March 7 (Reuters) - British insurer esure Group Plcreported on Wednesday a 35.6 percent rise in full-year pretaxprofit, driven by an increase in demand for its motor insuranceproducts.
The company, which provides insurance products to nearly 2million drivers, home owners, pet owners and holiday makersacross the
Analysts on average were expecting a profit of 96.5 millionpounds, according to company-compiled estimates.
Gross written premiums rose 25.2 percent to 820.2 millionpounds in the year and was above analysts' average estimate of813 million pounds.(
(Reporting by Noor Zainab Hussain and Arathy S Nair inBengaluru; Editing by Amrutha Gayathri)