Scottish Widows

Scottish Widows Limited
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Financial services
Founded	1815
Headquarters	London, England, UK
Key people	Chirantan Barua ; (Chief Executive) ; Scott Wheway; (Chair)
Products	Life insurance; Pensions; Investments; Savings
Number of employees	3,500 (2011)
Parent	Lloyds Banking Group
Website	www.scottishwidows.co.uk

Scottish Widows is a life insurance and pensions company located in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group. Its product range includes life assurance and pensions. The company has been providing financial services to the UK market since 1815. The company sells products through independent financial advisers, direct to customers and through Lloyds Banking Group bank branches. The investment and asset management arm (Scottish Widows Investment Partnership) was sold in 2013 to Aberdeen Asset Management.^[2]

^ Scottish Widows staff (www.scottishwidows.co.uk/about_us/who_we_are/our_brand.html)
^ Strydom, Martin (18 November 2013). "Aberdeen buys Scottish Widows Investment Partnership from Lloyds for £650m as part of strategic partnership" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.

[1] Scottish Widows staff (www.scottishwidows.co.uk/about_us/who_we_are/our_brand.html)

[2] Strydom, Martin (18 November 2013). "Aberdeen buys Scottish Widows Investment Partnership from Lloyds for £650m as part of strategic partnership" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.

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