Piper Sandler analyst Paul Newsome lowered the firm’s price target on United Fire Group to $19 from $21 and keeps an Underweight rating on the shares following quarterly results. The firm notes that a worse than expected bottom line was driven primarily by an estimated 10c per share liability charge for rating errors. Underwriting and net investment income were modestly better than Piper expected.
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