Omega Insurance has reported that first half pretax profits doubled

Omega Insurance has reported that first half pretax profits doubled, thanks to a benign property and catastrophe insurance claims season.

Pretax profit for the first half of the year to end-June rose to $20.4m, up from $9.3m in the same period last year.

Gross written premiums for the period grew to $173.1m, up from $81.3m in the first half of last year.

Combined ratio for the period fell to 82% from 86% last year.

Omega added that the outlook for the 2007 full year of results and the 2008 underwriting year was 'positive', but did not give further detail.

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