Great-West Life

In 2020, Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life came together to form one brand: Canada Life Assurance Company or, simply, Canada Life. Visit the new company’s profile page for more details. 

For information on their holding company, visit the Great-West Lifeco profile page.  

Empower keeps growing but what does it mean for advisors?

The company has grown enormously in a short amount of time, and is poised to expand more into small retirement plans and wealth management

Power Sustainable and Lifeco forge strategic partnership

Power Sustainable teams up with Lifeco to boost growth in sustainable investments and expand market reach

Great-West Lifeco reports surge in Q1 earnings

Great-West Lifeco sees a dramatic increase in first-quarter earnings, surpassing $1bn in base earnings

Canada's Big 4 insurers navigate CRE market challenges

Amidst remote work and rate hikes, Canada's Big 4 insurers manage CRE exposure with resilience

Could lifeco exposure help your clients’ financials holdings this year?

CIO gives his outlook for Canadian financials and explains why he sees the big 4 lifecos as a potential driver of returns

Canada Life’s Jeff Macoun stepping down

Leading insurance and wealth management provider will see new president and COO by mid-February

Great-West Lifeco completes Putnam Investments sale to Franklin Resources

Putnam has about $142 billion in assets under management

Canadian asset manager announces international expansion

The growing wealth in other regions creates new opportunity to boost reach

Sagard secures long-term capital investment for growth

The asset management firm has the backing of new strategic partners including BMO and Abu Dhabi’s ADQ, plus greater investment from Great-West Lifeco

Canada Life doubles down on independent wealth push

Storied insurer unveils agreement to acquire fast-growing Winnipeg-based investment firm