Pearl makes move for Resolution

LIFE insurance firm Pearl Group could muscle in on an £8.6 billion merger between rivals Resolution and Friends Provident.

Pearl — Resolution’s biggest shareholder — is seeking a meeting with the board of Britain’s biggest owner of closed life insurance funds to table a £4.5bn bid, the Independent on Sunday newspaper reported.

Pearl, which declined to comment, is run by entrepreneur Hugh Osmond.

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