This statistic presents change in business profitability for different subsectors of financial field companies in United Kingdom, as of June 2014 (quarterly between June 2013 and June 2014). The change is calculated as the difference between the percentage of respondents reporting increase in profits and percentage of respondents reporting decrease. After the increase of December 2013 and March 2014, the latest data noted some decrease, with net balance on profitability of life insurance subsector dropping to minus 51 percent.
Change in subsector past profitability among financial field companies as of June 2014
Characteristic
Banks
Building societies
Investment management
Life insurance
General insurance
Jun 2014
1%
67%
-1%
-51%
-39%
Mar 2014
29%
78%
57%
0%
-18%
Dec 2013
53%
67%
30%
67%
84%
Sep 2013
47%
82%
-14%
-11%
80%
Jun 2013
1%
75%
88%
-84%
39%
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Net balance of change in profitability1%1%47%47%53%53%29%29%1%1%75%75%82%82%67%67%78%78%67%67%88%88%-14%-14%30%30%57%57%-1%-1%-84%-84%-11%-11%67%67%0%0%-51%-51%39%39%80%80%84%84%-18%-18%-39%-39%BanksBuilding societiesInvestment managementLife insuranceGeneral insuranceJun 2013Sep 2013Dec 2013Mar 2014Jun 2014
-100%-50%0%50%100%
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The question was as follows: "Excluding seasonal variations, what are the trends for: overall profitability of business?"
Survey issue 99 was conducted between May and June 2014 and 98 companies from financial field took part.
The source provides additional information: "All numbers provided are percentage balances unless otherwise stated, i.e. the difference between the percentage of respondents reporting an increase and percentage reporting a decrease."
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Confederation of British Industry. (June 30, 2014). Change in subsector past profitability among financial field companies as of June 2014 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/326884/uk-financial-services-survey-profitability/
Confederation of British Industry. "Change in subsector past profitability among financial field companies as of June 2014." Chart. June 30, 2014. Statista. Accessed April 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/326884/uk-financial-services-survey-profitability/
Confederation of British Industry. (2014). Change in subsector past profitability among financial field companies as of June 2014. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/326884/uk-financial-services-survey-profitability/
Confederation of British Industry. "Change in Subsector past Profitability among Financial Field Companies as of June 2014." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jun 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/326884/uk-financial-services-survey-profitability/
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Change in subsector past profitability among financial field companies as of June 2014 [Graph], Confederation of British Industry, June 30, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/326884/uk-financial-services-survey-profitability/
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