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Aviva, RSA, Direct Line Face Heaviest Losses from UK Floods

Feb 24 2014 // Aviva Plc, RSA Insurance Group Plc, and Direct Line Group Plc are poised to bear the brunt of losses from flooding in Britain that is estimated to cost the industry as much as £1 billion ($1.667 billion).Aviva, the...

Aviva CFO Regan Resigns after Four Years to Join QBE

Jan 23 2014 // Aviva plc, the U.K.’s second-biggest insurer by market value, said Chief Financial Officer Pat Regan resigned to take up a similar job at Australia’s QBE Insurance Group Ltd.Regan, who joined Aviva as CFO in...

Ratings Recap: QBE Optima, Aviva (Canada), Syndicate 609, Adamjee

Oct 21 2013 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of Puerto Rico-based QBE Optima Insurance Company, both with stable outlooks. The...

Aviva’s Buyer Intends to Trim Des Moines-Area Jobs

Sep 5 2013 // The buyer of Aviva USA intends to trim about 90 Aviva jobs in the Des Moines, Iowa-area as it cuts about 10 percent of the insurer’s workforce. The Des Moines Register says Aviva employees were told about the...

Iowa Insurance Regulator Approves Aviva Acquisition

Aug 19 2013 // Iowa’s insurance regulator has approved the acquisition of West Des Moines-based AvivaUSA and subsidiaries by Athene Holding Ltd., a life insurance company owned primarily by private equity fund Apollo Global...

Aviva Considering Sale of India Life Insurance Stake Say Sources

Aug 5 2013 // Aviva PLC is planning to pull out of its Indian insurance joint venture, valued at more than $500 million, as the British insurer retreats from less-profitable markets where it has struggled to grow its business, sources...

UK Insurer Aviva to Cut 2,000 Jobs Worldwide

Apr 18 2013 // British insurer Aviva Plc will cut as many as 2,000 jobs worldwide in the latest cost-cutting drive aimed at revitalizing its flagging fortunes, the company confirmed on Thursday.Chief Executive Mark Wilson told staff the...

Sun Life, Khazanah to Buy Aviva’s Malaysian Insurance JV for C$586 Million

Jan 17 2013 // Canada’s Sun Life Financial and Malaysian state investor Khazanah will buy 98 percent of Aviva Plc’s Malaysian insurance joint venture with lender CIMB for C$586 million (US$593.6 million). Sun Life and...

Ratings: Aviva (Subs), Flagstone Re Africa, Arig, Salama, Bahrain Nat’l., BEST RE

Dec 20 2012 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a+” of several European insurance subsidiaries of...

Aviva Names ex-AIA Chief Wilson as New CEO

Nov 21 2012 // The UK’s Aviva plc announced that Mark Wilson will join the board of the Company on December 1st, 2012 and will become chief executive officer effective January 1, 2013. John McFarlane, chairman of Aviva, who has...

Insurer Aviva Nearing Sale of U.S. Business

Nov 8 2012 // Aviva, the UK’s second-biggest insurer, is closing in on the sale of its underperforming U.S. business, a key part its drive to strengthen its finances in an uncertain economic climate and revive its share price.The...

UK Insurer Aviva Culls Units in Turnaround Drive

Jul 6 2012 // Aviva, the UK’s No.2 insurer, plans to sell or close more than a quarter of its businesses in a shake-up aimed at regaining the support of investors irked by the group’s flagging share price.The company, whose...

Ratings Roundup: Aviva Canada, AEGIS

Jun 11 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has reviewed and maintained the under review status of the financial strength ratings of A (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a+” of Aviva Insurance Company of Canada and its...

Harris Joins Torus as Group Chief Financial Officer

May 15 2012 // Global specialty insurer Torus announced that Tim Harris has joined the company as Group Chief Financial Officer. He is based in Torus’ London office, and reports to Clive Tobin, Torus Group Chief Executive.Harris...

Best Sees No Ratings Changes at Aviva after Moss Departure

May 10 2012 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has commented that the financial strength ratings, issuer credit ratings and debt ratings of the UK’s Aviva plc and its subsidiaries “are unaffected by the recent...

Aviva Gives Financial Terms of Moss’ Departure

May 9 2012 // Following the announcement that Andrew Moss will leave the Aviva Group at the end of May, the company announced that he “will receive basic salary in lieu of 12 months notice in accordance with his contractual...

Moss Quits as Aviva CEO; McFarlane Takes over as Interim Boss

May 8 2012 // Andrew Moss has announced his resignation, with immediate effect, as CEO of Aviva, the UK’s largest insurance group. The move comes five days after his salary figures were rejected at the annual general meeting of...

Harris Joins Torus from Aviva as Group CFO

Feb 16 2012 // Global specialty insurer Torus announced that Tim Harris will be joining the company as Group Chief Financial Officer, subject to regulatory approval.He has more than 20 years’ experience in financial and capital...

MetLife to Acquire Aviva’s Czech, Hungarian, Romanian Operations

Jan 30 2012 // MetLife, Inc. announced that it has agreed to acquire the life insurance businesses of UK-based Aviva plc in the Czech Republic (Aviva Czech Life) and Hungary (Aviva Hungary Life), and its life insurance and pension...

Best Places Aviva’s U.S. Subsidiaries Ratings under Review/Negative

Dec 16 2011 // Following its rating actions on the UK-based Aviva plc, A.M. Best Co. has placed under review with negative implications the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A ‘(Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of...