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Life Insurance in United Kingdom

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  • 47 Pages
  • December 2020
  • Region: United Kingdom
  • MarketLine
  • ID: 5295223
Life Insurance in the United Kingdom industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2016-20, and forecast to 2025). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.

Key Highlights
  • The value of the life insurance market is shown in terms of gross premium incomes from mortality protection and retirement savings plans. All currency conversions have been calculated using constant 2019 annual average exchange rates. The insurance market depends on a variety of economic and non-economic factors and future performance is difficult to predict. The forecast given in this report is not based on a complex economic model, but is intended as a rough guide to the direction in which the market is likely to move.
  • The UK life insurance market is expected to generate total gross written premiums of $253.3bn in 2020, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.3% between 2016 and 2020.
  • The life insurance segment is expected to be the market's most lucrative in 2020, with total gross written premiums of $210.4bn, equivalent to 83% of the market's overall value.
  • One of the main drivers of life insurance spending is consumer confidence. If consumers are confident in their economic ability and the long-term economic prospects of their country, then they are very unlikely to buy life insurance.

Scope
  • Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the life insurance market in the United Kingdom.
  • Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the life insurance market in the United Kingdom.
  • Leading company profiles reveal details of key life insurance market players’ global operations and financial performance.
  • Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the United Kingdom life insurance market with five year forecasts.

Reasons to Buy
  • What was the size of the United Kingdom life insurance market by value in 2020?
  • What will be the size of the United Kingdom life insurance market in 2025?
  • What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the United Kingdom life insurance market?
  • How has the market performed over the last five years?
  • What are the main segments that make up the United Kingdom's life insurance market?

Table of Contents

1 Executive Summary
1.1. Market value
1.2. Market value forecast
1.3. Category segmentation
1.4. Geography segmentation
1.5. Market share
1.6. Market rivalry
1.7. Competitive Landscape
2 Market Overview
2.1. Market definition
2.2. Market analysis
3 Market Data
3.1. Market value
4 Market Segmentation
4.1. Category segmentation
4.2. Geography segmentation
5 Market Outlook
5.1. Market value forecast
6 Five Forces Analysis
6.1. Summary
6.2. Buyer power
6.3. Supplier power
6.4. New entrants
6.5. Threat of substitutes
6.6. Degree of rivalry
7 Competitive Landscape
7.1. Market share
7.2. Who are the leading players?
7.3. What strategies do the leading players follow?
7.4. What is the rationale for the recent M&A activity?
7.5. How has the COVID-19 outbreak impacted the market?
8 Company Profiles
8.1. Aviva Plc
8.2. Lloyds Banking Group Plc
8.3. American International Group Inc
8.4. Zurich Insurance Group Ltd
9 Macroeconomic Indicators
9.1. Country data
10 Appendix
10.1. Methodology
10.2. Industry associations
10.3. Related Research
10.4. About the Author
List of Tables
Table 1: United Kingdom life insurance market value: $ billion, 2016-20(e)
Table 2: United Kingdom life insurance market category segmentation: $ billion, 2020(e)
Table 3: United Kingdom life insurance market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2020(e)
Table 4: United Kingdom life insurance market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Table 5: United Kingdom life insurance market share: % share, by value, 2020(e)
Table 6: Aviva Plc: key facts
Table 7: Aviva Plc: Key Employees
Table 8: Aviva Plc: Key Employees Continued
Table 9: Lloyds Banking Group Plc: key facts
Table 10: Lloyds Banking Group Plc: Key Employees
Table 11: Lloyds Banking Group Plc: Key Employees Continued
Table 12: American International Group Inc: key facts
Table 13: American International Group Inc: Key Employees
Table 14: American International Group Inc: Key Employees Continued
Table 15: American International Group Inc: Key Employees Continued
Table 16: American International Group Inc: Key Employees Continued
Table 17: Zurich Insurance Group Ltd: key facts
Table 18: Zurich Insurance Group Ltd: Key Employees
Table 19: Zurich Insurance Group Ltd: Key Employees Continued
Table 20: United Kingdom size of population (million), 2016-20
Table 21: United Kingdom GDP (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 22: United Kingdom GDP (current prices, $ billion), 2016-20
Table 23: United Kingdom inflation, 2016-20
Table 24: United Kingdom consumer price index (absolute), 2016-20
Table 25: United Kingdom exchange rate, 2015-19
List of Figures
Figure 1: United Kingdom life insurance market value: $ billion, 2016-20(e)
Figure 2: United Kingdom life insurance market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2020(e)
Figure 3: United Kingdom life insurance market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2020(e)
Figure 4: United Kingdom life insurance market value forecast: $ billion, 2020-25
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the life insurance market in the United Kingdom, 2020
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the life insurance market in the United Kingdom, 2020
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the life insurance market in the United Kingdom, 2020
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the life insurance market in the United Kingdom, 2020
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the life insurance market in the United Kingdom, 2020
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the life insurance market in the United Kingdom, 2020
Figure 11: United Kingdom life insurance market share: % share, by value, 2020(e)

Companies Mentioned (Partial List)

A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:

  • Aviva Plc
  • Lloyds Banking Group Plc
  • American International Group Inc
  • Zurich Insurance Group Ltd

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