Standard Life Company Description

Standard Life plc operates in the long-term savings and retirement business in Europe.

It operates through Retirement Solutions, Pensions & Savings, With-Profits, SunLife & Protection, and Europe & Other segments.

The company offers saving for retirement solutions that include defined contribution workplace pensions, retail savings for retirement, and legacy pensions and savings products; transitioning to retirement solutions, such as pension consolidation, fixed-term annuities, and smooth managed fund; and retirement income solutions, including income drawdown and lifetime annuities, defined benefit pension income, and home equity release.

It also offers new and in-force individual annuity and bulk purchase annuity contracts written within shareholder funds; U.K.

individual annuity; workplace pensions and self-invested personal pensions; in-force insurance and investment unit-linked products; and protection products.

The company offers its products under the Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life, and ReAssure brands. Standard Life plc was formerly known as Phoenix Group Holdings plc and changed its name to Standard Life plc in February 2026.

The company was founded in 1782 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.