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 ...

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Two of the biggest names in British insurance are locked in a takeover tussle that has the potential to redraw ...