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Based on 173 reviews, last reviewed 12th Jun 2025
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Latest highest rating:

5

Always happy to help. Always happy to help. Excellent customer service, low charges and brilliant website. Makes it a pleasure to be a customer. Reviewed on: 12th June 2025
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Andrew J

Latest lowest rating:

1

Holding on to my pension single payment I have had a pension with Aviva for 25 years and 3 months ago I decided to pay a single premium into my pension plan March 17th 2025, I received an em... Read more Reviewed on: 31st May 2025
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About this product

Aviva offer a self-invested personal pension (SIPP).

There are five ways to invest in the Aviva SIPP. You can decide between the Universal Retirement Fund, a ready-made fund or choose an option from a fund shortlist provided by experts. You can also build your own portfolio or buy and sell shares and investments.

Aviva pension reviews share what it's like to have this pension. If you've used Aviva before, you can also leave your own review.

Aviva Pension reviews (173)

Review of the Aviva, Pension:

Blind leading the blind

1
Significant losses from low volitivity fund?? Does not appear they know what they are doing. Reviewed on: 9th January 2023

Good experience good Customer service on the telephone.

5
Good experience good Customer service on the telephone. Competent customer service rep. Reviewed on: 1st November 2024

helpful staff

5
answered all my questions and helped my decision Reviewed on: 15th October 2024

45 min on hold and still waiting to whitdraw 500 pou...

1
45 min on hold and still waiting to whitdraw 500 pounds Reviewed on: 1st October 2024

Consistently incompetent

1
Wrongly invested my pension. Continually sent wrong documents. Compensation cheques never arrived. My pension was woth the Pru, who were excellent. Aviva took them over and have been consistently incompetent. Use at your own risk Reviewed on: 23rd September 2024

Brilliant all round.

5
Brilliant customer service. Reasonable charges. Excellent website and app with many functions. Reviewed on: 4th September 2024

Completely hopeless at giving you your money

1
I have been trying to withdraw a tax free lump sum for 3 months, it is supposed to take 7 days to get a quote and then 5 days to get the cash. I still don't even have a quote. The contact centre are very friendly and try to be helpful but the payments team seem completely incompetent and unhelpful. It is stunning that they cant seem to talk to each other. Reviewed on: 3rd September 2024

Such polite and friendly staff, very helpful and min...

5
Such polite and friendly staff, very helpful and minimal wsit time on phone. Reviewed on: 24th August 2024

Good Product

5
Pension looked after since transferred to Aviva Reviewed on: 24th August 2024

High charges reduce your returns.

4
High charges reduce your returns. Also limited range of low cost fund options. Reviewed on: 23rd August 2024

I am trying to take my pens ion as a lump sum .

1
I am trying to take my pension as a lump sum . They are not being very cooperative at the moment. I rang a few weeks ago and they sent an information pack filled then docs to sign / signed and now 4 week delay and was told by a very rude person that I’m not the only pensioner cashing in their pension . She / they seem to forget that it is my money that I paid in all those years and now it seems they begrudge allowing me my pension which over the years I worked hard for . No respect for the customer whatsoever k I’ll Reviewed on: 13th August 2024

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