Dana Incorporated – Transfers Pensions to Athene and Companion Life Insurance Company
Dana Incorporated, the Maumee, Ohio based maker of power-conveyance and energy management solutions for vehicles and machinery has now transferred all liabilities associated with the Dana Retirement Plan, by purchasing group annuity contracts for the remaining plan participants. The company contributed approximately $62 million in cash to the Retirement Plan in order to facilitate the purchase of two group annuity contracts. One contract, purchased from Athene Annuity and Life Company (a subsidiary of Athene Holding Ltd.) will cover all but the New York retirees. New York retirees will receive their pension benefits in the form of annuity payments from Companion Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of United of Omaha Life Insurance Company. Dana’s retirees will begin receiving payments from the two insurance companies in October, 2019.