Research and Markets: Life and Pensions Competitor Tracker, March 2008 Provides a Detailed Roundup of the Key Trends in Product Innovation, M&A, Partnerships and Organic Growth During the First Quarter of 2008.DUBLIN Dublin, city, Republic of IrelandDublin, Irish Baile Átha Cliath, county borough (1991 pop. 915,516), Leinster, capital of the Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the Liffey River. , Ireland Ireland, Irish Eire (âr`ə) [to it are related the poetic Erin and perhaps the Latin Hibernia], island, 32,598 sq mi (84,429 sq km), second largest of the British Isles. -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9e2f5a/life_and_pensions) has announced the addition of the "Life and Pensions Competitor Tracker, March 2008" report to their offering. Introduction The Life & Pensions Competitor Tracker tracks strategic developments of 50+ US, European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. and Asian Life & Pensions companies. It focuses on product innovation, customer targeting, M&A, partnerships and organic growth. 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. Key Topics Covered: Overview 1 Catalyst 1 Summary 1 The Roundup 3 Mergers and acquisitions, partnerships and organic growth 3 M&A and partnership activity has been concentrated on the Far East and Emerging Markets 3 Building distribution alliances has remained a source of M&A and partnership activity in Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). 3 Efforts at Organic Growth are aimed at the Far East 3 Product innovation has mainly centered on investment products and annuities 4 M&A, Partnerships and organic growth: The developments 5 Allianz Allianz SE[1], (ISIN: DE0008404005; IPA pronunciation: [alli-anz], and formerly AG) is a large financial service provider headquartered in Munich, Germany. 5 Allianz enters Japanese life market (organic growth) - Mar08 5 HSBC HSBC Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation HSBC Humane Society of Broward County (Florida) HSBC Humane Society of Bay County (Bay County, Michigan) Holdings 5 HSBC enters Korean insurance market (Organic Growth / Partnership) - March 08 5 ING 5 Netherlands retail banking network receives investment boost (Organic growth) - Mar 08 5 Liverpool Victoria The Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Limited was founded in 1843. It is incorporated under the provisions of the Friendly Societies Act 1992 and is owned by its members. The registered address for the company is County Gates, Westbourne, Bournemouth BH1 2NF. 6 LV launches flexible retirement solutions business (Organic Growth) - March 08 6 Wesleyan 6 Wesleyan announces UK growth plans (Organic growth) - Mar08 6 Zurich 6 Zurich acquires 50% stake in Can Soluciones Integrales (Acquisition) - March 08 6 Zurich closes acquisition of TEB TEB Test & Evaluation Board TEB Third Eye Blind (band name) TEB Thread Environment Block TEB Turkiye Ekonomi Bankasi TEB Triethylborane TEB Technical Evaluation Board TEB Traffic Engineering Bureau (Pakistan) Sigorta (Acquisition) - March 08 6 Product innovation and customer targeting: the developments 7 Aviva plc 7 Aviva Vie updates life insurance policy - March 08 7 Aviva and BASIX launch group term plan in India - March 08 8 Norwich Union Norwich Union is an insurance company in the UK. It is the biggest life-insurer in the UK, and has a strong position in motor insurance. It is part of the Aviva group, itself created by a merger of Norwich Union and CGU plc in 2000. launching online Simplified Life portal (innovation) - Mar 08 8 Friends Provident Friends Provident plc (LSE: FP.) manages a life assurance business mainly based in the United Kingdom and with offices throughout the world. Friends Provident is a financial services group and a member of the FTSE100 Index. 8 Wealth Solutions Bond now has multi-income option - (Innovation) Mar 08 8 Manulife 8 Manulife Taiwan to offer new Whole Life Health insurance product (innovation) - Mar 08 8 Manulife introduces offshore investments funds (innovation) - Mar08 9 Old Mutual 9 Additional non-sterling funds added to Skandias range (Innovation) - Mar 08 9 APPENDIX 10 Methodology 10 Index of strategies by company 12 Allianz 12 Aviva 12 Friends Provident 12 ING 12 LV 12 HSBC Holdings 12 Manulife 12 Old Mutual 12 Wesleyan 12 Zurich 12 Index of strategies by geography 13 Ireland 13 UK 13 Spain 13 Benelux 13 Turkey 13 India 13 Japan 13 South Korea 13 Taiwan 13 Malaysia 14 Index of strategies by trend 14 M&A 14 Partnerships 14 Organic Growth 14 Product innovation 14 Investments 14 Further reading 14 Ask the analyst 14 Our consulting 15 Disclaimer (networking) disclaimer - Statement ritually appended to many Usenet postings (sometimes automatically, by the posting software) reiterating the fact (which should be obvious, but is easily forgotten) that the article reflects its author's opinions and not necessarily those of the 15 Companies Mentioned: - Allianz - Aviva - Friends Provident - ING - LV - HSBC Holdings - Manulife - Old Mutual - Wesleyan - Zurich For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9e2f5a/life_and_pensions Source: Datamonitor |
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