Aviva Press Releases

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Aviva France announces new CEO

Aviva, the savings, investments and insurance group, has announced the appointment of Jean-Pierre Menanteau as CEO of Aviva France. Menantea...
As a result of poor investment conditions since the beginning of 2008, Norwich Union has today announced that it is reducing payouts on its ...
Property owners need to be ready for the introduction of Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) by commissioning energy surveys early, says ...
The manager of the Norwich UK Equity Income Fund has marked his third anniversary in charge of the fund with first quartile performance...

UK: Parents tested by soaring school sums bill

The start of this school year is set to put the nation's parents to the test as a new study reveals the average cost of putting a child thro...

UK: HPI invests in marketing expertise

HPI has appointed Jonathan Blackmore as marketing manager, to build on the brand's strong position in the trade and consumer markets. With a...

UK: Volatile market hits valuations

The used car market remains volatile. Though demand for low-mileage vehicles, between two and five years old, remains high, older, executive...

UK: Team RAC will be aiming for podiums

Team RAC will be looking to get on the podium when the HIQ MSA British Touring Car Championship visits Silverstone on Sunday 31 August.Silve...
The new private pension product of AvivaSA will be sold in Citibank branches with 150 TRY contribution rate per month and low management exp...
Working at height continues to be a major cause of death and injury at work - with 45 workers dying last year and a further 3,750 seriously ...

UK: RAC warns of bank holiday congestion hotspots

RAC is predicting heavy congestion this bank holiday weekend as music fans set off across the country during one of the busiest festival per...

UK: ADP and HPI join forces

ADP Dealer Services UK has enlisted the services of HPI to enhance its dealer management system (DMS) - Autoline. This new partnership offer...
Implementing behaviour-based safety (BBS) programmes within firms will discourage unsafe actions amongst staff and improve safety performanc...
New RAC research has found motorists fork out an extra £5.50 filling up tanks at motorway services compared to off-motorway supermarket...
Norwich Union is launching an investment plan for customers who want to benefit from increases in the FTSE 100 while protecting their initia...

UK: Planes, trains or automobiles?

Despite record petrol prices, soaring car tax and rising congestion, British holidaymakers are rejecting planes and trains in favour of thei...
Malicious damage to vacant properties and underinsurance is costing property owners millions of pounds, says Norwich Union.  Every year...
Aviva Australia announced today the appointment of Grant Salmon as Asia Pacific business development director. Grant Salmon will be bas...

UK: Team RAC in high spirits ahead of knockhill

With only three meetings left of the 2008 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship Team RAC heads to Scotland looking to consolidate its lea...

UK: Identity theft for vans

HPI is warning sole traders to protect themselves from the growing threat of van cloning - the vehicle equivalent of identity theft. La...
Three quarters of RAC patrols (77%) believe that the quality of Britain's roads has deteriorated, leading to an upturn in vehicle damage and...
An online simulation game launched today helps families understand the UK's risk of flooding, and the policy decisions needed to make sure t...

Aviva Investors hire investment industry heavyweight

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business being created by the integration of Aviva plc's asset management companies1, is deligh...
British record-breaking solo yachtswoman Dee Caffari is eyeing up gold today as her Open 60 yacht Aviva competes in the Artemis Challenge ya...
Aviva plc, the international savings, investments and insurance group, announced today that Grant Salmon has been appointed as Asia Pacific ...
Two of Britain's most famous solo skippers, Mike Golding and Dee Caffari, move into the next stage of their ground breaking technical allian...
As if the recent rise in fuel costs and the credit crunch are not making life hard enough for lower income families - they are also at most ...

Netherlands: Delta Lloyd Group leads pensions market

Gross premium income up 29% to €4.4 billionAgainst the backdrop of challenging economic conditions Delta Lloyd Group achieved gross pr...

Aviva announces £1 billion reattribution offer

Aviva today announces that it intends to offer a cash payment averaging £1,000 to one million policyholders in two of Norwich Union Lif...
Eagle successfully conducted its Samana regional workshops in Matara and Kandy. Over 1,600 teachers participated in the full-day programmes,...
The board of Hibernian Group has today announced the appointment of David Simpson as its new chairman with immediate effect.  David suc...
The theft of materials is no longer confined to the contents of buildings and stock in yards but now extends to the actual structure of buil...

Australia: Aviva drives the green message home

Aviva's chief executive officer, Allan Griffiths today announced a new plan to incentivise employees to be more environmentally sustainable ...
In August, Trigold, the UK's leading mortgage sourcing company, and Norwich Union are to launch a new integrated protection tool built into ...
RAC has today released new figures* which show that breakdowns caused by fuel being stolen from vehicles has doubled since the beginning of ...

Aviva Canada to expand its Premiere Auto Network

Aviva Canada is pleased to announce the expansion of its Premiere Auto Network through the addition of preferred part and paint partnerships...
Norwich Union is warning fleet drivers to be better prepared before driving abroad.  The call comes as The Foreign and Commonwealth Off...
Hibernian Health today strongly welcomes the supreme court ruling today in favour of BUPA's challenge to the constitutionality of the risk e...
Norwich Union is urging manufacturers to be aware of their responsibilities and the dangers of working with machinery, as part of its latest...
Firms should incorporate specific flood contingency elements in business continuity plans (BCP) to minimise disruption and improve speed of ...
RAC has won a three-year contract to supply training to technicians for Mercedes-Benz UK. The deal will see RAC supply eight trainers and a ...

UK: Team RAC - Snetterton - Race report

Team RAC extended its advantage at the top of the Independents Team Trophy championship as Colin Turkington maintained his great run of form...

Aviva realises value from offshoring operations

Aviva plc ("Aviva") announces that it has sold its offshore operations, known as Aviva Global Services ("AGS") to WNS.&#...
Company reputations could be at risk due to a significant rise in aggressive driving, according to RAC's 20th annual Report on Motoring.Road...
Aggressive driving has beaten off competition from increased congestion, speed cameras and roadworks to be one of the biggest changes in mot...
We are pleased to announce that effective from 14 July 2008 Aviva's investment research function has transferred to Standard & Poor...
Aviva Australia today announced new online technology that will enable advisers to set up pension accounts within 10 minutes and payments fo...
Norwich Union Healthcare today launched Income Protection Solutions, an individual income protection product (IIP) designed for the intermed...
Morley1, Aviva's UK-based asset management business, is continuing to strengthen its UK Institutional Business Development team with the app...
People managing health and safety often have a broad range of responsibilities besides health and safety, according to research by Norwich U...

UK: Holidaymakers scrimping on travel insurance

The credit squeeze may be pushing travel insurance to the bottom of the pile for hard-up holidaymakers. More than half of British holid...

UK: Team RAC looking forward to Snetterton return

Team RAC warmed up for the sixth round of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship round at Snetterton on Sunday (13 July) with a succes...
During 2007 Norwich Union further increased the total number of critical illness payments by 4.7%, from 80% in 2006 to 84.7%. According to t...
Firms need to focus on the threat from electricity, which causes approximately 1,000 incidents and kills around 25 workers each year*, says ...

UK: Parents responsible for rising road rage

Road rage is on the increase in the UK, with half of all British motorists affected, and this growing trend could in part be down to drivers...

Aviva appoints Mark Hodges to board

Aviva plc ("Aviva") today appoints Mark Hodges, chief executive officer of Norwich Union Life, as an executive director to its plc...
Morley1, Aviva's UK-based asset management business, and The Crown Estate today announce they have agreed the sale of 50% of Morley's share ...

UK: Motorists driven round the bend at festivals

As revellers gear up for Glastonbury this week, new research from RAC reveals UK motorists are set to drive as far as 100 miles in the wrong...
Businesses outsourcing supply chain services are leaving themselves open to disruption, warns Norwich Union Risk Services (NURS).  The ...
Morley1, Aviva's UK-based asset management business, today announces two new asset managers on its UK Retail Property Funds team.Reporting t...
Hibernian, part of Aviva, and Ireland's largest insurer, has announced today that it will reorganise its business to increase operational ef...