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CGNU is to create 425 jobs at insurance claims centres in Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Manchester, Preston, Bradford, Dundee, Southend, Newcastle, Liverpool and Ipswich, but 750 jobs will be lost through the closure of 11 other sites. 13-Jun-2002 CGNU is to sell its French general insurance commercial lines operation to Groupama for an undisclosed sum thought to be about £120m. 14-Mar-2002 CGNU is planning to change its name to Aviva to reflect the international nature of its life assurance business. 28-Feb-2002 CGNU is to acquire Dao Heng Assurance and DBS Kwong On Insurance from DBS Group for £31m, in order to expand its insurance operations in Hong Kong. 19-Feb-2002 CGNU has agreed to sell Plant Safety, its UK in-service inspection business with net assets of £3m, to Bureau Veritas. 18-Dec-2001 CGNU has acquired a 50% stake in a subsidiary of Caja Espana for £88m, in order to increase its presence in the Spanish life and pensions market and gain access to 535 branches. 18-Dec-2001 CGNU is to close a Norwich Union office in Cambridge with the loss of up to 70 policy administration staff, and the work will be transferred to other branches. 16-Nov-2001 CGNU is creating 100 jobs at its Norwich Union car insurance call centres in Norwich and Worthing. 17-Sep-2001 CGNU is to create 250 jobs at its Norwich Union life and pensions business in York, having decided to relocate some administration processing investment from Croydon. 20-Aug-2001 CGNU has merged its Asserta division with Propertyfinder to create one of the leading online databases of upmarket properties. 06-Aug-2001 CGNU is to acquire a 50% stake in Bia Galicia, the Spanish life and pensions business, from Caixa Galicia for £89m. 01-Aug-2001 CGNU is to acquire the Insurance Corporation of Singapore from DBS Group for £152m, which will more than double its presence in Asia. 24-Jul-2001 CGNU has acquired a 50% stake in the life assurance division of Unicaja of Spain for £92m. 28-Jun-2001 CGNU is to acquire Fortis Australia from Fortis Group for £111m, in order to expand its general insurance business in Australia. 15-Jun-2001 CGNU is investing £250m in its new Norwich Union internet business, which will involve online banking and wealth management and the creation of 300 jobs in Norwich. 30-May-2001 CGNU is to sell its Belgian non-life insurance business to Winterthur of Switzerland for £72m. 23-May-2001 CGNU has acquired Mebit, the Hungarian life insurance company, from ABN Amro for £64m. 21-Mar-2001 CGNU is to terminate the Norwich Union contract with IBM in August and transfer its data centre to Norwich, which will involve the loss of more than 200 IT jobs in Perth. 26-Feb-2001 CGNU has sold State Insurance, the New Zealand supplier of personal and commercial insurance, to NRMA of Australia for £125m. 09-Feb-2001 CGNU is to set up a new Norwich Union regional sales office in Aberdeen, after restructuring its existing regions in Glasgow and Edinburgh. 05-Jan-2001 CGNU has sold two Canadian operations for a total £133m, with Manulife Financial acquiring Commercial Union Life Holdings and American International Group acquiring Norwich Union Holdings (Canada). 02-Jan-2001 CGNU is to take a £448m charge against the disposal of Marlborough Underwriting Agency to Berkshire Hathaway, in order to get out of its Lloyd's insurance business. 02-Nov-2000 CGNU is looking to acquire a mid-sized fund manager in the US, as part of the global expansion of its Morley Fund Management division. 04-Oct-2000 CGNU is to sell its US property and casualty insurance business to White Mountains of Bermuda for £2.17bn. 26-Sep-2000 CGNU is looking to sell its 70% stake in Quilter, the private client investment manager. 18-Sep-2000 CGNU is selling its 51% stake in its South African joint venture to Mutual & Federal for £115m. 16-Aug-2000 CGNU is to shed up to 250 jobs through the closure of its loss-making global risk business. 07-Aug-2000 CGNU is to sell General Accident Versicherung, its German general insurance business, to Gerling-Konzern Lebensversicherung for undisclosed terms. 26-Jul-2000 CGNU has announced a £600m deal to acquire 50% stakes in Royal Scottish Assurance and NatWest Life Assurance, in order to finalise an agreement made with Royal Bank of Scotland during the bank's takeover negotiations with NatWest. 18-Jul-2000 CGNU is in negotiations to sell its 51% stake in the CGU general insurance business in South Africa to Old Mutual, and is also looking to withdraw from the Canadian life market. 16-Jun-2000
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