Preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2005

There will be a conference call today for wire services at 8:15am (GMT) on +44 (0)20 7162 0125 Quote: Aviva, Richard Harvey.

A presentation to investors and analysts will take place at 9:30am (GMT) at St Helen’s, 1 Undershaft, London, EC3P 3DQ. The investors and analysts presentation is being filmed for live webcast and can be viewed on the Group’s website www.aviva.com or on www.cantos.com. In addition a replay will be available on these websites later today. There will also be a live teleconference link to the investor and analyst meeting on +44 (0) 20 7138 0820. A replay facility will be available until 15 March 2006 on +44 (0) 20 7806 1970. The pass code is 2784971# for the whole presentation including Question & Answer session or 2780574# for Question & Answer session only.