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Enough top-performing CAPS members have turned bullish on Universal Insurance Holdings (AMEX: UVE) recently to pull it up from the three- and four-star rank it has held for months to a more formidable five stars. A total of 290 members have given their opinion on Universal Insurance, with many of them offering analysis and commentary explaining the recent optimism.

Investors see a tough road ahead for major insurance companies like Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU), Hartford (NYSE: HIG), and Lincoln National (NYSE: LNC), which have recently been approved for TARP money. Yet despite mandated rate decreases in Florida and the risk of frequent severe weather in the state where it does a lot of business, investors are encouraged that Universal didn’t stop growing its policy count in the first quarter. Its total policies reached 498,000, up from the previous quarter and the same quarter last year. It increased its total premiums earned in the quarter and is entering into new markets -- it recently began writing policies in North and South Carolina, and looks to enter Hawaii and Texas.

Unlike the stocks in big banks like Citigroup (NYSE: C) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) -- and even peer insurer AIG (NYSE: AIG) -- that have investors running scared, Universal’s shares have widely outperformed the broader market over the past year. The company has taken a more conservative approach in its investment portfolio to avoid some of the volatility in the current banking environment. Many CAPS members also like its conservative payout ratio and solid dividend yield of more than 11%.

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