Aviva
Country
United Kingdom
Sector
Insurance
Offices
-
Employees
-
Brand value
$4,532m
Brand rating
AA
Enterprise value
$12,851m
Value / market cap
35.3%
This brand has received no votes.
Market cap
* For banks, enterprise value is substituted with market cap. Source: Bloomberg Finance L.P.
Performance of the brand
Aviva plc is a global insurance company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the sixth largest insurance company in the world measured by net premium income and has 53 million customers in 28 countries. In its home market it is the market leader in both general insurance and life and pensions across a broad product range. It also has major businesses in Continental Europe, North America and Asia. The Company's main activities are general and life insurance as well as long-term savings and fund management. The group has 54,000 employees and around £379 billion of assets under management.
League tables
Aviva appears in the following brand league tables:
Rank 227 in the
Global 500 2012.
Rank 156 in the
Global 500 2011.
Rank 17 in the
UK Top 50 2011.
Rank 156 in the
Global 500 2011.
Rank 141 in the
Global 500 2010.
Rank 17 in the
UK Top 50 2010.
Rank 103 in the
Global 500 2009.
Rank 126 in the
Global 500 2008.
2012 brand performance*
Brand value
$4,532m
Brand rating
AA
Enterprise value
$12,851m
Value / ent. value
35.3%
* Figures taken on 31st December 2011.
2011 brand performance*
Brand value
$6,175m
Brand rating
AA
Enterprise value
$15,377m
Value / ent. value
40.2%
* Figures taken on 31st December 2010.
2010 brand performance*
Brand value
$5,882m
Brand rating
A+
Enterprise value
$17,105m
Value / ent. value
34.4%
* Figures taken on 31st December 2009.
2009 brand performance*
Brand value
$6,065m
Brand rating
A
Enterprise value
-
Value / ent. value
-
* Figures taken on 31st December 2008.
Company history
Aviva can trace its history back to the formation of the Norwich Union by Thomas Bignold in 1797, the Commercial Union in 1861 and Hand in Hand in 1696 and General Accident. Commercial Union bought Hand in Hand in 1905. CGU plc was formed as a result of the merger between Commercial union and General Accident. Norwich Union operated as a mutual society until 1997 when Norwich Union plc demutualised and became an English public limited company.
Aviva was created by a merger of Norwich Union and CGU plc in 2000. CGU plc was renamed CGNU after the merger and subsequently on 1 July 2002, the Aviva name was adopted. The rebrand was completed in July of 2009 supported by a £9 million advertising and £150mn marketing campaign. In January 2010, the process of Aviva's rebrand was formally recognised when they appeared on the shortlist of the Transform Awards for rebranding and brand transformation in a number of categories
Since 2002 Aviva has withdrawn from lines of business and markets that did not offer the potential for market-leading positions or superior returns, or did not otherwise meet strategic objectives, principally through the disposal of property and casualty businesses in the UK London Market, the US, Australia, New Zealand and certain European countries.
Aviva has grown in part due to the acquisitions of RAC plc breakdown recovery operation for around £1.1 billion, in March 2005 Aviva. It acquired AmerUs, a financial services company in July 2006 which was later rebranded to Aviva. It also acquired River Road Asset Management, a US equity manager, to support the expansion of Aviva Investors business, on 5 January 2010.
