** Shares of property and casualty insurer Heritage Insurance HRTG.N rise for the fourth consecutive day, up more than 10% to $13.86
** Truist Securities raises PT to $20 from $15, citing improvement in HRTG's loss ratio
** Brokerage says net loss ratio, excluding catastrophe and weather losses of 31.8% in 4Q24 and 33.7% in 3Q24 last quarter, has shown meaningful improvement, as underlying losses in the mid-forties had been the norm the preceding five quarters
** High levels of reinsurance provide a substantial cushion in case of storms - Truist Securities
** Two of three brokerages rate stock "buy" and one rates "hold"; median PT is $19.5, according to data compiled by LSEG
** Stock up 13.4% YTD, including session moves; it rose 85.6% in 2024
(Reporting by Ateev Bhandari in Bengaluru)
((Ateev.Bhandari@thomsonreuters.com;))
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