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Canadian marketplace
There are more than 150 life and health insurers operating in Canada (including 41 foreign-owned
life insurers) providing a competitive Canadian marketplace with a wide range of financial security
products for businesses and individuals. These products include employer benefits and individual
plans that provide life and health insurance protection, and retirement savings solutions to ensure the
financial security of over 28 million Canadians.
Benefits by product line
The industry paid $84.2 billion, or more than $1.6 billion a week, in benefit payments to Canadians
in 2015 - an increase of over 50% from 10 years ago.
Life
22 million
Health
24 million
Retirement
Two-thirds
Canadians own
$4.3 trillion in life
insurance coverage
Canadians have
supplementary
health insurance
of all private pension
plans are managed by
the industry
Coverage by product line
$11.1B
Life insurance
benefits
$32.2B
Health insurance
benefits
$40.9B
Retirement
benefits
$10.7 billion for prescription drugs accounts
for 30% of national spending on drugs
Annuity payments on employer-sponsored and
individual products increased by 63% over the
past decade
of benefit payments went
to living policyholders
Over 90%
$6.4 billion for death benefits
$4.7 billion to living policyholders as disability
benefits, cash surrenders or dividends
