Aviva

Some of the categories were very tight for this year's COVER awards. Others were new entrants to some categories; particularly notable in the healthcare sector.

Over a third of employees describe mental health issues as a "taboo" subject and over half believe physical illness will always carry less stigma than mental health problems, according to research by Aviva.

Aviva has launched a behavioural science book to support adviser conversations with clients.

UK firms are already starting to see a change in their workforce demographics, prompting fears that ageing workforce health issues will affect their company, Aviva's annual Health of the Workplace report has found.

Aviva has said up to 800 jobs at its UK business are under threat as it continues to drive through cost-cutting measures.

Building a simple income replacement product as outlined in the recent Review of Simple Financial Products may not be entirely possible, Aviva has said.

Aviva is piloting Subject Access Requests to explore the benefits of obtaining customer's full medical reports for underwriting.

Aviva has swooped to appoint a new head of fraud for underwriting, pricing and product to boost front-end fraud detection.

Aviva has been hit with a rating downgrade by Standard & Poor's (S&P) amid concerns its strategic plan will create "significant risks and costs".

UK businesses are being hindered by lack effective sickness absence management and group cover, Aviva has reported.