Aviva
Aviva are the UK’s leading diversified insurer, with businesses spanning insurance, wealth, and retirement. They also have major operations in Ireland and Canada. Aviva is a leading general insurer in the UK and Ireland, providing insurance solutions to over 12 million customers. Aviva offer commercial lines insurance to a wide range of businesses, from the micro segment up to large UK and global corporates. They also operate in the London market through their Lloyds syndicate, Probitas. In personal lines, they offer motor, home, travel, breakdown, pet and gadget insurance. They operate their own garage repair network and completed the acquisition of Direct Line in July 2025. They have been taking care of people for more than 325 years, in line with their purpose of being ‘with you today, for a better tomorrow’. In 2025, they paid £31.9 billion in claims and benefits to their customers.
Coversure’s latest addition; MS Amlin’s AI tool; PwC’s insurance lead
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Ageas pauses pet insurance quotes as it continues cautious entry
Ageas has paused the sales of the outsourced direct pet insurance products it currently offers, but is still allowing existing customers to renew.
Preventing child injury on construction sites
Recent incidents have demonstrated the devastating consequences when children gain access to construction and development sites. This content highlights the key areas addressed by Aviva’s new Loss Prevention Standard (LPS) which provides practical…
Aviva’s Cunningham tackles translating fraud for boards
Kat Cunningham, head of underwriting counter fraud at Aviva, said insurers need to change how they discuss insurance fraud with their boards, shifting the focus from operational performance to its wider business impact.
Gone in a flash: One in five leave their phone or camera unattended in public
Aviva research reveals that 22% of people leave their phone or camera unattended in a public place to photograph or film themselves. This content highlights which demographic cohort is most prone to being distracted and what advice brokers can share to…
Big Interview: Sonya Bryson, Simplyhealth
Sonya Bryson, managing director of Simplyhealth, reflects on a career in commercial lines and reveals how she intends to convince employers and brokers that health plans offer far more than a table of benefits.
Building resilience through the Flood School insights
A team from Aviva Claims recently visited the National Flood School to gain further insight into flood resilience, restoration best practice and the challenges customers face. This content provides some key takeaways from the visit and how brokers can…
Aviva’s Dave Martin named PIB CEO
Aviva’s chief distribution officer, and managing director of commercial, Dave Martin, has been named CEO Of PIB Group.
Helping brokers drive faster risk improvement outcomes
Supporting clients with risk management actions often involves multiple emails, manual updates and limited progress visibility. This content highlights how Aviva’s Risk Improvement Tracker simplifies this process for brokers by providing a secure,…
Autumn update: what's new in Risk Management Solutions?
Every quarter Aviva shares a news round-up of its latest Risk Management Solutions updates. This round-up highlights thought leadership pieces, information on the latest trends in the risk industry and provides tips to help brokers and their clients stay…
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Howden’s Welcome to Wrexham
Penny Black has been out and about again, notebook in one hand and canapé in the other, keeping a keen eye on the insurance industry’s more whimsical moments.
Keeping choice alive in a changing broker market
View from the Top: Michelle Taylor, broker distribution director at Aviva, argues that insurers have a role to play in preserving choice in the broking market, whether brokers choose to consolidate or remain independent.
E-scooter claims: can insurers get ahead of a growing risk?
Fiona Nicolson examines the frequency and severity of e-scooter-related claims plus how the current legal and regulatory framework create uncertainty for insurers and claimants.
What next for Aviva and insurance’s greatest Dame?
Editor’s View: Emma Ann Hughes considers the remarkable turnaround of Aviva under Dame Amanda Blanc and asks what comes next for the insurer and its formidable group CEO.
Marrow progresses in ChatGPT race amid regulatory concerns
Firms need AI that can deal with regulatory concerns to succeed in the new “agent economy”, according to Marrow’s co-founder and CEO Tim Graham, as the platform completes its pre-seed round.
Markerstudy to axe 80 roles in latest simplification drive
Markerstudy is removing approximately 80 roles across the group as part of a business simplification programme and strategic shift, Insurance Post can reveal.
Howden’s pet launch; Brown and Brown’s grad programme; Flood Re's chair
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Are all the insurance job cuts necessary?
Deputy Editor’s View: After thousands of redundancies have been announced from all corners of the insurance industry, Scott McGee asks if job cuts are necessary.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Aviva’s trams and Earnix’s sushi
Penny Black has been out and about again, notebook in one hand and canapé in the other, keeping a keen eye on the insurance industry’s more whimsical moments.
CII has successive female presidents for first time in history
The Chartered Insurance Institute has elected Debbie Mitchell as its next president, with Mandy Hunt following on afterwards.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2026: Direct Line
Direct Line Group slips from third to fifth place in the Top 100 UK Insurers List 2026 and will disappear from next year’s rankings as the provider is now fully part of Aviva.