Tip of the week: a solid insurance play

This UK based insurer presents a good investment opportunity, with inherent value and solid first quarter results.

Every week, investment analyst Paul Hill trawls through the press and brokers' reports to find the best share tips around. Here he picks an insurance stock which combines the possibility of a lucrative takeover with strong fundamentals and huge global footprint.

Prudential (PRU), tipped as BUY by Citigroup

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Paul gained a degree in electrical engineering and went on to qualify as a chartered management accountant. He has extensive corporate finance and investment experience and is a member of the Securities Institute.

Over the past 16 years Paul has held top-level financial management and M&A roles for blue-chip companies such as O2, GKN and Unilever. He is now director of his own capital investment and consultancy firm, PMH Capital Limited.

Paul is an expert at analysing companies in new, fast-growing markets, and is an extremely shrewd stock-picker.