Aviva first quarter sales rise, sees 160 million pounds in COVID-19 claims
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LONDON (Reuters) - British insurer Aviva's life new business sales rose by 28% to 12.3 billion pounds in the first quarter, helped by strong bulk annuity saies, and it estimated it would pay 160 million pounds in coronavirus-related claims.General insurance net written premiums rose 3% to 2.4 billion pounds, Aviva said in a statement on Thursday.Aviva, which has operations in mainland Europe and Canada as well as Britain, said early second-quarter trends showed new business sales down across..