Aviva, the U.K.’s largest insurance company, has agreed to fully-acquire Direct Line for 275 pence per share, or £3.6 billion ...

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 ...

One of the UK's biggest insurers could get even bigger as Direct Line looks set to accept a sweetened £3.61bn takeover bid from Aviva. It's not the first time Aviva has tried to buy Direct Line ...

(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 ...

Aviva and Direct Line Group have agreed a sweetened cash, shares and dividends deal that will see Aviva acquire its rival and capture more than a fifth of the combined UK motor insurance market.

(Bloomberg) -- Aviva Plc has increased its offer for Direct Line Insurance Group Plc to about £3.4 billion ($4.4 billion), days after its initial proposal to buy the UK motor insurer was rejected ...

British insurer Direct Line is set to recommend a sweetened 3.61 billion pound ($4.60 billion) cash-and-stock takeover by Aviva, it said on Friday, if its bigger rival makes a formal offer. If the ...

Direct Line has announced it plans to back a takeover bid by fellow insurance giant Aviva. The companies have reached a preliminary agreement on a cash-and-shares deal that values Direct Line at ...