All the headlines from our Aviva France Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 9 2007 // The UK’s Aviva plc announced that its Dutch subsidiary, Delta Lloyd Group, plans to acquire Erasmus Groep BV, based in Rotterdam, from Wüstenrot & Württembergische AG, based in Stuttgart, Germany.“The...
Jan 10 2007 // Aviva plc, the U.K.-based savings, investments and insurance group, announced that Group Chief Executive Richard Harvey intends to retire July 11, 2007. The Company’s Board of Directors has named Andrew Moss,...
Sep 14 2006 // The U.K.’s Aviva plc announced that its British business Norwich Union has targeted some 4000 jobs for elimination in an initiative to “reduce duplication and improve efficiency to deliver annual cost savings...
Aug 7 2006 // Cooper Gay & Cashman, Cooper Gay IntermediariesIndependent reinsurance brokers, Cooper Gay (Holdings) Ltd., headquartered in London, renamed its U.S. domestic treaty operation Cooper Gay Intermediaries LLC. Based in...
Jul 14 2006 // Aviva PLC, Britain’s largest insurance company, said Thursday it will take over U.S. life insurance company AmerUs Group Co. in a $2.9 billion deal that will expand the U.K. insurer’s reach into the U.S....
Apr 26 2006 // The U.K.’s Aviva Plc announced that it has received regulatory approval for its joint-venture company, Aviva-COFCO, to open a branch office in the city of Jinan, the capital of Shandong province on China’s East...
Apr 17 2006 // Aviva, Prudential“It takes two to tango,” as the saying goes, and Prudential (U.K.) apparently has no desire to dance with its larger rival Aviva Plc. It hastily rejected a £17 billion ($30 billion) offer...
Mar 27 2006 // “It takes two to tango,” as the saying goes, and Prudential (U.K.) apparently has no desire to dance with its larger rival Aviva Plc. It hastily rejected a £17 billion ($30 billion) offer a week ago (See IJ...
Mar 20 2006 // It may still be wintry and cold in London and Minnesota, but that hasn’t seemed to dampen the springtime ardor for big merger plans. Shortly after speculation rose that St. Paul/Travelers was seeking to merge with...
Feb 2 2006 // The U.K.’s Aviva plc announced that it has acquired a 51 percent stake in Eagle Insurance Limited, the third-largest insurer in Sri Lanka.Aviva also noted that its new acquisition has “entered into a...
Aug 22 2005 // Second Quarter Profit Figures on the Rise: April, May and June are usually good months for the insurance industry, and 2005 has been no exception. While AIG led the U.S. contingent with a second quarter net figure of $3.99...
Aug 22 2005 // Second Quarter Profit Figures on the Rise: April, May and June are usually good months for the insurance industry, and 2005 has been no exception. While AIG led the U.S. contingent with a second quarter net figure of $3.99...
Aug 11 2005 // The U.K.’s largest insurer, Aviva Plc reported strong first half results with worldwide operating profit up 21 percent to 1.318 billion pounds ($2.38 billion), compared to 1.076 billion pounds ($1.94 billion) in the...
Mar 10 2005 // Aviva (formerly CGNU/Norwich Union) announced a net operating profit for 2004 of £2.344 billion ($4.5 billion), a 25 percent increase from 2003’s £1.72 billion ($3.3 billion). The U.K.’ largest insurer also...
Oct 18 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has assigned a financial strength rating of “A+” (Superior) and an issuer credit rating of “aa-” to the core companies of the U.K.’s Aviva Group.Best also...
Sep 24 2004 // Aviva Plc., the U.K.’s largest insurer, announced that it plans to increase its offshoring capacity by moving some 950 jobs offshore “to service its existing Norwich Union businesses.”The group has...
Sep 7 2004 // The U.K.’s Aviva (ex-CGNU) has agreed to sell its Asian non-life business to Japan’s second largest general insurer (after Tokio Marine) Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co Ltd. (MSI), for £249 million ($443...
Aug 12 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings announced that it has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on non-life French insurer Aviva Assurances S.A. to ‘AA-‘ from...
Feb 6 2004 // The U.K’s largest insurer, Aviva plc, announced that intends to close down its insurance brokerage operation, Hill House Hammond. The closure will eliminate around 1,600 jobs, as Aviva shutters the broker’s 240...
Jan 30 2004 // Aviva Plc appears to have successfully headhunted Andrew Moss, currently the top financial officer at Lloyd’s. The U.K.’s largest insurer announced yesterday that Moss, 45, is expected to join Aviva as its new...