41.  AXA is the second largest insurance group in the world following its merger with fellow French insurer UAP last November.

42.  Business and insurance groups lobbied heavily.

43.  Den norske Bank, or DnB, and the Storebrand insurance group said in a brief statement to the stock exchange that merger talks were under way.

44.  DnB invited Storebrand to discuss a merger last year in hopes of blocking a takeover by the Finnish banking and insurance group Sampo.

45.  Eureko spokeswoman Lorri Morgan said it was unlikely the insurance group would accept a smaller PZU stake.

46.  European Union antitrust authorities on Friday approved the takeover of Union des Assurances de Paris by another French insurance group, AXA.

47.  Grupo Latinoamericana Progreso, which also includes insurance companies Seguros Latinoamericana and Seguros Progreso, represents the second largest insurance group in the country.

48.  In May insurance groups met in London to assess the situation.

49.  It consists the big Nationale Nederlanden insurance group as well as the commercial banking group ING Bank and postal and electronic banking group Postbank.

50.  Overall, Citigroup appears to be delivering on the promised synergies of the merger between Citibank and Travelers insurance group last year.