professionals, agents and representatives. It principally operates in Georgia, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and California in the US. The company is headquartered in New York, the US.

This comprehensive SWOT profile of Alleghany Corporation provides you an in-depth strategic SWOT analysis of the company’s businesses and operations. The profile has been compiled by GlobalData to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company’s key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats. The profile helps you formulate strategies that augment your business by enabling you to understand your partners, customers and competitors better.

The profile contains critical company information including:

- Business description – A detailed description of the company’s operations and business divisions.
- Corporate strategy – Analyst’s summarization of the company’s business strategy.
- SWOT Analysis – A detailed analysis of the company’s strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.
- Company history – Progression of key events associated with the company.
- Major products and services – A list of major products, services and brands of the company.
- Key competitors – A list of key competitors to the company.
- Key employees – A list of the key executives of the company.
- Executive biographies – A brief summary of the executives’ employment history.
- Key operational heads – A list of personnel heading key departments/functions.
- Important locations and subsidiaries – A list and contact details of key locations and subsidiaries of the company.
- Detailed financial ratios for the past five years – The latest financial ratios derived from the annual financial statements published by the company with 5 years history.
- Interim ratios for the last five interim periods – The latest financial ratios derived from the quarterly/semi-annual financial statements published by the company for 5 interims history.

Note: Some sections may be missing if data is unavailable for the company

Key benefits of buying this profile include:

You get detailed information about the company and its operations to identify potential customers and suppliers.
- The profile analyzes the company’s business structure, operations, major products and services, prospects, locations and subsidiaries, key executives and their biographies and key competitors.

Understand and respond to your competitors’ business structure and strategies, and capitalize on their weaknesses. Stay up to date on the major developments affecting the company.
- The company’s core strengths and weaknesses and areas of development or decline are analyzed and presented in the profile objectively. Recent developments in the company covered in the profile help you track important events.

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- Opportunities that the company can explore and exploit are sized up and its growth potential assessed in the profile. Competitive and/or technological threats are highlighted.

Scout for potential investments and acquisition targets, with detailed insight into the companies’ strategic, financial and operational performance.
- Financial ratio presented for major public companies in the profile include the revenue trends, profitability, growth, margins and returns, liquidity and leverage, financial position and efficiency ratios.

Gain key insights into the company for academic or business research.
- Key elements such as SWOT analysis, corporate strategy and financial ratios and charts are incorporated in the profile to assist your academic or business research needs.

List of Tables
List of Figures
Section 1 - About the Company
Alleghany Corporation - Key Facts
Alleghany Corporation - Key Employees
Alleghany Corporation - Key Employee Biographies
Alleghany Corporation - Major Products and Services
Alleghany Corporation - History
Alleghany Corporation - Company Statement
Alleghany Corporation - Locations And Subsidiaries
Head Office
Other Locations & Subsidiaries
Section 2 – Company Analysis
Alleghany Corporation - Business Description
Alleghany Corporation - SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis - Overview
Alleghany Corporation - Strengths
Strength - Strong Market Presence
Strength - Investment Portfolio
Alleghany Corporation - Weaknesses
Weakness - Operational Performance
Weakness - Consistent Underperformance of PCC
Alleghany Corporation - Opportunities
Opportunity - Expansion of Distribution Network
Opportunity - Advanced Analytics
Alleghany Corporation - Threats
Threat - Lower Interest Rates
Threat - Competition
Threat - Solvency II Regulations
Alleghany Corporation - Key Competitors
Section 3 – Company Financial Ratios
Financial Ratios - Capital Market Ratios
Financial Ratios - Annual Ratios
Performance Chart
Financial Performance
Financial Ratios - Interim Ratios
Financial Ratios - Ratio Charts
Section 4 – Appendix
Methodology
Ratio Definitions
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List of Tables
Alleghany Corporation, Key Facts
Alleghany Corporation, Key Employees
Alleghany Corporation, Key Employee Biographies
Alleghany Corporation, Major Products and Services
Alleghany Corporation, History
Alleghany Corporation, Subsidiaries
Alleghany Corporation, Key Competitors
Alleghany Corporation, Ratios based on current share price
Alleghany Corporation, Annual Ratios
Alleghany Corporation, Interim Ratios
Currency Codes
Capital Market Ratios
Equity Ratios
Profitability Ratios
Cost Ratios
Liquidity Ratios
Leverage Ratios
Efficiency Ratios

List of Figures
Alleghany Corporation, Performance Chart (2007 - 2011)
Alleghany Corporation, Ratio Charts

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