DIRECT LINE has accepted a £3.6billion takeover offer from rival Aviva in a move that will create a home and car insurance giant. Aviva sweetened its bid to 275p-a-share yesterday after two ...

UK insurance group Aviva has raised its offer to buy Direct Line in a move that would value its smaller rival at about £3.4bn, just days after its first approach was rejected. Aviva is proposing to ...

British insurer Aviva has agreed to buy smaller rival Direct Line in a sweetened £3.61 billion cash-and-stock deal that will ...

The combined group would become the largest home insurer by market share in the country. For motor insurance, it would become ...

LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Direct Line (DLGD.L), opens new tab shares soared 41% on Thursday after it rejected a 3.28 billion pound ($4.15 billion) takeover bid from rival Aviva (AV.L), opens new tab, ...