Aviva

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Aviva plc is the world’s sixth-largest insurance group and the largest insurance services provider in the UK.[1] It has 54,758 employees worldwide and on Fortune Global 500, they ranked 35 in 2005, 28 in 2006, 50 in 2007, 69 in 2008 and 221 in 2009.[2]


Healthcare

It is UK's third-largest private medical insurer, growing from having 30 employees in 1990 to employing 1,800 staff in 2010.

Health lobbying

Aviva Health employs lobbying and PR form Fleishman-Hillard to lobby for it.[3]

People

  • U.K. Life Peer, Colin Sharman, Lord Sharman of Redlynch, has been Chairman of Aviva PLC since January 2006 and a board member since January 2005.[4]
  • Andrew Moss, CEO
  • Sarah Cox, a Director at the Cabinet Office since 2007 was a Business Development Manager at Aviva CGNU Group from 2000 to 2001.[5]
  • Mary Francis, an independent non-executive director of Aviva PLC, is a former non-executive director of the Bank of England from 2001 to 2007.[6][7]
  • Sam White, group public policy director from November 2010 (announced 9 September 2010). He is a former special adviser to Alistair Darling at the Treasury, and also held special adviser roles at the Departments of Trade and Industry and Transport.[8]


Contact

St Helen's
1 Undershaft
London, EC3P 3DQ

Website: www.aviva.com

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Resources

Notes

  1. Aviva website, group at a glance, accessed Nov 2010
  2. CNN, Fortune Global 500, accessed 07 April 2010.
  3. APPC register of interests to August 2010
  4. Aviva, Lord Sharman of Redlynch OBE, accessed 07 April 2010.
  5. 'Cox, Sarah Elizabeth,' Who's Who 2009, A & C Black, 2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, Cox, Sarah Elizabeth, December 2008, accessed 24 March 2009.
  6. Bank of England, Annual Report 2007, accessed 07 April 2010.
  7. 'Francis, Mary Elizabeth,' Who's Who 2009, A & C Black, 2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, Francis, Mary Elizabeth, December 2008, accessed 24 March 2009.
  8. Aviva, Aviva appoints global public policy director, press release, 9 September 2010, (accessed 15 September 2010).