Sun Ascendant: A History of Sun Life of Canada

Twentieth-century Canadians have achieved a peculiar kind of notoriety as the world's most enthusiastic buyers of life insurance. From modest mid-nineteenth century beginnings, by the early 1900s the Canadian life insurance industry had established an international expertise that extended its business to most of the world's major markets. In Sun Ascendant Laurence Mussio brings us the extraordinary history of one of Canada's most prominent financial institutions, the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada.