admiral group plc reported on thursday a rise in pretax profit for 2021 and said its stronger performance for the year was mainly driven by its uk motor insurance business the uklisted carinsurance company posted a pretax profit including restructuring costs of 7135 million pounds 9567 million compared with gbp6082 million for a year earlier net revenue increased to gbp155 billion from gbp131 billion for the yearearlier period the board has declared a fullyear dividend of 187 pence a share up from 1565 pence for 2020 as a whole in 2021 alone beyond uk motor we added more than half a million customers now representing around 40 of total group customers we grew by double digits in both our uk household and international businesses despite challenging market conditions abroad and our loans stock balance is now larger than precovid levels the company said