Aviva reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(2,558 total reviews)
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Amanda Blanc

85% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Aviva has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,558 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Aviva employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Assurance industry (3.6 stars).

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3K reviews
4.0
Jul 13, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great work life balance. Treats staff with respect. High team spirit. Feels like one big, mostly happy, family. The senior leaders know what they are doing. They have been leading a huge financial services company in very difficult times. Speaks volume. Some superb technical people. Great SOA initiative in UK Life, though far too influenced by IBM.

Cons

Many people too rigid in their own little views, understandable when they have been doing the exact same job at the same desk for the last 110 years! The less said about the middle managers the better. Completely clueless. IT in GI is still in chaos, probably always will be.

3.0
Mar 21, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good package with employee benefits but they’ll use this as a reason to not pay you more.

Cons

Fraud investigators are paid the same as claims handlers, and in some cases even less, despite being responsible for saving the company millions each year. The complexity of the work, the level of scrutiny required, and the expertise needed to identify and defend against fraudulent claims simply aren’t acknowledged. Experience is treated as disposable: if you raise concerns about pay, you’re told to “move on,” even though fraud investigation depends on experience. There are no progression opportunities for those on the lowest grade, meaning the only way to advance is to leave the fraud team entirely. Unsurprisingly, this is exactly why the organisation keeps losing its most skilled investigators. Senior leadership doesn’t understand the role well enough to appreciate why experience is vital. It’s the seasoned investigators who know the patterns, the behaviours, and the red flags that protect the business from significant losses. Yet the company refuses to pay them at the level their work warrants (Grade C) and in doing so, they drive away the very people who safeguard the organisation’s financial integrity.

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