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Standard Life Assurance Limited is one of Ireland's leading pension and investment providers. It celebrated 175 years in Ireland in 2009. It’s a subsidiary of Standard Life plc, a FTSE 100 member and employs around 235 people in Ireland.

The Standard Life group employs around 9,000 people globally, has assets under administration of approximately £198.4 billion* and over 6 million customers worldwide. Standard & Poor's has awarded Standard Life a stable credit rating of A+.**  Its market capitalisation was £4.5 billion as at 30 June, 2011.

Standard Life Ireland provides:

• Investment bonds
• Personal pensions
• Company pensions
• Approved retirement funds (ARFs)
• Retirement annuities
• Buy out bonds
• PRSAs

*   As at 28 April, 2011
** As at 6 August, 2010

Nigel Dunne - Chief executive
Michael McKenna - Head of finance
Sharon McDiarmid - Operations director
Fiona Keane - Head of people
Nigel Monaghan - Head of sales
Ian Quinn - Senior risk manager
Sanjeev Kopan - Head of Irish product development

Being a responsible business and playing an important role in the communities we work in are all fundamental parts of how we do business. Standard Life has supported a range of community activities since 1998.

The Jack & Jill Foundation is Standard Life’s charity partner for the remainder of 2011 and 2012.  

In 2009 and 2010, Irish staff raised over €75,000 for Barretstown, a children’s medical charity. In addition, staff donated €6,667 in a four week appeal for the Haiti earthquake victims.

In 2008, staff raised €26,500 for both the Simon Communities of Ireland and Mental Health Ireland respectively. This amount was fully matched by Standard Life thus donating €53,000 to each charity, totalling €108,000.