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    • Monday, 30 May, 2022
      Newsletter
      Aviva’s Amanda Blanc: from mining heartland to heart of capitalism

      Plus, trend-followers get their groove back, ExxonMobil versus Zoom, and David Hockney at The Fitzwilliam Museum

    • Friday, 27 May, 2022
      Lunch with the FT
      Aviva’s Amanda Blanc: ‘You prepare for everything. You do not prepare for comments like that’

      The insurance chief on fighting back against sexism at her AGM, growing up in a mining community — and how big business can do good

    • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
      Aviva PLC
      Aviva chief Blanc says sexist investor comments could prompt wider AGM rethink

      Company reveals results that show impact of inflation on general insurance business.

    • Monday, 16 May, 2022
      Women in business
      Male managers in UK block gender balance efforts, research suggests

      Study findings follow furore over sexist comments directed at Aviva chief at AGM

    • Friday, 13 May, 2022
      Helen Thomas
      Don’t dismiss Aviva’s sexist AGM as a one-off

      Derogatory comments towards women in business have had too much airtime elsewhere

    • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
      Aviva PLC
      Aviva chief warns of worsening sexism after ‘appalling’ AGM comments

      Industry executives back Amanda Blanc, who was told she was ‘not the man for the job’

    • Monday, 9 May, 2022
      Aviva PLC
      Aviva chair hits out at ‘inappropriate’ remarks from shareholders at AGM

      George Culmer ‘flabbergasted’ after series of comments aimed at senior women at insurer

    • Thursday, 12 August, 2021
      Helen Thomas
      Aviva chief moves quickly and buys more critical time

      UK insurer’s boss plans to return at least £4bn to investors — and there seems to be scope to go further

    • Thursday, 12 August, 2021
      Aviva PLC
      Aviva to return ‘at least’ £4bn to shareholders

      Activist investor Cevian says promise a ‘good start’ but insurance group needs to go further

    • Tuesday, 8 June, 2021
      LexAviva PLC
      Aviva/Cevian: tough targets license Blanc to push harder Premium content

      Large, lethargic and underperforming, the UK insurer is tempting for the Swedish activist investor

    • Tuesday, 8 June, 2021
      Aviva PLC
      Cevian builds stake in Aviva to press for cost cuts and £5bn payout

      Europe’s largest activist investor has almost 5% holding in UK insurer

    • Friday, 26 March, 2021
      Aviva PLC
      Insurer Aviva sells Polish business to Allianz for €2.5bn

      Deal marks end of group’s efforts to slim down and refocus on UK, Ireland and Canada

    • Monday, 1 March, 2021
      InterviewClimate Capital
      Aviva chief warns insurers on ‘forked tongue’ over climate change

      Amanda Blanc says pledges to fight emissions have to be reflected in products it sells

    • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
      LexAviva PLC
      Aviva: Blanc cheque Premium content

      Amanda Blanc has delivered to shareholders what numerous previous chief executives have not

    • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
      Aviva PLC
      Aviva to sell French unit for €3.2bn

      Deal is part of plan to slim down British insurance group

    • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
      ESG investing
      Aviva Investors aims for greener future with cuts to carbon emissions

      New chief Mark Versey believes renewable energy push will spark fresh growth for struggling asset manager

    • Monday, 23 November, 2020
      Aviva PLC
      Aviva to sell Italian business as new chief slims down group

      Insurer to offload Aviva Vita in €400m deal after Amanda Blanc’s promise to focus on UK, Ireland at Canada

    • Friday, 11 September, 2020
      Aviva PLC
      Aviva sells Singapore operation to local rival Singlife

      Insurer’s new chief Amanda Blanc moves quickly after pledging to focus on UK, Ireland and Canada

    • Thursday, 6 August, 2020
      Aviva PLC
      Aviva chief hints at pulling insurer out of international markets

      Amanda Blanc seeks to focus on business in UK, Ireland and Canada

    • Monday, 3 August, 2020
      Aviva PLC
      Aviva’s new chief faces one of toughest jobs in insurance

      Amanda Blanc will be expected to offer strategy clues when presenting results this week

    • Friday, 10 July, 2020
      City InsiderMatthew Vincent
      Swiss on a roll in British bank boardrooms

      Robin ‘The Terminator’ Budenberg will become chair of Lloyds early next year

    • Monday, 6 July, 2020
      LombardCat Rutter Pooley
      New boss of underachiever Aviva must move fast, if not break things

      Amanda Blanc wastes no time at insurer; accounting watchdog gets credit for moving at all on audit

    • Monday, 6 July, 2020
      Aviva PLC
      Aviva appoints Amanda Blanc as chief

      Shares in FTSE 100 group climb as shareholders anticipate big changes at UK insurer

    • Friday, 12 July, 2019
      City InsiderPatrick Jenkins
      Lagarde’s IMF departure leaves door open for Thiam

      Credit Suisse boss has not said he wants the job, but that hasn’t squashed the rumours

    • Sunday, 7 July, 2019
      Zurich Insurance Group AG
      ‘Personality clash’ behind departure of top female Zurich executive

      Amanda Blanc quit after 8 months following alleged differences with chief Mario Greco

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