Athora raises €3.5B to acquire UK’s PICG, pending EU approval, expanding its European pension services.

Athora Holding Ltd. has secured €3.5 billion in common equity commitments, the largest such raise by a European insurance company in a decade, to support the acquisition of Pension Insurance Corporation Group Limited (PICG), which received UK regulatory approval on March 6, 2026. The deal, expected to close around March 27, will expand Athora’s pension risk transfer operations in the Netherlands and strengthen its European retirement services platform, which serves 2.8 million customers and manages €76.4 billion in assets.