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Legal & General To Sell Dutch Business

The Dutch arm of the London-headquartered group has €2.2 billion of funds under management.
Legal &
General will sell its Netherlands business to Chesnara, a
European pensions consolidator, for €160 million ($169.1
million), in a deal expected to “marginally improve” the first
group's coverage ratio while generating a small profit.
Established in 1984 and headquartered in Hilversum, Legal &
General's Dutch operation offers advisor-led risk and
investment-linked products, through independent financial
advisors serving high net worth clients. Additionally, the
company has a pension platform focused on Dutch small and medium
enterprises.
It has €2.2 billion of funds under management and more than
170,000 policyholders, Legal & General said in a statement.
“Our strategy is focused on having scalable businesses in growth
markets,” said Mark Gregory, Legal & General's chief financial
officer. “As a consequence, over the last two years, we have
disposed of a number of operations we no longer regard as core,
including our Irish, French, Egyptian and Gulf businesses, and
now we are doing the same with our Dutch business.”
John Deane, chief executive of Chesnara, said: “As with our
Swedish subsidiary Movestic, we will be writing protection and
pension policies. We see great opportunities for both
organisations within the Chesnara group to deliver value to our
customers, their advisors and our shareholders.”
The deal is subject to regulatory approval.