Among all U.S. insurance sectors, title insurance companies recorded the highest median dividend yield in the 12 months ending June 30, an S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis found.
The median yield for title companies was 3.08% in that period. The P&C and multiline sector was the second-highest segment, with a median yield of 1.99%, while the life and health sector's median dividend yield was 1.01%. Managed care companies produced a median dividend yield of just 0.03% in the period.

The P&C sector's approximately 2% dividend yield is about in line with the broader market, CFRA analyst Cathy Seifert said in an email. That median dividend has been an industry standard for many years, according to Sandler O'Neill analyst Paul Newsome. In an email, he said P&C companies often want to keep their dividends
P&C insurers rarely have very high payout ratios because they have to be wary of large catastrophe events that can seriously dent earnings or even swing their financial results to net losses, Newsome said.
A few big companies in the P&C space stood out with dividend yields well above the median. The highest yields among the large companies, based on market capitalization of $5 billion and above, were produced by
CNA Financial offered the highest return to shareholders, recording a dividend yield of more than 7% for the 12 months ended June 30. That figure was helped significantly when the company in February declared a special dividend of $2 per share, along with its quarterly dividend of 35 cents per share.

