# Aviva raises 2026 earnings outlook as insurance premiums grow 19%

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/aviva-raises-2026-earnings-outlook-as-insurance-premiums-grow-19/4121269684
- Published: 2026-11-13T07:02:00+00:00
- Author: Amilia Stone

**[Aviva plc](https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/ftse-company/aviva-plc/av.l)**(
LON:AV) has announced its Q3 Trading Update for the nine-month period ended 30 September
2026

> **Amanda Blanc, Group Chief Executive Officer, said:** “Aviva is in great shape.
> Our performance has been excellent in the first nine months of 2026, demonstrating
> once again the benefits of scale across our diversified business. We continue 
> to deliver strong, profitable growth, particularly in the capital-light areas 
> of General Insurance and Wealth.
> “We grew General Insurance premiums by 19% and, at the same time, improved profitability.
> In the UK, premiums are up 28%, boosted by our home insurance partnership with
> Nationwide and the great progress we are making with Direct Line. We see many 
> opportunities to continue our profitable growth in General Insurance, including
> growing Direct Line motor and home policies on price comparison websites, the 
> launch of Aviva pet insurance this year, and through our market leading businesses
> in Canada and Ireland. We are also continuing to deliver for our customers. Last
> month we started rolling out our AI virtual assistant for customers and our new
> multi-vehicle cover is now live, so a family with several cars can now insure 
> them all under one policy.
> “In Wealth, we are the number one UK player and have grown assets under management
> by 19% to £267 billion. Our strong momentum continues with flows up 31% to £10.9
> billion and we now have over six million Wealth customers. We see significant 
> opportunities for Aviva to expand further – across our Workplace, Adviser and 
> Direct businesses – giving us confidence that we will achieve at least £280 million
> of operating profit in Wealth by 2027 and greater than £500 million by 2032.
> “We are confident about the remainder of 2026 and expect earnings per share to
> grow broadly in line with our target of 11% this year. Aviva’s continued strong
> trading, our strengths in artificial intelligence, and our leading market position,
> reinforce our confidence that we will meet our three-year financial targets and
> grow earnings over the longer term.”

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