Metronet failures have cost public £410m, say MPs March 1, 2010 ChairmEn of large listed companies in the UK were warned to justify executive pay packets by one of the country’s biggest fund managers, it emerged yesterday. Aviva’s fund management arm, Aviva Investors, wrote to over 800 firms telling them it expected salaries and bonuses to be “prudent [and] aligned to business strategy and performance over [...]
Aviva in Delta Lloyd listing next month October 5, 2009 INSURER Aviva yesterday said it was on track to sell off a chunk of its Dutch unit next month, raising hopes the firm will go on the hunt for buyout targets. Aviva said it will sell off part of the Delta Lloyd unit in November by listing the company on the Euronext stock exchange in [...]
Aviva in Delta Lloyd listing next month October 5, 2009 INSURER Aviva yesterday said it was on track to sell off a chunk of its Dutch unit next month, raising hopes the firm will go on the hunt for buyout targets. Aviva said it will sell off part of the Delta Lloyd unit in November by listing the company on the Euronext stock exchange in [...]
High Court scrutiny for Aviva’s reattribution of 1.2bn estate September 13, 2009 AVIVA is to appear in the High Court today to seek approval for its plans to reattribute a £1.2bn inherited estate, in a case it expects will conclude in its favour in just two or three days. The insurer has offered investors £500m to sign away their rights to the estate – made up of [...]
INSURERS STRAP IN FOR BLUNT’S MILE-HIGH RECORD-BREAKING GIG June 30, 2010 EVER wanted to watch James Blunt sing his heart out – live – at 42,000 feet? No, neither have we, but let’s not diminish Royal Sun Alliance’s (RSA) achievement in breaking the Guinness World Record for the world’s highest altitude live music show. The insurance group has kicked off its 300th anniversary celebrations with gusto [...]
Hodges to head Aviva UK as insurer announces management reshuffle October 6, 2009 Aviva yesterday announced that its head of UK life insurance Mark Hodges is to become chief executive of its entire domestic business, bringing all its UK life and non-life operations under one leader. The move is part of a management shake-up which has been prompted by the retirement of Aviva’s chief executive of North America, [...]
Aviva to raise 1bn by listing its Dutch unit October 4, 2009 INSURANCE group Aviva will today announce plans to raise £1bn through a partial flotation of Dutch unit Delta Lloyd. The insurer is expected to float between 30 and 40 per cent of the Dutch business on the Euronext Stock Exchange in Amsterdam. The listing will be the biggest initial public offering in Europe in the [...]
Aviva names USchief executive September 9, 2009 Insurance giant Aviva has named Christopher Littlefield as chief executive officer of its US business. Littlefield, who was chief operating officer, will lead the firm’s US life and annuity business. He will still report to Tom Godlansky, who runs the overall Aviva North America region. Littlefield joined AmerUs Group – which was later acquired by [...]
Thiam set for £5m payday April 7, 2010 TIDJANE Thiam, the architect of the biggest M&A deal of the year so far, Prudential’s audacious £23.4bn takeover of the Asian assets of AIG, is in line for a remuneration package worth up to £5.22m if he delivers on the insurer’s performance targets. Thiam could receive shares worth up to £2.7m as part of a [...]
Aviva puts saga of inherited estates to bed in 470m deal October 1, 2009 AVIVA said it will hand out a £470m windfall to around 805,000 policyholders that invested in two of its with-profits funds by Christmas. The special payout comes from inherited estates built up by the funds – pots of money that were hoarded in boom markets to protect against market downturns. The reattribution of the inherited [...]