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8:28am on Wednesday, 22nd October, 2025:
Anecdote
Recently, I had cause to dig out my personal pension plan from 1988, because it turned into money in January and the pension providers, Phoenix Life, want me to prove it's mine. I don't have any documents for Phoenix Life, but found ones for Sun Alliance; it seems that Sun Alliance became part of Phoenix Life after a series of mergers and acquisitions.
Anyway, along with the document I managed to recover, I found this enticement:
If we look on the back, the wealth of features it possesses are revealed:
We did actually go with Sun Alliance, and duly received our free telephone. We used for many years; it even changed houses with us when we moved.
I must have kept the flier in case Sun Alliance reneged on the deal.
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