Ratings

At Sun Life, we’re proud of our consistently solid ratings. Independent rating agencies use rigorous criteria to assess our financial strength and stability. Our ratings reflect our strong capital strength, operating performance and exceptional market position.

What does it mean to you? You can count on us to meet our financial obligations to our policyholders. And that means peace of mind for our investors and customers.


Financial Strength Ratings (FSR)/Claims Paying Ability

  Standard & Poor’s Moody’s A.M. Best DBRS
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada AA-1
Very Strong
Aa31
Excellent
A+1
Superior
IC-1
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) AA-1
Very strong
Aa32
Excellent
A+1
Superior
 
Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York AA-1
Very strong
_NR A+1
Superior
 
Independence Life and Annuity Company AA-1
Very strong
_NR A1
Excellent
 
Sun Life Hong Kong Limited A+1
Strong
_NR _NR  
Sun Life and Health Insurance Company (U.S.) _NR _NR A1
Excellent
 
  Standard & Poor’s Global Credit Portal RatingsDirect®
[PDF, 21 pages, 517 KB]
Moody's Credit Analysis [PDF, 15 pages, 504 KB]   DBRS
[PDF, 15 pages, 310 KB]

1Outlook stable
2 Negative outlook
NR These subsidiaries are not rated

Senior Unsecured Debenture Ratings
  Standard & Poor’s Moody’s DBRS
Sun Life Financial Inc A   AA (low)


Subordinated Unsecured Debentures
  Standard & Poor’s Moody’s DBRS
Sun Life Financial Inc A-   A (High)
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada A+   AA (low)


Subordinated Deferrable Debentures
  Standard & Poor’s Moody’s DBRS
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada A A2 AA (low)


Preferred Shares
  Standard & Poor’s Moody’s DBRS
Sun Life Financial Inc BBB+ / P-2 (high) Baa2 Pfd-1 (low)


Sun Life ExchangeEable Capital Securities
  Standard & Poor’s Moody’s DBRS
Sun Life Capital Trust A A3 A (high)

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