GE Transfers More Pension Liabilities

General Electric (GE) recently announced that it had transferred $1.7 Billion of its pension liabilities to two insurance companies owned by Athene Holding Ltd.  The two insurance companies are Athene Annuity and Life company and Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company of New York.  The pension risk transfer, or pension de-risking transfer affects approximately 70,000 GE retirees and beneficiaries whose pension benefits were less than $360 per month.   This pension de-risking transfer follows GE’s decision to pre-fund $2.5 Billion of its GE Pension Plan funding requirements for 2021, 2022, and 2023.