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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...

Ratings Recap: Aviva Canada, IRB-Brasil

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...

Best Affirms Aviva’s Ratings; Places them on Review/Negative

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...

S&P Puts Allianz, Aviva, AXA, Generali, Mapfre Units, 10 Other EU Insurers on CreditWatch/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...

Professional Indemnity Expert Carver Joins Miller from Aviva

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 &...

Ratings Recap: United, Aviva Canada, Jupiter

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...

Aviva’s Accident Recovery Sale to Carlyle Won’t Change Ratings Says S&P

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...

Aviva Hires Friends Provident ex-CEO Matthews for UK Unit

Jun 3 2011 // British insurer Aviva Plc on Thursday named highly-regarded industry veteran Trevor Matthews as head of its UK division, replacing Mark Hodges, who resigned unexpectedly.Australian-born Matthews, a former head of rival...

Ratings Roundup: Aviva/Delta Lloyd, Montana Re (cat bonds), Montpelier Re (notes), Arab Orient

May 9 2011 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has commented that the ratings for the UK’s Aviva plc and its subsidiary companies remain unchanged as a result of Aviva’s announcement to sell a portion of its...

S&P Revises Outlook on UK’s Aviva: Ratings Affirmed

Feb 10 2011 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on Aviva PLC, the holding company of the U.K.-based global multiline insurance group Aviva, and the majority of its operating entities, to stable from...

S and P Lowers Aviva Insurance Ratings from ‘A+’ to ‘A-‘ After Ireland Downgrade

Feb 4 2011 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Aviva Insurance Europe SE (Aviva SE) to ‘A-‘ from ‘A+’.In...

Willis’ FINEX National Strengthens VEAGIS for UK Property Experts

Dec 23 2010 // FINEX National, which handles financial, professional and management liability insurance for clients of Willis Group Holdings, announced that it has launched a new offering under its VEAGIS brand, a professional indemnity...

Best Revises Aviva and Subs Outlook to Positive; Affirms Ratings

Dec 1 2010 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” of the UK-Based non-operating holding company, Aviva plc....

Aviva States RSA Offer not in Shareholder Interest

Aug 18 2010 // Insurer Aviva PLC said Monday it rejected a £5 billion ($7.8 billion) cash offer from rival RSA Insurance Group PLC for some of its general insurance businesses because the deal wasn’t in the best interest of...

RSA Confirms Offer to Buy Aviva’s P/C Operations for $7.83 Billion

Aug 16 2010 // UK insurer RSA has confirmed that it has “put forward a proposal to Aviva to acquire its UK, Canadian and Irish general insurance businesses, excluding RAC and Health (the Target Businesses), for £5 billion...