Company results
Hiscox reports improved GWP for UK arm
Hiscox has delivered gross written premium of £450.7m for the first three months of 2012, a slight decline from £453.5m in the same quarter of 2011.
Tysers reports strong growth in 2011
Hawkes bay Holdings, the parent company of Lloyd's broker Tysers and underwriting agency Aquila Underwriting, delivered strong growth in revenue and pre-tax profit in 2011.
MMA delivers much improved profitability ahead of Provident merger
MMA Insurance has delivered a strong set of results for 2011, its final set of results prior to its merger with Provident and rebrand to Covéa.
Direct Line reports 25% jump in profit
Direct Line Group, the insurance arm of Royal Bank of Scotland, has reported an operating profit of £84m for the first three months of 2012.
L&G reports 17% hike in general insurance premiums for Q1
Legal & General (L&G) has reported gross premiums of £83m for the first quarter of 2012.
Novae reports 5% improvement on GWP for Q1
Novae Group has reported gross written premium (GWP) of £231.1m for the first three months of 2012.
Lloyd's puts another £375m towards PPI provision
Lloyd’s Banking Group has set aside a further £375m to cover claims from customers who were mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI).
Willis has good Q1 but UK performance drags
Willis has had a good start to 2012 delivering $225m (£139m) in net income for the first quarter compared to $35m in the same period last year.
Aspen reports 50% jump in COR as it increases GWP by $100m
Aspen Insurance Holdings reported an improvement of more than 50% to its combined operating ratio (COR) from 148.7% in the first three months of 2011 to 93.8% in the first quarter of 2012.
Admiral reports improved turnover for Q1
Admiral Group increased its turnover to £586m in the first quarter of 2012, up 9% from £539m in Q1 2011.
Towergate posts loss of £75.5m for 2011
Towergate has reported a £75.5m loss before tax for 2011, compared to a loss of £14.2m in 2010.
Amlin UK reports 7.1% improvement in GWP
Amlin UK has reported gross written premium (GWP) of £312.4m for 2011, up 7.1% from the 2010 figure of £291.8m.
Randall & Quilter report near £0.5m loss
Randall & Quilter has reported a loss of £488,000 for the year ended 2011, compared with a profit of £6.4m for 2010.
RSA to reduce broker panel to achieve commercial profitability
RSA's 2011 report and accounts has confirmed that the insurer will take a more “targeted approach” to its broker distribution in the UK.
Jelf off to a positive start in 2012
Jelf has reported a "positive start to the year" in a trading update.
Chartis Europe sees reduced profit and GWP but improved COR
Chartis Europe has reported a fall in profit for the year ended November 2011 to £11m, compared with £101m in 2010.
Iprism returns to profit with doubled turnover
Iprism Underwriting Agency has reported a jump back to profit, with earnings of £2.1m for the year ended December 2011, compared with a loss of £0.8m in 2010.
RK Harrison reports jump in profit
RK Harrison Holdings has reported an operating profit of £20.4m for the year ended 30 June 2011, up 27% from £16.1m reported in 2010.
Hastings reports improved profit
Hastings Insurance Group has reported a 63% jump in profit, from £19m in 2010 to £31m in 2011.
Abbey Protection posts positive results
Abbey Protection has reported a 5% growth in profit, from £9.6m in 2010 to £10.1m in 2011.
Ascot latest to blame catastrophes for poor set of results
Ascot Underwriting has reported a £12.6m loss for 2011, down over £100m on its pre-tax profit of £97.1m in 2010.
Brightside posts record results for ninth consecutive year
Brightside Group has reported an almost 35% increase in profit, to £13.6m in 2011 from £10.1m in 2010
Aviva reveals cost of recruiting UK CEO
Trevor Matthews, UK CEO at Aviva, received £2.49m in cash and shares from Aviva as part of his compensation package for leaving Friends Life, the insurer has revealed in its Report and Accounts for 2011.
Ecclesiastical posts losses for 2011
Ecclesiastical has reported a pre-tax group loss of £7.7m for 2011, compared with £50.4m profit in 2010.