LISTED insurance and financial services company, Sage, reported headline earnings per share for the year ended March 31 of 257,7 cents, a 22% increase from the 211 cents seen in the year-earlier period. Sage said before-tax profits had risen 54% to R492,2-million from R318,6-million in the previous year, although taxes had more than trebled to R117,1-million from R33,3-million over the same period.