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Standard Life plc - Annual Report and Accounts 2007
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UK life and pensions - Key performance indicators

UK life and pensions is one of the largest pension, long-term savings and investment providers in the UK with a 9.7% market share, and offers a broad range of products across insurance and investment wrappers with particular strengths in the accumulation for retirement market. In 2007 the existing Wrap platform was complemented with the launch of Fundzone, a mutual fund supermarket, and assets under administration on this platform have now grown to over £1bn.

  2007 2006 Movement
New business PVNBP1,2 £13,324m £11,436m 17%
New business APE1 £1,663m £1,446m 15%
New business contribution3 £282m £167m 69%
PVNBP margin3,4 2.1% 1.5% 0.6% points
Net flows £2.5bn £3.2bn (22%)
EEV covered business operating profit before tax3,5 £648m £416m 56%
EEV non-covered business operating loss profit before tax3,6 (£24m) (£21m) (14%)
IFRS underlying profit before tax3 £395m £230m 72%

1 The 2007 figures include mutual funds sales. The 2006 figures have been restated to reflect the inclusion of mutual funds. The 2007 impact is: PVNBP of £564m (APE of £64m). The 2006 impact is: PVNBP of £36m (APE of £4m).
2 The PVNBP new business sales are different from those previously published in the full year new business press release issued on 30 January 2008 as they incorporate year end non-economic assumption changes.
3 2006 results are shown on a pro forma basis.
4 PVNBP margins are NBC divided by PVNBP expressed as a percentage based on the underlying unrounded numbers.
5 Includes Heritage With Profits Fund (HWPF) time value of options and guarantees (TVOG).
6 Includes UK pension scheme cost and Standard Life Savings Limited (SLS).

Please refer to the basis of preparation section in the business review and the glossary.