Wednesday preview: Admiral, Costain, Sportech, Lookers

Car insurance group Admiral is due to report its full-year figures on Wednesday, with the market keen to see whether the unusually high frequency and expected cost of new large personal injury claims seen in the third quarter continued into the fourth quarter.

Car insurance group Admiral is due to report its full-year figures on Wednesday, with the market keen to see whether the unusually high frequency and expected cost of new large personal injury claims seen in the third quarter continued into the fourth quarter.

Credit Suisse recently upgraded its rating for the stock from neutral to outperform, saying that it expects the results to "represent the first step for Admiral towards regaining market confidence that bodily injury (BI) challenges are being resolved, with improved clarity expected to provide upside risk to earnings expectations."

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