Friends Provident
Friends Life : James Tan appointed as General Manager, Asia & Middle East
Friends Life, the parent company of Friends Provident International, has announced the appointment of James Lai-Hing Tan as General Manager, Asia & Middle East,...
Friends Provident International : new online model fund portfolio service
Friends Provident International (FPI) has launched five risk-rated model fund portfolios for exclusive use within its online portfolio planning tool, Dynamic Portfolio Planner International...
Fitch Ratings : affirms Friends Life IFS at ‘A+’
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Friends Provident Life and Pensions Ltd's (FPLP), Friends Life Company Limited's (FLC) and Friends Life Assurance Society Limited's (FLAS) Insurer...
Friends Provident : International Investor Attitudes report reveals bright future for Singapore and UAE investors
The latest Friends Provident International (FPI) Investor Attitudes report released, reveals that investor confidence is at its highest level in Singapore and United Arab...
Friends Life : consolidation of office locations
As part of its review of locations Friends Life has outlined plans to close its office in Basingstoke and consolidate its offices in Manchester...
Fitch Assigns Friends Provident Hybrid Securities ‘BBB+(exp)’ Rating
Fitch Ratings has assigned Friends Provident Holdings proposed issue of hybrid securities an expected 'BBB+(exp)' rating.
The final rating is contingent on the receipt of...
Friends Provident International offers new mirror funds to help protect against volatility and inflation
Friends Provident International is launching three new mirror funds that can help shelter investors from global inflationary pressures and continuing stock market and currency...
Appointment : Colin Williams appointed Director of Corporate at Friends Provident
Colin Williams has been appointed Director of Corporate at Friends Provident with immediate effect and will report directly to Trevor Matthews, Chief Executive Officer.
In...
Acquisition : Resolution confirmed acquisition of Bupa Health Insurance
Resolution confirmed it has completed the acquisition of the Bupa Health Assurance Ltd (BHA) business comprising Bupa Group Risk and Bupa Individual Protection.
Initially, it...
Appointment : Justin Howcroft joins Friends Provident as Corporate Sales Director
Friends Provident International (FPI) announced that Justin Howcroft has joined FPI's Global team as corporate sales director reporting to Bob Pain. Justin joins from...
Senior management changes at Friends Provident
The Company announces that Andy Briggs will become CEO of Friends and that Trevor Matthews will assume a new role of Vice Chairman. Andy...
Friends Provident moves to new offices
Friends Provident today announces it will relocate its head office to the landmark One New Change development in the City of London. The iconic...
Appointment : Irvine Baxter is new Regional sales Director for Friends provident
Friends Provident International (FPI) announced today the appointment of Irvine Baxter to the role of UK regional sales director, reporting to Bob Pain, international sales...
Study : Brits ready to work into 70’s
- 67 is when we think we will retire... but we want to retire five years earlier
- 32% of Brits don't have a pension
A...
Making automatic enrolment work is the way forward says Friends Provident
Friends Provident welcomes today's government sponsored review into automatic enrolment and pension reform and is encouraged by the recommendation there should be no...
Retirement: Brits shun retirement in favour of ‘sociable’ jobs
- 51 % of Britons wish to continue working after they reach the retirement age as a way of staying active
- Less than...
Pensions tax relief proposals
The life and pensions provider is pleased the Government is both listening to and working with the industry.
Friends Provident believes the Government's proposal to...
Friends Provident : new SRT Protection Toolkit
Friends Provident announced today the launch of a bespoke SRT Protection Toolkit and a brand new protection site which has been developed in response...
Friends Provident : its Critical Illness Cover enhance
Friends Provident announced today that it has enhanced its Critical Illness Cover (CIC) by including mastectomy cover and 5 new ABI+ conditions to the...
