In the reinsurance business, one size does not fit all. Sun Life Reinsurance provides our international clients with customized risk and capital management solutions through reinsurance.

Sun Life Reinsurance has been in operation since 1982. We are a leading life retrocessionaire with offices in Canada, the United States and Ireland, through which we can construct the best solutions for our international clients.

Partnership is the cornerstone of our business philosophy. We provide expertise our clients can count on. Our pricing, underwriting, claims, treaty and client services areas work closely with our business partners to provide clear, effective retrocession solutions.

The foundation of our reinsurance business is life retrocession. We work with our reinsurance partners to find solutions that make sense and meet the shared objectives of our partnership. And we do it all with a high degree of security, protection and confidentiality.

Our vision statement:
To be the partner of choice in developing profitable capital and risk management reinsurance solutions.

1. We treat people the way we want to be treated.
2. We communicate clearly and honestly.
3. We actively listen to our customers.
4. We work with our customers to find solutions to meet our mutual interests.

Our solutions

Individual Life Retrocession
We provide Individual Life retrocession support for pool, excess and quota share business.

Group Life Retrocession
We work with our Reinsurance clients to provide flexible solutions to support group life portfolios.

COLI (Corporate-Owned Life Insurance)
We share our experience and expertise with business partners and offer customized solutions.

Our services

Pricing
Our experienced pricing team supports a wide range of traditional life products, corporate- and bank-owned life insurance (COLI and BOLI), group life and in-force blocks.

Underwriting
Our underwriting team provides innovative solutions to underwriting challenges. We offer expertise in global facultative life and group underwriting, foreign risk assessment, corporate owned life insurance and audits. Our underwriters work to the highest standards of service and confidentiality.

Client services
Our knowledgeable team provides turnkey administrative solutions. We focus on efficient administrative workflow and data quality to provide accurate and efficient data exchange with our clients. We seek new ways to improve and strengthen our business partnerships, and develop systems and processes that support the changes occurring in the global life insurance marketplace.

Treaties
Our dedicated treaty team is knowledgeable in all types of reinsurance treaties. We work with our clients to develop treaty language that reflects the current business and regulatory environment, and upholds our reinsurance partner's need to manage their business effectively and efficiently. 

Claims
Our team of claim professionals provides a wealth of support, from expert claim adjudication skills, to partnering on process improvement initiatives and audit programs. We know the marketplace through our involvement with clients, industry meetings and networking with other claim professionals.

There are several ways you can find out more about our Reinsurance operations or reach our offices in our three key regions: