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.
Top five European news stories
The top five European stories from www.insuranceinsight.com over the past seven days.
Aviva returns to telematics with private car smartphone app
Aviva has re-entered the telematics private car market after four years with a new smartphone behavioural driving app which could save motorists up to 20% on their motor insurance.
Salient Solutions founder joins Capita's insurance arm as non-executive director
Capita has appointed Clare Ryder as non-executive director of the partnerships arm in the firm's insurance services business.
Commercial expansion underway at Autonet following product launch
Autonet Insurance has expanded its commercial business product line following the introduction of shops and commercial let insurance.
Aviva posts COR of 106% for H1 in Ireland
Aviva's general insurance and health business posted operating profit of £461m for the first six months of 2012, up from £455m in the first half of 2011, driven by strong UK performance.
Aviva grows UK profit despite restructure hitting group operating profit
Aviva has reported a 10% fall in operating profit including restructuring costs to £935m in the first half of the year (H1 2011: £1.04bn).
More mid-management jobs to go at Aviva as streamlining gathers pace
Aviva has informed staff of the next phase of its reorganisation by announcing that a handful of mid-management positions are for the chop.
Aviva COR to surpass 99% following floods, claims analyst
Aviva's general insurance result is predicted to fall 5% year on year as a result of recent unseasonable UK weather.
JLT and Aviva team up on professional indemnity service
JLT Specialty has launched a two to three partner professional indemnity insurance service through an exclusive new arrangement with Aviva.
Olympics: A golden opportunity
The Olympic Games are now well underway, with top athletes and millions of tourists now in the UK. But are businesses able to reap the benefits? Or are the problems associated with such an influx unbeatable?
Aviva to exit US general insurance market after ending Hiscox deal
Aviva is withdrawing from the US general insurance market following a decision to end its two-year reinsurance quota share agreement with Hiscox's US property catastrophe book. The arrangement dates back to the 2010 financial year.
Interview: Jelf’s Phil Barton - shooting to success
Phil Barton's football career was cruelly cut short, but that didn't stop him reaching the insurance big league. The Jelf insurance chief executive explains how, in the past two years, his tactics have transformed the firm, and outlines his goals for…
Aviva offloads east European life insurance units
British insurer Aviva has agreed to sell its east European life insurance businesses to US rival Metlife.
Top five Asian news stories
The top five Asian stories from www.insuranceinsight.com over the past seven days.
Aviva to recognise 'growing trend' by underwriting pet insurance
Aviva will underwrite its own pet insurance from tomorrow, in a move bosses claim recognises a growing trend among the UK's 15 million cat and dog owners.
Hiscox UK falters while group profit soars
Hiscox returned an interim pre-tax profit of £125.8m (H1 2011: loss £85.6m), following a more benign catastrophe season compared with the previous 12 months.
Aviva tries to quit Taiwan again
Aviva has confirmed it is seeking regulatory approval to pull out of Taiwan.
Aviva parts company with director as McFarlane's shake-up takes effect
Aviva chairman John McFarlane has pressed ahead with his pledge to streamline the insurer's hierarchy by making long-serving director Mark Hynes redundant.
Post magazine - 26 July 2012
The latest issue of Post is now available to subscribers as a digital and interactive e-book.
Insurance Fraud Awards 2012 shortlist announced
Post can today reveal the shortlist for the 2012 Insurance Fraud Awards.
GI director role culled in Aviva shake-up
Mark Hynes has become the most senior figure in Aviva's UK general insurance operation to lose his job in the latest round of restructuring.
Haste linked to Direct Line bid
Former RSA chief executive Andy Haste is heading up a private equity consortium including Blackstone, Bain and Advent, with ambitions to bid for Direct Line Group, according to The Daily Telegraph.
Axa retains top spot in insurer survey
Axa has come top in Brokerbility's latest survey based on brokers' views of insurer performances.
RSA flood losses hit £50m
RSA has been hit with an estimated net loss of £40m across its UK household, motor and commercial property books for June as a result of the wet weather.