Tuesday, April 24, 2007

UPDATE 2-U.S. sales boost Aviva Q1, help shares higher

(Reuters) - LONDON, April 24 - British insurer Aviva posted a 16 percent rise in life and pensions sales on Tuesday, boosted by U.S. business, with its newly acquired AmerUs unit making its first full quarter's contribution.

Britain's largest insurer said sales of life and pensions policies climbed to 7.75 billion pounds , a touch above an average forecast of 7.53 billion pounds from analysts.


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