The City loves a deal. Consumers, not so much. For them, a tie-up between insurance giants Aviva and Direct Line, at a time when car insurance prices are at historic highs, is a far from enticing ...

LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - Aviva's (AV.L), opens new tab bid to become Britain's largest home and motor insurer via a 3.7 billion pound ($4.92 billion) takeover of smaller rival Direct Line (DLGD.L), ...

Aviva’s acquisition of smaller insurance peer Direct Line has been approved by the competitions watchdog, paving the way for the formation of Britain’s biggest home and motor insurer. The £3.7bn ...

Direct Line has agreed a takeover offer from Aviva that will pave the way for the combined group to own a fifth of the UK motor insurance market. The bid, which values Direct Line at £3.6bn, entails ...

CMA has up to 40 working days to evaluate agreement’s possible impact on competition in insurance sector The competition watchdog has launched an investigation into Aviva’s multibillion-pound takeover ...

(Bloomberg) — Aviva Plc agreed to buy Direct Line Insurance Group Plc for roughly £3.7 billion ($4.65 billion) in a deal that would create the UK’s largest motor insurer. Each Direct Line shareholder ...