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.
Towergate reveals capacity deals with Brit and Allianz
Towergate Commercial Underwriting (TCU) has announced a five-year capacity deal with Allianz providing 70% and Brit the remaining 30%.
Aviva survey shows rise in uninsured SMEs
Aviva’s twice yearly SME Pulse survey of 500 UK SMEs has revealed an increase in the number of these businesses trading without insurance from 8% in June to 20% in December 2011.
Insurer service improving, according to survey
Service from insurers in the UK is improving, according to figures released by Jelf.
Standard & Poor’s maintains negative outlook for insurers
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has removed Allianz Plc, Aviva Insurance (Europe) and Axa Insurance from its Creditwatch list but confirmed it was keeping a negative outlook for insurers.
Video: What the Papers Say latest edition
This month Martin Friel, editor of Insurance Age, and Emmanuel Kenning Features editor, are joined by Aviva's senior media relations manager, Erik Nelson.
Post Intelligence Benchmarking - Commercial insurers: Winners and losers
The annual Insurance 360 Business Insurers Insight Report service rankings show some steady, some on ladders - and some on snakes.
Ratings downgrades may spark client flight to quality
With the number of ratings warnings increasing across the industry, brokers need to keep an eye out
Government investigates credit ratings agencies
The Treasury Committee has launched an investigation into credit rating agencies questioning the transparency and soundness of their methodologies.
RAC loses managing director
Angela Seymour-Jackson has resigned from the managing director role at RAC and will be leaving the group in January 2012 to pursue other business interests.
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.