Acquisition - Delta Lloyd

Aviva PLC
27 March 2007




News release



27 March 2007



DELTA LLOYD ACQUIRES ERASMUS GROUP



Aviva plc ('Aviva') announces that its Dutch business, Delta Lloyd Group has
completed the acquisition of Erasmus Groep BV ('Erasmus') in Rotterdam,
following receipt of the required regulatory, works councils and the relevant
competition authority approvals.

Aviva announced Delta Lloyd's planned acquisition of Erasmus on 8 February 2007
and the acquisition will further strengthen Delta Lloyd's position in the Dutch
insurance market.

The acquisition is effective retrospectively from 1 January 2007.

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Enquiries:


Media
Hayley Stimpson, director of external affairs [phone]
Sue Winston, head of group media relations [phone]

Vanessa Rhodes, group media relations manager [phone]


Analysts
Charles Barrows, investor relations director [phone]
Jessie Burrows, head of investor relations [phone]


Notes to editors:

Aviva
     
•    Aviva is one of the leading providers of life and pensions in 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 2005

•    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


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