Insurer Aviva sells U.S. unit for $1.8 billion
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Insurer Aviva sells U.S. unit for $1.8 billion

www.reuters.com   | 21.12.2012.

LONDON (Reuters) - Aviva , Britain's No. 2 insurer, said it had agreed to sell its operation in the United States for $1.8 billion, the biggest disposal so far in a retrenchment aimed at boosting its underperforming share price.
Insurer Aviva sells U.S. unit for $1.8 billion

Aviva USA Corporation, a provider of life insurance and annuities, is being bought by Athene Holding, an insurance holding company majority owned by private equity firm Apollo, Aviva said on Friday.

The sale forms part of a plan launched by Aviva in July to sell or close 16 businesses that tie up over a third of the insurer's capital while contributing just 18 percent of operating profit.

Aviva shares were 1.1 percent higher at 5:20 ET, outperforming the FTSE 100 .FTSE share index, which was down 0.8 percent.

(Reporting by Myles Neligan; editing by Huw Jones)


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