Aviva suffers £3bn loss in 2012 and slashes dividend

Laura Miller
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Aviva suffered a loss of £3bn in 2012 due to a £3.3bn writedown from the sale of its US business last year.

The group also slashed its final dividend by 44% from 16p to 9p per share and from 26p to 19p for the full year, a cut of 27%. Group chief executive officer Mark Wilson (pictured) said: "2012 wa...

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