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.
Halting Aviva shrinkage has reached 'critical stage', claims analyst
Aviva has been described as having the worst record for earnings and dividend growth among major UK insurers, according to Investec analysis which states that halting shrinkage has reached a “critical stage”.
Aviva's profits in Singapore grow 27%
Aviva Singapore saw growth in premiums and profits in 2012.
Broker networks called into question after Aviva ends Willis relationship
Willis Networks’ remaining insurer partners have pledged support for the business despite broker concerns that insurers will exit network relationships as part of their pursuit of profitable commercial lines business, after it was confirmed it will sever…
Aviva: We are not anti-network
Aviva is confident it will not lose out on any relationships with individual brokers after it breaks ties with Willis Networks, according to the insurer's director of broker distribution, Phil Bayles.
Willis Networks and Aviva confirm panel split
Willis and Aviva have mutually agreed that Aviva’s participation as an insurer panel member for Willis Networks will not be renewed upon expiry of the current agreement on 31 December.
Aviva denies corporate restructure will lead to separation of its UK GI business
Aviva has dismissed suggestions that separating its UK general insurance business from its international operations clears the way for the business to be spun off in the future.
Editor's comment: Messages from the market
Standing at the back of the annual results queue must be gratifying for a firm on its uppers. But not so much when, like Aviva, you have a £3.05bn post-tax loss to reveal and no one coming next to soften the blow.
View from the Top: Correcting the balance
Cut the middle man out of motor insurance for lower premiums and better service, says Dominic Clayden.
Aviva's rating affirmed by S&P
Standard & Poor's has confirmed that Aviva's ratings and outlook are unaffected by the company's after-tax loss of £3bn for 2012.
Spencer warns tough broker action ahead
Aviva UK & Ireland general insurance chief executive Robin Spencer has warned it will have to take some “tough calls” on its broker relationships if the insurer is to reduce its commercial lines combined operating ratio to a sub-100% position in 2013.
Aviva hit by £3bn post-tax loss
Aviva has announced a full year total loss of £3bn (2011: £60m profit), alongside a 44% cut in its final dividend.
Aviva to post £3bn+ loss: reports
Aviva could be set to post a full year loss of more than £3bn, according to reports in the Sunday Times.
Periodical Payment Orders: Unhappy New Year
Periodical payment orders gave motor insurers a headache in the renewals season as reinsurers struggled to come to terms with them.
Aviva to sell Russian life business for €35m
Aviva is selling its Russian life and pensions operation to Blagosostoyanie, a non-state pension fund in Russia, for a consideration of €35m (£30.17m).
Aviva sells Russian life and pensions business to state insurer
Aviva today announced the sale of Aviva Russia to Blagosostoyanie, a non-state pension fund in Russia, for a consideration of €35m.
RAC intermediary arm reveals growth plans after post-Aviva sale overhaul
The commercial director of RAC’s intermediary arm has outlined the firm’s plan to make up competitive ground lost under its last ownership, almost 18 months after Aviva sold RAC to private equity firm Carlyle Group for £1bn.
Motor Claims 2013: Aviva and Apil clash over whiplash medical evidence
Aviva claims director Dominic Clayden has questioned whether medical evidence should be a requirement for all low-level whiplash claims after expressing disillusionment with the current system.
Scottish Independence: Scot free?
With a referendum on Scottish independence due next year, will an independent Scotland cause problems for the insurance sector, or is it business as usual?
Aviva to sell Turkish unit say market sources
British insurer Aviva has tasked Barclays with selling its Turkish unit Aviva Sigorta, according to Reuters.
Mass: 'Aviva has identified the problem but not the solution'
Access to independent legal advice is likely to lower the number of fraudulent and whiplash claims, according to the Motor Accident Solicitors Society.
Blog: Has Biba found its valentine in Steve White?
It is now four months since Eric Galbraith announced his intention to leave the British Insurance Brokers’ Association, leading to fevered speculation about his successor.
Aviva calls for third-party ban in motor claims process
Aviva has launched a fresh attack on personal injury law firms, which it accuses of adding £1.5bn – or £118 per motor premium – in unnecessary costs to the motor insurance claims process.
Insurance Census: Age: The generation game
In the second of a three-part series on diversity in the industry, age comes under the spotlight. How are different age groups represented across insurance, and what is being done to entice the next generation of employees into insurance?
Motor Claims 2013: Panellists at loggerheads over credibility of medical evidence
Aviva claims director Dominic Clayden has questioned whether medical evidence is required in all low level whiplash claims, after expressing disillusionment with the current system.