All the headlines from our Aviva France Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 19 2003 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has assigned an “a-” Issuer Credit Rating to Aviva Plc. It has also given an ‘A’ (Excellent) financial strength rating to CGU International Insurance Plc. and Norwich...
Oct 3 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on the primary operating subsidiaries of Toronto, Ont.-based insurance holding company...
Oct 1 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its ‘A-‘ long-term debt rating on the U.K. insurer Aviva’s £1.6 billion-equivalent ($2.66 billion) junior subordinated bond...
Sep 11 2003 // Aviva Plc., the U.K.’s largest insurer, announced plans to raise £1.2 billion ($1.91 billion) in new capital through the issuance of junior subordinated bonds. Plans call for the issue to be completed by the end of...
Jun 24 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has lowered its long-term counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on the primary operating subsidiaries of Toronto, Ontario-based Aviva Canada Inc....
Nov 29 2002 // Global Aerospace Underwriting Managers (GAUM), the world’s largest managing agent in the aviation market, is undergoing major changes. Aviva and Royal & Sun Alliance both announced that they will drastically...
Oct 17 2002 // Aviva, PLC, once known as the insurance company CGNU, has agreed to sell its general insurance operations in Australia and New Zealand to the Insurance Australia Group (IAG) for A$1.86 billion (approximately U.S. $1...
Sep 6 2002 // Ireland’s FINEOS Corp., which conducts business in the U.S. from Portland Maine, announced that it has agreed to supply Delta Lloyd in the Netherlands, a division of the U.K. ‘s AVIVA plc (formerly CGNU), with...
Jul 12 2002 // France’s Groupama will acquire Plus Ultra Generales, Aviva’s ( ex-CGNU’s) Spanish p/c operation for €246 million ($240 million).The acquisition gives the French mutual insurer a 1.4 percent share of the...
Jul 2 2002 // In the latest triumph of marketing hype over common sense, CGNU, the U.K.’s largest insurer, officially recommenced life on Monday as Aviva Plc. CEO Richard Harvey, who first proposed the change last February, has...
Apr 24 2002 // CGNU’s Directors succeeded in getting shareholder approval for their plan to rename the venerable insurer Aviva, as of July 1, despite some opposition and the opinions of some analysts (and editors) that the new name...
Feb 28 2002 // U.K.-based global insurer CGNU plans on renaming itself Aviva Plc, and also announced that, even though it had achieved a remarkable 41 percent growth in operating profits last year, it planned on reducing its dividend...