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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9596

7 February 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Joint ventures between Aviva and Bank Zachodni in Polish insurance sector given green light

Brussels, 06/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 5 February the European Commission cleared the proposed creation of two new joint ventures in Poland (one for underwriting life assurance and one for underwriting general insurance) between the UK's Aviva insurance group and the Polish bank Bank Zachodni WBK S.A., controlled by the Allied Irish Banks group.

Aviva is an international insurance group that is also active in long term savings and fund management. Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. is a...

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