Scottish Life International sponsorship for the 100th anniversary of the Tourist Trophy Races
Thursday, 31 May 2007
This year sees the centenary of the most famous event in the motorcycle road-racing calendar – the Isle of Man TT Races. The course itself is nearly 40 miles long and the races will be run over 6 laps; a true test of endurance for both the riders and the machines.
Scottish Life International is pleased to announce that it is sponsoring Team Klaffi Honda, the world Superbike and Sidecar team. Klaffi Honda will be represented in the Superbike, Supersport and Superstock classes, with Irish Senior Road Race Champion Martin Finnegan. Team principal Klaus Klaffenbock and his passenger Christian Parzer will be looking to take the honours in the Sidecar races.
An anticipated 50,000 visitors are expected on the island during the event. Scottish Life International Executive Director Mike Crellin, an avid supporter of the races, will actually also be competing himself for the VRS racing team.
Mike said, "The event has moved on quite a bit since its early days after speed limits in Britain forced the Auto Cycle Club to look elsewhere for free roads to race on and turned to the Isle of Man."
"We wish Klaus, Christian and Martin the best of luck in their races and hope to see them on the podium this year. For me, I just hope to finish in a respectable position a little further down the field!"
The TT Centenary Road Races start on Saturday 2 June and culminate in the Parade of Champions on Friday 8 June and is sure to be an unmissable event.
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for further information please contact:
pressoffice@sli.co.im / 0131 456 6031 or
Scottish Life International
Mike Crellin
Executive Director
01624 681 503
mike.crellin@sli.co.im
editors notes:
Scottish Life International was launched in 1996 and is now part of the Royal London Group. The company has grown rapidly in size and now has funds under management in excess of £742 million from investors in the UK and around the world (as at 31 March 2007). Scottish Life International is based in the Isle of Man, where it is supervised by the Isle of Man Government Insurance and Pensions Authority.
Scottish Life International is a member of the Association of International Life Offices (AILO) and sponsors IFA Promotion (IFAP), which supports the need for independent financial advice.
Holders of policies issued by Scottish Life International Insurance Company Limited, based in the Isle of Man, will not be protected by the UK Financial Services Compensation Scheme if the company becomes unable to meet its liabilities to them. Policyholders will however be protected by the Isle of Man Life Assurance (Compensation of Policyholders) Regulations 1991.
Royal London Group is a specialist financial service provider. Its businesses focus
on those sectors of the market which value premium propositions, operating through
a number of brands:
• Scottish Life - UK pensions market
• Bright Grey - UK protection market
• Scottish Life International - offshore investment markets
• RLAM - fund management
• RLAS - life and pensions administration
Royal London is one of the stronger life and pension companies in the UK, and has a particularly strong track record for with profits performance.
Royal London is the largest mutual life and pensions company in the UK with Group funds under management of £31.5 billion. Group businesses serve over three million customers and employ 2, 610 people (figures quoted all as at 31 March 2007).
Issued by Scottish Life International Investment Group Limited, a Royal London company which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Registered in Scotland number 166387. Registered office: 19 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh EH2 1YE.
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