Life and Pensions Competitor Tracker, February 2008 - 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

Life and Pensions Competitor Tracker, February 2008 - 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

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.

Overview 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
Table of Contents 2
The Roundup 3
Mergers and acquisitions, partnerships and organic growth 3
M&A 3
Partnerships 3
Organic Growth 3
Product innovation and customer targeting 3
Product innovation 3
Investments 3
Annuities 3
M&A, Partnerships and organic growth: The developments 4
AXA 4
AXA to buy out stake in AXA OYAK Holding (M&A) - Feb 08 4
Groupama 4
Groupama purchases insurance company from OTP (M&A) - Feb 08 4
ING 4
ING sells Mexican insurance business to AXA (M&A) - Feb 08 4
Legal & General 5
Legal & General and Nationwide begin partnership (Partnership) - Feb 08 5
Manulife 5
Manulife Japan commences sale of annuity product- Feb 08 5
Prudential US 5
In the US Prudential Retirement partners with the Newport Group to offer Prudential IncomeFlex - (Partnerships) - Feb 2008 5
Sampo Life 6
Sampo receives s license to exceed 10% in Nordea - (Organic Growth) - Feb 08 6
Zurich 6
Scandinavia: Zurich opens branches in Norway and Denmark (Organic Growth) - Feb 08 6
Product innovation and customer targeting: the developments 7
Aviva plc 7
Aviva launches Aviva Puissance 7 (Products) - Feb 08 7
Friends Provident 7
Friends Provident adds features to investor product (Products) - Feb 08 7
Lincoln National 7
Lincoln introduces retirement product (Product) - Feb 08 7
Manulife 8
John Hancock makes additions to life products (Product) - Feb 08 8
Manulife Japan commences sale of annuity product (Product) - Feb 08 8
Prudential US 9
Prudential Financial launches MyTerm, a simplified term assurance product, through AgStar Financial Services (Product) - Feb 08 9
Scottish Widows 9
Scottish Widows adds Retirement Income drawdown to its Retirement Account (Innovation) - Feb 08 9
JP Morgan 9
JP Morgan to provide currency hedging for pension fund (Product) - Feb 08 9
APPENDIX 10
Methodology 10
Index of strategies by company 12
Aviva 12
Axa 12
Friends Provident 12
ING 12
Groupama 12
JP Morgan 12
L&G 12
Lincoln 12
Manulife 12
Prudential US 12
Sampo 12
Scottish Widows 13
Zurich 13
Index of strategies by geography 13
Western Europe 13
UK 13
Nordic Region 13
France 13
Central and Eastern Europe 13
Turkey 13
Hungary 13
North America 13
US 13
South and Central America 14
Mexico 14
Asia 14
Japan 14
Index of strategies by trend 14
Mergers and acquisitions, partnerships and organic growth 14
M&A 14
Partnerships 14
Organic Growth 14
Product innovation and customer targeting 14
Product innovation 14
Further reading 15
Ask the analyst 15
Datamonitor consulting 15
Disclaimer 15