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Low Weather Losses Boost Second-Quarter Profit for Nordic Insurer Sampo
Morten Thorsrud said in a statement. Second-quarter net profit rose to €462 million ($533.9 million) from €417 million a year ago. Gross written premiums rose to €2.68 ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 12, 2026
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Sampo Group Appoints Head of Investor Relations
Since 2023, she has acted as head of investor relations at Admiral Group. Prior to that, she held various positions at Aviva and Axa UK, according to a company statement. In ...
Source: BestWire   Date: July 2, 2026
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Sampo CEO: UK, Nordic Industrial Lines See Rising Competitive Pressures
Officer Morten Thorsrud said in the group's earnings report. The group remains disciplined in areas where competition is tightening, including U.K. motor and Nordic industrial ...
Source: BestWire   Date: February 5, 2026
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Nordic Insurer Sampo Doubles Third-Quarter Profit on Personal, SME Growth
The combined ratio worsened to 83.0 from 82.5. Sampo's combined ratio was helped by benign weather, and large claims were offset by conservatively booked reserves, the group said. ...
Source: BestWire   Date: November 5, 2025
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Sampo Boosts First-Half Profit on Growth, Benign Claims Activity
Magnusson said in a statement. The growth was broad-based across geographies and products with improving customer retention rates in the private Nordic business and growth in ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 6, 2025
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Sampo Raises Outlook as Investments Dent First-Quarter Profit
Magnusson said in a statement. First-quarter net profit fell to €285 million ($324 million) from €343 million a year earlier. Gross written premiums rose to €3.62 billion ...
Source: BestWire   Date: May 7, 2025
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Sampo Completes Property/Casualty Transition as Fourth-Quarter Profit Dips
Nordic region and the United Kingdom. The group completed its effort to transition to an integrated P/C group with the completion of its Topdanmark acquisition while achieving ...
Source: BestWire   Date: February 6, 2025
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Sampo Posts Double-Digit UK Growth, Consolidates Topdanmark Acquisition
Sampo plc posted lower third-quarter profit but U.K. premiums rose 28% as the Nordic property/casualty insurance group consolidated a key acquisition. "We continued to see robust ...
Source: BestWire   Date: November 6, 2024
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Sampo Snares 92.6% of P/C Insurer Topdanmark as Share Offer Closes
Danish group's shares ended. Finland-based Sampo sought to acquire all of the outstanding shares in Topdanmark it did not already own, it said in a statement. The 92.6% holding is ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 11, 2024
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Sampo Readies Topdanmark Offer Launch as Second-Quarter Profit Rises
The combined ratio worsened to 84.4 from 83.5. The second quarter saw strong premium growth and positive underlying margin development, Chief Executive Officer Torbjörn Magnusson ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 7, 2024
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Sampo to Strengthen Danish Presence With Topdanmark Acquisition
Sampo said in a statement. Sampo said it intends to raise its target for deployable capital generation over 2024-2026 from more than €4 billion to more than €4.5 billion on ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 20, 2024
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Sampo's First-Quarter Profit Rises as Pricing, Growth Outpace Harsh Weather Claims
The combined ratio worsened to 87.1 from 84.0. The group underwriting result fell 11% to €260 million. Severe weather claims were about €100 million for the If P&C affiliate in ...
Source: BestWire   Date: May 7, 2024
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Sampo Posts Fourth-Quarter Profit Gain as UK Premiums Soar
The combined ratio improved to 85.5 from 94.1. In the quarter, growth came from business development in the Nordic countries and strong pricing in the United Kingdom, the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: February 8, 2024
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Sampo Names Internal Candidate as Group Chief Investment Officer
Sampo Group since 2008, as well as from 2004 to 2006. The past two years, he has been chief investment officer at Mandatum Asset Management, a subsidiary of Mandatum, according to ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 17, 2023
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Sampo Initiates Strategic Review of Life Insurer Mandatum
Finnish insurer Sampo plc said it is conducting a strategic review of wholly owned life insurer Mandatum as it continues to work on simplifying its operations. "The review will ...
Source: BestWire   Date: December 7, 2022
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Finland’s Sampo Acquires Remaining Hastings Stake for $904.9 Million
Sampo plc said it agreed to acquire the rest of U.K. property/casualty insurer Hastings it doesn't already own for £685 million ($904.9 million). Sampo acquired Rand Merchant ...
Source: BestWire   Date: December 8, 2021
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Sampo Further Cuts Nordea Stake With $879.24 Million Share Sale
The group said Sampo's ownership decreased by 1.8 percentage points to 10.1% after the transaction. Sampo earlier held 11.9% of all shares and voting rights in Nordea. Sampo said ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 13, 2021
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Finland’s Sampo Continues Nordea Divestiture With $1.68 Billion Share Sale
Finnish property/casualty insurer continues to cut its stake in the group. With a price of €8.50 a share, Sampo made a sales gain of about €93 million from the transaction, the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: May 26, 2021
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Activist Investor Urges Finland’s Sampo to Dump Nordea Bank
Activist investor Elliott Advisors (UK) Ltd. said Finnish insurer Sampo Oyj needs to further simplify its portfolio by getting rid of its remaining stake in Nordea Bank and ...
Source: BestWire   Date: February 3, 2021
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Finland’s Sampo and Partner RMI Complete Hastings Acquisition
Rand Merchant Investment Holdings Inc. completed the acquisition of U.K.-based Hastings Group Holdings plc. The acquisition was approved by the High Court of Justice of England and ...
Source: BestWire   Date: November 16, 2020
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