Industry Watch - Overview of the 2020 Canadian group annuity market

March 03, 2021

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Overview of the 2020 Canadian group annuity market

3rd best year for market sales

2020 - $4.4B

2019 - $5.2B

2018 - $4.6B

Jumbo deals are here

Largest single-day, single-insurer transaction in history at $1.1B for Sun Life!

Sponsors can opt for the solution that best solves their unique challenges.

Indexed annuity proxy change equals more competitive inflation-linked annuities

This will sustain the trend – around 30 transactions for over $2B in sales since 2015.

Protecting DB pensions for Canadians

Largest single-day, single-insurer transaction in history at $1.1B for Sun Life!

Sun Life leads the group annuity market

We’re #1 in sales for the 13th year in a row.

We’re responsible for the pensions of over 160K Canadians.

We continue to make more than $75M in monthly pension payments. 

Group annuities provided by Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, a member of the Sun Life group of companies. Results based on the Secure Retirement Institute® Canadian Pension Market report published by LIMRA, February 11, 2021 and Sun Life estimates. 

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