Friends Life

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It is reckoned by the British authorities that about £3bn lies unclaimed in shares and dividends in the UK alone. Photograph: Getty Images
Hunting down Friends Provident shares never claimed in 2001

I am writing on behalf of a relative who had an allocation of shares in the flotation of Friends Provident. The letter we have says he was entitled to(...)

Chief excecutive of health insurer Bupa, Evelyn Bourke
Two high-profile appointments at Bank of Ireland

Bank of Ireland has appointed the chief excecutive of health insurer Bupa, Evelyn Bourke, and Ian Buchanan of private equity group Cerberus Capital t(...)

Friends Provident was originally a mutual insurance business
What happened dividends on Friends Provident shares?

I have 200 shares in Friends Provident that were granted some years ago to persons holding life policies with them. I did receive annual dividend cheq(...)

Aviva Insurance chief executive Mark Wilson: Salary more than doubled his pay packet to £5.7 million
UK insurer Aviva CEO take-home pay doubles to £5.67m in 2015

Aviva’s chief executive Mark Wilson’s take-home pay more than doubled to £5.67 million last year, after the purchase of rival Friends Life, the Britis(...)

The insurance giant is to acquire Friends Life after the boards of the two companies agreed a takeover deal worth £5.2 billion. (Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire)
Aviva agrees €7bn takeover of rival Friends Life

British insurer Aviva agreed terms on Tuesday for a £5.6 billion pound (€7 billion) all-share takeover of rival Friends Life, responding to pressures (...)

Takeover of Friends Life Group by Aviva would be the biggest takeover in the UK insurance industry in 15 years and create a company with 16 million customers. Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg
Aviva shares fall due to concerns about mooted Friends Life takeover

Aviva plc, Britain’s second biggest insurer by market value, fell the most since July in London trading after saying it was in talks to buy Friends Li(...)

Matt Moran with former Anglo chief David Drumm – Mr Moran was Anglo’s chief financial officer when it was nationalised in 2009. Photograph: Eric Luke
Former Anglo executive leaves Lombard International Assurance

Matt Moran, the former chief financial officer of Anglo Irish Bank in the time before it was nationalised in 2009, has left his position as chief exec(...)