<div>UPDATE 1-Britain's RSA underwriting profit rises, shares rally</div> <!-- no image --> <div>RSA underwriting profit rose strongly for the year to date but net written premiums were flat after the British insurer cut poorly performing parts of its business, it said on Thursday, sending its shares higher.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=9OMPonvxERI:7XodZ5oQSmw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=9OMPonvxERI:7XodZ5oQSmw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=9OMPonvxERI:7XodZ5oQSmw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=9OMPonvxERI:7XodZ5oQSmw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=9OMPonvxERI:7XodZ5oQSmw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/9OMPonvxERI" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters