aviva plc interim announcement 2006 news release 9 august results for the six months ended 30 june record half year with strong performance across all businesses and geographies worldwide eev operating profit up 27 to 1 699m ifrs 45 376m profitable growth in long term savings sales 25 o uk 43 6 899m 2005 4 825m continental europe 10 7 227m 593m us 24 289m 222m asia 80 386m 201m bancassurance 055m representing 26 of new business group margin remains at 3 5 life 19 021m 66 coming from international excellent general insurance result best ever combined ratio cor 92 ahead meet or beat commitment 98 health 23 866m dividend increased by 82 pence per share richard harvey chief executive commented has once again delivered top bottom line
