Standard Life

Standard Life has set its stall firmly in the single premium investment-led market, as new business figures released this morning reveal the company is seeing growth on the back of its new direction.

INSURANCE MUTUAL Standard Life has won the largest single piece of new business in its 181-year history just two months before it is due to float on the London Stock Exchange with a £5.5bn price-tag, reports The Daily Telegraph .

SANDY CROMBIE, chief executive of Standard Life, yesterday claimed it was "patently obvious" many of the group's policyholders "had no idea how their products worked", reports The Scotsman .

Graham Dow is leaving his post as head of investment marketing at Scottish Life to join Edinburgh rival Standard Life.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has admitted it is worried about the prospect of a National Pension Savings Scheme (NPSS) or an appropriate alternative not breaking even 30 years.

The Exchange has announced the addition of Standard Life and Royal Liver to its Pension Term Assurance (PTA) service.

STANDARD LIFE'S DECISION to demutualise came under political pressure last night after Dr Vincent Cable, the deputy head of the Liberal Democrats, backed a campaign for the company to remain mutual, reports The Scotsman .

Standard Life has submitted evidence to the Treasury Select Committee which claims the cost of running a National Pension Savings Scheme is likely to be far higher for the private sector than it would be through a State-run plan and is likely to run up...

STANDARD LIFE IS bracing itself for a second round of takeover approaches after it emerged that Resolution - one of the companies already knocked back by the Edinburgh assurer - is considering a return to the table with a fresh offer, reports The Scotsman...

STANDARD LIFE ON Tuesday put a £5.5bn price on its head and revealed that it had already rebuffed a number of approaches, including one from Resolution Life, the specialist investor in life assurance funds which manages closed books of with-profits business,...