Phoenix Timeline

1998
Royal Heritage Life Assurance renamed Royal & Sun Alliance Linked Insurances Limited

1985
Royal Life purchased Lloyds Life Assurance and renamed it Royal Heritage Life Assurance

1998
Royal Life (Unit Linked Assurances) Limited and Royal Life (Unit Linked Pension Funds) Limited policies transferred to Royal & Sun Alliance Linked Insurances Limited

1990
Ebor Phoenix Assurance Company Limited renamed Sun Alliance Pensions Limited

1989
Property Growth Pensions and Annuities Limited - policies moved to Ebor Phoenix Assurance Company Limited

1981
Royal Insurance Company Limited policies moved to Royal Life Insurance Limited

1964
Policies from Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company, and Law Union and Rock Insurance Company, moved to Royal Insurance Company Limited

1989
Property Growth Assurance Company became part of Sun Alliance and London Assurance Company Limited

1967
London Assurance joined with Beacon Insurance Company Limited to form Sun Alliance and London Assurance Company Limited

1984
Sun Alliance acquired Phoenix Assurance

1786
Phoenix Assurance established

1996
Royal Insurance and Sun Alliance merged to form Royal & Sun Alliance

2005
Allianz Cornhill Insurance plc life policies moved to Britannic Unit Linked Assurance Limited (BULA)

2000
Evergreen Retirement Assurance Limited became part of Britannic Assurance plc and was renamed Britannic Retirement Solutions Limited (BRS)

1981
Re-registered as Britannic Assurance plc

1921
Renamed Britannic Assurance Company Limited

1905
Renamed Britannic

1866
British Workman's Mutual Assurance Company Limited formed in Birmingham

2005
Century Life plc (as part of Century Group) purchased by Britannic Group plc

2003
National Australia Life Company Limited policies moved to Century Life plc

2000
Growth & Secured Life Assurance Society Limited, Hiscox Insurance Company Limited, Old Mutual Life Assurance Company Limited - policies moved to Century Life plc

1998
Black Sea and Baltic General Insurance Company Limited, Oxford Life Assurance Company Limited - policies moved to Century Life plc

1994
Prosperity Financial Services Limited and Prosperity Life Assurance policies moved to Century Life plc

1992
Credit & Commerce Life Assurance Limited, Crown Assurance Company, Equico International Limited, National Employers Life Assurance Company Limited, Shield Assurance Limited - policies moved to Century Life plc

1990
Colonial Life Insurance Company (UK), Consumers Life Insurance Company Limited, UK Life Assurance Company Limited - policies moved to Century Life plc

1989
City of Edinburgh Life Assurance Company Limited policies moved to Century Life plc

1987
Lamont Life Assurance Company policies moved to Century Life plc

2006
By 2006, Alba Life Limited included policies from Crusader Insurance, Foreman & Staff Mutual Benefit Society, FS Assurance Limited, LAS Investment Assurance (LASIA), LAS Pensions Management (LASPEN) and (Britannia) Life Association of Scotland

1999
Britannia Life Limited renamed Alba Life Limited

2008
Scottish Mutual Assurance Limited and Scottish Provident Limited healthcare and protection policies moved to Royal London

2000
National Provident Institution demutualised. National Provident Life Limited formed to take over existing policies and NPI Limited formed to sell new policies under the NPI name

1835
National Provident Institution established