Charles Taylor posts £14.8mn pre-tax profit

Insurance services firm Charles Taylor has reported a 4 percent
increase in adjusted pre-tax profits to £14.8mn ($18mn) for
the full-year 2016.
The company increased its full-year dividend per share to
10.50p, a 5 percent hike from the previous year. Adjusted earnings
per share (EPS) rose by 11.5 percent to 22.27p.
Revenues jumped 18.1 percent to £169.3mn. The figure
benefitted from a 3.8 percent boost from translation of
international earnings due to the weakness of sterling.
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