CIC set for dividend payout after return to profitability

CIC set for dividend payout after return to profitability

CIC Group chief executive Patrick Nyaga. Regional insurer CIC Insurance Group Plc has bounced back to profitability. PHOTO | COURTESY Regional insurer CIC Insurance Group Plc has bounced back to profitability laying the groundwork for ending a two-year dividend drought for shareholders. The turnaround is also expected to bolster the firm’s stock on Nairobi Securities […]

CIC Insurance posts Sh259 million profit in half-year

CIC Insurance posts Sh259 million profit in half-year

CIC Insurance Group #ticker:CIC posted a Sh259.5 million net profit in the half year ended June, reversing a net loss of Sh335.5 million the year before. The return to profitability was helped by improved performance in the underwriting business and higher investment income. Investment and other income, including positive currency movements at its South Sudan […]

East Africa: CIC Set for Dividend Payout After Return to Profitability

East Africa: CIC Set for Dividend Payout After Return to Profitability

Regional insurer CIC Insurance Group Plc has bounced back to profitability laying the groundwork for ending a two-year dividend drought for shareholders. The turnaround is also expected to bolster the firm’s stock on Nairobi Securities Exchange that is trading as low as Ksh3 ($0.02) per share against a par value of Ksh1 ($0.01) per share. […]

South Africa-based GCR downgrades CIC Insurance’s credit rating

South Africa-based GCR downgrades CIC Insurance’s credit rating

CIC Insurance Group chairman Nelson Kuria. FILE PHOTO | NMG South Africa-based Global Credit Ratings (GCR) has downgraded the credit profiles of CIC Insurance Group general and life units. GCR assigned CIC Life a financial strength rating of BBB (KE), from BBB+ (KE), citing a deterioration in the group’s credit profile with a negative outlook. […]