Aviva Asigurari de Viata: 36% increase after 9 months

Aviva life insurer saw its gross underwritten premiums go up by 36% (in euros) in the first nine months of this year against the same period of 2006. According to representatives, the company underwrote premiums worth 17.9m euros in the first three quarters and maintained the growth rate registered in the first half of the year. During the same period, the company’s assets rose by 55% (in euros), to 54.8m euros. Aviva has not published any data concerning the financial results for the first nine months of the year. In line with company data, over the past year, Aviva announced 30,000 new life insurance customers and registered an increase from 400,000 to 430,000. Recently, Aviva group took over investment management company Certinvest, in order to strengthen its investment team and in particular the private pensions unit of the group. In June, Aviva was one of five mandatory private pensions managers to launch products on the market. On October 19, Pensia Mea fund managed by Aviva boasted 3,163 customers.