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Sun Life Financial

Sun Life completes sale of its UK business to Phoenix Group

3rd April 2023

Sun Life Financial has completed the sale of Sun Life UK to Phoenix Group, a London-based long-term savings and retirement business. This transaction will see Sun Life UK's life and pension policies and annuity blocks for UK Clients move to Phoenix Group. The deal was first announced in August of 2022, ... Read the full article

Sun Life takes majority stake in Credit Capital Group

23rd October 2020

Sun Life Financial Inc., the Canadian financial services and life insurance company, has revealed plans to acquire a majority stake in global alternative credit investment manager Crescent Capital Group LP. Headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in New York, Boston and London, Crescent has more than 180 partners and employees and ... Read the full article

Sun Life invests in Hong Kong’s first virtual insurer

24th December 2018

Sun Life Hong Kong, part of the Canadian financial services and life insurance company Sun Life Financial, has announced an investment in Bowtie Life Insurance Company, the first virtual insurer approved under the Fast Track of the Insurance Authority in Hong Kong. Sun Life says the investment will further solidify its’ ... Read the full article

Sun Life a contender in multi-billion dollar FTLife sale

22nd November 2018

Sun Life Financial Inc., the Canadian financial services and life insurance company, is reportedly vying to acquire Hong Kong insurer FTLife Insurance Co. in a deal that could value more than $3 billion, according to sources at Bloomberg. Sun Life is said to be competing in a second round of bidding ... Read the full article

Reinsurance Group of America CEO joins Sun Life Financial board

15th December 2016

Greig Woodring, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), one of the world's leading life reinsurers, has been appointed to Sun Life Financial's Board of Directors effective January 1st, 2017. As well as the addition of Woodring, Sun Life Financial also announced that Stephanie Coyles, a strategic consultant and ... Read the full article