INSURER Aviva mollified investors yesterday by holding its interim dividend and promising further capital strengthening, as it wrote off £876 million of the £2 billion paid for its US business by departed chief executive Andrew Moss.
Scot John McFarlane, who left the RBS board to move up to chairman at Aviva, then found himself leading the company when shareholders forced out Mr Moss in May, said: "The first priority remains to build Aviva's financial strength."
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