Sun Life Financial company profile
- CEO
- Kevin David Strain
- Employees
- 32,151
- Headquarters
- 1 York Street, Toronto, ON M5J 0B6, CA
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Insurance - Diversified
- IPO date
- 23 Mar 2000
- Stock exchange
- NYSE
- ISIN
- CA8667961053
Website:sunlife.com
About the company
Sun Life Financial Inc. operates as a global financial institution, delivering a wide range of insurance, wealth management, and asset accumulation services to both individual and corporate clients worldwide. Its offerings encompass diverse life insurance products, including term and whole life policies, in addition to personal health, dental, critical illness, long-term care, and disability coverage. The company also engages in reinsurance activities, provides investment advisory and portfolio management services, and administers mutual and segregated funds. Furthermore, it offers trust and banking solutions, along with real estate brokerage, appraisal, and merchant banking services. Its distribution network is extensive, utilizing direct sales representatives, various general agents (both managing and independent), financial intermediaries, broker-dealers, banking institutions, pension and benefits consultants, and other external marketing organizations. Founded in 1871, the firm's headquarters are located in Toronto, Canada.
Employees
Sun Life Financial had about 0 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns Sun Life Financial
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 45.8% of Sun Life Financial's shares on 30 June 2026, 515 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Common questions about Sun Life Financial
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