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APRIL exits the Canadian group insurance market

By Aurélia Morvan | Dec. 2, 2020, 9:23 a.m.

The French group APRIL has sold Benecaid, its Canadian group insurance branch, two and a half years after acquiring it. Sébastien Gabez, President and CEO of APRIL Canada, told the Insurance Portal the story behind the transaction.

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