** Shares in ALM. Brand ALMB.CO jump 4.3% after the Danish insurer reported Q2 results above market expectations and hiked its 2025 outlook
** Q2 insurance service result came in at DKK 520 million ($81.02 million), which Jyske Bank analysts say was 5% better than expected
** The brokerage says the result was driven by insurance revenues and combined ratio
** ALM. Brand hikes 2025 guidance for pre-tax profit by DKK 100 million
** The stock trades at its highest level since April 2021
($1 = 6.4183 Danish crowns)
(Reporting by Jagoda Darlak in Gdansk)
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