Aviva GI underwriting result benefits from low losses

Operating profit at Aviva's general insurance (GI) and
health unit increased by 25 percent to £417mn ($551mn) in the
first half, as the GI underwriting result jumped 50 percent on the
previous year.
The GI underwriting result increased to £244mn, driven by
an improvement in normalised accident-year combined ratios across
all regions and benign weather in the UK and Europe, Aviva
said.
The low level of weather losses more than offset heightened
catastrophe costs and modest levels of a