The insurer Aviva has agreed to acquire its rival Direct Line in a deal worth £3.7bn. The takeover is expected to be ...

Private health insurance can offer you fast access to the ... mental health and treatment if you’re overseas. Aviva came second. Its service offers 24/7 access to GP appointments and up to ...

The venture capital arm of the UK’s biggest insurance firm Aviva is to invest $5 million (£4m) in Owlstone Medical, one of the country’s most promising and potentially groundbreaking ...

Aviva has agreed a deal to buy rival company Direct Line for £3.7bn ahead of a Christmas Day deadline. The insurance firm announced the agreement with its smaller competitor a few weeks after a ...

A deal between the two firms would create a significant force in the motor insurance sector, estimated to cover more than a fifth of the total UK market. Aviva chief executive Amanda Blanc said ...