RNS Number:8968F
Norwich Union PLC
CGU PLC
21 February 2000


The issuer has made the following amendment to the "Re Merger - Part 2" 
announcement released today at 07:04 under RNS No 8908F.

This part of the announcement contained text duplicated in the other parts; only
Appendix I should have been shown. All other details remain unchanged.

The full corrected version is shown below.


                    Appendix I
         
     Extracts from the CGU unaudited preliminary results                        
   announcement for the year ended 31 December 1999


                               1999         1998
                            # million    # million
Net premiums written
Life
United Kingdom                3,703       2,891
France                        2,148       1,709
Holland                         837         753
Italy                           943         788
Poland                          322         166
Ireland                         137          40
Other Europe                    421         215
International                   315         390
                              -----       -----
                              8,826       6,952
                              =====       =====
General
UK personal
  -    motor                    511         528
  -    homeowners               599         567
  -    creditor                  88         165
  -    PMI                        -           -    
  -    Other                     85          90
UK commercial
  -    motor                    328         333
  -    property                 414         497
  -    liability                248         297
  -    London market            146         186
  -    other                    192         225
                              -----       -----
                              2,611       2,888
Continental Europe            1,585       1,481
International                 4,425       4,280
                              -----       -----
                              8,621       8,649
                              =====       =====
Health                          225         123
                              =====       =====




                              1999        1998
                            # million  # million

Operating earnings
   before tax  (1)
Life modified statutory basis
  -    United Kingdom           271       227
  -    Continental Europe       262       251
  -    International             15        20
                                ---       ---
                                548       498
                                ===       ===
General
  -    United Kingdom           134        52
  -    Continental Europe        30       110
  -    International            295       320
                                ---       ---
                                459       482
                                ===       ===
Corporate and                  (236)     (205)
other activities  
                                ---       ---
Total                           771       775
                                ===       ===
Actual dividend per share       38.00p    35.15p

Value added by
  life new business
  -    United Kingdom           134       119
  -    Continental Europe       115        56
  -    International              8         5
                                ---       ---
                                257       180
                                ===       ===
Operating earnings before
  tax on an achieved profits
  basis(2)
Life and General
  -    United Kingdom           580       582
  -    Continental Europe       451       570
  -    International            319       351
Corporate and
  other activities             (236)     (205)
                              -----     -----
                              1,114     1,298 
                              =====     =====
Embedded value of
  life business
  -    United Kingdom         2,349     1,935
  -    Continental Europe     3,086     2,725
  -    International            240       208
                              -----     -----
                              5,675     4,868
                              =====     =====
Equity shareholders'
funds(3)                      9,367     8,837
                              =====     =====
                     
Assets under management     136,426   121,204
                            =======   =======

Notes:
(1) On a modified statutory basis and
    before amortisation of the value of acquired 
    in-force business, goodwill amortisation and
    exceptional items

(2)Incorporates non-life earnings together
   with life operating earnings on an
   achieved profits basis
   
(3) Equity shareholders' funds including
   the embedded value of life business.
   Financial information in respect of
   CGU's US property and casualty business
   for the year ended 31 December 1999,
   which is included in the table above, is
   as follows: Premiums #2,621 million,
   operating earnings before tax #178
   million  and  equity shareholders' funds
   #2,831 million (including an inter-
   company loan of #683 million)
   
   
   
END   

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