Group Protection
Protecting your workforce, It takes Aviva
We’ve been helping businesses support their employees for more than a few years. Our expertise and range of benefits mean you can cover what’s most important to your people.
Our strength
Solutions from a secure, reliable business. Aviva is rated in the AA range by Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s.
Our experience
We cover more than 2.67m people, insuring over £262bn of Group Protection benefits, across 12,406 policies.
Our values
We’re here for our customers, our climate and our communities.
Our solutions
As well as Group Protection, we offer life, health, savings, insurance, and investment solutions.
Expert financial and emotional support
When the unexpected or unthinkable happens, our Group Protection solutions can help give you, your employees, and their families the help they need. With financial support and access to wellbeing services, we’ve got you covered.
Group Life
- Financial support for an employee’s most important people if they die in service.
- Access to a range of health and wellbeing resources, supporting your staff to be their best selves.
Group Income Protection
- Up to 80% of earnings covered for employees if they can’t work because they’re sick or injured.
- Access to expert health advice, wellbeing support and rehabilitation services.
- Help with putting plans in place for a safe, timely and sustainable return to work.
Group Critical Illness
- A tax-free lump sum if an employee, or their child, is diagnosed with a critical illness or needs surgery covered by the policy
- Access to clinical experts through a wide range of wellbeing services designed to help in everyday situations, not just when making a claim.
Flexible benefits to suit your budget, without compromising on employee care
Solutions for businesses big and small
- No matter the size of your business, we’ll meet your needs.
- We have products designed with smaller businesses (between 3 and 250 employees) in mind.
- Tailored support aimed at employers managing some of the UK’s largest workforces.
Our people are here to help in your most vulnerable moments
- Our experienced team are trained to support you and your employees.
- Once your policy is in place, all you need to do is get in touch with us when you need support.
- Make a claim in just a few easy steps, online or on the phone.
- A case manager will work with you and your employee throughout your claim, so there’s no having to explain everything each time you contact us.
Find out more or apply
We’re here to answer your questions. You can email us anytime, or give us a call on 0800 145 5684 between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. Calls may be monitored and recorded.
To apply for Group Protection, speak to your financial adviser. If you don’t have one already, try unbiased.co.uk.
Or you can get in touch with your Aviva Group Protection account manager if you have one.
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