Tech Review: Friends Provident

Friends Provident needs little introduction – it is a major life company with a substantial historical heritage. However, the company has been through several major changes resulting in a strategic review in January 2008, so it is worth restating its current product focus. It has three core business lines – its protection business, which has long had an excellent reputation in the e-commerce world, its international business and its corporate pensions business, on which this article focuses. For Friends Provident, its corporate pensions business is entirely adviser-focused and predomi...