John Edwards

Scottish Widows Ltd. (Investment Portfolio) (Scottish Widows-IP) is the investment portfolio division of Scottish Widows Ltd., a life insurance and pensions company headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1996 and is a subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd., which is owned by Lloyds Banking Group Plc (LON: LLOY) in Great Britain. Their product range includes workplace and individual pensions, annuities, life cover, critical illness, income protection as well as savings and investment products. Scottish Widows-IP manages the investment portfolio of insurance clients.

Clerical Medical Finance Plc is engaged in providing investment facilities to middle-class professionals . The company's products include life insurance and other investment products, such as a variety of bonds (flexible growth, income, and others) and offshore investment funds. Clerical Medical is also engaged in selling up the group and individual pension plans, as well as savings plans. The company is a subsidiary of Halifax which provides home mortgages.

Nottingham Building Society is a mutual building society. It also offers estate agency services. The company operates through three segments: Building Society, Estate Agency and Mortgage Broking. The Building Society segment provides mortgages, savings, third party insurance and investments. The Estate Agency segment provides estate agency services. The Mortgage Broking segment provides whole of market mortgage broking services. The company was founded by Samuel Fox in 1849 and is headquartered in Nottingham, the United Kingdom.

HBOS Insurance & Investment Group Ltd. provides insurance and investment services. Its services include financial planning and stock and asset management services to companies and individual investors. The company is located in Halifax, UK.

Liverpool Victoria Insurance Co. Ltd. provides insurance services. It provides cars, travel, buildings, home contents, and motor insurance products. The company was founded on July 26, 1996 and is headquartered in Bournemouth, the United Kingdom.