Dividend Yields for (ACE) (PGR) (PRU) (XL) (PFG)

Indicated dividend yields for Standard & Poor's 500 Index companies ACE Ltd (ACE), Progressive Corp (PGR), Prudential Financial Inc (PRU), XL Group Plc (XL)) and Principal Financial Group Inc (PFG).

These dividend data indicate dividend yields of companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index as of Saturday, April 30. The yield is determined by taking the latest declared dividend, annualized and divided by the price of the stock. Payout ratios are calculated based on latest quarterly dividend paid divided by earnings.

ACE Ltd (ACE) has a dividend yield of 1.97 percent on a declared dividend of $0.33. The payout ratio is 11.2 percent.

Progressive Corp (PGR) has a dividend yield of 1.82 percent on a declared dividend of $0.40. The payout ratio is 307.6 percent.

Prudential Financial Inc (PRU) has a dividend yield of 1.81 percent on a declared dividend of $0.11. The payout ratio is 326.0 percent.

XL Group Plc (XL) has a dividend yield of 1.80 percent on a declared dividend of $0.55. The payout ratio is 17.1 percent.

Principal Financial Group Inc (PFG) has a dividend yield of 1.63 percent on a declared dividend of $0.55. The payout ratio is 88.4 percent.

Berkshire (BRK-A), (AIG), (CB), (XL),(RE), (PRU) Could Get Slammed from Japan Quake

The insurance industry has been especially hit hard and expected to have the most exposure overall to the 8.9 quake in Japan, which is the strongest in over a century.

Companies like Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A), Prudential (NYSE:PRU), American International Group (NYSE:AIG), Chubb Group (NYSE:CB), XL Group plc (NYSE:XL) and Everest Re Group Ltd. (NYSE:RE) are among those that could be negatively impacted over time, as far as those trading in the United States.

Claims from the disaster are expected to reach into the tens of billions.

Other secondary effects in physical Japan are for companies like Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE:TM), Sony Corporation (NYSE:SNE) and Honda Motor (NYSE:HMC), which have had to close plants.

Reinsurers like RenaissanceRe (NYSE:RNR) and Axis Capital (NYSE:AXS) are still recovering from the New Zealand earthquake in February.