traded as lse phnx industry insurance founded 1857 headquarters london uk key people sir howard davies chairman 1 clive bannister ceo revenue 692 million 2015 2 operating income 288 million 2015 2 net income 249 million 2015 2 website www.thephoenixgroup.com the phoenix group formerly pearl group lse phnx is one of the largest providers of insurance services in the united kingdom . it is listed on the london stock exchange and was formerly traded on euronext amsterdam . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded in 1857 as the pearl loan company and operated from the royal oak public house opposite the whitechapel bell foundry . 3 it changed its name to the pearl assurance company in 1914 . 3 in 1990 it was acquired by the australian insurance group amp and then in 2003 pearl npi and london life were demerged from amp to become part of henderson group . 4 in 2005 the business was bought from henderson group by sun capital partners a business in which hugh osmond is a leading partner 5 and tdr capital . 4 then in 2008 pearl acquired resolution plc including its phoenix assurance business . 6 in june 2009 the business was acquired by the liberty acquisition holdings international company a vehicle controlled by billionaire nicolas berggruen which subsequently changed its name to pearl group . 7 on 15 march 2010 pearl group changed its name to phoenix group holdings . 8 in march 2014 the business sold ignis asset management to standard life investments the asset management arm of standard life . 9 operations edit phoenix group s head office at juxon house in london the phoenix group s main business unit is phoenix life . phoenix life comprises four regulated life companies phoenix life limited ; phoenix life assurance ltd. prior to 28 september 2012 known as pearl assurance limited phoenix ireland phoenix life limited irish branch npi national provident life limited scottish mutual international limited republic of ireland references edit vivek ahuja and mark cobley . sir howard davies takes the chair at phoenix . efinancialnews.com . retrieved 1 april 2015 . a b c annual report 2015 pdf . phoenix group . retrieved 10 april 2016 . a b pearl group history a b amp wins as uk spinoff sells life funds for 2.6 bn sydney morning herald 11 december 2004 rising of sun is new dawn for osmond daily telegraph 27 january 2002 resolution board says yes to 5bn pearl bid guardian 17 november 2007 bondholders holding 500m ious warn pearl flotation dail mail 3 july 2009 phoenix group holdings group transition phoenix group holdings audited results for the year ended 31 december 2009 standard life investments buys fund manager ignis for 390m . bbc news . 2014 03 26 . retrieved 2016 10 11 . external links edit official site v t e major insurance and reinsurance companies insurance composite aegon ageas aig allianz allstate aon aviva axa china pacific insurance china taiping generali ing japan post insurance 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