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Market Cap:$16.8B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$48.4B
- Public
- UK
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Aviva plc is the world?s fifth-largest insurance group and the largest insurance services provider in the UK. We are the leading provider of life and pension products in Europe and are actively growing our long-term savings businesses in Asian markets, Australia and the USA. Our main activities are long-term savings, fund management and general insurance.
Chief Executive, Aviva Global Investors and Morley
Alain DromerNumber of Employees 57,010
Contact Information
Saint Helen's
1 Undershaft
1 Undershaft
London EC3P 3DQ
(44) 2072832000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Offices of Other Holding Companies: 551112
Recent Events
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AVIVAs Private Health Insurance Products Solutions Go International
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Aviva discloses execs of new UK business structure
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Report from Europe: Default in the Desert Sparks Panic
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Maurice Tulloch appointed as new president and CEO of Aviva Canada
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Aviva: Aviva Manages Change With Transversal Ask HR
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BRIEF-RESEARCH ALERT-Morgan Stanley upgrades Aviva to overweight
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14 Insurers See Ratings Changes
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CORRECTED-CORRECTED-UPDATE 4-France AXA eyes Asia growth with takeover bid
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FACTBOX-Interested buyers for ING's insurance units
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UPDATE 1-Zurich Financial Q3 profit surges
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Overseas Buyers Poised To Ignite UK Commercial Property Market
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9 Insurers Affected by Ratings Changes
News & Analysis
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Acquisition makes IAG more market sensitive.
- 2003-01-16
Jan 16, 2003 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Insurance Australia Group's IAG integration of the CGU/NZI equities portfolio has left it sensitive to sharemarkets. Worth $A800 million in June 2002, IAG acquired the portfolio when it picked up Aviva's local assets...
Insurers take cover with mergers, premium rises.
- 2003-01-01
Jan 01, 2003 (The Daily Telegraph - ABIX via COMTEX) In 2003, Australian and New Zealand general insurance companies are expected to consolidate. This process started with Insurance Australia Group's purchase, from Great Britain's Aviva, of CGU Insurance and NZI Insurance in a $A1.86bn...
Watchdog waves through takeover.
- 2002-11-29
Nov 28, 2002 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Australia's competition regulator has ruled there is no great lessening of competition in an insurance merger. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission's stance allows the merger proposed by Insurance Australia Group IAG, with the Australian...
IAG flounders due to lack of interest.
- 2002-11-23
Nov 22, 2002 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) Insurance Australia Group shares tumbled to a historic low on 22 November 2002. They closed down $A0.04 at $A2.38 after it was revealed that retail shareholders had subscribed to only 25 per cent of a $A380...
Market snubs IAG's offering.
- 2002-11-23
Nov 22, 2002 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Insurance Australia Group IAG has had a disappointing reaction to its $A380 million discounted share offer. Only $A93 million worth of shares were taken up by retail investors. The money was to have been used...
Institutions take up slack for IAG.
- 2002-11-23
Nov 22, 2002 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) About 25 institutional investors picked up most of Insurance Australia Group's $A380 million share offer. The group's 1.2 million retail shareholders took up only $A93 million of the offer. Schroders' head of equities,...
Slumping shares kill IAG profit.
- 2002-11-13
Nov 13, 2002 (The Daily Telegraph - ABIX via COMTEX) Insurance Australia Group IAG has warned of lower-than-expected profits. According to the company's chairman, James Strong, speaking at its AGM, underwriting revenues for 2002-03 were exceeding targets by five to nine per cent, but...
Insurance Australia Group Ltd (AG) $2.49.
- 2002-11-05
Nov 04, 2002 (Your Money Weekly - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian sharemarket has been unduly harsh on Insurance Australia Group IAG. Investors have been spooked by the thought that the insurer has paid British company Aviva too much for its newly acquired CGU...
IAG set to seal $2b deal with UK giant.
- 2002-10-28
Oct 16, 2002 (The Courier-Mail - ABIX via COMTEX) Insurance Australia Group is on the verge of acquiring the Australian general insurance assets of Great Britain's largest insurer, Aviva. Aviva's Australian assets include top-three insurer, CGU Insurance. Insurance Australia has stopped trading of its...
$1.8bn for IAG's first growth spurt.
- 2002-10-28
Oct 16, 2002 (The Daily Telegraph - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian insurer Insurance Australia Group IAG is to acquire a significant presence in Victoria. Sources believe the company, which called a halt to trading in its shares prior to trading on 16 October 2002,...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Alain Dromer | Chief Executive, Aviva Global Investors and Morley |
| Andrew Moss | Group Chief Executive Officer |
| Ronald L. Keller | CEO Business Manager, Aviva North America |
| Thomas C. Godlasky | Chief Executive Officer, North American Region |
| Richard Hoskins | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, North America |
| Clifford Abrahams | Director, Mergers & Acq |
| Hayley Stimpson | Director, External Affairs |
| Paul Wood | Group Director, Business Protection |
| Danielle Anthony | Senior Group Media Relations Manager |
| Neil Gardiner | Manager, Residential Property Fund |
| Richard Whitaker | Group Secretary |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Colin Sharman | Chairman |
| Elizabeth Vallance | Board of Directors |
| Mary Francis | Board of Directors |
| Philip Scott | Board of Directors |
| Richard Karl Goeltz | Board of Directors |
| Russell Walls | Board of Directors |
| Scott Wheway | Board of Directors |
| Wim Dik | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aviva plc | Chief Executive, Aviva Global Investors and Morley | Current |
| HSBC France | Senior Corp Vice President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aviva plc | Group Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Aviva plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Aviva plc | Group Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aviva plc | CEO Business Manager, Aviva North America | Current |
| Aviva plc | Senior Vice President, Office of the President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aviva plc | Chief Executive Officer, North American Region | Current |
| Aviva USA | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| AmerUs Life Insurance Company | President | Former |
| AmerUs Group Co. | President, COO & Director | Former |
| Federated Investors, Inc. | Former | |
| University of Pittsburgh | master's degree in public administration | Former |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania | bachelor of science degree in urban and regional planning | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aviva plc | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, North America | Current |
| Old Mutual plc | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, US | Former |
| Old Mutual plc | Deputy Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aviva plc | Director, Mergers & Acq | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aviva plc | Director, External Affairs | Current |
| Aviva plc | Director, External Affairs | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aviva plc | Group Director, Business Protection | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aviva plc | Senior Group Media Relations Manager | Current |
| Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | Corporate Public Relations Manager | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aviva plc | Manager, Residential Property Fund | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aviva plc | Group Secretary | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aviva plc | Chairman | Current |
| Reed Elsevier PLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Reed Elsevier NV | Supervisory Board | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aviva plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aviva plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Diageo plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Aviva plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Aviva plc | Group Chief Executive | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aviva plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Opera Orchestra | Director | Current |
| The Warnaco Group, Inc. | Director | Current |
| American Express Company | chief financial officer | Former |
| The Warnaco Group, Inc. | non-executive director | Former |
| NatWest | Former |
Russell Walls*, 63, appointed in 2002. He was Group Finance Director of BAA plc until his retirement in August 2002 and was the senior independent director of Hilton Group plc until May 2003 and Stagecoach Group plc until August 2006. Mr Walls is a non-executive director of Aviva plc and non-executive Chairman of Delphic Diagnostics Limited. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Signet Group plc | Finance Director | Current |
| Aviva plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Stagecoach Group plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Signet Group plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| British Red Cross | Board of Directors | Current |
| Delphic Diagnostics Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Stagecoach Group plc | Senior Independent Director | Former |
| Ladbrokes plc | Senior Independent Director | Former |
| BAA plc | Group Finance Director | Former |
| Signet Group, Inc. | non-executive director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Best Buy Co., Inc. | Chief Executive Officer, Best Buy Europe | Current |
| Aviva plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Best Buy Co., Inc. | Chief Operating Officer, Best Buy International | Former |
| Alliance Boots Plc | Managing Director, Boots the Chemist | Former |
| Tesco Stores Ltd. | Operations Director & Change Director | Former |
| Alliance Boots | Director, Retail | Former |
Wim was born in Rotterdam in 1939 and studied at Delft University of Technology, graduating in 1962 as engineer. He also studied at Rotterdam University of Economics. He joined Unilever in 1964 as a technical trainee with Unilever Meat Group in Oss, the Netherlands. However, in 1981 his Unilever career was interrupted by his appointment as Minister for Foreign Trade in the Netherlands. He returned to Unilever in 1983 as assistant to the European regional director, and in 1986 he was appointed national manager for Unilever Netherlands. In 1987 he became the European co-ordinator for public affairs. In 1988 he left Unilever again, this time to take on the privatisation of PTT, the Dutch post and telecom operator. After successfully completing the privatisation process and the introduction of the KPN shares on the Amsterdam and New York stock exchanges, he retired in February 2000. In 2000 he became a professor in ICT management at Delft University. He is a Grand Officer in the Order of Oranje Nassau (Netherlands) and a Commander in the Order of the North Star (Sweden). Although retired, he was appointed an advisory director of Unilever N.V. and Unilever PLC in May 2001. In April 2004, following a change in the company’s board structure he was appointed a non-executive director. He is a member of Unilever’s audit committee and also of the external affairs and corporate relations committee. He is a non-executive director of Aviva and LogicaCMG, and is chairman of the supervisory boards of Casema Holding and TeleAtlas. Wim and his wife Alice live in Brabant, in the Netherlands, and they have five children and eight grandchildren. Wim is a jazz drummer, reads avidly and enjoys swimming and running.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Unilever Plc | Non-Executive Director | Current |
| Tele Atlas NV | Supervisor | Current |
| Delft University | Current | |
| Wagter | Board of Directors | Current |
| Logica Plc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Aviva plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Unilever Canada Ltd | Board of Directors | Current |
| LogicaCMG plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Unilog Management | Board of Directors | Current |
| Unilever Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Koninklijke Kpn N V | CEO | Former |
| Delft University of Technology | Engineer | Former |
| Foreign Trade, Inc. | Minister | Former |
| Unilever | Former | |
| Foreign Trade, Inc. | Chairman | Former |
Executive News
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Delta Lloyd gets prepared for IPO
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Glance-PRESS DIGEST - British business - Aug 7
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Aviva Appoints Morgan Stanley To Arrange Delta Lloyd IPO
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INTERVIEW: Delta Lloyd IPO Through Existing Aviva Shares
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2nd UPDATE: Aviva's Delta Lloyd Plans IPO; 1st Half Net Profit 50%
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Killing two birds with a partial IPO
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Aviva Posts Profit and Plans I.P.O. for Dutch Unit
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3rd UPDATE: Aviva's Delta Lloyd Plans IPO; 1st Half Net Profit 50%
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Aviva plans Delta Lloyd IPO
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2nd UPDATE: Aviva 1st Half Operating Profit -14% On Lower Sales; Dividend Cut
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UPDATE 1-Delta Lloyd makes plans for IPO, acquisitions
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UPDATE: Delta Lloyd CEO: IPO Through Existing Aviva Shares
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UPDATE: Aviva's Delta Lloyd Plans IPO; 1st Half Net Profit +50%
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UPDATE 3-UK's Aviva profit up, cuts div, plans Delta Lloyd IPO
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U.K.'s Aviva Cuts Dividend
| Volume | 2,200 |
| Shares Outstanding | 1.3B |
| Market Cap | 16.8B |
| Year High | 15.050 |
| Year Low | 12.17 |
| Earnings Per Share | 0.00 |
| P/E Ratio | N/A |
| Dividend | 0.00 |
| Yield | 0.00 |
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