Aviva's life and pensions unit sales boost should please City

Aviva is expected to report a £1bn increase in life and pension sales to £25bn for the first nine months of this year.

The revenue boost is expected to please shareholders when it reports on its trading update tomorrow.

The growth has been generated from its European business, which generated £16.3bn in revenue last year.

Aviva will also report an update on its UK business, including the general insurance arm, reports City AM.

Aviva is also expected to report further increases in its UK general insurance revenue, having lost £1bn in top line under the reign of former general insurance chief executive Igal Mayer, as reported in Insurance Times.