Aviva
Aviva is one of the largest and most recognised UK insurance brands, with more than 320 years of heritage. As a composite insurer, we can provide customers with a wide range of insurance and savings products - from commercial and personal lines to health insurance and pensions, investments and asset management. Using technology and our expertise we try to prevent bad things from happening to our customers in the first place, helping our 33 million customers defy uncertainty and look to the future with confidence. We are the only large scale, multi-line insurer in the UK, our home market. We also have a strong presence in selected markets in Europe, North America and South-East Asia. We focus on markets where we can achieve scale, profitability and competitive advantage.
Groupama clings on to investment grade status as Aviva is monitored
Groupama SA has suffered a further downgrade to its credit rating as Standard & Poor’s (S&P) lowered the insurer’s status from BBB to BBB-, the final grade before junk bond status.
Biba throws weight behind OFT motor investigation
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba) has added its support to the Office of Fair Trading’s (OFT) investigation into credit hire and vehicle repair.
Video: What the Papers Say, latest edition
This month, Insurance Age editor Martin Friel is joined by Jon Sellors, head of thought leadership at RSA and Insurance Age features editor, Emmanuel Kenning.
Insurers react to S&P downgrade warning
Axa, Aviva and Allianz have responded to the news that insurers could face a downgrade in their credit ratings by highlighting the link to the negative watch recently placed on Eurozone member countries.
Major insurers hit by credit rating warning
Axa, Allianz and Aviva groups are among 15 insurers that Standard & Poor's (S&P) have warned face a downgrade in their credit rating.
Insurance Age blog: Those flip-flopping insurers
Insurers are a funny bunch. They always seem to be changing their minds about stuff. One day they love a particular line of business, the next they are getting out of it.
Those flip-flopping insurers
Insurers are a funny bunch. They always seem to be changing their minds about stuff. One day they love a particular line of business, the next they are getting out of it. It's the same with individuals.
Brokers urged to nominate local charities for cash windfall
Aviva has called on brokers to nominate worthy causes within their community for the chance to win thousands of pounds in donations.
Insurance Age blog: Out with the new and in with the old
I think the Euro will collapse. For what it is worth, and I know I'm no economist, I cannot see how it will survive even if the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, succeed in agreeing a rescue package, put by some…
Aviva unveils new regional broking structure
Aviva has confirmed it has moved from a five, to six-region structure with the addition of Scotland in a reorganisation of its 29 branch network effective immediately.
Aviva loses broker leaders in North and Midlands
Aviva has confirmed to Insurance Age that Alan Drury, head of trading, North West and Northern Ireland, along with Mike Smith, head of trading, Midlands and East, will both leave the insurer at the end of the year.
New FOS chair expects "record levels" of customer demand
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today announced the appointment of Sir Nicholas Montagu as the new chairman of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).
Aviva to shut all Irish branches
Aviva Insurance is to close all 26 branches in its Irish network by June 2012 with the loss of up to 1,250 jobs.
John Kitson pops up at Towergate
Ex-Aviva sales and marketing director has made a fleeting return to the industry with Towergate.
Aviva appoints UK chief risk officer
Aviva has appointed John Lister as UK chief risk officer effective March 2012.
Aviva Ireland faces strike threat over redundancies
Union members at Aviva Ireland have voted to take industrial action if the 950 jobs being axed are threatened before agreement is reached with staff.
Aviva claims UK rise makes it market leader
Aviva claimed UK general insurance sales increased 12% over the first nine months of the year making it “the general insurance market leader in the UK”.
Products: Aviva launches product to cover multiple cars
Aviva has launched MultiCar a new motor product that can cover up to five vehicles for families living under the same roof. Business vehicles can also be included provided they are all registered at the same business address.
Product roundup: Cleaning up in a commercial niche
Groupama is aiming to sweep up business in the cleaning world, an industry it believes has a turnover of £5.3bn a year. The latest addition to its Exclusively range, which is available for open market trading, allows brokers to flex their commission…
LV appoints senior underwriter from Aviva
LV has appointed Tom Maughan as a senior underwriter for its Bournemouth branch which looks after brokers in Dorset, Hampshire, West Sussex, the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands.
Aviva pushes ahead with UK and Ireland changes
Aviva has appointed a transformation director tasked with integrating the insurer's UK and Ireland operations following recent structural changes and proposed redundancies in the Irish business.
Three top insurers suffer from Irish downgrade
Aviva, RSA and Allianz have all been restricted from providing cover for Irish state companies due to the country’s demotion by credit rating agencies.
NIG hires from rivals to grow London SME book
NIG has made two senior appointments to its London office in a bid to secure a greater share of the London SME market.
Insurance Age blog: McManus for Towergate?
Well the big news this week is the departure of Brendan McManus, CEO of Willis UK, from the company.