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.
FWD’s Gaughan, Ingenie, LV and Aviva among winners at first Insurance Marketing and PR Awards
FWD founder Michael Gaughan was crowned the winner of the achievement award at the inaugural Insurance Marketing & PR Awards this afternoon.
Heather Wheeler succeeds Evans as chair of APPG on insurance & financial service
Heather Wheeler, the MP for Derbyshire South and a former Lloyd’s broker, has been elected the new chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services.
Lure of Liechtenstein questioned as reports of insurer interest surface
The Liechtenstein financial regulator has flagged an uptick in insurance companies looking to establish a presence in the principality despite analyst scepticism about the benefit of the territory as an outpost for UK insurers.
Interview: Huw Evans: Climbing the ladder
Four months after his appointment as Association of British Insurers director general, Huw Evans tells Post his plans for the trade body and how he intends to make being a member worthwhile.
Aviva to close three Manchester sites after Friends Life acquisition
A "large majority" of Aviva's 780 strong Greater Manchester workforce are set to be made redundant following the completion of the Friends Life acquisition.
Aviva finds fraudulent claims totalled £95m in 2014
Aviva has detected more than 14,000 fraudulent claims, totalling £95m, over the course of 2014.
Analysis: Asia's high growth markets
Insurers see high growth potential in several large countries across Asia but caution is needed. Nicky Burridge explains.
Aviva unveils cyber cover for SMEs
Aviva has launched its first cyber cover designed for small to mid-market customers to help combat the increasing threat of data and privacy breaches.
Prolific fraudster jailed for 38 months for £33k Aviva con
A Birmingham conman who defrauded Aviva out of more than £33,000 and then went on the run to evade justice has been jailed for three years and five months.
Aviva relaunches broker training site
Aviva has launched a refreshed version of its online training site for brokers, the Aviva development zone.
Trust Insurance: Compulsory Motor: Time to engage
Motor insurers need to start talking to potential customers about their products, and show them they are more than just a grudge purchase.
FCA appoints Sicsic as GI retail department head
Aviva group risk director and Oric International chairman Michael Sicsic has been appointed general insurance retail sector department head at the Financial Conduct Authority.
Aviva accused of 'struggling to understand' French law
Aviva has been accused of filing a futile lawsuit and being in denial about the severity of the situation it finds itself in in France.
Claims Awards 2015 - winners announced
Allianz and Sterling were among the winners celebrating last night after collecting two gongs each at the Post Claims Awards.
FCA reconsiders claims ratios for add-on products following industry backlash
The Financial Conduct Authority has backed down from its intention to require general insurers to publish claims ratio information for add-on products and plans to publish a discussion paper addressing alternative options in “the coming weeks”.
Motor Repair Research: Crash test monies
Thatcham provides an invaluable service for motor insurers. But who exactly is paying for it and, more to the point, who isn’t?
Peter Fice and Mark Winslade head to Aviva
Aviva has hired industry veterans Peter Fice and Mark Winslade to bolster its corporate and speciality risk team.
Aviva's commercial business gains CII chartered status
The Chartered Insurance Institute has granted chartered insurer status to Aviva’s commercial business.
Drones: Up, up and away
The rise in drone use shows no sign of slowing down, both on a personal and commercial level. Insurers can utilise the technology to improve efficiency and tap into a new area of insurance.
Aviva policyholder demands answers from chairman on French arbitrage life contracts
The French life assurance holder who wants Aviva to honour his fixed-price arbitrage contract has sent an open letter to the insurer's chairman urging him to address four questions he claims were "avoided" at Aviva's annual general meeting in April.
Interview: Maurice Tulloch: cooking up a storm
The promise of an abundance of challenges inspired Maurice Tulloch to return from Canada to Aviva UK. Nineteen months on, he has ridden out the promised ‘baptism of fire’ to deliver its best COR in memory
Roundtable: Building a 21st century insurer
With new technologies emerging all the time and a generation of early adopting clients, insurers are going to have to keep up to date if they are going to compete and survive in the future
Latest insurer data leak reignites calls for tougher CMC regulation
Insurers and claimant lawyers have united in calling for tighter regulation of the claims management industry after the latest data breach involving an insurance company employee selling confidential customer information sparked a police inquiry.
Civil justice issues in danger of being sidelined by EU referendum
An insurance law firm has warned of a "strong possibility" civil justice reforms will take a back seat under the newly elected Conservative government while it focuses on the proposed 2017 European Union referendum.