81.  CIC is a subsidiary of the troubled state-controlled GAN insurance group but staff of the bank have objected strongly to a takeover by BNP.

82.  De Castries also ruled out expanding its activities to become a combined banking and insurance group, the route chosen by Allianz which last year bought Dresdner Bank.

83.  Dutch insurance group AEGON, second-largest in The Netherlands.

84.  The only known candidate was a consortium led by the Italian insurance group EA Generali which is already a shareholder.

85.  The sale of shares in the semi state-owned insurance group Ina and in the semi-privatised bank Imi would occur in June.

86.  The worst affected was the Guardian Royal Exchange insurance group.

87.  Traders said the surge was due particularly to strong performances by auto stocks and by the Allianz insurance group.

88.  Trading in shares in the insurance group Allianz, and the re-insurance company Muenchner Rueckversicherung was suspended here on Friday, stock market authorities said.

89.  Trading in shares in the Swedish insurance group Trygg Hansa was suspended here on Thursday, stock market authorities said.

90.  Troubled British insurance group Equitable Life moved closer to resolving a pensions crisis Monday when members approved a compromise scheme designed to shore up its balance book.