Ireland's state-controlled Allied Irish Banks (AIB) is to end a five-year old deal with British insurer Aviva under which the bank sold Aviva life and pension products through its branches. "AIB will continue to offer its customers a full suite of life and pensions products through Aviva until a new distribution arrangement with a new third party provider is in place, details of which will be announced shortly," the bank said in a statement on Thursday.
AIB is in talks with Irish Life & Permanent about replacing Aviva, a source familiar with the talks told Reuters. The joint venture was 75 percent owned by Aviva with the remainder held by AIB. The source said AIB may buy out Aviva's interest. Irish state broadcaster RTE said the buyout price could be 100 million euros.
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