Phoenix Group looks to acquire ReAssure

For £3.2bn

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Phoenix Group has laid down a proposal to acquire rival life insurer ReAssure Group in a £3.2bn deal

The deal would see the newly minted FTSE 100 constituent reach total assets under administration of £329bn and confirm it as Europe's largest pensions consolidator. The agreement as it stands would bring £84bn in assets under administration and some 4.1 million ReAssure policies under the Phoenix umbrella for its heritage business. Phoenix will also take over the operation of ReAssure's contract-based workplace pension provision, but would not immediately merge this, or the independent governance committee, with its own contract-based scheme. The insurer said this "would be reviewed a...

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