Aviva

Aviva has announced the winners of its graduate future adviser programme who now go on to take a summer internship at an IFA.

Aviva's UK protection new business dropped 10% in the first quarter of the year, dragged down by poor group sales.

While eight out of ten employees could not get by on less than half salary, just 40% of employers offer this level of financial support to those on long term sick leave, research has shown.

The head of public affairs at Aviva has unseated the Labour incumbent to become Conservative MP for Chatham and Aylesford.

Aviva has reduced the number of doctor reports requested for life insurance applications by 60%.

Following Peter Mann's appointment as CEO at Skandia UK, IFAonline take a closer look at just who is running the UK life industry.

Prudential's largest shareholder, the Capital Group, is eying a potential break-up of the insurer as a radical alternative to its $35.5bn AIA acquisition.

Aviva paid out 1,499 critical illness (CI) claims during 2009, totalling almost £118m, with a 2% non disclosure rate, according to data released today.

Aviva has confirmed plans to close both the Aviva and RAC final salary schemes to future accruals.

PruProtect says it is "reviewing" entry into the direct-to-consumer (D2C) space, putting it in direct competition with financial advisers.