Briefing: Ex-Aviva CEO Mark Wilson's insurtech electric dreams
Mark Wilson might have not quite managed to turn Aviva into the 320 year old disruptor he had hoped, but Post content director Jonathan Swift reasons he might have more luck scratching that digital itch with his latest venture Abacai, even in a soft motor market.
It is probably the headline that former Aviva group CEO Mark Wilson has always wanted.
But with the news he is to return to the insurance sector as CEO and chair of new insurance provider Abacai, The
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