Aviva

Aviva Life International is exiting the offshore bond space on 26 February amid deteriorating market conditions and a lack of consumer demand.

Aviva is introducing automatic underwriting to speed up its online annuity quote process.

Banks will take over from IFAs as the major point of sale for with-profits investments in the future, according to Aviva.

Aviva UK life and pensions new business sales fell almost 25% in 2009 as the insurer was hit by the tough economic conditions, but bumper Q4 sales have given it confidence for 2010.

Barclays has misled more investors into buying risky funds, recent evidence suggests.

Employers are increasingly addressing issues such as mental health in a bid to reduce long term absence rates, research from Aviva suggests.

Aviva has announced Patrick Regan will take up his appointment as chief financial officer and executive director on 22 February.

Aviva has launched an Adviser Academy Fellowship to recognise advisers who have made a significant contribution to raising professional standards.

Veena Patel, paraplanner to Rebecca Taylor at Dunham Financial Services, works from home and rarely meets clients. But could the company function without her?

Aviva has introduced premium reductions for when exclusions are applied to its critical illness plans.