All the headlines from our Aviva France Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Dec 16 2011 // 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 “a+” of Aviva Insurance Company of Canada...
Dec 16 2011 // Following its announcements, made earlier this week, A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited is continuing to take rating actions on a number of European (re)insurers, as a result of the continued negative...
Dec 12 2011 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings announced that it has placed its ratings on the following insurers (and certain related operating subsidiaries and certain holding companies) on CreditWatch with negative...
Nov 4 2011 // UK-based broker Miller Insurance Services Limited has appointed Mark Carver from Aviva in a move which, it said, “further strengthens its professional indemnity business.” Tim Norman – Head of UK &...
Jul 6 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of Barbados-based United Insurance Company Limited, both with stable outlooks. Best said...
Jun 23 2011 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said that the ratings on the U.K.-based Aviva Group (core operating entities rated AA-/Stable) are unchanged by its agreed sale of breakdown recovery firm RAC to The Carlyle...