Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Datamonitor
Published: May 2008
Product Code: R313-32536Description Introduction
The Life & Pensions Competitor Tracker tracks strategic developments of 50+ US, European and Asian Life & Pensions companies. It focuses on product innovation, customer targeting, M&A, partnerships and organic growth.
Scope
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Reasons to Purchase
Provides a detailed roundup of the key trends in Product Innovation, M&A, Partnerships and Organic growth during the first quarter of 2008 Track the strategies announced by 50+ of your key competitors Assess which geographies and strategic areas are seeing the most activity.
Table of Contents - Overview
- Catalyst
- Summary
- Table of Contents
- The Roundup
- Mergers and acquisitions, partnerships and organic growth
- M&A and partnership activity has been concentrated on the Far East and Emerging Markets
- Building distribution alliances has remained a source of M&A and partnership activity in Western Europe
- Efforts at Organic Growth are aimed at the Far East
- Product innovation has mainly centered on investment products and annuities
- M&A, Partnerships and organic growth: The developments
- Allianz
- Allianz enters Japanese life market (organic growth) - Mar08
- HSBC Holdings
- HSBC enters Korean insurance market (Organic Growth / Partnership) - March 08
- ING
- Netherlands retail banking network receives investment boost (Organic growth) - Mar 08
- Liverpool Victoria
- LV launches flexible retirement solutions business (Organic Growth) - March 08
- Wesleyan
- Wesleyan announces UK growth plans (Organic growth) - Mar08
- Zurich
- Zurich acquires 50% stake in Can Soluciones Integrales (Acquisition) - March 08
- Zurich closes acquisition of TEB Sigorta (Acquisition) - March 08
- Product innovation and customer targeting: the developments
- Aviva plc
- Aviva Vie updates life insurance policy - March 08
- Aviva and BASIX launch group term plan in India - March 08
- Norwich Union launching online Simplified Life portal (innovation) - Mar 08
- Friends Provident
- Wealth Solutions Bond now has multi-income option - (Innovation) Mar 08
- Manulife
- Manulife Taiwan to offer new Whole Life Health insurance product (innovation) - Mar 08
- Manulife introduces offshore investments funds (innovation) - Mar08
- Old Mutual
- Additional non-sterling funds added to Skandia's range (Innovation) - Mar 08
- APPENDIX
- Methodology
- Index of strategies by company
- Allianz
- Aviva
- Friends Provident
- ING
- LV
- HSBC Holdings
- Manulife
- Old Mutual
- Wesleyan
- Zurich
- Index of strategies by geography
- Ireland
- UK
- Spain
- Benelux
- Turkey
- India
- Japan
- South Korea
- Taiwan
- Malaysia
- Index of strategies by trend
- M&A
- Partnerships
- Organic Growth
- Product innovation
- Investments
- Further reading
- Ask the analyst
- Datamonitor consulting
- Disclaimer
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