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Richard J Harvey is Former Chief Executive Officer at Aviva PLC. See Richard J Harvey's compensation, career history, education, & memberships.
- Former Chief Executive Officer
- Aviva PLC
Jan 10, 2007 · Aviva plc (“Aviva”) the savings, investments and insurance group, has announced today that, after almost a decade in a CEO role, Richard Harvey has expressed his intention to retire as group chief executive on 11 July 2007.
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Aviva's history dates back to two insurance companies, Commercial Union Fire Insurance (CU), created following the Great Tooley Street Fire of London in 1861, and General Accident and Employers Liability Assurance Association (GA), created in 1885 in Perth, Scotland, which sold workers'compensation insurance. Over the years, both companies expanded...
Harvey was also highly instrumental in CGNU's controversial name change to Aviva in 2002. The new name was chosen by members of the corporation as part of its strategy to become recognized as a world-class financial-services provider. Aviva became the umbrella for more than 50 different trading names around the world. Some companies, such as Norwic...
In July 2003 Harvey took over as chairman of the Association of British Insurers (ABI), a position that Antonia Senior described as "one of the most dangerous jobs in the industry" (Times Online, October 18, 2003) due to the fact that of the previous ten chairmen, seven left their primary jobs—often months or years earlier than planned—shortly afte...
"About Our New Name," http://www.aviva.com/careers/new_name.cfm. "Aviva Cuts 700 Jobs at Its Life Unit to Trim Costs (Update2)," Bloomberg.com, June 9, 2004, http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=a0iIhOPlPkNw&refer=uk. "Aviva Offshores 2,350 Jobs," e-fusion, December 4, 2003, http://www.unifi.org.uk/e-fusion/e-fusion66.htm. "Aviva t...
Jun 12, 2007 · Lord Sharman of Redlynch put on his hat as Aviva chairman last night to deliver the first of the farewells for Richard Harvey before he quits as chief executive in a month’s time, off to much ...
- Gwen Robinson
Mar 1, 2007 · Richard Harvey would have preferred to set sail for Africa against a backdrop of market jubilation. But his last set of results as chief executive of Aviva, published on Thursday, were sadly short ...
Jan 10, 2007 · Aviva is to part company with Richard Harvey, the chief executive who oversaw the group’s transformation into the UK’s biggest insurer, after a decade in charge.
Jan 12, 2007 · Last modified on Wed 10 Jan 2007 19.00 EST. Richard Harvey, the boss of Britain's largest insurer Aviva, who last March led the failed takeover approach for rival Prudential, said yesterday he ...
