FBD maintains solid performance

INSURANCE group FBD has said that it has maintained a solid trading performance during the second half of the year – including showing a profit, to date – despite challenging market conditions.

In its latest trading update, covering the period from the beginning of July, FBD said, “barring exceptional claims events during the remainder of the year,” it remains confident of its full-year earnings per share coming in ahead of current market expectations.

Analysts have anticipated full-year operating earnings per share for FBD, to amount to around 86c per share.