Aviva is to reduce its staff numbers by 2,000 over the next six months - a 6% reduction of its global workforce.
There was a weary air of predictability within hours and days of Margaret Thatcher's death about all the things she can be blamed for.
An increasing number of older people are starting to down-size their homes.
Ashcourt Rowan's new head of funds research has moved to counter dwindling bond market liquidity by adding funds with "more stable" asset bases to the group's buy list.
Aviva has scrapped plans to add a group ISA and group SIPP to its employee benefits platform, Work:Life.
Blue chip insurer Aviva's shares have fallen 14% after the group revealed a £3bn loss in 2012 caused by a huge writedown in its US business.
Insurance firm Aviva suffered a loss of £3bn in 2012 due to a £3.3bn writedown from the sale of its US business last year.