Aviva

Aviva has opened its platform proposition to all advisers registered on the Aviva for Advisers (A4A) website.

Hargreaves Lansdown has launched the ‘UK's first free' enhanced annuity search engine.

Now's the time to focus on mid-market clients

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Aviva is to combine its wrap platform and legacy business into one online system, in a bid to accelerate wrap growth and streamline the service provided to advisers.

Aviva has added second opinion and practical guidance services to its critical illness (CI) products for advised clients.

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Aviva has scrapped plans to add a group ISA and group SIPP to its employee benefits platform, Work:Life.

Blue chip insurer Aviva's shares have fallen 14% after the group revealed a £3bn loss in 2012 caused by a huge writedown in its US business.

Aviva suffered a loss of £3bn in 2012 due to a £3.3bn writedown from the sale of its US business last year.