Wesleyan and NFU have strongest solvency - Cazalet

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Wesleyan Assurance Society and NFU Mutual have been awarded 10 out of 10 ratings for financial strength and stability by Cazalet Consulting's latest solvency research.

Detailed analysis of life office financial strength has yet to be completed for all companies, says Ned Cazalet of Cazalet Consulting, however, his study of the conventional and unitized with-profit products at Wesleyan – for the With-Profit Fund Asset Mix & Investment Performance Data report 2004 - along with their financial results reveals they are one of the strongest companies on the market because it has more surplus capital underpinning than any other life office as well as a strong management structure. NFU Mutual has a similar financial strength, says Cazalet, because the firm ru...

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