UK insurer Aviva Plc is the latest financial firm to give some of its staff a one-time payment to help them with the cost-of-living crisis. Around 7,000 of Aviva’s lowest-paid employees were told last week they will get a payout …
Aviva plans to return more cash to shareholders, the British insurer said as it posted a better-than-expected 14% rise in first-half operating profit, sending its shares to the top of the FTSE 100 gainers on Wednesday. Activist investor Cevian Capital, …
UK Insurer Aviva has agreed to sign a binding agreement with the specialist managing general agent Azur Underwriting Ltd., to acquire its high-net-worth personal lines business in the UK and Ireland. Financial details of the transaction, which will be funded …
Britain’s six-year drive to increase the number of women in senior management at financial firms is “stagnating” for the first time, a review for the finance ministry said on Thursday. The ministry launched its voluntary Women in Finance Charter in …
Investors managing $14 trillion have urged the United Nations to create a global plan to make the agriculture sector sustainable and curb one of the biggest sources of climate-damaging emissions, a letter seen by Reuters showed. Food production accounts for …
Instead of oscillating between extreme hard and soft markets, the insurance industry needs to promote a more sustainable business model that will help control the insurance cycle, according to an executive at the insurer Markel UK. And perhaps the ongoing …
Aviva may be able to give more cash back to shareholders, its chief executive said on Wednesday, as the British insurer reported a 5% increase in general insurance sales in the first quarter and said its capital position was strong. …
Aviva Plc Chief Executive Officer Amanda Blanc said that the sexism she encounters has worsened as she has risen through the ranks in finance. Blanc became the insurer’s first female chief executive in July 2020 but faced a number of …
The British government should practice what it preaches on net-zero emissions, according to insurer Aviva Plc and conservation group WWF. Having said last year that UK-based companies must detail how they will deliver on their 2050 emission-reductions goals, the government …
Britain unveiled a new taskforce on Monday to write rules forcing financial firms and listed companies to publish plans from next year for transitioning to a net zero economy by 2050. Last November at the COP26 UN Climate Summit, British …
