“There are excellent opportunities to develop our strong positions in Europe and emerging markets through our multi-distribution capability”
Philip Scott, group executive director, Aviva life international
No.1 in Uk
We reclaimed our leadership position with a market share of over 12% in the third quarter.
Business strategy
Aviva is strongly positioned as one of the largest life and pensions providers to Europe, with competitive businesses elsewhere around the world. Our clear-sighted strategy is to achieve profitable growth by providing our customers with a choice of high-quality, value-for-money products through a variety of distribution channels.
We continue to make excellent progress and in many countries have strengthened our market position, despite 2003 being a difficult year for long-term savings markets. Aviva’s long-term savings business including health insurance accounts for 72% of our total premiums. Our strategy is to grow this business aggressively and profitably.
We continue to see significant opportunities to develop our business. We have major positions in many markets where governments are encouraging individuals to save more for their retirement. We have established operations and are building our market position where we see good medium to longer-term growth opportunities in the large, relatively undeveloped markets of Eastern Europe and Asia. Our size, efficiency and international brand enable us to provide a choice of life insurance, pensions, savings and investment products through a variety of distribution channels to suit the needs of our customers.




Operating review - Long-term savings