<div id="readability-page-1">  <p><time datetime="2026-03-05T09:45:12+00:00">    Thursday 05 March 2026 9:45 am  </time></p>         <div>                                                                                                                 Add as a preferred        source on Google                        </div>    <figure>    <div>       </div> <img width="742" height="495" src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.cityam.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Aviva-1200-x-800-1.jpeg/query-dz03NDI?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.cityam.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Aviva-1200-x-800-1.jpeg/query-dz03NDI"/>  <figcaption>Insurance giant Aviva shares down by over 1 per cent </figcaption> </figure> <div><p>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.</p><p>The group informed shareholders that it achieved its 2026 financial targets one year early, specifically reaching its £2bn operating profit and £1.8bn Solvency II own funds goals.</p><p>Its general insurance premiums grew 18 per cent to £14.bn, with UK and Ireland premiums up 27 per cent, while in-force health premiums reached £1.1bn following 12 per cent growth.</p><p>Aviva completed a £3.7bn acquisition of Direct Line in July 2025, aiming to create a dominant, integrated personal lines insurance business. </p></div><p>The FTSE 100 group expects £225m in annual incremental cost synergies from the Direct Line deal by 2028 and has already delivered £50m in run-rate savings as of end-2025.</p><p>But Aviva removed over 400 duplicate roles in 2025 as part of the initial integration phase with Direct Line.</p><h2 id="h-tech-drive">Tech drive </h2><p>The group is deploying GenAI at scale, including a claims summarisation tool that has halved the time customers spend on hold.</p><p>“Innovation is happening faster than with AI. We recognise the huge potential here… and we believe that Aviva has a greater opportunity than most,” stated Aviva Group CEO Amanda Blanc.</p><p>The report emphasises that AI is being used to assist staff and improve response times, but it also identifies “future workforce” as a medium-to-long-term emerging risk, noting that demographic shifts and tech-driven skill changes could create talent shortages. </p><div><p>The group has now announced the launch of a new £350m share buyback programme commencing immediately.</p><p>Shareholders were also informed of the group’s new three-year targets, including an operating earnings per share of 11 per cent in compound annual growth rate, and to generate more than £7bn in cumulative cash remittances between 2026 and 2028.</p></div> </div>

英傑華(ADR)

<p>英傑華的利潤在收購 Direct Line 後激增，為運營利潤貢獻了 1.74 億英鎊，運營利潤增長了 25%，達到 22 億英鎊。該公司提前實現了 2026 年的財務目標，財產保險保費增長了 18%，達到 140 億英鎊。英傑華預計到 2028 年將從收購中獲得 2.25 億英鎊的年度成本協同效應，並已啓動一項 3.5 億英鎊的股票回購計劃。首席執行官強調了利用人工智能提升運營效率，同時也提到了由於人口結構變化可能帶來的勞動力挑戰</p>

英傑華 (ADR) 在收購 Direct Line 後利潤大幅增長