Latest Aviva France Headlines
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Aviva Expects A.M. Best Ratings Upgrade to Help U.S. Sales
Oct 11 2007 // Insurance and pension provider Aviva USA said a ratings upgrade by A.M Best on Tuesday, Oct. 9th will help it grow its business in the United States. Des Moines-based Aviva USA, the U.S. unit of London-based Aviva PLC,...
Aviva USA Selects West Des Moines for New U.S. Heaquarters
Aug 31 2007 // Insurance and pension provider Aviva USA plans to build its new national headquarters in West Des Moines, Iowa, a project that will result in an investment of up to $150 million and 400 jobs, the company’s CEO said...
Aviva’s First Half Global Sales up 25% to $38.8 Billion
Aug 13 2007 // Aviva, the UK’s largest insurer, also reported some of the largest growth figures for the first half of 2007, with “worldwide sales” up 25 percent to £19.294 billion ($38.816 billion). Other earnings...
Aviva, R&SA Assess UK Flood Costs
Jul 6 2007 // The UK’s two largest insurers, Aviva plc and Royal & SunAlliance Insurance Group plc, have both issued preliminary estimates of how the claims from the recent floods (See IJ web site June 27, 29 and July 2)...
Aviva Launches Direct Auto in Poland
May 17 2007 // The UK’s Aviva Group announced that its Polish operation, Commercial Union Poland, will enter the country’s direct motor insurance market. Aviva noted that the “burgeoning growth in car ownership and the...
HSBC, Aviva/Norwich Union to Create New UK General Insurer
May 11 2007 // HSBC Bank plc and Norwich Union Insurance, the U.K. operating company of the Aviva Group, announced plans to create a joint-venture general insurance company to underwrite and distribute products to HSBC’s 10.2...
Business Moves
May 7 2007 // Aviva The U.K.-based Aviva Group announced plans to expand in Russia. One year ago, the company launched Aviva Russia, and it is now poised to enter the direct sales market with its Moscow-based direct sales force. The...
Aviva Targets Russian Expansion
Apr 20 2007 // The UK-based Aviva Group has announced expansion plans for the Russian market, aimed at achieving “a top five position within five years.” A year ago it launched Aviva Russia, which the bulletin indicated,...
Aviva’s Delta Lloyd to Acquire Erasmus Group BV
Feb 9 2007 // The UK’s Aviva plc announced that its Dutch subsidiary, Delta Lloyd Group, plans to acquire Erasmus Groep BV, based in Rotterdam, from Wüstenrot & Württembergische AG, based in Stuttgart, Germany. “The...
Moss to Succeed Harvey as Aviva Group Chief Executive
Jan 10 2007 // Aviva plc, the U.K.-based savings, investments and insurance group, announced that Group Chief Executive Richard Harvey intends to retire July 11, 2007. The Company’s Board of Directors has named Andrew Moss,...
Aviva Targets 4000 Jobs, $470 Million Cost Savings at Norwich Union
Sep 14 2006 // The U.K.’s Aviva plc announced that its British business Norwich Union has targeted some 4000 jobs for elimination in an initiative to “reduce duplication and improve efficiency to deliver annual cost savings...
Business Moves
Aug 7 2006 // Cooper Gay & Cashman, Cooper Gay Intermediaries Independent reinsurance brokers, Cooper Gay (Holdings) Ltd., headquartered in London, renamed its U.S. domestic treaty operation Cooper Gay Intermediaries LLC. Based in...
London-based Aviva PLC Aquires Iowa’s AmerUs for $2.9 Billion
Jul 14 2006 // Aviva PLC, Britain’s largest insurance company, said Thursday it will take over U.S. life insurance company AmerUs Group Co. in a $2.9 billion deal that will expand the U.K. insurer’s reach into the U.S....
Aviva Receives New China License
Apr 26 2006 // The U.K.’s Aviva Plc announced that it has received regulatory approval for its joint-venture company, Aviva-COFCO, to open a branch office in the city of Jinan, the capital of Shandong province on China’s East...
Business Moves
Apr 17 2006 // Aviva, Prudential “It takes two to tango,” as the saying goes, and Prudential (U.K.) apparently has no desire to dance with its larger rival Aviva Plc. It hastily rejected a £17 billion ($30 billion) offer...
Aviva Gives Up on Pru Purchase
Mar 27 2006 // “It takes two to tango,” as the saying goes, and Prudential (U.K.) apparently has no desire to dance with its larger rival Aviva Plc. It hastily rejected a £17 billion ($30 billion) offer a week ago (See IJ...
Prudential (UK) Rejects Aviva Bid
Mar 20 2006 // It may still be wintry and cold in London and Minnesota, but that hasn’t seemed to dampen the springtime ardor for big merger plans. Shortly after speculation rose that St. Paul/Travelers was seeking to merge with...
Aviva Acquires 51 percent Stake in Sri Lanka’s Eagle
Feb 2 2006 // The U.K.’s Aviva plc announced that it has acquired a 51 percent stake in Eagle Insurance Limited, the third-largest insurer in Sri Lanka. Aviva also noted that its new acquisition has “entered into a...
International Newsbriefs
Aug 22 2005 // Second Quarter Profit Figures on the Rise: April, May and June are usually good months for the insurance industry, and 2005 has been no exception. While AIG led the U.S. contingent with a second quarter net figure of $3.99...
