(AFX UK Focus) 2007-07-24 12:17 GMT: Aviva Life Insurance jv signs bancassurance deal with India's Apex Bank (Interactive Investor)
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Aviva Life Insurance said its joint venture with Dabur in India has signed a bancassurance deal with Apex Bank, a bank in the state of Madhya Pradesh, to access a customer base of 5.7 mln.

Offering Life Insurance to Your Employees (AllBusiness via Yahoo! Finance)
For many people, life insurance is an afterthought. Those that do apply for it are often faced with mountains of paperwork and the prospects of failing the physical exam and paying exorbitant premiums.

Life insurers seek eight-billion-pound merger (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Life insurance groups Friends Provident and Resolution said on Monday that they were in advanced talks on a merger worth 8.31 billion pounds.