LONDON (Alliance News) - Direct Line Insurance Group PLC Wednesday said General Counsel Humphrey Tomlinson exercised options over 55,848 shares under the company share plan and sold 48,797 shares at GBP2.385 each Tuesday. The insurer also said, Chief Risk Officer Jose Vasquez exercised opti Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Direct Line Insurance Group PLC Friday said Chief Executive Officer Paul Geddes was allotted 60,878 shares under the company Deferred Annual Incentive Plan and sold 56,441 shares at a price of GBP2.43 per share Thursday. Shares in the insurance company were down 0.8 Read More
DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Direct Line Insurance Group PLC Wednesday said Managing Director James Chalmers Brown was awarded 39,940 shares under the RBS 2010 Long Term Incentive Plan. He then sold 18,401 shares at GBP2.65 each for tax purposes March 7. Shares in the insurance company were tra Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Prudential</strong>, up 4%. The group reported a sharp fall in 2013 pretax prof Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Direct Line Insurance Group PLC Chief Executive Officer Paul Geddes sold 129,216 shares at 265 pence per share to meet tax and national insurance liabilities after receiving 274,514 shares under the company's long term incentive plan on Friday. The insurance company Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Direct Line Insurance Group PLC Wednesday said that the following managers in the company, purchased shares at GBP2.632 each on February 27, and were allocated one share for every two shares purchased free of charge. <table class="bp" cellspacing="0" ce Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Direct Line Insurance Group PLC Wednesday said that the following managers in the company, purchased shares at GBP2.632 each on February 27, and were allocated one share for every two shares purchased free of charge. <table class="bp" cellspacing="0" ce Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Direct Line Insurance Group PLC Tuesday said it intends to restructure its executive team in order to support its strategic priorities, which will see it bring together its retail products and marketing and distribution activities in the UK into a single organisation. Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERNSTEIN CUTS RSA INSURANCE PRICE TARGET TO 115 (130) PENCE - 'OUTPERFORM' <br />----------<br />CITIGROUP CUTS RSA INSURANCE P Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />MORGAN STANLEY RAISES WEIR PRICE TARGET TO 2250 (2040) PENCE - 'EQUAL-WEIGHT' <br />----------<br />UBS RAISES WEIR GROUP PRIC Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC Wednesday said it intends to sell its remaining 28.5% stake in Direct Line Insurance Group PLC through a placing with institutional investors. RBS, which is still majority owned by the UK government after its 2008 bailout, said the p Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - ITV reported higher profits and revenues for 2013 and gave a bullish outlook for 2014, but has seen its shares punished Wednesday after it failed to increase its special dividend. The television company raised its total dividend for 2013 to 3.5 pence, from 2.6 pence Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Weir</strong> Group, up 6.5%. Despite reporting a fall in profit and revenue fo Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Direct Line Insurance Group PLC Wednesday reported a rise in 2013 pretax profit, as it suffered fewer claims from major weather events over the course of the year, despite a surge in claims in the fourth quarter. The insurer also declared a special dividend. Direct Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened lower Wednesday ahead of UK GDP figures at 0930 GMT. <strong>ITV</strong> reported strong 2013 results and expressed confidence for 2014, but its shares are down 4.2% at the open on disappointment in the size of its special dividend.<br /><br / Read More