The insurer Aviva has agreed to acquire its rival Direct Line in a deal worth £3.7bn. The takeover is expected to be completed in mid-2025, at which point Direct Line Group's brands and services will ...

Aviva has finally struck a deal to acquire fellow insurer Direct Line for £3.7billion, ahead of a Christmas Day deadline. Britain's largest life insurer made a £3.3billion approach in November, but ...

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Direct Line will appear on price comparison websites "for the first time in its history" in a move the insurance giant says will give customers more choice. The insurance group will launch some of its ...

Direct Line was the last of the great personal line insurers to resist the lure of price comparison sites. It had even made something of a USP from its stubbornness, including it in many of its TV ...

Direct Line has told customers for years that it is not on comparison websites, but announcing the change on Wednesday, Direct Line said that price comparison websites are visited by 90 percent of ...

The insurance brand will launch on price comparison websites with a new suite of motor insurance products. Direct Line has said it will launch on price comparison websites with a new suite of motor ...

Direct Line’s operating profit undershot expectations for the first half of 2024 as the firm shed more than a quarter of a million motor insurance customers following price hikes. Direct Line reported ...

Direct Line is set to pay out around £30 million in compensation to customers who were overcharged when they renewed their car or home insurance. The insurer admitted to an “error” in implementing the ...

Direct Line has revealed a cost-cutting plan that is expected to lead to 550 job losses. The insurer, whose brands also include Churchill and Privilege, said alongside its third quarter results that a ...

Last year, new rules were imposed that meant existing insurance customers couldn't be charged more than new ones - but an "error" meant Direct Line didn't always enforce the Financial Conduct ...