Aviva appoints its first-ever female chief executive

Aviva appoints its first-ever female chief executive after Maurice Tulloch surprisingly resigns By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:03 BST, 6 July 2020 | Updated: 22:07 BST, 6 July 2020 Aviva has appointed its first-ever female chief executive after Maurice Tulloch surprisingly resigned.  Industry veteran Amanda Blanc took the reins yesterday, as the … Read more

Allianz starts 2020 off as UK’s second-largest insurer after Aviva

Allianz starts decade as the UK’s second-largest general insurer after completing deals worth £820m The Munich company has completed two £820 million deals The move puts the company just behind Aviva in the general insurance market By A Daily Mail Reporter Published: 23:00 BST, 2 January 2020 | Updated: 10:08 BST, 3 January 2020 Allianz … Read more

Aviva stopped my 96-year-old mum’s annuity over an address mix-up

John and Chrissie Wade: ‘We still feel that we and Mum in particular have been very badly treated by Aviva’ A Devon couple have won a year-long battle with Aviva after it cut off a frail 96-year-old woman’s £100 a month annuity payments. Ellen Wade’s son and daughter-in-law got embroiled in a bizarre misunderstanding over her … Read more

Travel insurance for summer travel could be tricky – here’s how Saga and Aviva are reacting 

The mention of ‘travel bubbles’ across Europe, and countries such as Greece hoping to reopen to holidaymakers later this summer, keeps hopes of a sunshine break alive. But there’s a big sticking point — travel insurance. Whatever your age, it is impossible to renew or take out a travel insurance policy which will cover you … Read more

FTSE LIVE: Aviva to axe 1,800 jobs; Joules shrugs off retail blues with sales rise

FTSE CLOSE: Aviva to axe 1,800 jobs; Ford to close Bridgend plant; Fiat Chrysler walks away from Renault merger Insurance giant Aviva to cut 1,800 jobs in a bid to save £300million   Fiat Chrysler has shelved its ambitions to merge with Renault  Sales at fashion firm Joules rose 17% to £218million in its last full … Read more

Aviva axes 1,800 jobs as it aims to cut costs ahead of the business being broken up

Aviva axes 1,800 jobs as it aims to cut costs ahead of the business being broken up By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 6 June 2019 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 6 June 2019 Aviva’s boss has unveiled plans to axe 1,800 jobs and pave the way for a break-up of the … Read more

Aviva offers 90-day lifeline for car and home insurance customers

Aviva offers 90-day lifeline for car and home insurance customers struggling in the virus crisis By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 14 April 2020 | Updated: 23:11 BST, 14 April 2020 Aviva will let car and home insurance customers defer premiums for up to three months Aviva will let car … Read more

ON THE BOARD: Aviva high-flyer Andy Briggs takes the helm at Phoenix

ON THE BOARD: Aviva high-flyer Andy Briggs, 53, takes the helm at Insurance group Phoenix By Daily Mail City & Finance Published: 21:51 GMT, 8 November 2019 | Updated: 09:32 GMT, 9 November 2019 Insurance group Phoenix has hired former Aviva high-flyer Andy Briggs as its chief executive Insurance group Phoenix has hired former Aviva … Read more

Aviva, Janus Henderson and Kames suspend property funds amid coronavirus market panic

Kames Capital, Janus Henderson and Aviva Investors have suspended trading on their respective open-ended property funds due to valuation uncertainty as markets continue to be rocked by the coronavirus panic. The groups join M&G which suspended its £2.3billion Property Portfolio at the end of last year due to liquidity concerns, however the most recent closures … Read more