interim results
Zurich drops £5.6bn RSA Group bid
Zurich has withdrawn its £5.6bn bid for rival firm RSA group after suffering losses in its general insurance business.
New business protection product from LV= as profits rise
LV= will launch a business protection product, the insurer has announced as it revealed profits rose across its life business in the first half of 2015.
IRESS' revenue up while profits fall
IRESS has seen it operating revenue in the UK increase by 4.1%, to £28.9m, while profits excluding Enterprise Lending were down 1.7% to £6.5m.
Royal London protection business up 43%
Royal London saw its protection intermediary new business volumes increase by 43% to £231m, the insurer's half year results have revealed.
Bupa results: Revenues up, profit down
Bupa UK has reported that its revenues increased in the first half of 2015, with UK revenue growing 3% to £1,375m, however underlying profit fell 10% to £55.4m, compared to 2014.
Profits down but premiums up for Zurich
Zurich's UK Life business saw profits fall 17% to £55m for the first half of 2015 compared to the first half of 2014 however annualised premium equivalent rose 35% to £466m, the insurer's half year results have revealed.
Mixed protection results for L&G
Legal and General (L&G) saw their UK protection gross premiums grow 4% (£31m) while UK protection new business annual premiums declined by 3% (£4m) in the first half (H1) of 2015 compared to H1 2014.
AXA sees healthcare revenue rise 7%
AXA UK and Ireland has seen its revenue from healthcare rise by 7%, ahead of overall revenues across general insurance and healthcare which rose 5% to £2.1bn.
Swiss Re net income up 11%
Swiss Re saw its net income increase 11% to $2.3bn in the first half of 2015, the reinsurer's second quarter results have revealed.
LV= sees protection sales rise by 50%
LV= has seen its protection sales increase by 50% in the first six months of 2015 with £144m of sales.
LV= protection business leaps 36% in Q1
LV='s protection business grew by £25m in the first quarter of 2015, an increase of 36% on the same period in 2014.
Vitality has 'best ever' quarter
Vitality has declared the fourth quarter of 2014 their best ever three month period with £15m of new business.
New protection falls 29% - Royal London results
Royal London Group has seen a fall in the protection side of its business of 29%, offset by rises in its pension business.
Ageas reports loss as premium income rises
Ageas UK has reported a loss of £4.6m for the first quarter of 2014 compared to profit of £19.4m for the same period last year.
High growth at Police Mutual
Police Mutual Police Mutual Group, the UK's largest affinity friendly society, has reported an 18% rise in new life business and 13% growth in its general insurance business over in the first half of 2013.
LV= life and pensions sales down 14% year on year
LV= has seen a drop in life and pensions sales of 14% for the first half 2013 compared to last year.
Aviva new business up 18% amid group restructure
New business at insurance giant Aviva was up 18% in the three months to 31 March, reaching £191m, according to its latest results.
Resolution brings end to acquisitions and abandons Friends Life split
Resolution has confirmed it will make no more acquisitions and abandoned plans to split the Friends Life business after revealing a 58% fall in profits.
Solid first quarter for growing Ageas
Ageas UK's first quarter 2012 results show protection sales' gross written premiums up 71.2% to £15.0m and new annual premiums up 34.3% to £9m compared with the same period last year.
Jelf's profit improves while revenue remains stable
Jelf Group has reported a 10% improvement in operating profit in the six months ended March 2012 to £1.6m, up from £1.5m in the same period of 2011.
L&G preparing for RDR hit on advisory sales
Legal & General (L&G) is anticipating a drop-off in sales through financial advisers over the coming months and into early 2013 as firms concentrate on developing their business models for Retail Distribution Review (RDR) implementation.
Ageas protection business continues growth
Ageas Protect has seen its protection business almost double over the first three quarters of the year although it is yet to reach profitability.
Friends Life suffers group risk sales slump
Group protection business at Friends Life dropped by more than half in the third quarter of the year while individual business slipped slightly compared to the previous three months.
Swiss Re reports 118% rise in net income
Swiss Re has reported a 118% increase in net income in the third quarter.
