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Aviva To Sell Australia, New Zealand Operations to IAG

Oct 17 2002 // Aviva, PLC, once known as the insurance company CGNU, has agreed to sell its general insurance operations in Australia and New Zealand to the Insurance Australia Group (IAG) for A$1.86 billion (approximately U.S. $1...

FINEOS to Supply Aviva’s Delta Lloyd with Claims Management System

Sep 6 2002 // Ireland’s FINEOS Corp., which conducts business in the U.S. from Portland Maine, announced that it has agreed to supply Delta Lloyd in the Netherlands, a division of the U.K. ‘s AVIVA plc (formerly CGNU), with...

Groupama to Purchase Aviva’s Spanish P/C Unit for

Jul 12 2002 // France’s Groupama will acquire Plus Ultra Generales, Aviva’s ( ex-CGNU’s) Spanish p/c operation for €246 million ($240 million).The acquisition gives the French mutual insurer a 1.4 percent share of the...

CGNU R.I.P. – Welcome Aviva

Jul 2 2002 // In the latest triumph of marketing hype over common sense, CGNU, the U.K.’s largest insurer, officially recommenced life on Monday as Aviva Plc. CEO Richard Harvey, who first proposed the change last February, has...

Viva Aviva CGNU’s Shareholders Approve Name Change

Apr 24 2002 // CGNU’s Directors succeeded in getting shareholder approval for their plan to rename the venerable insurer Aviva, as of July 1, despite some opposition and the opinions of some analysts (and editors) that the new name...

CGNU Cuts Dividend, Announces Rebranding as Aviva

Feb 28 2002 // U.K.-based global insurer CGNU plans on renaming itself Aviva Plc, and also announced that, even though it had achieved a remarkable 41 percent growth in operating profits last year, it planned on reducing its dividend...