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 ...

The UK’s competition watchdog has begun an investigation into insurance giant Aviva’s proposed £3.7bn acquisition of Direct Line. The Competition and Markets Authority said it had commenced its phase ...

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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 ...

Aviva’s Direct Line Group fined £10.6m for balance sheet reporting errors - The Prudential Regulation Authority said the firm’s main underwriter, UK Insurance Limited, miscalculated its balance sheet ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Reuters) - Direct Line Insurance Group Plc reported a smaller-than-expected hit from the severe floods that swept parts of Britain in the first quarter, sending its shares up as much as 4.5 percent.

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 ...