Company results
Profits halved at Ace
Ace has reported that net income dropped by 49% to $1.59bn (£1bn) in 2011 from $3.1bn the previous year.
Premiums rise as profits fall at Chubb
Chubb has reported net income in Q4 2011 of $452m (£287.7m) down from $620m in the same period of 2010.
Policy sales up at Brightside ahead of results release
Brightside has revealed a 30.7% increase in policy sales to 444,189 [2010: 339,916] ahead of announcing its full year results to 31 December 2011.
ULR parent reports £3m loss
Motorplus, parent company of Norwich-based ULR, has reported an operating loss of £3.4m for the year ending 31 August 2010.
Hyperion celebrates 21% rise in revenue
Hyperion Insurance Group, has reported a 21% increase in revenue to £87m for the year ended September 2011.
Household market predicted to strengthen
Home insurance premiums could rise by up to 10% in 2012 according to Deloitte.
Finances improving at Oval despite £3m loss
The Oval Group is still making a loss but has improved its position on last year, according to the latest set of results.
Barton sees Jelf “bucking the trend”
Phil Barton, chief executive for insurance at Jelf, has described the broker’s 4.4% organic growth in insurance business to £44.8m as “no doubt bucking the trend” in the industry.
Jelf profits shoot up by more than 200%
Jelf has reported a 235% jump in profit, to £2.8m for the year ended September 2011, up from £0.9m for the year ended September 2010.
A-Plan mulls over branch expansion as profits approach £20m
High street broker A-Plan, has delivered nearly £20m of operating profit for the year ended February 2011, up from £16.79m last year.
Towergate hit by £35m loss
Towergate has announced a loss of £35.4m for the nine months ended September 2011, over £10m more than the £23.2m it lost in the same period of 2010.
Allianz scores GWP, profit and COR hat trick
Allianz UK has reported growth in both premium and profit and a sub-100% combined operating ratio (COR) for the third quarter of 2011.
Rates hardening at Amlin UK
Amlin UK has revealed an 8.4% growth in gross written premium (GWP) to £269.7m for the year to 31 October compared with £248.8m for the same period in 2010.
Catlin reports flat GWP for UK operation
Catlin has reported gross written premiums (GWP) of $3,676m (£2,307m) for the first nine months of 2011.
Improved GWP for Allianz's UK non-life operation
Allianz has reported gross written premiums (GWP) of €525m (£450m) for its UK property casualty insurance operations for the three months ended September 2011.
Zurich reports improved GWP but COR in decline
Zurich has reported general insurance gross written premiums of $27.05bn (£16.97bn), for the nine months ended September 2011.
Novae reports increased GWP
Novae Group has reported gross written premiums (GWP) of £516.4m for the first nine months of 2011.
Smith praises transformation at Ageas
Barry Smith, chief executive of Ageas UK, has declared that the insurer's recent results were evidence of a step change and transformation at the insurer.
Profits and growth at Ageas
Ageas Insurance has revealed a 16.8% rise in gross written premiums to £822.5m and an improved combined operating ratio of 99.8% for the first nine months of 2011, compared to 104.9% in the same period last year.
Markel reports improved GWP but combined ratio suffers
Markel International has reported gross written premiums (GWP) of $194.2m (£120.8m) for the third quarter of 2011, compared with $178.7m for the same period of 2010.
Premiums rise at Hiscox UK but dip in London market
Hiscox UK has increased gross written premiums (GWP) by 13.4% but witnessed a decline of over £20m in its London market business for the first nine months of the year.
Aviva claims UK rise makes it market leader
Aviva claimed UK general insurance sales increased 12% over the first nine months of the year making it “the general insurance market leader in the UK”.
Personal lines growth drives up NWP at RSA
RSA has reported UK personal lines Q3 net written premiums were up 13% to £1 036m, with commercial lines up just 2% to £1 282m. Overall the UK was up 7% to £2 318m.
Underlying revenue up 6% at Marsh
Marsh has seen a 12% rise in revenue to $1.21bn (£756m) for the third quarter of 2011 from $1.08bn in the same period of 2010.