Colin Morton Good Quotations

We've seen quite good sales figures from all the UK life insurance stocks. It looks like people are buying savings products once more and the sector seems to be performing relatively well again now after a tough few years.

As a shareholder you get nervous when companies say they are looking at the U.S., because historically, UK firms haven't made a good fist of it over there.

They're good numbers, with both the UK and international figures a touch ahead of what people were expecting.

They are doing a very good job of controlling costs, which is what you want when things are a bit tougher.