L&G sells mature savings business to Swiss Re in £650m deal

Covers one million customers

Jenna Towler
clock • 2 min read

Legal & General Group is to sell its closed mature savings business to the ReAssure division of Swiss Re for £650m.

  The insurers said the business being sold was largely made up of retail customers who hold traditional insurance based pensions, savings and investment products. Its assets at H1 2017 of £33bn include both unit-linked business and Legal & General's £21.4bn with-profits fund.  The firm said the operation has about a million customers and had largely been closed to new business.   Swiss Re's ReAssure division is a life and pensions business designed to manage closed and non-core in-force portfolios, focusing on delivering excellent service and outcomes to policyholders.  L&G add...

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