Phoenix Group Holdings is in advanced talks to buy Standard Life Aberdeen PLC's insurance unit, people with knowledge of the matter said, as the company seeks to bolster growth through acquisitions.
Phoenix plans to raise about 1 billion pounds ($1.4 billion) of capital to help pay for the deal, which could be announced as early as this week, the people said, asking not to be identified as the discussions are private. No final agreement has been reached and the talks could still fall apart, the people said.
Representatives for both firms declined to comment.
The mooted deal comes after Lloyds Banking Group PLC and Standard Life ended talks over merging their insurance businesses after they disagreed over control of the combined entity, a person with knowledge of the matter said at the time.
