Harvey Jones says the Aviva share price has had a brilliant 12 months, powering ahead of its FTSE 100 rivals. Now he’s wondering if it can repeat the trick next year. When investing, your ...

Aviva plc has entered preliminary discussions to acquire the entire share capital of Direct Line Insurance Group plc in a deal valued at approximately 275 pence per share. The proposal represents ...

Jen Frost, editor, Professional Adviser, discusses how Aviva's potential acquisition on Direct Line Group (DLG) could cause a headache for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Aviva has ...

Aviva boss Amanda Blanc has more takeover targets in her sights after the insurer's swoop on its rival Direct Line last week. Blanc, 57, is eyeing up potential expansion areas in Aviva's business ...

DIRECT LINE has accepted a £3.6billion takeover offer from rival Aviva in a move that will create a home and car insurance giant. Aviva sweetened its bid to 275p-a-share yesterday after two ...

Direct Line said on Friday it had agreed a provisional 275p a share takeover offer from larger rival Aviva. The takeover would give Aviva a car insurance market share of more than 20pc ...

Amanda Blanc’s Direct Line Triumph Marks Big Win for Aviva’s CEO Insurance CEO was once told she was ‘not the man for the job’ Her mission is to build UK champion with Direct Line takeover ...

British insurer Aviva has agreed to buy smaller rival Direct Line in a sweetened £3.61 billion cash-and-stock deal that will create the UK's largest home and motor insurer. In a joint statement ...

One of the UK's biggest insurers could get even bigger as Direct Line looks set to accept a sweetened £3.61bn takeover bid from Aviva. It's not the first time Aviva has tried to buy Direct Line ...

Direct Line has said it plans to back a takeover move by rival insurance firm Aviva. The firms said they have reached an initial agreement over a cash-and-shares deal valuing Direct Line at £3.61 ...

Direct Line is set to back a sweetened £3.6billion takeover by Aviva valuing it at almost 75 per cent above its previous share price, after the insurance giant’s first offer was rejected.