Delta Lloyd agrees to buy Swiss Life Belgium

Aviva plc ("Aviva") announces that its Dutch business, Delta Lloyd Group ("Delta Lloyd") has signed a memorandum of understanding with SNS REAAL for the sale of Swiss Life Belgium to Delta Lloyd for €135 million in cash.

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  • Aviva is the leading provider of life and pensions to Europe with substantial positions in other markets around the world, making it the world’s fifth largest insurance group based on gross worldwide premiums at 31 December 2006.
  • Aviva’s principal business activities are long-term savings, fund management and general insurance, with worldwide total sales of £41.5 billion and assets under management of £364 billion at 31 December 2006.
  • The Aviva media centre at www.aviva.com/media includes images, company and product information and a news release archive.
  • Aviva's Dutch business, Delta Lloyd has operations in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. In 2006 the group achieved total income of more than €8 billion with approximately 7,000 employees.