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Name: Pension
Rating: 1.99 (159 reviews)

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1.94

Based on 159 reviews, last reviewed 13th Jan 2025

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Latest highest rating:

5

Aviva provide a great SIPP. Aviva provide a great SIPP. Easy to access and use online with lots of information provided along with a safe place for all online correspondence. Reviewed on: 13th January 2025

Latest lowest rating:

1

Poorest investment pension returns Having invested for around 15 years and year on year investment loss. Nearly 40pc. And that on money put in. With no returns. Now fees are eating at w... Read more Reviewed on: 22nd December 2024

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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.

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Aviva Pension reviews (159)

Review of the Aviva, Pension:

Unsure as pensions are confusing!

I have a small pension here from a secondary job. Whilst I accept it isn't as good as my NHS pension, it perhaps doesn't seem like it will be as fruitful as my NHS one. The online service is good, with lots of information though. Easy to change beneficiaries, age to claim pension etc - much easier than NHS pensions! Lots of emails too, whereas nothing from NHS Pensions! Reviewed on: 13th March 2023

Shocking, app and web portal

Shocking company dreadful performance, and app and web portal thats nothing short of a glorifying advertising scam to get you to buy more of their products Reviewed on: 5th September 2022

Poor performance and playing on fancy web site

Aviva have lost over 25 percent of my pension in two years and predict more. Throwing good money after bad they still tske same fees I’m moving adap Reviewed on: 28th August 2022

Discusting

Disgusting lying company who gives misinformation with every phone call. Nearly 3 weeks and still waiting for my ill health pension to be paid out and fobbed off constantly!… DO NOT believe their 5 day payout it’s a load of rubbish Reviewed on: 19th August 2022

Great service

Brilliant service each year and moved over previous pension seamlessly. Reviewed on: 16th August 2022

Pension loss

Just want to let people know my pension has lost over £10.000 in less than 6 months and have had no comunication from them regarding this are they going to let it run out completely dont use them Reviewed on: 22nd June 2022

giving my money away

I gave them £15.7k in Dec 2021 on drawdown to invest. at this point today their "investors" have lost me -£2,141, and in the past week alone they have lost me over £500. When I signed this with MyPensionExpert who were the ones who set me up with Aviva, I was told I may expect a return of 5-7.5% as a plus. Put your money in the bank people, at least that way you can get 1-2% as a plus rather than leaving Aviva to lose you thousands of pounds. Reviewed on: 16th June 2022

Cant get a response or payout, they seem to be deliberately withholding payment,

The worst ever experienced, appalling service. Reviewed on: 22nd April 2022

Worst service ever experienced

It took me a MONTH to get my money. Reviewed on: 21st April 2022

Really poor customer service

Join a Aviva Pension Scheme if you are happy to be held waiting for some one to talk to you for upwards of a Hour . Staff promise paperwork will be emailed but sometime the same details arrive quicker by post ! How the hell can that happen. You always and a mean always need to chase up requests for drawdown document to be sent and for payments rto be received. Poor staff levels, poor staff training, poor systems and procedures and department within Aviva doo not taqlk to each other, Try any other Pension Provider they cannot be as bad as Aviva Pensions Reviewed on: 19th April 2022

Rub and poor customer service

My father has been having no end of chew with his pension and claiming it because he has a power of attorney in place who deals with his money they won’t pay out they want all sorts of information then when provided loose it and find other excuses not to pay out a joke of a company want the money in put won’t pay out Reviewed on: 1st April 2022

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