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    Aviva buys rival in £5.2bn deal

    Insurance giant Aviva is to buy rival Friends Life in a deal worth £5.2 billion. The two companies confirmed details of the merger a week after disclosing that they were in advanced talks about creating the UK's leading insurance, savings

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  • BusinessAOL

    New Aviva boss fails to quell anger

    The new boss of insurance giant Aviva failed to quell shareholders' anger as he faced them for the first time since they staged a rebellion forcing out his predecessor. Mark Wilson sought to assuage investors at the company's annual

  • BusinessAOL

    Aviva 'eyes Co-operative takeover'

    Insurance giant Aviva is eyeing a £650 million takeover of The Co-operative's insurance business, it has been reported. Aviva is among a number of firms considering bidding after the Co-op put the division up for sale last month to raise cash

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    Aviva planning to axe 2,000 jobs

    Insurance giant Aviva is planning to axe around 2,000 jobs from its UK, European and Asian workforce under cost-cutting plans. The Norwich-based insurance group also announced that from next year, redundancy pay in the UK will be halved from

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    Aviva Drive car insurance app reviewed

    Aviva's new smartphone app could earn you a discount on a car insurance policy if you drive safely. Find out how it works. Fancy being rewarded for being a safer driver with a cut in your car insurance premiums? Aviva is offering that carrot

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    Aviva offloads US arm for £1.1bn

    Mike Egerton/EMPICS Sport Insurance giant Aviva is to quit the US life and pensions market after announcing a £1.1 billion deal to offload its American arm. The group is selling Aviva USA to Athene Holding - a major player in America's

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    Aviva appoints new chief executive

    Insurance giant Aviva has ended its six-month search for a new chief executive by recruiting the former boss of Asian insurer AIA. Mark Wilson, who will take up the post on January 1, admitted there was "substantial work to do" at the