Sampo Q2 pre-tax profit drops 29%, beats forecasts <!-- no image --> <div>Financial group Sampo posted a smaller than expected drop in second-quarter earnings on Wednesday and said its largest insurance unit would be more profitable this year than previously anticipated.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=WAYF1X_ayfE:MWe9BOnaOak: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=WAYF1X_ayfE:MWe9BOnaOak:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=WAYF1X_ayfE:MWe9BOnaOak:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=WAYF1X_ayfE:MWe9BOnaOak:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=WAYF1X_ayfE:MWe9BOnaOak:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/WAYF1X_ayfE" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters