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Living on statutory sick pay (SSP) for just three months would result in significant financial hardship for the majority of UK workers and could even force some to move home, according to new research.

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Aviva and Legal & General are to provide life and general insurance products for Barclays Bank UK Retail customers.

Investment management firm Heartwood has inked deals with a host of platforms as it looks to gain traction in the IFA market with a new investment proposition.

Aviva is set to launch a corporate wrap solution next year as it looks to grab a foothold in the workplace savings market.

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Aviva's UK life and pensions sales increased by 6% to £8.1m during the nine months to 30 September.

Aviva has seen a slight uplift in its protection sales over the third quarter as it continues its attempt to dominate the market.

Aviva has apologised for "cross-selling" discounted private medical insurance (PMI) to advisers' clients, in what the insurer has said was a mistake.

Aviva has overhauled its cancer coverage for both individual and group private medical insurance (PMI) schemes.