Direct Line profit falls 30% in wake of Ogden rate cut
Direct Line has seen full year pre-tax profits fall by 30% owing to a hit from the discount rate reduction.
Direct Line previously put off publishing its results prior to the decision on the discount rate.
The firm saw its pre-tax profits slip from £507.5m in 2015 to to £353m last year. The company's
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