Aviva’s acquisition of Direct Line in 2025 contributed £174m to operating profit for the FTSE 100 giant, as the group’s overall operating profit increased by 25 per cent to £2.2bn. The group informed ...

Aviva reported a 24.6% jump in annual profit for 2025, reaching £2.2bn, boosted by its merger with Direct Line and general ...

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 will be ...

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(Bloomberg) -- Direct Line Insurance Group Plc shares surged as much as 39% after the insurer rejected a £3.3 billion ($4.2 billion) takeover bid from Aviva Plc, the second suitor it’s rebuffed this ...

Aviva Plc’s plan to buy Direct Line Insurance Group Plc for roughly £3.7 billion ($5.09 billion) to create the UK’s largest motor insurer has been given the nod from the country’s competition ...

Among the key news on UK stocks, Direct Line Insurance Group PLC’s (GB:DLG) gained over 3% on Wednesday after it announced a strategy shift by listing its flagship brand, Direct Line, on price ...

Motor insurance giant Direct Line Insurance Group surged on Wednesday as rival Ageas announced a cash-and-stock proposal to buy the FTSE 250 firm. At 204.8p per share, Direct Line’s share price was ...

LONDON (Reuters) - UK regulators launched an investigation of the motor insurance market on Friday, saying that competition was not working properly and was pushing up costs for consumers. The OFT ...

Direct Line was founded in 1985 by Peter Wood and Martin Long as a personal lines insurance company that operated with a model of direct-only sales. In the early days, the business became synonymous ...

LONDON -- The shares of Direct Line Insurance climbed 1 pence to 212 pence during early London trade this morning after the company declared its first dividend following its separation from Royal Bank ...