02/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - On 27 September 2007, the European Commission cleared the proposed acquisition of Hamilton Life and Hamilton General (Hamilton), the insurance branch of HSBC Bank of the UK, by Aviva also of the UK. The Commission's examination of the proposed transaction showed that the horizontal overlaps between the activities of Aviva and Hamilton would not result in high market shares, and for all products concerned, the combined firm would continue to face several strong,...