Allied Domecq agrees £3.8bn buy-in with Rothesay Life to take 2019 deals past £30bn

James Phillips
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The Allied Domecq Pension Fund has insured £3.8bn of members’ benefits with Rothesay Life, in the market’s largest deal to cover both pensioner and deferred members.

The transaction, announced today (27 September), comes hot on the heels of a record-breaking £4.7bn buyout by the same insurer of the GEC 1972 Plan, confirmed just yesterday. The Allied Domecq d...

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