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British insurer L&G to sell US protection unit for $2.3 billion

Feb 6, 2025 11:48 PM

Feb 7 (Reuters) - British life insurer Legal & General ( LGGNF )

said on Friday it would sell its U.S. protection

business to Japan's Meiji Yasuda for $2.3 billion in cash.

The companies will form a strategic partnership, with Meiji

Yasuda holding a 20% stake in L&G's US Pension Risk Transfer

business, and the Japanese insurer will also acquire a nearly 5%

stake in L&G.

L&G plans to launch a share buyback programme of an extra 1

billion pounds ($1.24 billion) after the sale.

($1 = 0.8046 pounds)

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