Hays Travel for £6M. The Co-operative Bank severed its ownership link with the Co-operative Group in September 2017. The bank had been a wholly owned subsidiary until 2014 when the group was forced to sell the majority of its holding to US hedge fund investors to raise funds for the bank. A campaign was subsequently launched by The Co-operative Party and some customers to sell the bank back to its customers. The Co-operative Bank also includes the internet bank Smile, and the former building society Britannia. A "relationship agreement" between the bank and the group expired in 2020. In 2016, Co-op Funeralcare sold its five crematoria to rival Dignity plc for £43M to invest in its core funeral home business. The Co-op Health mobile app was launched in May 2019. The app marked a return to the healthcare sector following the purchase of the repeat prescription app 'Dimec' for around £10m in 2018. A home delivery service was also available, dispensed from the Co-op's pharmacy at its Lea Green Depot. In March 2021, the business was sold to Phoenix UK, the parent company of the Numark and Rowlands pharmacy networks, for an undisclosed sum. Co-op Insurance businesses have been sold over a number of years. In 2013, Royal London Group acquired the Co-operative Insurance Society Limited (CIS) and The Co-operative Asset Management for up to £219M. Royal London now looks after all of the former life assurance, investment and pension businesses owned by the Co-operative Insurance Society. In January 2019, the Co-operative Group announced the sale of its insurance underwriting business for £185M to Markerstudy, to focus on a new insurance distribution business, Co-op Insurance Services. The sale of the underwriting business completed in December 2020. In August 2022, the petrol station business was sold to Asda for £600 million, to strengthen the group's financial position. The 129 petrol forecourt sites was about 5% of the group's total retail sites. Marketing and branding CWS became Co-operative Group (CWS) Limited on merger with CRS in 2001. CWS Retail was formed in 1933 and demerged in 1957 as CRS, with the purpose of opening shops in co-operative deserts and to take over failing retail societies. The combined Group merged with United Co-operatives, based in Yorkshire and North West England, in 2007, reinforcing its position as the largest consumer co-operative in the world. At this time the current name, Co-operative Group Limited, was