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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LV's Clare Lunn appointed to head industry's counter-fraud organisation
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Aviva's Neos hopes to double UK customer base by year end
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Analysis: Industry faces financial blow from discount rate revision
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British Insurance Awards 2019: Best of the Best - Insurer - Aviva
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Aviva’s broker community picks up 1400 members in nine months
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