Pension buyouts expected to surge and#8212; but not yet

... easier and less expensive to sell their liabilities to insurers, sources said. Executives at annuity providers like Newark, N.J.-based Prudential Financial Inc. and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., New York, expect a total of $2 billion to $5 ...

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