Lloyds TSB's general insurance pre-tax profits jumped by 17% in the first half of 2002 compared to the year before.
Strong growth in creditor and home insurance helped push the result for the six months to 30 June to a record £388m, from £333m last time.
The group now has 8.7 million insurance policies in force.
The overall claims ratio of 44% was higher than in the first half of last year (37%). The group said this resulted from more property claims because of rising business volumes and more weather related claims.

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