Aug 07, 2024 / NTS GMT
Unidentified Participant
Good day, Inderes TV, viewers, and listeners. Sampo published its second-quarter results today. I'm interviewing Sampo's Group CFO, Knut Arne Alsaker. We are sitting here in its Stockholm office. Thanks, Knut, for having me here.
Knut Alsaker - Sampo Oyj - Group Chief Financial Officer, Member of the Group Executive Committee
Welcome to Stockholm.
Questions and Answers:
Unidentified ParticipantThank you. Thank you. How would you describe Sampo's development during the second quarter?
Knut Alsaker - Sampo Oyj - Group Chief Financial Officer, Member of the Group Executive Committee
Second quarter was for Sampo solid development, continued good top-line growth, both in the Nordics, but not least in the UK; a solid underwriting development in terms of margins in Q2, specifically slightly offset by a couple of large claims.
But for the first half year, such large claims was basically in line with budget. And then topping off a strong underwriting performance,