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Total operating profit up 5% to £1,337 million (HY10: £1,270 million); up 13% excluding impact of £84 million special distribution benefit in 2010
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Operating profits in Europe up 21% to £525 million despite financial and economic difficulties in the Eurozone
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Strengthened balance sheet: pro forma economic capital surplus, including the impact of the sale of the RAC, up 23% at £6.9 billion (FY10: £5.6 billion)
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5% increase in interim dividend to 10 pence
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14% life insurance new business internal rate of return (IRR), against a target of 12%
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96% group combined operating ratio (COR), against a target of 97%
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£0.8 billion net operational capital generation in H1 towards the £1.5 billion FY11 target; now targeting between £1.5 billion and £1.8 billion in FY11
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