* Hiscox FY pretax down 5.5 pct to 231.1 million stg * Amlin FY pretax down 21 pct to 258.7 mln * Hiscox ups special payout to 45pence/shr * Amlin issues first special dividend since 2006 of 15p/shr By Richa Naidu and Aashika Jain March 2 (Reuters) - British insuranc
Read morePetra Diamonds topped the risers after raising its production guidance from 3.2m to 3.3m carats for the 12 months to 30 June. "Our expansion programmes are on track at all operations, and production is expected to grow to about 3.3m carats in 2015 and to about 5m carats by financial year 2019," said
Read more(Adds background, details) TORONTO, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Fairfax Financial Holdings , the Canadian property and casualty insurer run by contrarian investor Prem Watsa, said it would buy Brit Plc for some $1.88 billion to become one of the top five underwriters on the Lloyd's of London market
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