Strong Performance. Disciplined Execution. Accelerating Growth
At Chesnara, we manage and distribute life and pension policies for c.1.3 million policyholders.
A FTSE 250 European Life, Pensions and Investment company with a specialist expertise in consolidation: we operate across the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands. Built through fifteen acquisitions, our growth story continues with the expected completion of our sixteenth acquisition, Scottish Widows Europe SA, around the end of 2026, which will also create a new territory for the Group, with the business being based in Luxembourg.
What we do
We help protect customers and their dependants through the provision of life, health and disability cover and enable policyholders to meet their financial needs in the future by providing savings, investments and pensions products.
£ 21 bn
£ 976 m
c 1.3 m
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1 Includes the pro forma impact of the second Canada Life portfolio acquisition following completion of the Part VII transfer and subsequent migration by early August 2026.2 As of 30 June 2026
Our Business Units
We currently operate life and pensions businesses across the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands, combining closed-book management with open new business operations, delivering consistent policyholder service and long-term shareholder value through disciplined consolidation.
Our strategic commitments
We are committed to delivering our strategic objectives
Maximising value from our existing businesses
The efficient management of life assurance, investment and pension policies whilst ensuring good outcomes for customers and policyholders.
Acquiring life and pensions businesses
Creating value through acquiring companies or books of business.
Value enhancement through the writing of profitable new business
Writing new business only where conditions ensure products add value, meet hurdle rates, and support long-term Operating Capital Generation.
Becoming a sustainable Chesnara
We are committed to ensuring that our operations and investments are sustainable and that sustainability is at the heart of our decision-making process across the group.