UK insurance giant , Life , is planning to ask its staff whether their jobs can be automated by robots . Aviva finance chief Tom Stoddard devised the insurer’s automation programme, according to the publication. Some 16,000 workers are to be consulted on possible automation of their jobs . Those who answer " yes " will be retrained for other posts . Workers considered most likely to retrain include those at call centres and employees who assess credit ratings and calculate insurance policy prices . Aviva CFO Thomas Stoddard is reported to have laid out an automation scheme in a meeting with top managers last week .
UK insurance giant , Life , is planning to ask its staff whether their jobs can be automated by robots . Some 16,000 workers are to be consulted on possible automation of their jobs . Those who answer " yes " will be retrained for other posts . Workers considered most likely to retrain include those at call centres and employees who assess credit ratings and calculate insurance policy prices . Aviva CFO Thomas Stoddard is reported to have laid out an automation scheme in a meeting with top managers last week .