'Too early' to know if Irish jobs to go as part of Aviva cuts

Aviva Ireland says it is too early to know whether or not it will be affected by the British insurance group's plans to cut 1,800 jobs in its global operations.

Aviva's new group chief executive Maurice Tulloch is looking to make the insurer more competitive by restructuring its British operations and reducing costs across its business; resulting in 6% of its 30,000-strong global workforce being cut over the next three years.