All the headlines from our Aviva France Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 13 2025 // British insurer on Thursday set itself new financial targets including nearly doubling cost savings from its combination with Direct Line, as CEO Amanda Blanc looks to convince investors the enlarged firm can deliver.The...
Oct 29 2025 // Boston-based Indico Data, which offers AI-based automation for insurance operations, has received an investment from Aviva Ventures, the corporate venture capital fund for Aviva, one of the UK’s largest insurers.The...
Jul 2 2025 // Howden Japan Acquires Majority Stake in Retail Broker HolosHowden, the London-based insurance intermediary group, announced it has acquired a majority stake (68.3%) in Holos Holdings Co. Ltd., a leading retail insurance...
Jul 1 2025 // Aviva Plc’s plan to buy Direct Line Insurance Group Plc for roughly £3.7 billion ($5.09 billion) to create the UK’s largest motor insurer has been given the nod from the country’s competition...
May 14 2025 // Aviva Plc faces a review by the UK’s merger watchdog into its plan to buy Direct Line Insurance Group Plc for roughly £3.7 billion ($4.9 billion) in a deal that would create the UK’s largest motor insurer.The...
Feb 27 2025 // British insurer Aviva beat annual profit expectations on double-digit growth in its general insurance premiums in 2024, and said its planned 3.7 billion pound ($4.69 billion) acquisition of smaller rival Direct Line was on...
Feb 17 2025 // Indian authorities have ordered British insurer Aviva’s local unit to pay $7.5 million in back taxes and penalties after an investigation found it created fake invoices to pay illegal commissions and claimed...
Dec 31 2024 // British insurer Aviva could cut up to 2,300 jobs as it takes over smaller rival Direct Line in a 3.7 billion pound ($4.65 billion) cash-and-stock deal, the companies said on Monday [Dec. 23], creating the UK’s...
Dec 23 2024 // Aviva Plc agreed to buy Direct Line Insurance Group Plc for roughly £3.7 billion ($4.65 billion) in a deal that would create the UK’s largest motor insurer.Each Direct Line shareholder will be entitled to receive...
Dec 13 2024 // An Aviva business model that Indian tax officials say was used to pay agents unlawful commissions from 2017 to 2023 was rolled out internally in 2013 and approved in writing by top India executives, a confidential company...
Dec 6 2024 // Amanda Blanc is determined to steer Aviva Plc to one of the biggest takeovers in its history, a highlight in a storied insurance career where she’s stood up to challenges including activist shareholders and sexist...
Dec 6 2024 // Aviva Plc reached a preliminary agreement to buy Direct Line Insurance Group Plc for £3.6 billion ($4.6 billion) in a deal that would create the UK’s largest motor insurer.London-listed Aviva sweetened its bid in...
Dec 5 2024 // Aviva Plc has increased its offer for Direct Line Insurance Group Plc to about £3.4 billion ($4.4 billion), days after its initial proposal to buy the UK motor insurer was rejected, people with knowledge of the matter...
Nov 13 2024 // Aviva’s Lloyd’s business Probitas announced it began to quote for five new classes of business – marine (cargo, fine art & specie, and ports & terminals), construction, renewable energy,...
Nov 4 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon Underwriting Managers and Lloyd’s of London.A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Underwriting Managers Appoints LSM’s Clapham as...
Nov 1 2024 // Aviva Plc and Allianz SE are among potential bidders for Britain’s home and motor insurance firm Esure Group Plc, according to people familiar with the matter.Sampo Oyj, which owns British general insurer Hastings...
Oct 30 2024 // Indian police have summoned Asit Rath, the chief executive of British insurer Aviva in the country, as part of an inquiry into a former employee’s accusations of religious discrimination at work, documents seen by...
Oct 23 2024 // Rokstone, the London-based speciality re/insurance MGA that is part of the Aventum Group, has announced a three-year binding authority agreement with Aviva for its direct & facultative (D&F) property portfolio.The...
Sep 4 2024 // British insurer Aviva said on Saturday its India unit is “actively engaging” with local authorities in connection with alleged tax evasion practices.Reuters reported on Friday that an Indian tax agency has...
Aug 30 2024 // An Indian tax agency has found that British insurer Aviva breached local regulations capping commissions to sales agents with a system of fake invoices and clandestine cash payments, according to a notice seen by...