The idea is incomprehensible economically

Jean-Pierre Menanteau, CEO of Aviva France, does had not spoken since the judgment of the Court of cassation confirming the conviction of two of the founders of the Afer, last December, Gérard Athias and André Le Saux. They have been recognized guilty of breach of trust for embezzling part of admission occult agreement of 1986. Today is acutely civil suites issue, and therefore the compensation of the members affected.

Can the responsibility for Aviva be committed by members of the tars

Criminal justice was never implicated Aviva. It took ten years to decide. It is the only decision that is worth, and it is final. Those who suggest theoretical tracks suddenly pop-up statements have today a result: regret having failed to put in issue in the criminal and memory of many actions in justice lost against us on which they are less advertising.

However, Marc Garnier, the Director-General in 1986 bee life (now Aviva life) was sentenced with the founders. And under a section of the Code of insurance, you would be jointly and severally liable for the acts of the association...

Behind these quotations from any section of any particular code, Aviva sees no legal reasoning built and effective on the specific case, taking into account the work of justice, the role of each of the actors and the chronology of events. The right professionals consulted by Aviva believe that the suggested different paths are in fact inadequate. The idea is incomprehensible economically. The 1986 agreement was honoured until mid-1997, therefore Aviva has already paid the sums resulting recent dating of thirteen years ago. After two years of work on this dossier I am convinced that historians will write it's acquisition by Commercial Union (now Aviva) victory in 1994 which has been the driving force of the outcome of the famous agreement of 1986.

Are you in favour of mediation between the tars and the founders

I have no comment to make on the subject as President of Aviva France. It is the parties to this conflict to choose the way they pursue. That said, any supposed to man naturally prefer dialogue to years of procedure and legal costs.

You participate not

Aviva has never been implicated and seeing not where may to nest a civil responsibility, we cannot be party to a mediation.

The tars would have lost any independence of Aviva...

The tars is the largest customer of Aviva. Aviva is the provider of a unique product, and in this regard the guarantor of its security and good management. For me, the independence of the tars is obvious and I have never asked myself the question since my taking office two years ago. Not more than that of any of our other partners. Our responsibility is to make the best of what Aviva knows to do.

What outcome to the conflict are you considering

Answering this question would just an interference in the independence of the tars...

What is the future of your partnership with the association

Use 4.12 in 2009 with 0.9 inflation and display 38 growth of the collection in late May 2010, it is a sign of a partnership that works. The President of tars is right when he says that there is new beautiful pages of history to write. What extraordinary epic! Combine in the duration of the revolutionary ideas to the client and a good father is without equal.

As long as the association the wish, we will answer these to help grow the family tars in its services and its geography.

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