PIC specialises in bulk annuities - taking on the risk of company defined benefit, or final salary, pension schemes.

The deal covers the pension benefits of around 26,000 UK pension scheme members, PIC said in a statement.

Longevity risk was reinsured through Hannover Re, PIC said.

(Reporting by Carolyn Cohn, editing by Sinead Cruise)

Stocks treated in this article : PHILIPS, Hannover Rueck SE