What is Aviva?
{{Infobox company | name = Aviva plc | logo = Aviva Logo.svg | logo_size = 170px | type = [[Public limited company]] | traded_as = {{lse|AV.}}<br>[[FTSE 100 Index|FTSE 100 Component]] | predecessor = [[CGU plc]]<br>[[Norwich Union]] | key_people = [[Adrian Montague|Sir Adrian Montague]]<br>([[chairman]])<br>[[Maurice Tulloch]] ([[CEO]]) | industry = [[Financial services]] | products = | services = [[Life insurance]]<br>[[Pension]]s<br>[[Insurance|General Insurance]] | revenue = £17,799 million (2018) | operating_income = £2,225 million (2018) | net_income = £1,687 million (2018) | assets = | num_employees = 30,021 (2017) | foundation = {{Start date and age|2000}}<br>(by merger) | location = [[St. Helen's (skyscraper)|St. Helen's]]<br>[[London]], {{postcode|EC|3}}<br>[[United Kingdom]] | homepage = www.aviva.com }} '''Aviva plc''' is a British [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] [[insurance]] company headquartered in [[London]], United Kingdom. It has about 33 million customers In the United Kingdom, Aviva is the largest general insurer and a leading life and pensions provider. Aviva also has a focus on the markets in [[Europe]] and in Asia and, in particular, on the growth markets of [[China]] and South [[East Asia]]. Aviva is also the second largest general insurer in [[Canada]]. Aviva has a primary listing on the [[London Stock Exchange]], and is a constituent of the [[FTSE 100 Index]]. ==CGU== '''CGU plc''' was a large [[insurance]] group, created by the merger of '''Commercial Union''' and '''General Accident''' in 1998. The Company was listed on the [[London Stock Exchange]]. It merged with [[Norwich Union]] in 2000 to form CGNU plc, later renamed [[Aviva plc]]. ==Commercial Union== Commercial Union was established following a conflagration near [[London Bridge]] in 1861, known as the [[1861 Tooley Street fire|Great Tooley Street Fire]], which destroyed a number of warehouses and wharves along the [[River Thames]] as a result of which the fire insurance companies were hit by a series of massiv