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SunLife

Logo: sunlife.co.uk4

UK-based insurance business and part of the Phoenix Group

SunLife Ltd is a life assurance and equity release business operating in the UK which is owned by Standard Life plc. Founded in 1810, the company is best known for its range of services for people aged 50 and over.2 It employed 100 people in 2020.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1810Founded1
  • Industrylife insurance company1
  • HeadquartersBristol1
  • Founded inLondon1
  • Websitewww.sunlife.co.uk
  • Legal formenterprise1
  • LEI2138003PPIEA27377A593
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered address10 BRINDLEYPLACE, B1 2JB Birmingham, United Kingdom3
  • Registered withCompanies House, 054608623

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SunLife
Photo: Samgillies2014, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

SunLife Ltd is a life assurance and equity release business operating in the UK which is owned by Standard Life plc. Founded in 1810, the company is best known for its range of services for people aged 50 and over.2

Corporate structure

SunLife is part of a group headed by Phoenix Group. 205 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Phoenix Group London, United Kingdom
    • Gresham Life Assurance Society Telford, United Kingdom
    • ReAssure Telford, United Kingdom
      • LG WITH-PROFITS FUND Fund · Telford, United Kingdom
      • REASSURE LIFE MATCHING ADJUSTMENT (PING 2) FUND Fund · Telford, United Kingdom
      • REASSURE LIFE NON MATCHING ADJUSTMENT FUND Fund · Telford, United Kingdom
      • REASSURE LIMITED - THE MATCHING ADJUSTMENT FUND Fund · Telford, United Kingdom
      • REASSURE LIMITED, ACTING IN RESPECT OF DEFINED BOOK (EXCLUDING UNIT-LINKED BUSINESS) Fund · Telford, United Kingdom
      • REASSURE LIMITED, ACTING IN RESPECT OF MATCHING ADJUSTMENT FUND Fund · Telford, United Kingdom
      • REASSURE LIMITED, ACTING IN RESPECT OF NON RESTRICTED ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FUND Fund · Telford, United Kingdom
      • WINDSOR LIFE WITH-PROFIT FUND Fund · Telford, United Kingdom
    • SunLife Birmingham, United Kingdom
    • Irish Life Ark Dublin DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY Subsidiary · 100% · Dublin, Ireland
    • ABBEY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Subsidiary · Birmingham, United Kingdom
    • ABBEY LIFE TRUST SECURITIES LIMITED Subsidiary · Birmingham, United Kingdom
    • ABBEY LIFE TRUSTEE SERVICES LIMITED Subsidiary · Birmingham, United Kingdom
    • ALBA LAS PENSIONS MANAGEMENT LIMITED Subsidiary · Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    • ALBA LIFE TRUSTEES LIMITED Subsidiary · Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    • AXIAL FUNDAMENTAL STRATEGIES (US INVESTMENTS) LLC Subsidiary · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
    • BL TELFORD LIMITED Subsidiary · Telford, United Kingdom
    • BRITANNIC FINANCE LIMITED Subsidiary · Birmingham, United Kingdom
    • BRITANNIC GROUP SERVICES LIMITED Subsidiary · Birmingham, United Kingdom
    • BRITANNIC MONEY INVESTMENT SERVICES LIMITED Subsidiary · Birmingham, United Kingdom
    • CENTURY TRUSTEE SERVICES LIMITED Subsidiary · Birmingham, United Kingdom
    • CH MANAGEMENT LIMITED Subsidiary · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
    • CITYFOURINC Subsidiary · Birmingham, United Kingdom
    • ERIP GENERAL PARTNER LIMITED Subsidiary · Telford, United Kingdom
    • ERIP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
    • G ASSURANCE & PENSION SERVICES LTD Subsidiary · Telford, United Kingdom
    • G FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED Subsidiary · Telford, United Kingdom
    • G LIFE H LIMITED Subsidiary · Telford, United Kingdom
    • G TRUSTEES LTD Subsidiary · Telford, United Kingdom
    • IH (JERSEY) LIMITED Subsidiary · St. Helier, Jersey
    • IMPALA HOLDINGS LIMITED Subsidiary · Birmingham, United Kingdom
    • and 84 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • equity release
  • life insurance

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 20201001

Timeline

  1. Apr 20, 2021Parent Directly consolidated by Phoenix Group3
  2. 1810Founded Founded in London1

Sources

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