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.
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#11 Aviva
Just missing out on making it into the Top 10 of Insurance Post’s Top 30 European Insurers 2023 List was UK-domiciled Aviva, which reported 5.1% average premium growth for the year.
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Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
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Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
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Updated – Insurer results directory H1 2023
Insurance Post tracks insurers' half-year 2023 results, including gross written premium and combined operating ratio.
Aviva’s Winslow reveals how provider is using AI
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Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Aviva chiefs reveal how the provider achieved 13% GWP growth
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Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
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Food delivery fraudster faces jail
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Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
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