Aviva

58 results about this entity

Period: 07 Sep 2004 - 02 Feb 2023

Aviva to trial 'pay-how-you-drive' smartphone insurance app

Aviva is inviting motorists to trial a new smartphone app which will be used to calculate tailored 'pay-how-you-drive' motor insurance premiums.

Aviva accidentally fires all 1300 staff at investment arm

Aviva Investors accidentally fired all 1300 of its global staff by e-mail on Friday, before realising its error and retracting the dismissals.

Exchange competition and HFT get hostile reception in UK market review

A government-sponsored independent review into the performance of UK equity markets has encountered deep scepticism among asset managers of the wisdom of opening national stock markets to competition and scathing criticism of the role played by high frequency traders in distorting market values.

SIX Swiss Exchange glitch delays trading

SIX Swiss Exchange has been forced to delay the start of trading by three hours because of a "technical problem".

Aviva risk staff ditch pen and paper for Blackberry PlayBooks

Insurance giant Aviva is handing its UK risk assessment staff Blackberry PlayBook tablets with a bespoke application.

Aviva to cut 950 Irish jobs

Insurance giant Aviva is set to axe around 950 jobs in Ireland, merging its operations in the country with the UK business.

Nyse Euronext testing MTF for European corporate bonds

Nyse Euronext has set up a strategic committee that will assist and advise on the creation of a pan-European Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) for corporate bonds.

Amex names Toby Eduardo Redshaw CIO

American Express has named Aviva's Toby Eduardo Redshaw as chief information officer and executive vice president, heading up the card firm's global technology operations.

Aviva Australia introduces voice biometrics

Aviva Australia has rolled out voice biometric authentication technology from Salmat VeCommerce in a bid to improve customer security and communication.

Aviva malware infection exposes US customer details

Insurance group Aviva has written to 550 customers in the US warning them that their personal data may have been exposed as a result of a malware infection on one of the firm's computers.

Norwich Union to slash 1100 jobs

Norwich Union is to slash 1100 full-time jobs and almost 600 contractor positions in its UK life operations.

Aviva inks £700m data centre management deal with EDS

UK insurance group Aviva has inked a 10 year, £700 million contract with US IT services firm EDS for the management of two UK data centres.