Friends Provident
Friends Provident is an insurance company listed on the London Stock Exchange on the FTSE 100 , ISIN GB00B1Z4ST84, from Great Britain . The company offers life insurance and other insurance products in the UK.
Friends Provident was founded in 1832. The company was founded in Bradford by Quakers to provide life insurance to their co-religionists. The company's headquarters are now in London . The company only went public in July 2001. The company is a member of the Association of British Insurers. Friends Provident is a sponsor of Southampton FC .
The Friends Provident group was taken over by Resolution plc in 2009. In 2010 Resolution acquired the majority of Axa's life insurance business in England with the aim of promoting market consolidation. Friends Provident Holding is now the third largest life insurer in the UK.
The insurance group includes:
- Friends Provident Life and Pension Limited
- Friends Provident Life Assurance Limited
- Friends Provident International Limited ( Isle of Man )
- F&C Asset Management plc
- United Kingdom Provident
- National Mutual of Australasia
- London and Manchester Assurance
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