Prudential Financial, Inc.: Prudential, Zurich close significant £6 billion longevity reinsurance transaction Deal structure demonstrates new options, flexibility for clients Prudential Retirement's International Reinsurance business has closed its first reinsurance transaction involving an unnamed U.K. pension scheme using an independent U.K.-regulated insurer, Zurich Assurance Ltd., as intermediary. The transaction, which closed in March of 2021 and transfers longevity risk associated with £6 billion ($8.4 billion) of pensioner liabilities, is Prudential's third largest U.K. longevity ris...