6 Mar 2017 12:11
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RNS Announcement for immediate release:
Notice of Results
6 March 2017
Chesnara plc, the life assurance group, will be reporting results for the year ended 31 December 2016 on Friday 31 March 2017.
A presentation for analysts will be held at 9.30am, on 31 March 2017 at the offices of Panmure Gordon & Co: One New Change, London, EC4M 9AF.
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Β For further information, please contact:
Β Roddy Watt
Director, Capital Markets, FWD Consulting
Telephone - 0207 280 0651
Notes to Editors
Chesnara plc ('Chesnara'), which listed on the London Stock Exchange in May 2004, is the owner of Countrywide Assured plc ('CA plc'), Movestic LivfΓΆrsΓ€kringar AB ('Movestic') and Chesnara Holdings BV, the intermediate holding company of the 'Waard Group'.
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CA plc is a UK life assurance subsidiary that is closed to new business. In June 2005 Chesnara acquired a further closed life insurance company - City of Westminster Assurance - for Β£47.8m. With effect from 30 June 2006, CWA's policies and assets were transferred into CA plc. Save & Prosper Insurance Limited and its subsidiary, Save & Prosper Pensions Limited, were acquired on 20 December 2010 for Β£63.5 million. With effect from 31 December 2011, the business of Save & Prosper was transferred into CA plc. On 28 November 2013 Chesnara acquired Direct Line Life Insurance Company Limited (subsequently renamed Protection Life Company Limited) from Direct Line Group plc for Β£39.3m. On 31 December 2014 the PL business transferred into CA plc. CA plc operates an outsourced business model.
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Movestic, a Swedish life assurance company which originally focused on pensions and savings, was acquired on 23 July 2009 for Β£20 million. The company is open to new business and seeks to grow its position in the Swedish unit-linked market. Its proposition was strengthened in February 2010 with the acquisition of the operations of Aspis FΓΆrsΓ€kringar Liv AB which has a risk and health product bias.
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The Waard Group, a Netherlands-based Group comprising three closed book insurance companies and a servicing company, was acquired on 19 May 2015 for β¬69.9m. The Waard Group, comprising Waard Leven N.V., Hollands Welvaren Leven N.V., Waard Schade N.V. and Tadas Verzekeringen B.V. was previously owned by DSB Beheer B.V., a Dutch financial services Group. The policy base of the Waard Group is predominantly term life policies, with some unit linked policies and some non-life policies. Further details are available on the Company's website (www.chesnara.co.uk).
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