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Motor sector accountable for dip

Groupama's chief executive pointed to the continued impact of credit hire and aggressive claims farming in the motor sector as a major contributory factor to its fall in profits.

The insurer's pre-tax profits fell to £5.4m for the first half of 2009, compared with £13.1m for the same period last year.

However, revenues remained stable for Q2 2009 at £225.9m (H1 2008: £224.7m). Personal lines revenues remained flat at £141.8m (H1 2008 £141.2m) while commercial lines revenue grew to £57.9m (H1 2008

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