2024 Interim Results Announcement

General Accident PLC

14 August 2024

 

                                                        

14 August 2024

General Accident plc

2024 Interim Results Announcement

General Accident plc's (the Company) interim results for the six-month period ended 30 June 2024 are available at:

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3270A_1-2024-8-13.pdf

This document will also be available on the Aviva corporate website at https://www.aviva.com/investors/subsidiary-accounts and has been submitted in full unedited text to the Financial Conduct Authority's National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Dividend declaration

The Company announces a dividend of 3.9375 pence per share for the six-month period ending 30 September 2024 on the Company's 7 ⁷/₈ % Cumulative Irredeemable Preference shares of £1. The dividend will be paid on 1 October 2024 to shareholders on the Register of Members at the close of business on 6 September 2024.

This announcement contains regulated information as per Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rule (DTR) 6.3.

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Enquiries:

Media:

Andrew Reid                                                                           [phone]

Sarah Swailes                                                                         [phone]

Marion Fischer                                                                       [phone]

Analysts:                                                                                                

Rupert Taylor Rea                                                                   [phone]

Joel von Sternberg                                                                 [phone]

Michael O'Hara                                                                        [phone]

Notes to editors:

·    We are the UK's leading diversified insurer and we operate in the UK, Ireland and Canada. We also have international investments in India and China.

·    We help our 19.5 million customers make the most out of life, plan for the future, and have the confidence that if things go wrong we'll be there to put it right.

·    We have been taking care of people for more than 325 years, in line with our purpose of being 'with you today, for a better tomorrow'. In 2023, we paid £25.6 billion in claims and benefits to our customers.

·    In 2021, we announced our ambition to become Net Zero by 2040, the first major insurance company in the world to do so. We are aiming to have Net Zero carbon emissions from Aviva's operations and supply chain by 2030. While we are working towards our sustainability ambitions, we recognise that while we have control over Aviva's operations and influence on our supply chain, when it comes to decarbonising the economy in which we operate and invest, Aviva is one part of a far larger global ecosystem. There are also limits to our ability to influence other organisations and governments. Nevertheless, we remain focused on the task and are committed to playing our part in the collective effort to enable the global transition. Find out more about our climate goals at www.aviva.com/climate-goals and our sustainability ambition and action at www.aviva.com/sustainability

·    Aviva is a Living Wage, Living Pension and Living Hours employer and provides market-leading benefits for our people, including flexible working, paid carers leave and equal parental leave. Find out more at www.aviva.com/about-us/our-people

·    As at 30 June 2024, total Group assets under management at Aviva Group were £398 billion and our estimated Solvency II shareholder capital surplus was £8.2 billion. Our shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange and we are a member of the FTSE 100 index.

·    For more details on what we do, our business and how we help our customers, visit www.aviva.com/about-us  

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