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Interim report for Q2 and H1 2024
Satisfactory first half year with strong premium growth – Alm. Brand Group launches new DKK 150 million share buy-back programme
On 1 July 2024, Alm. Brand announced that it has signed an agreement with Norwegian insurer Gard to divest the Energy & Marine business at a total price of DKK 1.6 billion. This announcement of interim financial results covers the continuing activities only. The financial results of the divested Energy & Marine business are recognised in profit/loss on discontinuing activities after tax.
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The insurance service result for H1 2024 was a profit of DKK 603 million (H1 2023: DKK 562 million)
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Alm. Brand Group is launching a new share buy-back programme for a total amount of DKK 150 million based on a satisfactory H1 profit and a solid solvency coverage ratio
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The insurance service result was a profit of DKK 312 million in Q2 2024 (Q2 2023: DKK 425 million), supported by favourable developments in Personal Lines, while a high level of major claims impacted Commercial Lines
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Insurance revenue grew at a highly satisfactory rate of 5.3% to DKK 2,725 million (Q2 2023: DKK 2,587 million), driven in particular by strong premium growth of 7.3% in Personal Lines
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The implementation of synergy initiatives is progressing according to plan and generated a positive accounting effect of DKK 106 million in Q2 2024. The expense ratio improved to 18.0 (Q2 2023: 19.0)
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The guidance for the insurance service result and profit before tax and excluding special costs for continuing activities is maintained for the year
CEO Rasmus Werner Nielsen is pleased with the financial results and in particular for the growth recorded in H1 2024:
“Our business is developing according to plan for the period to 2025, and with the announced divestment of our Energy & Marine business, we’re now able to focus even more on creating a strong Danish non-life insurance company for our personal and commercial customers. I’m pleased that we’re also able to launch a new share buy-back programme of DKK 150 million, thus letting our shareholders benefit from our satisfactory results.”
“We’re extremely pleased with the strong growth in our business in the first half of the year, with more and more customers preferring Alm. Brand Group as their insurance provider. Our skilled employees have helped more than 200,000 customers with claims prevention advice and claims processing and have contributed to developing our business at the same time. That’s truly impressive.”
“Our financial results for the first half also served to prove the strength of our broadly based business. Personal Lines were impacted by severe weather conditions at the beginning of the year, but delivered a strong financial performance in the second quarter. Commercial Lines came off to a good start to the year, but were impacted by several major claims in the second quarter. On the back of these developments, we’re able to present a satisfactory performance overall for the first six months.”