Aviva retains £160m RAC scheme deficit in business sell off

Jenna Towler
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Aviva is to sell its roadside recovery business RAC for £1bn while retaining its defined benefit pension liabilities.

An announcement to the stock exchange said the life and pensions giant would sell RAC to the Carlyle Group, a global alternative asset manager. Aviva will retain the RAC (2003) Pension Scheme wh...

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