The Irish Times

UK insurer RSA receives £7.2bn cash takeover offer

RSA says its directors back bid unanimously and recommend it to shareholders

Wed Nov 18 2020 - 15:42

RSA Ireland profits rise as Covid drives decline in bigger claims

Motor, workplace and public liability claims all declined

Thu Jul 30 2020 - 10:29

The Irish man who helped tackle Cyprus’s financial crisis

Interview: John Hourican on stepping down as Bank of Cyprus CEO to move closer to home

Fri May 31 2019 - 05:31

RSA’s Irish business improves ‘strongly’ in first half of 2018

But bad weather hits group profit, with Storm Emma impacting earnings

Thu Aug 02 2018 - 13:43

Royal Bank of Scotland shuts ‘bad bank’ that took £50bn hit

Move brings the curtain down on one of the biggest financial restructurings

Thu Nov 30 2017 - 15:00

RSA’s Irish business returns to profit in first half

Insurer targets full-year profitability in Ireland but says market remains challenging

Wed Aug 02 2017 - 10:22

Lucy Kellaway: My speech was a tour de force of clangers

My recent speech was a tour de force of clangers – but I won’t be dwelling on it

Mon Apr 24 2017 - 08:39

RSA Ireland losses widen on setting aside £50m for prior-year accidents

Insurer targets return to Irish operating profitability this year after £42 million loss

Thu Feb 23 2017 - 16:44

Janan Ganesh: Brexiters who bully Mark Carney will target others

Bank of England governor is Patient Zero of Eurosceptic vilification campaign

Tue Nov 01 2016 - 01:00

Royal Bank of Scotland’s woes a major obstacle to recovery

The chance of RBS returning to full private ownership any time soon are receding

Tue Aug 23 2016 - 16:37

Rate increases drive growth in RSA’s Irish insurance business

Losses shrink to £1m at Irish arm of British insurer as it returns to operating profit

Thu Aug 04 2016 - 15:08

UK insurer Aviva CEO take-home pay doubles to £5.67m in 2015

Mark Wilson’s remuneration doubles after £5.6bn purchase of rival Friends Life

Tue Mar 29 2016 - 22:16

Operating profits rise 43 per cent to £523m at RSA Insurance

Stock slumped when Zurich Insurance was forced to walk away from a takeover deal

Thu Feb 25 2016 - 12:20

RBS investment bank to return to profit after overhaul, CEO says

Ross McEwan said restructuring of the investment bank is well advanced and will return to profit within four years

Mon Dec 14 2015 - 07:55

RSA targets return to profitability in Ireland in 2016

Brokers briefed on three-year plan for restoring operation to black

Mon Dec 07 2015 - 01:00

RSA on track to meet targets, insists chief executive

RSA should easily achieve its full-year financial targets, says Stephen Hester

Fri Nov 06 2015 - 18:27

RSA shares fall 20% after Zurich U-turn on takeover

Stephen Hester misses out on £8.5m bonus

Wed Sept 23 2015 - 01:00

RSA will have other suitors - CEO

Stephen Hester moves to reassure investors after Zurich abandons its £5.6 bn offer for the British insurer

Tue Sept 22 2015 - 10:03

British insurer RSA sells its Latin America spin-off to smooth Zurich takeover

Sale comes after Zurich Insurance made £5.6bn friendly takeover bid for RSA

Tue Sept 08 2015 - 16:28

RSA Insurance shrinks Irish losses to £16m

Scandal hit insurer aims to return to profitability in 2016

Thu Aug 06 2015 - 09:08

London Briefing: Britain recovering but manufacturing lags

New figures show that the GDP per head of population is at pre-crisis levels

Wed Jul 29 2015 - 01:00

Zurich eyes up troubled RSA Insurance

Swiss group confirms it’s considering bid for insurer hit by accounting scandal at Dublin operation

Tue Jul 28 2015 - 15:12

UK plans to sell half of RBS stake over two years

Government likely to make loss on £16 billion investment

Mon Jul 06 2015 - 17:53

Stephen Hester considering sale of RSA’s Latin America division

UK insurer battling weak premium income and flagging share price

Tue Mar 17 2015 - 01:00

RSA chief says pension liabilities may halt break-up of group

Stephen Hester says pension trustees may demand ‘hundreds of million of pounds’

Mon Mar 02 2015 - 01:00

Insurer RSA expects further Irish losses this year

Irish accounting scandal has cost company £300m so far

Thu Feb 26 2015 - 13:43

Former RSA chief Philip Smith takes case to appeals tribunal

Insurer announced £200m in losses after former chief executive’s resignation

Wed Jan 21 2015 - 08:14

Ross McEwan, RBS: ‘We want to get back to being the number one for customer service ’

Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Ross McEwan has a clear vision for Ulster Bank: to lead the market for service and trust

Fri Dec 12 2014 - 02:00

RBS braces for IT meltdown fines over blocked accounts

A €3.5m fine was imposed last week on Ulster Bank by Central Bank over same failures

Tue Nov 18 2014 - 01:00

RBS chairman to take top role at GlaxoSmithKline

Philip Hampton previously spent five years overseeing restructuring of RBS

Thu Sept 25 2014 - 15:32

RSA chief executive Nick Hester expects fine for Irish unit

CEO appointed after accounting scandal says penalty will not be ‘headline-making’

Fri Jul 18 2014 - 01:00

Pay and performance on the table again

It’s time to look at how much bosses get and whether they are worth it

Wed Jun 25 2014 - 01:00

RSA appoints Goldman for sale of Asia division

Operations in Hong Kong, Singapore and China estimated to be worth at least €188m

Wed Jun 18 2014 - 01:00

Insurer RSA reports 24% drop in value of Irish premiums

Company is in middle of shake-up following discovery of accounting irregularities

Thu May 08 2014 - 09:18