Exclusive: Rothesay Life completes £110m buyout with Laird scheme
The Laird Pension Scheme has completed a £110m buyout with Rothesay Life, insuring benefits for 940 members.
The deal is Rothesay Life's first announced transaction of 2019, and covers 570 pensioner members and 370 deferred members. The scheme, which now expects to complete its wind-up in the first half of...
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