The firm was founded as Resolution Limited by entrepreneur Clive Cowdery in 2008 after agreeing a deal to retain the naming rights to Resolution plc, the zombie fund investor he founded which was sold to Pearl Group that year.

[3] Upon completion of the deal Resolution, which obtained a listing on the London Stock Exchange in December 2008,[4] took the place of Friends Provident in the FTSE 100 Index.

[9] In December 2014, British insurer Aviva agreed terms for a £5.6 billion all-share takeover of Friends Life.

[11] Friends Life operated from seven countries around the world including: United Kingdom, Germany, Luxembourg, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the Isle of Man.

[13] Senior management were employed by the London-headquartered limited liability partnership through which the company is effectively run.