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The deal to sell Safeco Corp.’s life insurance unit to a group of investors led by Berkshire Hathaway and White Mountains Insurance Group would bring a new player into the bank-annuity marketplace but probably does not foreshadow major changes.

Seattle-based Safeco said in September that it would sell its life and investments business and focus on its property/casualty operations.

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