Aviva corporate social responsibility report 2008

Business overview

Notes

 
One Aviva, twice the value.

Aviva is the world’s fifth-largest insurance group and the largest insurance services provider in the UK. We are one of the leading providers of life and pension products in Europe and are actively growing our long-term savings businesses in Asia Pacific and the USA.

Our main activities are long-term savings, fund management and general insurance. We have premium income and investment sales of £49.2 billion and £364 billion of funds under management.

We have 54,000 employees serving around 50 million customers.

Our key strategic objectives are to:

  • manage our composite portfolio of businesses, including life insurance, general insurance and asset management
  • bring together our asset management functions into one global business
  • allocate capital rigorously to provide sustainable returns
  • increase our reach to customers around the globe, providing products and services at a fair price
  • raise our productivity to boost our competitiveness, improve service and deliver sustainable growth.

UK

Lord Sharman and Andrew Moss

Aviva Group Centre

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Morley

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Norwich Union

The Aviva Group is headquartered in London.

The business operates in life and general insurance businesses, and motoring services through RAC, supported by operations in India and Sri Lanka.

Morley is one of the UK's largest active fund managers. To capitalise on existing global presence it was announced that Morley would become Aviva Investors in 2007.

Main operations

Aviva plc logo

Main operations

Norwich Union group logos Norwich Union logoRAC logo

Main operations

Morley plc logo

Employees: 33,686 (includes Aviva Global Services in India and Sri Lanka, part of Norwich Union)

Total sales: £20,302m

Operating profit*: £1,330m

Europe

Aviva employee working on computer

North America

Aviva employee with a child

Asia Pacific

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  • Belgium | 
  • Czech Republic | 
  • France | 
  • Germany | 
  • Hungary | 
  • Ireland | 
  • Italy | 
  • Lithuania | 
  • Luxembourg | 
  • Netherlands | 
  • Poland | 
  • Romania | 
  • Russia | 
  • Spain | 
  • Turkey
  • Canada  |  
  • USA
  • Australia | 
  • China | 
  • Hong Kong | 
  • India | 
  • Malaysia | 
  • Singapore | 
  • Sri Lanka | 
  • Taiwan

In Europe, Aviva businesses operate in life and general insurance, and asset management.

Aviva USA operates in life insurance and Aviva Canada in general insurance.

Businesses in Asia Pacific, at different stages of development, operate in life insurance, savings and fund management.

Main operations

Aviva Europe Group logos Aviva logoHibernian logo Commercial Union logo Delta Lloyd Groep

Main operations

Aviva plc logo

Main operations

Aviva plc logo

Employees: 16,059
Total sales: £19,719m
Operating profit*: £1,971m

Employees: 4,717
Total sales: £5,014m
Operating profit*: £408m

Employees: 2,052
Total sales: £4,117m
Operating profit*: £97m

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* European Embedded Value (EEV) operating profit