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L&G Sells US Protection Business to Meiji Yasuda for $2.3 Billion

Legal & General Group plc agreed to sell its U.S. protection business to Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. in a $2.3 billion deal that will create a long-term partnership between the two . . .

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