History of Aviva
Aviva was created following the merger of CGU and Norwich Union, which took effect on 30 May 2000. The group was called CGNU until rebranding as Aviva in July 2002.
However, the story of the Group dates back to the 18th Century, when Norwich Union was created.
The timeline below shows a brief summary of the Group history since 2000.
| Apr 2008 | All brands to rename to Aviva |
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| Feb 2008 | Aviva Investors, Aviva's global asset manager, is created |
| Jan 2008 | Aviva enters the South Corean market |
| Jan 2008 | Delta Lloyd agrees to acquire Swiss Life Belgium |
| Jan 2008 | Aviva Acquires UBI Vita in Italy |
| Sep 2007 | Aviva acquires Certinvest in Romania |
| Jul 2007 | Andrew Moss takes up CEO role |
| Jun 2007 | Aviva signs bancassurance deal in Spain |
| Apr 2007 | Aviva signs joint venture agreement in Taiwan |
| Mar 2007 | Delta Lloyd acquires Erasmus Groep |
| Jan 2007 | Aviva extends lead in bancassurance in India Retirement of group chief executive Richard Harvey announced |
| Nov 2006 | Aviva completes acquisition of AmerUs in the US |
| Mar 2006 | Aviva receives licence in Russia |
| Feb 2006 | Aviva announces acquisition and bancassurance deal in Sri Lanka |
| Jan 2006 | Aviva announces changes to group organisation to create Aviva UK and Aviva International Aviva partners with Centurion Bank of Punjab in India |
| Nov 2005 | Hibernian in bancassurance joint venture with AIB |
| Aug 2005 | Aviva appoints new chairman |
| Mar 2005 | Aviva to bring together Norwich Union Insurance and RAC for about £1.1 billion |
| Sep 2004 | Aviva to sell its general insurance businesses in Asia |
| Aug 2004 | Aviva acquires HPI Group Holdings Ltd in the UK |
| Jul 2004 | Aviva sells Your Move and e.surv in UK |
| Apr 2004 | Aviva to extend bancassurance distribution in Italy |
| Feb 2004 | Norwich Union to close UK broker subsidiary Hill House Hammond |
| Dec 2003 | Aviva announces offshoring plans for 2003 |
| May 2003 | Aviva announces changes to senior executive responsibilities |
| Feb 2003 | Aviva expands operations in India |
| Jan 2003 | Aviva-COFCO opens for business in China |
| Dec 2002 | Aviva signs agreement with Canara Bank in India |
| Nov 2002 | Delta Lloyd to enter bancassurance agreement with ABN AMRO in the Netherlands Aviva in joint venture with Médéric in France |
| Oct 2002 | Aviva to sell its general insurance businesses in Australia and New Zealand Aviva extends distribution in France through bancassurance partnership |
| Sep 2002 | Aviva enters fifth bancassurance partnership in Spain Aviva to exit Pakistan |
| Jul 2002 | Aviva to extend distribution in Italy with fourth bancassurance partnership Aviva sells Spanish general insurance business Aviva brand identity launched |
| Apr 2002 | Shareholders approve name change to Aviva |
| Mar 2002 | CGNU to sell CGU Courtage in France |
| Feb 2002 | CGNU plans to change name to Aviva CGNU extends bancassurance relationship with DBS into Hong Kong CGNU to sell Portuguese general insurance business |
| Dec 2001 | CGNU agrees fourth bancassurance partnership in Spain |
| Nov 2001 | CGNU announces successful bond launch |
| Sep 2001 | CGNU included in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index |
| Aug 2001 | CGNU enters Lithuania |
| Jul 2001 | Sale of Brazilian general insurance subsidiary Third bancassurance partnership in Spain Bancassurance partnership with DBS in Singapore |
| Jun 2001 | Expansion of bancassurance presence in Spain Acquisition of Fortis Australia Sale of US general insurance business completed |
| May 2001 | CGNU launches first phase of online wealth management initiative Sale of main Belgian general insurance subsidiary |
| Mar 2001 | CGNU enters Hungarian long-term savings market |
| Feb 2001 | Major new bancassurance arrangement in Italy CGNU sells State Insurance in New Zealand |
| Jan 2001 | CGNU announces board changes |
| Dec 2000 | CGNU sells life businesses in Canada |
| Nov 2000 | Sale of Norwich Union pensions and life operations in Poland |
| Oct 2000 | Launch of new life assurance operation in Romania |
| Sep 2000 | Sale of US general insurance business agreed |
| Jul 2000 | CGNU extends bancassurance distribution in Italy CGNU to exit German general insurance market Royal Bank of Scotland and CGNU - terms of bancassurance joint ventures |
| Jun 2000 | Sale of CGNU's South African general insurance business General insurance acquisition in Ireland CGNU to exit Canadian life market |
| May 2000 | Merger of CGU and Norwich Union takes effect CGNU plc to be in UK life assurance sector of London Stock Exchange Court approves merger of CGU and Norwich Union |
| Apr 2000 | European Commission clearance for merger of CGU and Norwich Union |
| Mar 2000 | Shareholders vote in favour of merger at EGMs |
| Feb 2000 | CGU and Norwich Union announce proposed merger |
