Friends Provident

Friends Provident is expecting its total life and pensions sales in the first nine-months of 2007 to be up 16% on the corresponding period last year.

Friends Provident has launched its Friends Wealth Solutions bond as the provider consolidates its wealth management range.

There have been a few comments in the press recently about term assurance pricing suggesting that real time pricing may not be too far away.

Resolution says it has not taken its eyes off a merger with Friends Provident despite confirming it has received interest in the firm from Standard Life and Pearl Assurance.

Standard Life has confirmed it is considering a cash and shares offer for Resolution.

Resolution's life division reached operating profit of £356m, compared to £150m in the same period last year.

The Office of Fair Trading has given notice of the proposed merger of Resolution and Friends Provident.

Pearl Group's attempt to halt the proposed Resolution and Friends Provident merger took a hit this morning after a change to the amalgamation's shareholder voting structure.

Friends Provident today announces it has rolled out a business tracking system for advisers across its entire product range.

An online income protection (IP) quote service has been launched by Friends Provident.