Reinforced Freight Coverage Introduced by Aviva GCS
Aviva's Global Corporate & Specialty Division Enhances Freight Liability Insurance and Expands into New Classes
Aviva's Global Corporate & Specialty (GCS) division has made significant strides in enhancing its Freight Liability insurance product, aiming to improve flexibility, coverage, and digital accessibility. The updated product is now available for brokers via the Acturis E-Trade and Fast Trade digital platforms.
Key updates to the Freight Liability offering include increased cover limits, a broader range of conditions of carriage, a new lower-cost 'economy' cover tier, integrated errors and omissions cover, and a significantly expanded marine team.
The expanded team, which has more than doubled in size over the past seven years, supports brokers both digitally and through traditional underwriting channels. This investment in digital insurance platforms, such as Fast Trade (launched in 2009) and Acturis E-Trade, creates a seamless digital ecosystem for 17 products across personal, commercial, and specialty lines.
Beyond freight liability, Aviva has shown increased investment in digital platforms, facilitating bespoke options, like a modular Employers' Liability and Legal Expenses component, especially suited for SMEs.
In other GCS-related classes, such as Real Estate and Construction, no specific recent updates or new offerings have been identified. However, Aviva has expanded capacity and product offerings in related sectors, such as offshore renewable energy, where capacity was doubled to £150 million as of mid-July 2025.
Aviva's GCS division is also venturing into new classes of business, including Political Violence and Terrorism (PVT) and Accident and Health. Probitas will begin quoting for these new classes of business from November 12.
Chris Green, UK Marine Manager at Aviva, and Howard Potter, Head of Marine at Aviva, made statements about the updates to Aviva's products.
| Class of Business | Latest Updates & New Offerings | |-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | Freight Liability | Enhanced cover limits; broader carriage conditions; new economy cover; integrated errors and omissions cover; larger marine underwriting team; digital platform availability (Acturis & Fast Trade)[2][3][4] | | Real Estate & Construction | No specific recent updates found in available search results; general strategic expansions in related specialty sectors noted, e.g., offshore renewables capacity increase[3] | | Digital & Specialty Lines | Modular policy design for SMEs; 17 products on Fast Trade; integration with Acturis eTrade for broker ease and flexibility[1] | | Political Violence and Terrorism | New class of business; availability details not specified[5] | | Accident and Health | New class of business; availability details not specified[5] |
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The Aviva's Global Corporate & Specialty (GCS) division has expanded into the underwriting of Political Violence and Terrorism (PVT) and Accident and Health classes, marking a venture into new business areas. The digital platform, Probitas, will begin quoting for these new classes from November 12.
Insurtech platforms play a significant role in Aviva's business strategy, as evidenced by the integration of modular policy designs for SMEs across 17 products, available on Fast Trade and Acturis eTrade digital platforms.
