Who owns aviva plc

Aviva

British insurance company

This article is about the British company. For the stadium, see Aviva Stadium. For other uses, see Aviva (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Aveva, Arriva, or Avira.

Aviva plc is a British multinationalinsurance company headquartered in London, England. It has about 19 million customers across its core markets of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada.[4][5][6] In the United Kingdom, Aviva is the largest general insurer and a leading life and pensions provider. Aviva is also the second largest general insurer in Canada.

Aviva has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Name

The name of the company upon its formation in May 2000 was CGNU plc and was created when Norwich Union merged with insurer CGU.[7] In April 2002, the company's shareholders voted to change the company name to Aviva plc, an invented palindrome word derived from "viva", the Latin for 'alive' and designed to be short, memorable and work worldwide. The Norwich Unio

Mark Wilson (businessman)

New Zealand businessesman

Mark Wilson

Mark Wilson in 2016

Born

Mark Andrew Wilson


(1966-08-22) 22 August 1966 (age 58)
NationalityNew Zealander
EducationUniversity of Waikato
OccupationBusinessman
TitleFormer CEO, Aviva
Term2013–2018
PredecessorAndrew Moss
SuccessorMaurice Tulloch
Board member ofBlackRock
Children3

Mark Andrew Wilson (born 22 August 1966)[1] is a New Zealand businessman, who was chief executive officer (CEO) of Aviva from 2013 to 2018.[2]

Early life and education

Wilson grew up in Rotorua, New Zealand[3] and was educated at the University of Waikato.[4]

Career

Wilson joined National Mutual, an insurance business based in New Zealand in 1987, and progressed through the management structure.[5] He became chief executive of AXA Southeast Asia in 2001, chief executive of AXA Hong Kong in 2003 and chief executive of AIA in March 2009.[5] He went on to become chief executive officer (C

Ex-Aviva boss Andrew Moss joins Brown & Brown (Europe) board

Former Aviva group CEO Andrew Moss has joined the board of Brown & Brown (Europe).

He was chairman of Kentro Capital, the owner of Xenia Broking and Nexus Underwriting, which the consolidator bought in October 2023.

Moss, pictured, left Aviva in 2012 after five years as CEO having been group finance director for three years before that.

RelatedBrown & Brown completes Kentro buy 

US giant Brown & Brown has completed the previously announced takeover of Kentro Capital, which includes Xenia Broking and Nexus Underwriting.

Global Risk Partners rebranded to Brown & Brown (Europe) last

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