Life
Standard Life acquirer reshuffles top deck
Phoenix Group Holdings has restructured and reshuffled its executive committee ahead of combining the Standard Life Assurance business.
Best Practice | 15 Mar 18
Is it the end for the traditional life insurance model?
Phoenix Group’s acquisition of Standard Life’s insurance arm is “testament to the current re-shaping of the UK life insurance industry” and the “break-up of traditional models”, the group’s chairman said.
Old Mutual Wealth ready to list as profit soars 40%
Old Mutual Wealth is now ready to list as Quilter, with its annual results showing the company’s pre-tax profits rose by 40% in 2017, driven by “unusually high” performance fees.
Prudential offloads £12bn annuity book as it carves out M&G
Prudential is selling £12bn ($16.7bn, €13.5bn) of its UK annuity portfolio in a landmark deal to Rothesay Life, as part of a major revamp that will see its UK and Europe business, M&G Prudential, become a separately-listed company.
Aviva fires up Hong Kong joint venture with Tencent
Aviva Asia will launch a Hong Kong joint venture in the first half of 2018, as the group shifts its investment focus to high growth markets.