Aviva has added £1.45bn in bonuses to its with-profits policies after its main With-Profit fund grew 12% over 2010.
The government will allow UK banks to pay out billions of pounds in bonuses this year, despite its calls to curb the payments, according to reports.
Chancellor George Osborne has criticised the regulation of banks under Labour and outlined plans to introduce a permanent annual levy.
Global currency wars pose "a real threat" to economic recovery, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, warns.
Friends Provident has managed to raise or hold steady final bonus rates on its with-profits policies as markets start to recover.
The FSA plans to strengthen its Remuneration Code to encompass over 2,500 firms which will include setting firmer rules on bonus structures for key staff.
Friends Provident has increased some final bonus rates on its with-profits policies, and has removed MVRs on many of its products.
Aviva has today cut its with-profits income rates for new business, from 3.25% to 2.5%.
Scottish Widows has maintained its bonus rates on the majority of with-profits policies but the market value reduction has been cut by an average 3% on the back of improved investment performance.
Friends Provident has cut final and regular bonus rates on almost all of its with-profits products as the listed life office declares stockmarket returns over the last five years have amounted to just 3.4% gross on investments.