Aviva

Aviva has reached a preliminary agreement to acquire rival insurer Direct Line for £3.6 billion after its third takeover bid was accepted.

Insurance giant Aviva has announced a stellar first half of 2024, with a 14% rise in operating profit to £875 million. The growth is attributed to a 15% surge in general insurance premiums, reaching £6 billion.

Persimmon has made an equity investment in volumetric modular house builder TopHat, establishing a strategic partnership between the two businesses.

Perth and Kinross Council has approved plans for a 77-metre turbine at insurer Aviva's Pitheavlis site. The turbine, sited adjacent to the overflow car park area on the Pitheavlis site in Perth, will allow 100 per cent of the office's electricity demand to be met through renewable energy.

New Aviva research has revealed that more people in the UK aged between 65 and 74 are still working compared to six years ago.

A new report from Perth-based insurance giant Aviva has found tht four out of five (80%) employers compared to 65% of employees think it is important that a workplace pension fund is invested responsibly.

New research from Perth-based insurance giant Aviva has revealed that mortgages are being paid off later than they were 6 years ago.

Perth-based insurance giant Aviva has revealed that the proportion of insurance claims tainted with fraud increased by 13% in 2021. Aviva uncovered more than 11,000 instances of claims fraud last year, worth more than £122m. That is equivalent to detecting more than 30 bogus claims every day,

An Edinburgh-based team from CMS has advised Aviva Investors on a refinancing of 12 NHS primary health and integrated care centres across the Kingston upon Hull area. Built as part of the NHS LIFT (Local Improvement Finance Trust) Programme, Hull Citycare Limited’s portfolio of healthcare proj

New research from Aviva studying the attitudes of the over 50s towards their pension has uncovered that half (49%) regret not saving into their pension sooner, and almost two thirds (64%) wish they had contributed more into their retirement savings at an earlier stage.

Perth-based insurance giant Aviva has announced a proposed return of capital of £3.75 billion to the holders of its ordinary shares. The shares will be returned by the way of a B share scheme. This is in addition to the £1 billion share buy-back which is underway

Perth-based insurance giant Aviva has trawled through its archives to unearth a treasure trove of unusual claims dating back centuries, as it approaches its 325th anniversary on November 12. Historical claims involve a leap-frogging vicar, a swearing parrot and an elephant who attempted to get insid

Perth-based insurance giant Aviva has posted its highest general insurance sales for a decade and hailed record performance in its savings and retirement arm. Savings and retirement sales soared by 23% to £6.2 billion in the first quarter of this year, with net inflows of cash up 31%, as the c

Almost all of 50 of the UK's biggest employers questioned by the BBC have said they do not plan to bring staff back to the office on a full-time basis.

Perth-based insurer Aviva has abandoned its 2022 hiring target for older workers. The firm has employed 600 over-50s since it highlighted plans in late 2017 to obtain more older workers as life expectancy in the UK rises.