Esure sees H1 profits surge over 15%
Personal lines insurer Esure has reported climbing profits for the first six months of 2013, alongside a boosted combined ratio.
Pre-tax profit was up 15.2% climbing from £49.4m to £56.9m, while the COR improved from 94.4% to 89.6%.
The firm also saw the total number of in-force policies climb 5.5% to 1.86m, while gross written
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