Overview 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
The Roundup 2
Mergers and acquisitions, partnerships and organic growth 2
M&A 2
Partnerships 2
Organic Growth 2
Product innovation and customer targeting 2
Product innovation 2
Customer targeting 3
M&A, Partnerships and organic growth: The developments 4
Aviva plc 4
Delta Lloyd agrees to buy Swiss Life Belgium (M&A) - Jan 08 4
Aviva enters South Korean life insurance market (Organic Growth) - Jan 08 4
Aviva acquires UBI Vita (M&A) - Jan 08 4
ING 4
ING receives final approval for pension business acquisition (M&A, emerging markets) - Jan 08 4
Legal & General 5
Legal & General and Cofunds extend relationship (Partnership) - Jan 08 5
Lincoln National 5
Lincoln affiliates with Level Four Group (Partnership) - Jan 08 5
Manulife 5
Manulife-Sinochem receives approval to operate in Zignong Qingdao and Nantong (Organic growth, emerging markets) - Jan 08 5
Manulife opens new sales office in Pekanbaru (Organic growth) - Jan 08 5
Manulife commences sale of new investment-type annuity insurance product with Bank of Kyoto (Partnership) - Jan 08 5
Manulife introduces investment type annuity product with Daiwa Securities (Partnership) - Jan 08 6
Manulife launches ManuPrime Plus investment annuity in Japan with Tokyo Star Bank (Partnership) - Jan 08 6
Product innovation and customer targeting: the developments 7
Allianz 7
Allianz offers Islamic microinsurance products in Indonesia (Innovation) (Targeting) - Jan 08 7
Aviva plc 7
Aviva India introduces new fund options (Innovation) - Jan 08 7
Aviva Lietuva introduces investment life insurance in Lithuania (Innovation) - Jan 08 7
Norwich Union offers SIPP-like features at lower cost to UK customers (targeting) - Jan 08 8
Aviva adds portfolio weighting for tax efficiency on its Navigator platform (innovation) - Jan 08 8
Aviva Lisséo allows prudent investment (innovation) - Jan 08 8
Friends Provident 8
Friends Provident introduces protected fund (Innovation) - Jan 08 8
Guardian Life 9
Guardian adds to variable annuity rider (Innovation) - Jan 08 9
Manulife 9
Manulife commences sale of new investment-type annuity insurance product with Bank of Kyoto (Innovation) - Jan 08 9
Manulife introduces investment type annuity product with Daiwa Securities (Innovation) - Jan 08 9
Manulife launches ManuPrime Plus investment annuity in Japan with Tokyo Star Bank (Innovation) - Jan 08 9
Japan: Manulife Japan introduce investment-type lifetime care annuity insurance product (Innovation) - Jan 08 9
Manulife offers critical illness insurance in Hong Kong (Innnovation) - Jan 08 10
Nationwide 10
Nationwide offers Legal & General's trust and investment and protection products (Innovation) - Jan 08 10
Nationwide offers one- and two-year bonds for savers (innovation) - Jan 08 11
Nationwide International offers Lifetime Guarantee Account (innovation) - Jan 08 11
Prudential 11
Prudential enhances its universal life offering (Innovation) (Targeting) - Jan 08 11
Prudential US 11
More optional living benefits added to Prudential's annuities (innovation) - Jan 08 11
Wesleyan Assurance 12
Wesleyan launches flexible SIPP targeted at professional customers (targeting) - Jan 08 12
APPENDIX 13
Methodology 13
Index of strategies by company 15
Allianz 15
Aviva 15
Friends Provident 15
Guardian Life 15
ING 15
Legal & General 15
Lincoln National 15
Manulife 15
Nationwide 16
Prudential 16
Prudential US 16
Wesleyan Ass 16
Index of strategies by geography 16
Western Europe 16
Italy 16
Netherlands 16
UK 16
Central and Eastern Europe 17
US 17
Asia 17
India 17
Australia 17
China 17
Indonesia 17
Japan 18
Hong Kong 18
South Korea 18
Index of strategies by trend 18
M&A 18
Partnerships 18
Organic Growth 18
Product innovation 18
Investments 18
Annuities 18
Customer targeting 19
Offshore - Expats 19
Further reading 19
Ask the analyst 19
Datamonitor consulting 20
Disclaimer 20
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