Aviva adds premium deferral option

For customer struggling financially due to COVID-19

Adam Saville
clock • 2 min read

The premium deferral offer is available to customers with personal or business individual protection policies

Following the FCA's recent guidelines, Aviva individual protection customers, who are struggling financially due to COVID-19, can now defer their premiums for three months before spreading these payments over the following nine months. This means customers with life insurance, critical illness, income protection, over 50s or whole of life policies can take a break from payments while retaining their current benefits and levels of cover. The premium deferral offer is available to customers with personal or business individual protection policies. Aviva said premium deferrals are availa...

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