Lloyd's profits slashed

Insurance Age staff
25 Sep 2008

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For the period ending 30 June 2008, Lloyd’s reported pre-tax profit of £949m, down from £1,807m for the same period last year.

However, the market did announce a healthy combined ratio of 89%. Investments returned £346m. A statement issued by Lloyd’s said the results reflected a softening in market conditions and a rise in attritional claims.

Lloyd’s chairman Lord Levene claimed this was a strong performance in “extremely challenging circumstances”.

“The result reported for the first half comes

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