All the headlines from our Aviva France Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 30 2014 // Aviva plc, the U.K.’s second-biggest insurer by market value, reported a 15 percent rise in new business in the first nine months of the year, driven by its European and Asian operations.The value of new business, a...
Sep 19 2014 // British insurer Aviva is selling its stake in joint venture CxG Aviva for €287 million ($369 million) to venture partner Novacaixagalicia (NCG) Banco after a Spanish tribunal ruling cleared the way for a deal.The cash...
Sep 12 2014 // Aviva Plc, the U.K.’s second- largest insurer by market value, named Adrian Montague as non- executive chairman, replacing John McFarlane, who is taking up the same job at Barclays Plc.Montague, 66, who joined the...
Jun 3 2014 // The three former top executives at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, indicted by the Manhattan district attorney for falsely portraying the failing law firm’s financial condition, are using the criminal proceedings to halt a...
Mar 6 2014 // Aviva Plc rallied to its highest in more than five years after profit beat analysts’ estimates and Chief Executive Officer Mark Wilson said he planned to restore bonuses at the U.K.’s second-biggest insurer by...
Feb 28 2014 // Aviva Plc named Blackstone Group LP Senior Managing Director Tom Stoddard chief financial officer after its previous finance head decided to leave the company.Stoddard, Blackstone’s head of global financial...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...