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.
Dive In opens inclusive manager campaign
Dive In, the insurance industry’s diversity, equity and inclusion festival, has invited nominations for managers making “outstanding” inclusion contributions.
Insurers face margin crush unless premiums are hiked
Data analysis: A sustainable margin recovery looks increasingly challenging for insurers with premiums needing to increase in real terms to prevent any erosion after a tripling of costs to 10.9% of premiums last year from 3.5% in 2022.
Storah implores industry to ‘galvanise around underinsurance’
Speaking at the British Insurance Brokers’ Association Conference in Manchester, Aviva UK and Ireland general insurance CEO Jason Storah urged insurers and brokers to “galvanise around underinsurance”.
Insurance Post Power List 2024’s Top 10 Podcast
To find out who made it into the Top 10 of Insurance Post’s Power List for 2024, make sure you listen to the latest Insurance Post Podcast.
Power List: Ones to watch in insurance in 2024
Here are the ones to watch who narrowly missed out on a place in this year’s Insurance Post Power List, but based on their role, career to date and growing influence look set to feature in future rankings.
Movers and shakers who made Insurance Post’s Power List 2024 revealed
This year’s Insurance Post Power List reflects how claims inflation combined with the Consumer Duty caused some providers to shift their focus and disruptors found it is easier to send a rocket into space than enter the UK insurance market.
Adam Winslow, Direct Line
Before he even had a chance to get his feet under the table, Adam Winslow, who only joined Direct Line as group CEO on 1 March, had to deal with Ageas making a takeover bid for his business.
Jason Storah, Aviva
A fresh face on Insurance Post’s Power List in 2024 is Jason Storah, who was appointed CEO of UK & Ireland General Insurance in August 2023.
Colm Holmes, Allianz UK
Colm Holmes joined Allianz as CEO in December 2021 with a mission: to make the business the number one insurer in the UK.
John Neal, Lloyd’s of London
The efforts of Lloyd’s chief executive John Neal to deliver profound change in the City’s insurance market through digitalisation are beginning to pay off with Aviva coming back into the fold in 2024.
Amanda Blanc, Aviva
Amanda Blanc, CEO of Aviva Group, influenced some of the biggest changes in corporate Britain in 2023, winning her the top spot in Insurance Post’s Power List for the second year in a row.
Quote speed and data accessibility at top of brokers’ wish list
Aviva's broker barometer has put access to data and insight, and speed of quotes at the top of broker wish lists as insurer service continues to be a top challenge.
Online HNW insurance options not ‘fit for purpose’
The founder and CEO of Rivr, a newly launched firm focussing on HNW home insurance, has told Insurance Post that online options for high to mid net worth customers are “not fit for purpose”.
Aviva and Butlin's clash over definition of storm in lawsuit
Holiday resort operator Butlin’s is suing a group of insurers led by Aviva after it was told that it would be indemnified for less than half of the sum it claimed following damage at one of its resorts last year.
Repair costs continue to push up home insurance premiums
According to the Association of British Insurers’ premium tracker, home insurance premiums increased 3% in the first quarter of 2024, following a severe winter for weather damage.
Brokers want less AI conversation and better service please
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Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Are we ever going to stamp out underinsurance?
News Editor’s View: As Aviva’s broker barometer shows underinsurance remains a major concern for brokers, with almost three-quarters worried their clients may not have adequate cover, Scott McGee questions what the industry is doing to ensure everyone is…
LV’s Mike Crane leaves insurer
Mike Crane, director of LV Broker, is leaving the insurer and is to be replaced by portfolio pricing director, Nicola George.
Home insurance premiums climb by nearly a third
Home insurance premiums increased by 31% between January and March 2024, according to the latest research from Compare the Market.
Why non-standard home insurance is increasingly the norm
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Big Interview: Jason Storah, Aviva
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