Aviva

Adviser opportunities in the development of flex benefits systems for smaller employees are set to further encourage growing group critical illness (group CI) sales, Aviva has said.

New business at insurance giant Aviva was up 18% in the three months to 31 March, reaching £191m, according to its latest results.

Price wars between providers are "as full on as ever", CIExpert has stated following reports that some critical illness (CI) premiums are lower than pre-G-Day rates.

Aviva has launched a core benefit for its large corporate private medical insurance clients.

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Aviva is to cut more than 6% of its global workforce with 2000 roles across the UK, Europe and Asia being made redundant.

Advisers are showing increasing interest in restricted advice models, but the majority are still trading with independent models, Aviva has reported.