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.
Aviva-owned RAC in MBO
French business sold to management
Barclays and Aviva extend tie up
Insurer's outgoing CEO Igal Mayer "delighted" bank and insurer will work together until 2015.
Aviva unveils new MD
Phil Willcock to head Aviva healthcare arm.
Aviva forges partnership with Keychoice
Insurer joins personal lines panel of intermediary network
Aviva confirms new UK General Insurance business chief and new team
David McMillan will take over as new CEO of UK General Insurance for Aviva. He is presently COO and will head up a new team also unveiled today.
Insurance companies avoid Walker Review remuneration scrutiny
Walker proposals on pay and bonuses watered down
Canada reinsurance prices said to be surging
Reinsurance prices are moving upwards in Canada thanks to a change in catastrophe models, Reinsurance has learned.
Lloyd's reinsurers unlikely to be hit by UK floods
Damage estimates of around £100m are unlikely to affect the reinsurance market, Reinsurance has learned.
Aviva to cut 100 staff in John Kitson's division
Changes linked with announcement about broker sales and marketing restructure.
Need for speed
Removing the need for paper in the accounts payable department might not only go some way to saving the planet, but could also help to keep suppliers happy by speeding up the payment process, writes Stefan Foryszewski.
Pick of the week
Aviva in corporate risk return; contract law threat to SME premiums; Marsh CEO plans review and regulated individuals plummet.
Allianz and NIG top Towergate survey
Insurers named as top performers by Towergate Brokers
Post Breakfast Briefing: The case for self-service
Join Aviva’s head of online experience Chris Abrahat and IBM’s Nick Lincoln for this special free to attend Post Breakfast Briefing - the case for self service - on the morning of Wednesday 25 November.