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Profile - Amwest Insurance Group (OTC BB:AMWT.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Aug 31Price hit new 52-week low ($0.02)
Location
5230 Las Virgenes Road
Calabasas, CA 91302
Phone: (818) 871-2000
Fax: (818) 871-2015
Email: invest@amwest.com
Employees (last reported count): 255
Financial Links
 ·Raw SEC Filings at sec.gov
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Insurance (Prop. & Casualty)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 63%
·Institutional: 17% (45% of float)
(19 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 46.0K shares (+6.79%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Amwest Insurance Group, Inc. is an insurance holding company engaged, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Amwest Surety Insurance Company, Condor Insurance Company and Far West Insurance Company, in underwriting surety bonds nationwide, commercial automobile insurance in the state of California and, to a lesser extent, other property and casualty coverages in various parts of the United States. Surety bonds are predominately written through branch and field offices located throughout the United States. Both the surety and property and casualty products are marketed through independent agents, with a small percentage of the Company's business written directly to the insured. In July 2001, the Company commenced Chapter 11 Bankruptcy proceedings.
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Financial Summary
Amwest is an insurance holding Co. engaged, through its subsidiaries, in underwriting surety bond, commercial automobile insurance (in CA), and property and casualty coverages. For the nine months ended 9/30/00, revenues rose 2% to $91.9 million. Net loss totaled $14.3 million vs. an income of $1.4 million. Revenues reflect an increase in premium writings in the court and commercial surety operations. Net loss reflects higher loss adjustment expenses.
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Officers
FY1999 Pay

Charles Schultz, 72
Chairman, Pres, CEO
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John Savage, 47
Vice Chairman
$332K
Neil Pont, 54
Sr. VP, Director
245K
Steven Kay, 46
Sr. VP, Treasurer, Director
240K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1999 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- OTC BB:AMWT.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 31-Aug-2001
$0.02 
Recent Price$0.02 
52-Week High
on 30-Oct-2000
$6.625
Beta1.17 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)591 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)1,000 
Stock Performance
52-Week Change-99.6%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-99.4%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$87.0K
Shares Outstanding4.33M
Float1.60M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.36 
Dividend Yield1800.00%
Last Split: 11 for 10 on 29-Mar-1999
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$9.85 
Earnings (ttm)-$3.52 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.72 
Sales (ttm)$29.09 
Cash (mrq)$2.48 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.00 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.00 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$125.9M
EBITDAN/A 
Income available to common (ttm)-$15.2M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-12.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)-17.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-Sep-2000
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-6.33%
Return on Equity (ttm)-29.23%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.34 
Total Cash (mrq)$10.7M
Short Interest
As of 8-May-2001
Shares Short1,000 
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
0 
Daily Volume0 
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-Sep-2000)

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