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Table-Samsung Fire July-Sept profit up 33 pct y/y

Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:14am EDT

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 Oct 31 (Reuters) - Three months to Sept 30, 2008
                 (in billions of won, unless stated)
                      July-Sept 2008  July-Sept 2007
 Net profit               149.4           112.5
 Operating profit         231.1           171.8
 Revenue               2.04 trln        1.95 trln
 Note: Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance Co Ltd (000810.KS) is
South Korea's top non-life insurance company and takes a quarter
of the country's auto insurance premiums.
 Quarterly numbers for operating profits and revenues were
based on Reuters calculations because the company did not provide
a breakdown.
 (Reporting by Park Ju-min in SEOUL; Editing by Keiron
Henderson)



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