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Insurers remain buyers...to varying degrees

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By Alain Castonguay | April 21, 2020, 8:20 a.m.

FINANCIAL HORIZONS GROUP | PPI | AURREA SIGNATURE | CANADA LIFE | SUN LIFE FINANCIAL | IA FINANCIAL GROUP | Strategy | Mergers and acquisitions | Magazine supplement

During a panel at the Life and Health Insurance Convention held last November in Montreal, the Quebec presidents of major insurers said they expect that consolidation in the managing general agency channel will continue. The appetite for acquiring MGAs, however, varied from one insurer to another.

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