Aviva agrees protection partnership with Countrywide

  Through Countrywide's network of more than 900 branches, which arranged more than 90,000 mortgages last year, customers will be able to access Aviva's life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection cover. Protection business will be underwritten through Aviva's ALPS platform. The new deal replaces a former distribution agreement with Friends Life that began in 2002. Daren Boys, strategic partnerships portfolio director at Aviva, said: "This is a significant distribution agreement with our long-standing partner Countrywide, which will see customers benefitting fro...