RSA shares soar 8% on 2015 profit surge

RSA shares were up almost 8 percent in early trading this morning
(25 February) after the UK insurer's full-year operating
profits grew 43 percent to £523mn ($728mn), beating the
analyst consensus of £481mn.
The operating profit line was boosted after RSA's group
underwriting profit more than quadrupled to £220mn.
As of 9.05am London time, RSA shares were up 7.7 percent to
424.9p per share.
RSA reported strong underlying results in its Scandinavian and
UK businesses, as the gro