(RTTNews) - Insurance company Aviva Plc. (AV.L), on Thursday, along with announced the cancellation of a Bridge Facility Agreement of 1.85 billion pounds in the proposed acquisition of Direct Line ...

An earlier version of this story said Aviva made its initial offer on Nov. 27. Aviva in fact made its initial offer on Nov. 19 and then announced the offer publicly on Nov. 27 Direct Line has accepted ...

(RTTNews) - Direct Line Insurance Group plc (DLG.L) Friday announced that it has reached preliminary agreement on the financial terms to be acquired by general insurance company Aviva plc (AV, AV.L) ...

LONDON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - British insurer Aviva (AV.L), opens new tab has agreed to buy smaller rival Direct Line (DLGD.L), opens new tab in a sweetened 3.61 billion pound ($4.60 billion) ...

Aviva’s acquisition of smaller insurance peer Direct Line has been approved by the competitions watchdog, paving the way for the formation of Britain’s biggest home and motor insurer. The £3.7bn ...