Who we are
Helping Clients build lifetime financial security and lead healthier lives
Life doesn’t always follow a straight line. Health needs change. Financial priorities evolve. Families grow, businesses change and new opportunities emerge.
At Sunlife, we help Clients navigate those moments with greater confidence.
We are a leading global asset management and insurance company with businesses spanning asset management, wealth, insurance and health. Across our markets, we bring together global strength, local expertise, trusted advice and digital capabilities to help meet the needs of the people, businesses and institutions we serve.
Our Purpose guides how we support Clients throughout their lives, whether they’re protecting the people they care about, accessing health and benefits, building and managing wealth, planning for retirement or investing for the future.
Our businesses and capabilities
Our businesses span four interconnected areas:
- Asset management: Investment capabilities and solutions serving individual and institutional Clients.
- Insurance and protection: Solutions that help individuals, families and businesses protect their health, income and financial security.
- Wealth: Solutions and advice that help Clients save, invest, plan for retirement and build financial security.
- Health: Benefits and health solutions that support Clients in managing their health and well-being.
Together, these capabilities allow us to support Clients through more of life’s important moments and respond to a world where health, wealth and financial security are increasingly connected. Sunlife has also invested in digital experiences, data, technology and new ways of serving Clients as the business has evolved.
Supporting healthier communities
Our commitment to helping people live healthier lives extends to the communities where we live and work. We support initiatives that help address important health and societal needs and contribute to stronger, more resilient communities.
By investing in communities and working with organizations that are helping create positive change, we can extend our impact beyond the products, services and experiences we provide to Clients.
Meet the new Sunlife
Our refreshed brand is a brighter, more modern expression of who we are today and the future we’re building. While our logo is updated, you can read more about how we’re continuing to help Clients build lifetime financial security and lead healthier lives.
Our Company History
Step inside our Canadian Headquarters at 227 King Street in Waterloo, Ontario. Browse selected moments from the tour, from the building's exterior and grand interior spaces to artifacts and stories that are foundational to Sunlife's more than 160-year history.
Strong and steady: You can count on us
Sunlife is one of the largest public companies in Canada. Our financial strength ratings are some of the highest in the industry. You can find shares of Sun Life Financial Inc. (SLF) are listed on the Toronto (TSX), New York (NYSE) and Philippine (PSE) stock exchanges.
Our businesses are widely varied. We strike a balance between protection and wealth businesses. We operate in countries in many parts of the world. And our Clients include individuals, groups and institutions. We manage risk so we can steer through uncertain and volatile markets. That lets us help our Clients, no matter what the markets are doing.
Strong corporate governance: You can put your confidence in us
At Sunlife, we have always built our business on ethics and integrity. We set strict guidelines and rules about how we do business. And we follow them, wherever we do business. They include:
- The Code of Conduct that tells every Sunlife employee and advisor how we expect them to act
- Disciplined and well-ordered risk management systems
- Strict information privacy and security programs
Our Board of Directors watches over the management of Sunlife. Each director adds to the long-term success of our company. Thanks to our directors, employees and advisors, we are respected for our commitment to governance, sustainability and corporate citizenship.