Samsung insurers earn W3.27tr, but growth paths diverge

Samsung Life Insurance and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance earned a combined 3.27 trillion won ($2.3 billion) in the first half, with both posting double-digit profit growth despite sharply different earnings drivers. Samsung Life reported 1.89 trillion won in net profit attributable to controlling shareholders, up 35.8 percent from a year earlier, according to disclosures released Thursday. Consolidated net profit rose 33.8 percent to 1.97 trillion won. Samsung Fire’s net profit attributable to