Our history and our brand
Scottish Widows has been working to help people plan their financial futures since it was founded as Scotland's first mutual life office in 1815.
Here you can find out more about our history and how we became one of the most recognised brands in the life, pensions and investment industry, winning a range of financial services awards along the way. (Source: IPSOS Brand & Advertising Tracking Study, February 2007).
From a meeting in an Edinburgh coffee house in 1812, Scotland's first mutual life office was born. Find out more about our history.
Scottish Widows is one of the most recognised brands in our market sector. Find out more about the building of a brand icon and meet the latest Widow.
See some of the recognition and many awards we have won from the financial services industry over recent years.
We have been a member of the Lloyds TSB Marketing Group since 2000. Here are some of our sister companies and their website addresses.






