Aviva
Aviva has sold off its interests in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania to MetLife in a €57m deal allowing Aviva to concentrate its focus on those markets where it has “strength and scale”.
Aviva’s share price fell 3.12% today after it announced it will sell three of its overseas arms to MetLife.
Cash poor, unpopular and without a director-general, AIFA members are beginning to call for radical measures to rescue the organisation.
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