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Negative outlook for Canada’s life insurance industry

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By The IJ Staff | April 2, 2020, 3:38 p.m.

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Ratings agency AM Best has revised its market segment outlook on Canada’s life insurance industry to negative, due to the financial market disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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