RSA Insurance Group plc

UPDATE: RSA 9-Mo Net Premiums Up 4%; Conditions Challenging
Wall Street Journal, The | 17 days 17 hours 53 minutes ago
(Adds detail and company and analyst comment.) By Vladimir Guevarra Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--RSA Insurance Group PLC (RSA.LN) Thursday posted a 4% rise in net written premiums for the first nine months of the year, as growth in its international operations - helped by increasing the prices of its insurance premiums - made up for a fall in its U.K. business.

RSA 9-Mo Net Premiums Up 4%; Economic Conditions Challenging
Wall Street Journal, The | 17 days 19 hours 47 minutes ago
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--RSA Insurance Group PLC (RSA.LN) Thursday posted a 4% rise in net written premiums for the first nine months of the year, as growth in its international operations made up for a fall in its U.K. business.

CORRECTED-BRIEF-RSA Insurance - 9-month net written premiums up
Reuters | 17 days 19 hours 57 minutes ago
LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - RSA Insurance Group PLC (RSA.L): * Net written premiums of £5 BN up 4% * Expect to deliver a cor of around 95% in 2009 * Igd surplus remains strong at £1.7 BN representing coverage of 2.4 times * Economic conditions remain challenging, we are now seeing some encouraging signs * UK net written premiums of £1,976 Mln down 3%

Neovia Financial Gets Pact With RSA Insurance >NEO.LN
Wall Street Journal, The | 39 days 19 hours 50 minutes ago
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Neovia Financial PLC (NEO.LN), an independent global online payments business, said Wednesday it has been chosen by RSA Insurance Group PLC (RSA.LN) as the standard to process payments for all its brands, including its MORE TH>N insurance brand with two million customers.

RSA Shares Upgraded to `Buy' at BofA Merrill Lynch on Cash Generation
Bloomberg | 38 days 16 hours 1 minute ago
Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- RSA Insurance Group Plc, the U.K.'s biggest non-life insurer, was raised to â??buyâ?? from â??neutralâ?? at BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, which said the company â??is one of the most cash-generative stocks in European insurance.â??

BRIEF-RSA Insurance - Q3 net written premiums up 4%
Forbes | 17 days 20 hours 39 minutes ago
LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - RSA Insurance Group PLC: * Net written premiums of 5.0BN up 4% Article Controlsemail

FTSE 100 Index is Little Changed; Anglo American Retreats on Bid Failure
Bloomberg | 38 days 18 hours 3 minutes ago
Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks were little changed after Xstrata Plc dropped a proposed bid for Anglo American Plc, offsetting gains in insurance companies.

Goldman Sachs insurer in pension deal with CDC Plc
Reuters | 5 days 15 hours 44 minutes ago
LONDON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Rothesay Life, the Goldman Sachs-owned (GS.N) insurer, said it would insure pension benefits worth 370 million pounds ($623 million) for private equity firm CDC Group Plc, boosting a long-stagnant pensions derisking market.

Geojit BNP Paribas To Distribute Royal Sundaram Insurance
Wall Street Journal, The | 12 days 15 hours 48 minutes ago
MUMBAI (Dow Jones)--Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services Ltd. (532285.BY) will distribute Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance Co. Ltd.'s general insurance products across India, the companies said in a joint statement Tuesday.

FTSE 100 Benchmark Declines; Anglo American Drops After Xstrata Bid Fails
Bloomberg | 38 days 12 hours 58 minutes ago
Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks declined after Xstrata Plc walked away from bidding for Anglo American Plc and results from Nokia Oyj and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. fueled speculation a seven-month rally has outpaced the prospects for earnings.

U.K. Stocks Retreat; Anglo American Shares Decline After Xstrata Bid Fails
Bloomberg | 38 days 14 hours 59 minutes ago
Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks fell after Xstrata Plc walked away from bidding for Anglo American Plc and results from Nokia Oyj and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. fueled speculation a seven-month rally has outpaced the prospects for earnings.

British shares decline ahead of BOE decision - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 17 days 18 hours 1 minute ago
U.S. stocks initially moved higher on Wednesday before reversing ground in the last hour. The U.S. Federal Reserve promised again to keep interest rates exceptionally low for an extended period because it expects only a weak recovery. See full story.

Insurers report stronger capital, investments - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 17 days 17 hours 36 minutes ago
The result was helped by an increase in gross written premiums, to $13.04 billion from $12.4 billion, and by a stronger return on group investments, which more than doubled to $1.93 billion from $769 million.

Old Mutual life sales drop 4% - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 17 days 20 hours 11 minutes ago
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