Aviva's under-pressure chief executive Andrew Moss has a good day, unveiling half-year profit figures that beat City forecasts and sent the shares up smartly... more
If Michael Turner, chairman of Fuller, Smith & Turner, is serious about taking over Capital Pub Company, he is going about it the wrong way. His campaign is more alcopop than real ale with decades of his family's benign beerage behaviour becoming almost boorish... more
Although super-injunctions are holding the media and politicians in their thrall, lawyers are wondering how the industry will treat one of their own... more
Aviva saw life insurance sales drop 14% in the first quarter to £8.8 billion on the same period last year but still reckons business will "thrive"... more
Aviva chief executive Andrew Moss today forecast a return to profit at the insurer as he faced the City for the first time since details of an affair with a colleague emerged
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Whitehall's spin doctors are crafty. Last Thursday, while the row was raging about British National Party leader Nick Griffin’s appearance on Question Time and the Royal Mail strike was causing chaos, the Government slipped out the news that — after 10 months of discussion — it was refusing to back a compulsory register of lobbyists ... more
Aviva’s hopes of announcing its European expansion plans with a fanfare were pushed off course after its married chief executive admitted he had been involved in an office affair ... more
Latest: One of Britain’s biggest companies faced massive embarrassment after its chief executive Andrew Moss, father-of-four, admitted to a relationship with a senior colleague... more
Given the importance to the UK of certain industries — advanced engineering, pharmaceuticals, oil, education, health, banking and insurance being among them — we should be alarmed at how infrequently we as a nation take a step back from the day-to-day hurly-burly to examine in detail what are the prospects for that particular industry, what the trends are, the opportunities these bring, and what the Government and the regulators and the private sector need to pursue in order for the industry to maximise those opportunities ... more
Insurance giant Aviva made another attempt to reassure the market of its financial strength, unveiling improved solvency figures and rising sales in the first quarter of the year.
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Aviva chief executive Andrew Moss got a large bonus and basic pay rise last year, taking his total package well above £2 million even though the Norwich Union insurer swung sharply into the red... more
Insurance: One million customers of insurance giant Aviva who were looking forward to a windfall payout of £1000 have been warned the deal may be scrapped... more
Insurance: Norwich Union owner Aviva all but ruled itself out of bidding for the Asian business of troubled US insurance giant AIG, and moved to reassure the City it is financially secure.... more
Rising fuel bills are transforming airline economics and pushing the industry towards mergers, but the proposed deal between British Airways and Iberia might not be all plain sailing... more
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