Great West Lifeco Inc (GWLIF)

Great-West Lifeco Inc was incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act on November 8, 1979. The Company is an international financial service holding company with interests in life insurance, health insurance, retirement and investment services, asset management and reinsurance businesses. The Company has operations in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia through Great-West Life, London Life, Canada Life, Irish Life, Great-West Financial and Putnam Investments. The Company operates through three reportable segments: Canada, United States and Europe. In Canada, Company and its operating subsidiaries, London Life and Canada Life, offer ?nancial and bene?t plan solutions for individuals, families, businesses and organizations, through a network of Freedom 55 FinancialTM and Great-West Life ?nancial security advisors, and through a multi-channel network of brokers, advisors, managing general agencies and ?nancial institutions. In the U.S., Company is provider of employer-sponsored retirement savings plans in the public/non-pro?t and corporate sectors. It also provides annuity and life insurance products for individuals and businesses, individual retirement accounts as well as fund management, investment and advisory services. Its products and services are marketed nationwide through its sales force, brokers, consultants, advisors, third-party administrators and ?nancial institutions. The Europe segment comprises two distinct business units: Insurance & Annuities, where the Company offers protection and wealth management products including payout annuity products through subsidiaries of Canada Life in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, and Germany and through Irish Life in Ireland; and Reinsurance, which operates in the United States, Barbados and Ireland. Reinsurance products are provided through Canada Life, London Life and their subsidiaries.