Axa announced on 26 September
that it had closed the sale of its Canadian general and life
insurance operations to Canadian general insurer Intact Financial
Corporation for C$2.6bn ($2.5bn).

Simultaneously, Intact
announced that it had agreed to sell the life insurance portion of
the acquisition, Axa Life Insurance, to Canadian composite mutual
insurer SSQ Financial Group for an undisclosed sum.

Axa Life Insurance operates
in the individual and groups life sectors, and in 2010 reported
premium income of C$159m, assets of C$856m and equity of C$129m.
Axa Life Insurance is to be renamed SSQ Insurance
Company.

Commenting, SSQ Financial CEO
René Hamel said: “The range of services offered by Axa Life
Insurance will fit right in with our existing product offering and
strengthen our position as a key player in insurance and financial
products in Canada.”

According to SSQ Financial,
it has annual revenue in excess of C$2bn, total assets management
of C$7bn and more than 1m customers.

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