LIFE ASSURANCE - SAVINGS - PENSIONS

Founded in 1832 the Friends Provident Group currently manages around £60 Billion invested in many international markets. A pioneer of ethical investment Friends Provident was the first to launch an ethical investment fund.

Today Friends Provident is one of the UKs leading financial services groups and through its offshore centres in the Isle of Man and Guernsey has developed a worldwide reputation for very flexible international life assurance, investment and pensions products.

Royal Skandia is part of the Skandia Insurance Company Ltd., one of the largest unit-linked companies in the world. Royal Skandia's range of tax-efficient investment, life assurance and retirement plans provide a combination of excellent capital growth opportunities, value for money, flexibility and first class service.

Founded in Hamilton Ontario in 1847 today Canada Life is headquartered in Toronto with subsidiary companies in the USA, UK, Ireland, Brazil and Germany.

Since 1999 Canada Life has been listed on the Toronto and New York Stock exchanges.

Canada Life (Deutschland) provides innovative products for the modern customer, specialising in providing benefits in cases of losses of income through illness or disability as well as conventional pensions and life assurance.

Scottish Life International Insurance Company Limited. (Isle of Man)

Scottish Life International is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Royal London Group.

The Royal London Group was founded in 1861 and is now the second largest mutual life assurance and investment company in Europe managing assets in excess of £30 Billion. Scottish Life International Group was founded in 1996.

With over 175 years of experience Standard Life is one of the world's strongest life assurance companies and has been awarded the top 'Triple A Rating' by two leading independent international rating agencies.

Standard Life has a long history of producing impressive investment returns throughout a variety of economic conditions featuring prominently in a number of surveys for life, pensions and investment performance.

With over £75 Billion under management this is equivalent to the market value of Marks and Spencer, Cadbury, Schweppes and British Airways combined.

Irish Life International is part of the Irish Life and Permanent Group, a major European financial services company and the largest insurance and mortgage provider in Ireland.

Established in 1939, the group is as old as the Irish State and has mirrored the growth and success of the Irish economy over the last 6 decades. Specialising in investment, pensions and life assurance today the company has subsidiaries in many countries and over 1.5 million customer relationships.

Since its foundation in 1831 Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. has played a major role in the development of insurance business worldwide and has consolidated its position as one of the worlds leading insurers, represented in over 40 countries.

Generali International is a specialist subsidiary of the Generali Group and caters specifically for the needs of individuals who may be working away from their country of origin.