Aviva

Partnership has named former Aviva bulk annuity deal manager Andy Morley as national account manager for de-risking solutions.

Pensions minister Steve Webb's move to ban commission and active member discounts (AMDs) is a "seismic" shift for providers and will drive a completely new business model for advisers, Aviva has said.

Insurance companies in the FTSE100 have some of the best defined benefit (DB) scheme funding levels as a result of Solvency II, research from JLT Employee Benefits (JLTEB) shows.

Aviva says it expects to have blocked 600 suspected pensions liberation requests by the end of 2013.

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has launched a Stewardship Disclosure Framework, with submissions from JP Morgan, Aviva, Newton and Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM).

Half of people over the age of 55 would advise their younger selves to save more on a monthly basis for retirement if they could travel back in time, according to an insurer.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) received more complaints about Phoenix Life than any other life and pensions provider in the six months to 30 June 2013.

Aviva has reported a £776m net profit for the first half of this year, following a £624m loss for the half year 2012, but said UK life operating profit fell.

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The three biggest bulk annuity insurers accounted for more than 90% of new business written in the six months to April according to research from Aon Hewitt.