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NewsCevian Capital revolts after Aviva’s move to return £4bn back to shareholders
Swedish active investment firm and Aviva investor Cevian Capital has revolted after the insurer announced in its 2021 half year results on 12 August 2021 that it will be returning £4bn to its shareholders by H1 2022.
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Aviva unveils seven steps to protect UK homes and businesses from climate change
Aviva has called for urgent action to make sure that UK homes and businesses are protected from the impact of climate change and extreme weather in its new report.
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Briefing: What exactly is Aviva’s activist investor Cevian up to?
An activist investor is stepping up pressure. But does it have anything new to offer?
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Aviva partners with WWF on industry action plan to achieve net zero targets
Amanda Blanc says the collaboration will ’ensure the financial sector gets its act together’ around working towards net zero
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Briefing: Amid senior exits at Aviva UKGI, what’s really going on?
Aviva has had a hat-trick of senior exits. What is going on?
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Aviva’s Q1 COR in GI improves to 90.8% for 2021
Aviva’s combined operating ratio (COR) for its general insurance business in the UK, Ireland and Canada stands at 90.8% at the end of quarter one in 2021, compared to 114.2% in 2020’s quarter one – showing a 23.4 percentage point improvement.
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Aviva’s Colm Holmes to replace Allianz chief Jon Dye
Aviva’s chief executive of general insurance Colm Holmes is set to join rival insurer Allianz Holdings, as current chief executive Jon Dye announces he will be stepping down at the end of November 2021.
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Aviva extends building insurance to new customers with cladding woes
The insurer wants to provide a ’transparent, sustainable framework’ to help residents whose buildings have external combustible cladding
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Q Underwriting announces renewal deal with long-term insurance partner
As Q Underwriting celebrates its’ second birthday, the MGA has announced a renewal deal with a long-term A rated partner.
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Aviva to sell Polish unit to Allianz for €2.5bn
Aviva plc has agreed to sell its entire shareholding in Aviva Poland to Allianz for €2.5bn.
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Lockdown accelerates Aviva’s online trading by 20%
The insurer hopes to continue investing in its direct business, as well as its commercial, broker and bank channels
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Aviva approves €3.2bn sale of its French business
Aviva’s capital and liquidity has been strengthened with an increase in excess capital of around £2.1bn
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Aviva to exit Turkey
The transaction is expected to complete this year, but is subject to closing conditions and regulatory approval
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Reuters: Aviva sets Feb deadlines for $6.6 billion disposals in France, Poland - sources
The London-based insurer, led by boss Amanda Blanc, is expected to sell its French business for about 3.5 billion euros while the Polish operations are valued at roughly 2 billion euros, the sources said.
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Aviva to sell entire Vietnam shareholding
The move adheres to Aviva’s strategy to focus on its UK, Ireland and Canada markets
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Reuters: French insurer Macif steps up efforts to buy Aviva’s French arm - sources
French insurer Groupe Macif has stepped up efforts to buy Aviva’s French arm in a deal worth about 3 billion euros after an Allianz-led consortium bowed out amid firm resistance from French unions and local partners, sources told Reuters.
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Aviva sells Italy life business as Blanc doubles down on UK champion strategy
Aviva is selling one of its Italian entities, having previously announced the sale of its Indonesia and Singapore businesses
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‘The biggest risk for insurers is reputation’ says Aviva’s Blanc
The insurer boss adds that the industry’s reputational damage arising from the business interruption test case has left her feeling ‘very sad’ and that the industry needs to ‘not shoot ourselves in the foot as much as we do’
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Brokers define hard market and struggling economy as their biggest concerns
Research by Aviva also signposts Brexit as the potential cause of an economic decline
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People & Opinion
Aviva announces the appointment of Mohit Joshi and Jim McConville as Independent Non-Executive Directors of the Company with effect from 1 December 2020
Jim and Mohit bring significant experience in retail financial services and operational and IT transformation to the Board. Jim was previously Group Finance Director of Phoenix Group, where he was responsible for all aspects of the Group’s financial strategy and management and during which he led the transition programme bringing ...
