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Henry Heathfield, CFA
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Full-Year 2017 Results: We Still Don't Like Direct Line's Changing Channel Mix

Direct Line reported results for full-year 2017 that were slightly ahead of our estimates. Overall, we still think the U.K. personal lines home and motor business is a fairly exposed business area, and while we will reflect 2017 full-year results and roll our model, we don’t expect a shift of greater than 10% in our fair value estimate. We also maintain our no-moat and stable moat trend ratings.
Within motor, the current-year loss ratio improved to 79.9% versus 84.1% a year prior as the group pu...
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