UPDATE 3-UK's Direct Line to list on price comparison websites in strategy shift Direct Line targets solvency ratio of about 180% in medium term Plans to pay around 60% of operating earnings as dividend CEO does not rule out job cuts as part of cost savings plan Updates throughout with CEO comments from media call By Yadarisa Shabong July 10 (Reuters) - Direct Line DLGD.L will launch its eponymous motor insurance brand on price comparison websites for the first time, it said on Wednesday, as the

UK insurer Direct Line to pay about 60% of earnings as dividend July 10 (Reuters) - British insurer Direct Line DLGD.L plans to pay around 60% of its operating earnings as regular dividend, it said, as it laid out its long-term goals at its capital markets day on Wednesday. The British home and motor insurer was a takeover interest earlier this year.

BRIEF-Ageas' AG Insurance Has Redeemed 5.25% Fixed-To Floating Rate Callable Subordinated Notes Due 2044 June 18 (Reuters) - Ageas SA AGES.BR : ITS BELGIAN SUBSIDIARY AG INSURANCE HAS REDEEMED ITS 5.25% FIXED-TO FLOATING RATE CALLABLE SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2044 THIS OPERATION WILL HAVE AN ESTIMATED IMPACT ON AGEAS’S GROUP SOLVENCY OF AROUND –

BRIEF-Grupo Ageas In Portugal Agrees To Buy Onestone June 5 (Reuters) - Ageas SA AGES.BR : GRUPO AGEAS IN PORTUGAL HAS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE 100% OF THE SHARE CAPITAL OF ONESTONE TRANSACTION IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2024 Source text: https://shorturl.at/N33IH Further company coverage: AGES.BR (Gdansk Newsroom)

BUZZ-Ageas offers attractive yield but China outlook may drag, Goldman Sachs says ** Ageas AGES.BR shares up about 20% YTD; Goldman Sachs resumes the Belgian insurer at "neutral", citing Ageas' attractive returns yield but mixed outlook for key share price driver Taiping Life ** "The multiple re-rating likely reflects the core solvency ration boost