Life and Pensions Competitor Tracker, Q2 2008 : Market Research Report

Life and Pensions Competitor Tracker, Q2 2008

Published by: Datamonitor

Published: Aug. 26, 2008 - 36 Pages

Overview: Catalyst; Summary; Methodology; Table of Contents; Introduction; The Life and Pensions Competitor Tracker provides both one month and 12 month views of developments; Each quarter, Datamonitor tracks the most relevant announcements from 42 competitors; Datamonitor's Life and Pensions Team provides analysis of the key developments; A fully searchable database of the past 12 months of developments is also delivered alongside the report; Key Trends and Developments in June; There are several important industry trends and competitor developments; The recent flurry of developments in online services; The market leading levels of product innovation being shown by Manulife; The continued expansion into emerging economies; June was an average quarter in the life and pensions industry; Quarter two saw a total of 55 competitor developments; There was a slowdown in M&A, partnerships and organic growth; The geographic split of developments continues to be international; Product innovation is becoming more pronounced in the market; Technology and delivery has been an area of particular product innovation; Product innovation and customer targeting; AMP; AMP introduces easywrite, to speed up insurance applications - April 2008; Aviva; Aviva Assurance launches insurance products for self-employed - April 2008; Aviva launches Aviva Stratégie Retraite Article 39 in France - May 2008; Friends Provident; Friends Provident launches Event Manager - May 2008; Friends Provident begins Optus Group Savings roll-out in Emirates - June 2008; Friends Provident introduces Dynamic Portfolio Planner International - June 2008; GE; Swiss Re and Guy Carpenter launch joint operations for electronic data exchange in accounting and settlement - June 2008; Guardian; Small business owners to benefit from new Guardian disability income initiatives - June 2008; Guardian expands program to help protect retirement plan contributions - June 2008; Legal & General; Legal & General introduces new bonds in the UK - May 2008; Lincoln National; Lincoln employer markets announces release of CSO compliant products in the US - May 2008; Liverpool Victoria; Liverpool Victoria launches another service commitment in the UK - June 2008; Liverpool Victoria launches new equity release product - Flexible Lifetime Mortgage - June 2008; Manulife; Manulife to launch annuity insurance product - April 2008; Manulife launches new Middle East and North Africa fund - April 2008; John Hancock Funds adopts Rainier Large Cap Growth Equity Portfolio - April 2008; Manulife Investment protected deposit notes launched in Canada - May 2008; Manulife develops investment-type lifetime care annuity insurance product for Japan - May 2008; Manulife launches first group retirement savings version in Canada of guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit product - June 2008; John Hancock Annuities enhances Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit - June 2008; My Helper, investment-type lifetime care annuity to be launched through Hiroshima Bank - June 2008; Manulife Investments expands IncomePlus fund offering - June 2008; John Hancock enhances long-term care insurance - June 2008; Prudential Financial; Prudential Financial offers Internet-based term life insurance in US - April 2008; Prudential PLC; Prudential to offer new Target Return funds - June 2008; Standard Life; Standard Life launches SIPPZone in the UK with online trading (Innovation) - April 2008; SLI's new GARS fund available on Standard Life's bond and pension wrappers - May 2008; Standard Life adds a Whole Life insurance product to complement its wealth and estate planning solutions - June 2008; Standard Life introduces new online retirement planning and management tool - June 2008; The Hartford; The Hartford offers insurance and pension plan to US small business owners - April 2008; The Hartford offers standard rates to prostate cancer survivors in US - April 2008; Zurich; Zurich launches microinsurance research project in China - April 2008; M&A, Partnerships and Organic Growth; AIG; AIG Subsidiary extends partnership with Japan Post Holdings - May 2008; Allianz; Allianz gains majority stake in Koç Allianz insurers in Turkey - April 2008; Allianz expands in Central and Eastern Europe - May 2008; Aviva; Aviva Australia opens office in Cairns - April 2008; Aviva brings member companies into a single global brand - April 2008; Aviva USA locates operations HQ in Iowa - April 2008; Aviva Australia gains equity in AG Private Advisory - April 2008; Aviva Russia opens office in Rostov-on-Don - April 2008; Aviva and ABN AMRO to alter bancassurance agreement - May 2008; Aviva expands its range of investment opportunities in the Czech Republic - June 2008; AXA; AXA completes the acquisition of a 36.7% stake in Russian insurer Reso Garantia - June 2008; Fortis; Fortis and ABN AMRO begin sale of ABN AMRO Business Unit Netherlands - April 2008; Fortis enters Indian life market - April 2008; ING; ING to acquire Turkish voluntary pension fund Oyak Emeklilik - June 2008; Legal & General; Legal & General close bid for Suffolk Life - May 2008; Manulife; Manulife Insurance opens regional support centre in Ipoh, Malaysia - May 2008; Manulife Mutual Funds enters an exclusive arrangement with Mawer Investment Management - June 2008; Prudential US; Regulator gives approval to DLF Pramerica Life - June 2008; Santander; Banco Santander completes sales of Antonveneta to BMps - May 2008; Standard Life; SimplyBiz to offer Standard Life Wrap service to its advisors - June 2008; Zurich; Zurich acquires 50% of Caixa Sabadell's insurance companies - April 2008; Singapore branch to fuel further profitable growth at Zurich - May 2008; Zurich closes acquisition of DWS Vita in Italy - June 2008; Appendix; Methodology; Further reading; Ask the analyst; Datamonitor consulting; Disclaimer
List of Tables: Table 1: The 42 companies covered by Datamonitor's Life and Pensions Competitor Tracker; Table 2: Competitors achieving more than 3 product innovations in the past 12 months
List of Figures: Figure 1: Quarter two was fairly typical in terms of competitor developments; Figure 2: M&A, partnerships and organic growth experienced a slower quarter; Figure 3: Activity is taking place worldwide; Figure 4: 2008 shows significantly higher levels of product innovation; Figure 5: Product innovation has been boosted by technology and delivery

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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.

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Track the strategies announced by 50+ of your key competitors
Assess which geographies and strategic areas are seeing the most activity

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Life and Pensions Competitor Tracker, Q2 2008

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