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She immediately called Shira Chuna, a 16-year-old teammate, to express her outrage, although she didn’t tell her parents or anyone else. Then she texted Mustafa in an exchange that she later shared with The New York Times. “I didn’t say you were Musta,” Avishag wrote back. “Right now Hamas are in the wrong.”She told him to tell her if he wanted the videos. It seemed they had achieved an uneasy peace, although they couldn’t be sure until they swam together again.

Persons: ” Mustafa, you’re, Avishag, Shira Chuna, texted Mustafa, “, I’m, ” Avishag, “ It’s, ”, “ Israel, that’s, texted Organizations: The New York Times, Hamas Locations: Israel

"This orderly pause is a further step to rebuild public trust while we undergo a full safety review," Cruise said in a blog post. In addition, Cruise will hire an outside safety expert to review the company's safety operations and culture, according to the blog post. Cruise previously said it had retained law firm Quinn Emanuel to examine Cruise's response to the accident. The teams under Glidden include communications and finance, according to the blog post. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said last month it was investigating the safety of Cruise vehicles.

Persons: Heather Somerville, Cruise, Quinn Emanuel, Craig Glidden, Mary Barra, David Shepardson, Ben Klayman, Chris Reese Organizations: General Motors Corp, REUTERS, WASHINGTON, General Motors, Cruise, Detroit automaker, Glidden, GM, U.S . National, Traffic Safety Administration, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, DETROIT, San Francisco

A man walks past an AVIVA logo outside the company's head office in the city of London March 5, 2009. British life insurer Aviva on Thursday said it was maintaining its dividend, soothing concerns the payout could be cut to conserve capital, and reported annual profits that broadly met forecasts. REUTERS/Stephen Hird/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI, Nov 14 (Reuters) - India's tax inspectors searched the office of British insurance giant Aviva's (AV.L) life insurance unit near New Delhi last week and seized documents as part of an investigation into alleged tax evasion, sources familiar with the matter said. In a statement, Aviva Life Insurance, India, told Reuters "we can confirm that GST officials visited our head office site, we are in full cooperation with them." UK's Aviva has a 74% stake in Aviva Life Insurance in India, with the rest owned by India's Dabur Invest Corp. Aviva's life insurance business has a less than 0.5% market share on the basis of first-year premium collections in India.

Persons: Stephen Hird, Asit Rath, Sonali Athalye, UK's, India's Dabur, Aditya Kalra, Sharon Singleton Organizations: AVIVA, Aviva, Goods, Services Tax, Intelligence, Aviva Life Insurance, Reuters, Indian, Companies, Insurance Corporation, Bajaj Allianz, UK's Aviva, India's, India's Dabur Invest Corp, Thomson Locations: London, DELHI, New Delhi, India

☆ Fact Check: Video of policeman set on fire is from 2020 Mexico protest, not London 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A graphic video of a policeman being set on fire at a protest in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2020 has been falsely labeled online as a British policeman being set on fire by pro-Palestinian protesters in London calling for an end to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The caption of a social media post (archived) sharing the dated footage reads: “Savage! The scene in the video shows Guadalajara’s Zona Centro, at Av. A video shows a police officer set ablaze by protesters in Mexico in June 2020, not pro-Palestine protesters in London in 2023. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

Persons: “, ’, Read Organizations: Pro Palestine, Hamas, Zona Centro, Palestine, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Guadalajara, Mexico, British, London, Israel, Mexican, Av

☆ GM's Cruise recalling 950 driverless cars after pedestrian dragged in crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A self-driving GM Bolt EV is seen during a media event where Cruise, GM's autonomous car unit, showed off its self-driving cars in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Cruise is recalling 950 driverless cars from the roads across the United States following a crash involving one of its robotaxis and will likely issue more recalls, General Motors' (GM.N) self-driving unit said. The recall is the latest setback for GM's Cruise unit that faces growing questions about its technology that GM says it key to its growth plans. Cruise said last month it would halt operations nationwide after California regulators suspended the robotaxi operator's license, saying the Cruise self-driving vehicles were a risk to the public. Cruise is facing two federal investigations over the safety of its cars, including two incidents where the robot cars appeared not to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks.

Persons: Elijah Nouvelage, Mary Barra, Cruise, Quinn Emanuel, David Shepardson, Washington Abinaya, Chandni Shah, Anil D'Silva Organizations: GM Bolt, REUTERS, Rights, General Motors, National, Traffic Safety Administration, GM's, GM, Origin, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, United States, San Francisco, California, crosswalks, Phoenix , Arizona, Houston, Austin, Dallas, Texas, Miami, Washington, Bengaluru

☆ Cruise recalls all of its self driving cars to fix their programming
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Cruise, General Motors’ self-driving vehicle subsidiary, has recalled all 950 of its autonomous vehicles for a software update. Late last month, Cruise paused all its public testing operations while it investigated the incident that led to the recall. GM had announced Monday that it was pausing production test versions of the Cruise Origin, a self driving vehicle GM and Cruise designed jointly with Honda. After striking the pedestrian, the Cruise AV attempted to pull off to side of the road to avoid causing an obstruction. Cruise doesn’t sell its self-driving vehicles so all the cars are owned by either Cruise or GM, which produces the heavily modified Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles.

Persons: CNN — Cruise, Cruise, Aimee Ridella Organizations: CNN, Motors, GM, Honda, Cruise, California Department of Motor Vehicles, National, Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, Chevrolet

☆ GM to update Cruise software so self-driving cars stop if a pedestrian is pinned underneath
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

California later revoked the license for Cruise vehicles to operate without human drivers behind the wheel. In the crash, another vehicle with a person behind the wheel struck a pedestrian, sending the person into the path of a Cruise autonomous vehicle. The pedestrian was pinned under one of the Cruise vehicle's tires and was critically injured. NHTSA opened an investigation Oct. 16 into four reports that Cruise vehicles may not exercise proper caution around pedestrians. GM recently paused production of the Cruise Origin, a fully autonomous vehicle designed for Cruise to carry multiple passengers.

Persons: —, Cruise, Cruise's robotaxis Organizations: Motors, Cruise, Service, state's Department of Motor Vehicles, U.S . National, Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, AV, Department of Motor Vehicles, General Motors Co, Detroit, GM Locations: San Francisco, California, Cruise, Detroit

☆ GM's Cruise to recall 950 driverless cars after accident involving pedestrian
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A self-driving GM Bolt EV is seen during a media event where Cruise, GM's autonomous car unit, showed off its self-driving cars in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 8 (Reuters) - Cruise is recalling 950 driverless cars from the roads across the United States and may withdraw more following an accident involving one of its robotaxis, General Motors' (GM.N) self-driving unit and the U.S. auto regulator said on Wednesday. All affected driverless vehicles will also be repaired before returning to service, it said. "Today we have issued a voluntary recall of part of our AV software based on a new analysis of our AV's post-collision response on October 2nd," Cruise said. Late last month, Cruise said it would suspend all operations nationwide after the California Department of Motor Vehicles ordered the robotaxi operator to remove its driverless cars from state roads.

Persons: Elijah Nouvelage, Cruise, Abinaya Vijayaraghavan, Chandni Shah, Anil D'Silva Organizations: GM Bolt, REUTERS, General Motors, U.S, Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, Reuters, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, United States, San Francisco, crosswalks ., Phoenix , Arizona, Houston, Austin, Dallas, Texas, Miami , Florida, Bengaluru

☆ GM's Cruise is recalling 950 robotaxis after pedestrian collision
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Cruise, the autonomous vehicle venture owned by General Motors , has issued a recall effecting 950 of its robotaxis following a pedestrian collision in San Francisco last month. The Oct. 2 collision triggered a federal probe. According to the Cruise filing with the NHTSA on Nov. 7, following the collision, Cruise found defects within its automated driving system software, specifically pertaining to its "Collision Detection Subsystem." This issue could occur after a collision with a pedestrian positioned low on the ground in the path of the AV." After Cruise lost its permits in California and faced a public backlash over safety concerns, the company also temporarily suspended production of its Cruise Origin driverless vans.

Persons: Cruise, Louise Zhang, Elon Musk, Quinn Emanuel Organizations: General Motors, National, Traffic, Administration, Google, Tesla, Cruise, GM Locations: San Francisco, California, Detroit

[1/2] File photo: Heavy traffic as seen on the M3 motorway heading towards the English coast, near Southampton, Britain, August 7, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Britain will make the makers rather than the owners of self-driving cars legally liable for any crashes under a framework for developing autonomous vehicles (AV), the government said on Tuesday, in a move welcomed by insurers and AV startups. King Charles said the government would bring forward an Automated Vehicles Bill as he set out the government's legislative agenda for the forthcoming parliamentary session, after one promised last year did not materialise. "My ministers will introduce new legal frameworks to support the safe commercial development of emerging industries, such as self-driving vehicles," Charles said in a speech to lawmakers. The bill will establish processes to investigate incidents and improve the safety framework, and will also set the threshold for what is classified as a self-driving car.

Persons: Toby Melville, King Charles, Charles, Tara Foley, Alex Kendall, Paul Newman, Alistair Smout, Nick Carey, William James, Kate Holton, Barbara Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, Ireland, AXA, Companies, Microsoft, Motors, Oxford, Thomson Locations: Southampton, Britain, U.S, California

☆ Britain says self-driving car makers liable for incidents in new framework
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

File photo: Heavy traffic as seen on the M3 motorway heading towards the English coast, near Southampton, Britain, August 7, 2020. King Charles said the government would bring forward an Automated Vehicles Bill as he set out the government's legislative agenda for the forthcoming parliamentary session, after one promised last year did not materialise. "My Ministers will introduce new legal frameworks to support the safe commercial development of emerging industries, such as self-driving vehicles," Charles said in a speech to lawmakers. "The Bill gives people immunity from prosecution when a self-driving vehicle is driving itself, given it does not make sense to then hold the person sat behind the wheel responsible." The bill will establish new processes to investigate incidents and improve the safety framework, and will also set the threshold for what is classified as a self-driving car.

Persons: Toby Melville, King Charles, Charles, Alistair Smout, Nick Carey, William James, Kate Holton Organizations: REUTERS, Companies, Motors, Thomson Locations: Southampton, Britain, AVs, U.S, California

☆ Amazon's drone delivery is kind of a joke so far
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Amazon operates drone delivery in Texas and California. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . According to a New York Times article, Amazon has been operating its drone technology in College Station, Texas, and Lockeford, California. Prime Air delivery customers receive a one-time Amazon gift card and can access promotional items. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn an email to Insider, Amazon spokesperson Av Zammit said that Prime Air delivery currently operates in clear weather.

Persons: —, it's, Hamburger, Av Zammit, Zammit Organizations: Amazon, New York Times, Service, College Station ,, Air Locations: Texas, California, College Station, College Station , Texas, Lockeford , California

☆ Elon Musk appears to have given up on trying to camouflage his private-jet travels with an FAA program used by Jeff Bezos and Taylor Swift
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Grace Kay | Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Last year, Elon Musk stopped using an FAA program allowing jet owners to fly incognito, JetSpy said. REUTERS/Aly SongThe FAA launched the PIA program in 2019 and has issued 390 alternate ID codes since the program began, an FAA spokesperson told Insider. Musk used his first alternate ID through the PIA program about a month later. The incognito registration number also doesn't prevent Sweeney from tracking the private jet via ADS-B Exchange, a public flight-tracking database. AdvertisementAdvertisement"The PIA program limits the ability to identify an aircraft in real-time using inexpensive, commercially available receivers," an FAA spokesperson told Insider.

Persons: Elon Musk, JetSpy, Musk, —, hasn't, Jack Sweeney, Sweeney, he's, LADD, it's, Elon, Aly Song, Forbes, Jeff Bezos, Taylor Swift, Christian Renneissen, Collins Organizations: FAA, Service, Twitter, Federal Aviation Administration, PIA, University of Central Florida, Gulfstream, Elon Locations: California, Texas, SpaceX's, Brownsville, Hawthorne, Shanghai, Rome

☆ US probes GM's Cruise robocars over pedestrian close calls
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Greg Bensinger | Thomson Reuters | Greg Bensinger Joined Reuters As A Technology Correspondent In Focusing On The World'S Largest Technology Companies. He Was Previously A Member Of The New York Times Editorial Board | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

NHTSA previously made public another Oct. 20 letter in which it raised concerns over several hard-braking incidents by Cruise vehicles that resulted in collisions. Safety officials cited two videos where Cruise vehicles came close to pedestrians in crosswalks and appeared to nearly strike them. Cruise had been operating an Uber-like service with unmanned vehicles, primarily in San Francisco, but the company halted that service this week. As of Friday, Waymo vehicles continued driverless passenger operations in San Francisco, its main hub. Reporting by Greg Bensinger in San Francisco Additional reporting by David Shepardson in Washington Editing by Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Heather Somerville, Cruise, Greg Bensinger, David Shepardson, Matthew Lewis Organizations: General Motors Corp, REUTERS, FRANCISCO, General Motors, National, Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, Cruise, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Teamsters, Thomson Locations: San Francisco, California, U.S, crosswalks, Arizona, Texas, Washington

☆ GM halting robotaxi services nationwide after California ban
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Chris Isidore | Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —General Motors announced Thursday that it is putting the brakes on its driverless cars, halting a service that provides driverless rides in multiple cities. The move comes days after California revoked GM’s permits to test and operate fully driverless vehicles on the state’s roads. GM said the driverless vehicles are safer than human-driven cars. But there have been numerous problems with the vehicles’ operations. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced it has launched an investigation into the safety of its driverless vehicles around pedestrians.

Persons: ” Cruise, Cruise, “ Organizations: New, New York CNN — General Motors, California DMV, GM, Traffic, Administration, driverless Locations: New York, California, Cruise, San Francisco, Houston, Dallas, Austin , Texas, Phoenix, Miami, San Fransciso

☆ GM's Cruise pauses driverless operations across all fleets
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

A self-driving GM Bolt EV is seen during a media event where Cruise, GM's autonomous car unit, showed off its self-driving cars in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies General Motors Co FollowOct 26 (Reuters) - General Motor's (GM.N) Cruise has decided to pause driverless operations across its fleets, the company said on Thursday. "This isn't related to any new on-road incidents, and supervised AV operations will continue," Cruise said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Reporting by Chandni Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-PhillipsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Elijah Nouvelage, Motor's, Cruise, Chandni Shah, Sherry Jacob, Phillips Organizations: GM Bolt, REUTERS, General Motors, Twitter, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, Bengaluru

Cruise, the autonomous vehicle startup owned by General Motors, has paused all of its driverless operations after collisions led to investigations, a disagreement with state regulators, and a suspension of its licenses in California earlier this week. The autonomous vehicle maker, founded by CEO Kyle Vogt in 2013, had previously initiated driverless operations in San Francisco, Austin, Phoenix, Houston, Dallas and Miami. According to DMV records obtained by CNBC, the Cruise autonomous vehicle came to a complete stop and "subsequently attempted to perform a pullover maneuver while the pedestrian was underneath the vehicle." The move comes two days after GM CEO Mary Barra said several times that the automaker believes Cruise vehicles are safer than human drivers. Cruise will keep running its autonomous vehicles with human safety drivers behind the wheel, supervising the drives, the company also said on Thursday.

Persons: Cruise, Kyle Vogt, Mary Barra, Barra Organizations: General Motors, GM, California Department of Motor Vehicles, DMV, The, The California Public Utilities, CNBC, Cruise, Barra, Honda Locations: California, San Francisco, Austin, Phoenix, Houston, Dallas, Miami, The California

☆ Here's what reportedly led to Cruise robotaxis getting banned in San Francisco
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Officials have banned Cruise robotaxis in San Francisco, warning they are a risk to public safety. Cruise was banned from operating its robotaxi service in San Francisco on Tuesday, with regulators warning that the controversial autonomous car company's vehicles posed "an unreasonable risk to public safety" following a series of accidents. "I can confirm that Cruise showed the full video to the DMV on October 3rd, and played it multiple times," they said. Cruise has been a controversial presence in San Francisco ever since it received approval to run its robotaxi service 24/7 in the city in August. AdvertisementAdvertisementFollowing the suspension of its driverless permits, Cruise announced that it would pause its driverless car services in San Francisco entirely.

Persons: Cruise, —, didn't Organizations: Service, California Department of Motor Vehicles, DMV, Cruise, CA, NHTSA Locations: San Francisco, California

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California regulators have revoked the license of a robotaxi service owned by General Motors after determining its driverless cars that recently began transporting passengers throughout San Francisco are a dangerous menace. Political Cartoons View All 1215 ImagesIn a statement, Cruise confirmed it has ceased its robotaxi operations in San Francisco. Waymo, which began as as secret project within Google more than a decade ago, has been running another robotaxi service in Phoenix for the past three years. Cruise also is testing a robotaxi service in Los Angeles, where protests against it already have been percolating, as well as Phoenix and Austin, Texas. The DMV initially asked Cruise to cut its driverless fleet in San Francisco in half, a request accepted by the company.

Persons: San Francisco —, Cruise's robotaxis, robotaxi, Cruise, Panini, ”, Waymo, haven't, Mary Barra, ” Barra Organizations: FRANCISCO, —, General Motors, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Public Utilities Commission, Google, GM, Cruise, Detroit, DMV Locations: — California, San Francisco, U.S, Waymo, Phoenix, California, Los Angeles, Austin , Texas

☆ California suspends GM Cruise self-driving vehicles as 'not safe' for public
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Cruise's AVs posed an "an unreasonable risk to public safety," and "are not safe for the public's operation" California's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) said in a statement. The suspension, which came after a series of accidents involving Cruise vehicles, is a major setback to GM's self-driving technology unit and to the nascent autonomous vehicle (AV) industry. That month, a Cruise robotaxi was involved in a crash with an emergency vehicle in San Francisco. Barra said the Cruise robotaxis have better safety records than human drivers. This month, U.S. auto safety regulators opened a probe into whether Cruise was taking sufficient precautions with its autonomous robotaxis to safeguard pedestrians.

Persons: Cruise, Elijah Nouvelage, Cruise's AVs, Mary Barra, robotaxi, Barra, Hyunjoo Jin, David Gregorio Our Organizations: REUTERS, Motors, California's Department of Motor Vehicles, Cruise, GM, DMV, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Traffic Safety Administration, UAW, Detroit Three, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, San Francisco, New York, Texas

☆ Aviva shares jump 8% as Times cites takeover talk
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The Aviva logo on a window at the company's head office in the City of London, Britain, March 7, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Shares in Aviva (AV.L) shot up almost 9% on Friday, after Britain's Times newspaper cited talk of a possible takeover of one of the UK's largest insurers by a foreign buyer. ($13.41 billion)The Times cited "chatter that refused to die down". Last month, Aviva said it had agreed to buy UK life insurance business of AIG (AIG.N) for 460 million pounds($563 million), in the largest acquisition to date by its CEO, Amanda Blanc. ($1 = 0.8201 pounds)Reporting by Joice Alves and Carolyn Cohn; Writing by Amanda Cooper; Editing by Dhara RanasingheOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Simon Dawson, Amanda Blanc, Joice Alves, Carolyn Cohn, Amanda Cooper, Dhara Organizations: Aviva, City of, REUTERS, Britain's Times, Reuters, AIG, Thomson Locations: City, City of London, Britain

☆ A woman was found trapped under a driverless car. It’s not what it looks like, the car company said
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Andy Rose | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A pedestrian in downtown San Francisco was found critically injured and trapped underneath a driverless car Monday night. San Francisco Fire Department spokesperson Justin Schorr told CNN early Tuesday that the victim has multiple life-threatening injuries. The driverless vehicle was operated by Cruise, a San Francisco-based self-driving car company and subsidiary of General Motors (GM). Controversial driverless carsCruise has been the subject of controversy in San Francisco after California regulators last month approved robotaxi companies to operate their driverless cars 24/7 throughout the city. But advocates say driverless cars remain safer than human-operated vehicles.

Persons: it’s, Justin Schorr, ”, Navideh, ” Forghani, Schorr, ” Schorr, Elon Musk Organizations: CNN, Francisco Fire, Cruise, General Motors, San, San Francisco General Hospital, Fire Department, San Francisco Police Department, Cruise Automation Locations: San Francisco, California

☆ Cruise says one of its driverless taxis ran over a woman in San Francisco after a hit-and-run driver 'launched' her into the car's path
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A San Francisco woman was run over by a Cruise robotaxi after being struck by a hit-and-run driver. Cruise has faced criticism since San Francisco approved its service expansion this summer. AdvertisementAdvertisementA San Francisco pedestrian was apparently hit by two cars late Monday night, one of which didn't have a driver. A number of Cruise cars stalled in San Francisco and caused a traffic jam. There were also reports in June of a Cruise vehicle blocking emergency vehicles on their way to respond to a mass shooting.

Persons: Cruise, —, braked, Justin Schorr, SFFD Organizations: San, Service, San Francisco Fire Department, NBC, Chronicle Locations: Francisco, San Francisco

☆ Aviva agrees to buy AIG's UK protection business for $563 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A pedestrians walks past the Aviva logo outside the company head office in the city of London, Britain March 7, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/file photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - British insurer Aviva (AV.L) said on Monday it had agreed to acquire the UK protection business of AIG (AIG.N) for 460 million pounds ($563 million). Aviva said it would buy the unit - known as AIG Life UK - from Corebridge Financial, Inc (CRBG.N), a New York-listed subsidiary of AIG. The transaction will add 1.3 million individual protection customers and 1.4 million group protection members, Aviva said, with the deal expected to close in the first half of 2024, subject to regulatory approvals. The deal would represent around a 5 percentage point cut to Aviva's group solvency II cover ratio, the company said.

Persons: Simon Dawson, Amanda Blanc, Iain Withers, Louise Heavens Organizations: Aviva, REUTERS, AIG, AIG Life, Corebridge, Inc, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, British, New York

☆ Aviva to buy AIG's UK life insurance business for $563 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Iain Withers | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A pedestrians walks past the Aviva logo outside the company head office in the city of London, Britain March 7, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/file photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Aviva (AV.L) said on Monday it had agreed to buy the UK life insurance business of AIG (AIG.N) for 460 million pounds ($563 million), in the largest acquisition to date by the British insurer's CEO Amanda Blanc. Aviva said it would buy the unit - known as AIG Life UK - from Corebridge Financial, Inc (CRBG.N), a New York-listed company majority-owned by AIG. Corebridge was formed in 2021 when AIG spun off its life and retirement business and sold a portion of the company to Blackstone for $2.2 billion. AIG took Corebridge public in September last year, in a share offering that raised $1.7 billion.

Persons: Simon Dawson, Amanda Blanc, Blanc, Peter Zaffino, Corebridge, Iain Withers, Louise Heavens Organizations: Aviva, REUTERS, AIG, British, AIG Life, Corebridge, Inc, RBC, Blackstone, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, New York, Singapore, United States

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