(Reuters) – Insurer and reinsurer Beazley Plc reported a 25% jump in full-year profit and said it expects premiums written to grow in the mid-single digits in 2014.
Beazley also announced a special dividend of 16.1 pence per share in addition to a 5.9 pence interim dividend.
“Over 50% of our business is in the United States, and with the U.S. economy continuing to do relatively well … we hope to be able to grow on the back of that,” Chief Executive Andrew Horton told Reuters.
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