By Pamela Barbaglia, Stephen Jewkes and Carolyn Cohn
LONDON (Reuters) – German insurer Allianz is nearing a 2.5 billion euro ($2.94 billion) deal to buy Aviva’s Polish unit, trumping rival bids from Italy’s Generali and Dutch insurer NN, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
Allianz is close to entering exclusive talks with Aviva and a deal could be announced as soon as Friday, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Aviva, Allianz and Generali declined to comment while NN was not immediately available.
($1 = 0.8496 euros)
(Reporting by Pamela Barbaglia, Stephen Jewkes, Carolyn Cohn and Alex Huebner; Editing by Leslie Adler)
