42244 4 3 econsultancy_xml <p> <a href="http://confused.com/">Confused.com</a> has around a two-thirds share of insurance services sold via comparison engines, and made £23m in profits for Admiral last year. The site is expected to fetch between £600m and £700m. </p> <p>Its biggest rival is <a href="http://www.moneysupermarket.com/">moneysupermarket.com</a>, which is believed to have been considering a stock market flotation valuing it at around £1bn. </p> <p>Another rival, <a href="http://www.uswitch.com">uSwitch</a> was sold for £184m to US media group EW Scripps in 2006. </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://confused.com/" Window="New">Confused.com</Link> has around a two-thirds share of insurance services sold via comparison engines, and made £23m in profits for Admiral last year. The site is expected to fetch between £600m and £700m. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Its biggest rival is <Link URL="http://www.moneysupermarket.com/" Window="New">moneysupermarket.com</Link>, which is believed to have been considering a stock market flotation valuing it at around £1bn. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Another rival, <Link URL="http://www.uswitch.com" Window="New">uSwitch</Link> was sold for £184m to US media group EW Scripps in 2006. </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2007-05-25T15:06:00+01:00 1 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>Motor insurance group Admiral has received approaches from several parties interested in buying insurance comparison website confused.com.</strong> </p> <p>Admiral acknowledged the approaches in a statement and said the board was considering its options, which include "<em>retention of the business or a partial or full disposal".</em></p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Motor insurance group Admiral has received approaches from several parties interested in buying insurance comparison website confused.com.</Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Admiral acknowledged the approaches in a statement and said the board was considering its options, which include "<Quote>retention of the business or a partial or full disposal".</Quote></Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 1259 363423 Confused.com up for sale? false 2007-05-25T15:27:00+01:00 confused-com-up-for-sale 2009-04-28T22:50:06+01:00 2009-04-28T22:50:07+01:00 525