Aviva announced the deal in September. The company is buying the unit - known as AIG Life UK - from Corebridge Financial Inc, a New York-listed company majority-owned by AIG.

Blanc said last month that Aviva would continue to look for "selective" acquisitions, after announcing a full-year profit that beat analyst forecasts.

Aviva in March agreed an acquisition to re-enter the historic Lloyd's insurance market with a 242 million pound ($306 million) deal to buy insurance platform Probitas.

($1 = 0.7901 pounds)

(Reporting by Iain Withers; editing by Jason Neely)