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Sun Life to retire Clarica name" T% }' x, j' |* L6 Z' Q
Duncan Mavin, Financial Post2 R' W* @" k) T8 @
Published: Monday, March 26, 2007
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0 G! m& k# J' P, P4 A1 ?Sun Life Financial公司 星期一宣布,将要退休Clarica 标牌,作为调整市场对策的一部分。
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Clarica 是Mutual life of Canada 在1999年引入的,三年后被Sun Life 收买下来。
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/ u6 J% O# p' w- k2 \" \+ E现在加拿大约有两百万Clarica 保险合同持有人, Clarica 有3,500 名理财顾问。
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公司说,这个改变将要在2008年第一季度完成。
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, D4 T( R7 O* G9 @- nTORONTO -- Sun Life Financial Inc. said Monday it is retiring the Clarica brand as part of a revised marketing strategy.+ I/ A# p; K) D. w J2 U6 Q0 A
Clarica was introduced in 1999 by Mutual life of Canada, and was acquired by Sun Life three years later.: U, _- m2 N3 Q. E% Y6 @
There are almost two million Clarica policy- and accountholders in Canada, said Sun Life. Clarica also has a sales force of about 3,500.2 q0 E+ Z2 N! V7 \- P, ^2 C. L& a6 m! c
7 Y0 I, E- ^5 p! L! o/ \: ~* IThe company said the changes will be completed by the first quarter of 2008. Sun Life will incur a $40-million to $50-million charge in the first quarter of 2007.
1 I3 M1 h) z, k5 ~% T9 Z& \, g"The Sun Life name is also well known and highly respected in many other markets around the world," said Sun Life chief executive Don Stewart.; e6 j z4 k3 ]
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"Offering our customers, advisors and employees a more powerful brand promise will reinforce Sun Life's position in Canada, and strengthen our platform for continued growth internationally."
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