much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . february 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message standard life assurance company of canada type subsidiary of manulife industry financial services founded 1833 headquarters montreal quebec canada key people charles guay president & ceo products insurance number of employees 2 000 parent manulife website standard life canada the standard life assurance company of canada also known as standard life is an investment retirement and financial protection company and is part of manulife financial 1 standard life has been in the canadian marketplace since 1833 and currently employs over 2 000 people across canada . contents 1 history 2 real estate 3 references 4 external links history edit founded in edinburgh scotland in 1825 the standard life assurance company demutualized in 2006 and a new public company standard life plc was born . standard life plc was listed on the london stock exchange lse under sl on july 10 2006 . the standard life assurance company was established in 1825 and the first standard life assurance company act was passed by parliament in 1832 . standard life was reincorporated as a mutual assurance company in 1925 . the standard life group originally operated only through branches or agencies of the mutual company in the united kingdom and certain other countries . the canadian branch was founded in 1833 and the irish operations in 1838 . this largely remained the structure of the group until 1996 when it opened a branch in frankfurt germany with the aim of exporting its uk life assurance and pensions operating model to capitalise on the opportunities presented by third life directive and offer a product range in that market with features which local providers were unable to offer . in the 1990s the group also sought to diversify its operations into areas which complemented its core life assurance and pensions business with the intention of positioning itself as a broad range financial services provider . standard life had as of december 31 2013 48 billion cdn in assets under management while providing financial products and services to over 1.4 million individuals including group insurance and pension plan members . 2 on january 30 2015 the canadian operations of standard life plc joined manulife . 3 4 real estate edit standard life also owns and operates over 11 000 000 square feet 1 000 000 m2 of office retail and industrial space through its real estate division . 5 references edit http business.financialpost.com news manulife acquisition of standard life wins strong market support 1 february 02 2015 manulife press release http business.financialpost.com news manulife acquisition of standard life wins strong market support http www.standardlife.ca realestategroup en index.html external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title standard life canada & oldid 685536456 categories insurance companies of canadacompanies based in montrealcompanies established in 1833hidden categories articles lacking reliable references from february 2015all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 13 october 2015 at 12 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view