Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

Report Publication Announcement • Dec 17, 2015

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Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

17 December 2015

Update on Nationwide home insurance partnership arrangement

17 December 2015

Direct Line Insurance Group plc ("Direct Line Group" or the "Group") announced at the full year 2014 results that its home insurance partnership with Nationwide Building Society ("NBS") was being retendered. The tender process is now complete, and the Group confirms that from spring 2017 it will no longer underwrite home insurance for NBS's customers. Policies in force at that time will run off over a 12 month period until spring 2018.

In 2014, gross written premium relating to NBS was £201.7 million, which accounted for 22.4% of the Group's Home gross written premium. The contribution to Home's operating profit was substantially lower.

For further information, please contact:

Neil Manser
Director of Corporate Strategy and Investor Relations
Tel: +44 (0)1651 832183
Jennifer Thomas
Head of Financial Communications
Tel: +44 (0)1651 831686

Direct Line Insurance Group plc

Direct Line Group is headquartered in Bromley. Through its number of well known brands the Group offers a wide range of general insurance products to consumers. These brands include Direct Line, Churchill and Privilege. The Group also provides insurance services for third parties through its partnerships division, Brand Partners. In the commercial sector, the Group's NIG and Direct Line for Business operations offer insurance products for businesses distributed through brokers or direct, respectively.

A breakdown of Home gross written premium is set out below.

£m	Full year 2014	Nine months 2015
Own brands	416.2	308.5
Partnerships (ex NBS)	280.7	198.3
Total (ex NBS)	696.9	506.8
NBS	201.7	146.8
Total	898.6	653.6

This information is provided by RNS

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