European Insurers Are Having a Rough Time This August – Here’s Why… August 29, 2019 By Jan-Patrick Barnert European insurers are having a rough time. Already carrying the burden of low yields eroding their investment income, disappointing earnings...
Just Like Many British Homes, UK Insurers’ Shares Are Subsiding This Summer September 28, 2018 By Joe Easton Just like a lot of British houses this summer, U.K. insurance stocks are sinking. The country’s non-life insurers sector had...
U.K.’s Direct Line 2014 Profit Misses Estimates on Less Premiums Written March 3, 2015 By Sarah Jones Direct Line Insurance Group plc reported 2014 pretax profit that missed analyst estimates as the British home and car insurer...
MAPFRE Net Income Rises 6.9% on Rebound in Spanish Business February 11, 2015 By Macarena Munoz MAPFRE SA, Spain’s biggest insurer, recorded a 6.9 percent rise in net income last year on higher returns in its...
Prices Start to Stabilize in UK Auto Market November 3, 2014 By Sarah Jones Direct Line Insurance Group plc Chief Executive Officer Paul Geddes said the company had started to see prices stabilize in...
Direct Line in Talks to Sell Italy, Germany Units; Shares Surge August 1, 2014 By Sarah Jones Direct Line Insurance Group Plc, the U.K.’s biggest home and motor insurer, said it was in talks to sell its...
Direct Line Says Cost of U.K. Floods Could Reach $183.6 Million February 26, 2014 By Sarah Jones Direct Line Insurance Group Plc, seen as one of the insurers most vulnerable to losses from the recent U.K. storms,...