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02 March 2026
- Bulk Purchase annuity
- Workplace Protection
Canada Life completes £80m pensions buy-in with Safeway Pension Scheme
Canada Life has completed an £80million buy-in transaction with the Safeway Pension Scheme, insuring the future benefits of more than 350 deferred members and 1,450 pensioners.
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26 February 2026
- Home finance
Canada Life launches Advantage – offering flexibility and discounted rates for lifetime mortgage customers
The Advantage range offers a discounted interest rate in return for a commitment to regular monthly interest payments.
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19 February 2026
- Home finance
Intergenerational gifting hits peak amongst equity release customers
Canada Life, one of the UK’s leading retirement providers, routinely questions their prospective home finance customers to understand their reasons for obtaining an equity release loan.
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16 February 2026
- Corporate
Canada Life UK 2025 Full Year Results Announcement
Strategic momentum reinforced by robust financial performance
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09 February 2026
- Corporate
Canada Life introduces ‘being there’ leave and emergency care benefit
Canada Life has enhanced its UK leave policy and benefits by offering additional time off for key life events and emergency back-up care to help its people look after loved ones when they are unable to.
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06 February 2026
- Estate planning
- IHT
Missing wills and pensions expose families to inheritance delays and extra costs
New research from Canada Life reveals a widespread lack of awareness about where important family documents and financial policies are kept, leaving millions at risk of unnecessary stress, delays and even penalties during periods of bereavement.
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21 January 2026
- Corporate
Canada Life UK appoints Stuart Carroll as Chief Actuary
Stuart is a highly experienced financial services professional and actuary, and joined Canada Life UK in May 2024 as ALM and Investments Director.
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20 January 2026
- Home finance
Equity release missing from retirement planning conversations
Despite property representing a major source of household wealth, equity release is largely still absent from retirement planning discussions, new research from Canada Life shows.
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29 December 2025
- Estate planning
- Trusts
We’ve made improvements to modernise our Discounted Gift Trusts
We’ve made our Trust Deeds more flexible to better support our customers when creating a new Discounted Gift Trust. Find out more about the options now available.
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Rebecca Gladstone
Head of Public Policy and Public Relations
Email: Rebecca.Gladstone@canadalife.co.uk
Call: +44 7833 085387
Katie Ormrod
PR Manager
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Julie Hughes-Edwards
PR Manager
Email: Julie.Hughes-Edwards@canadalife.co.uk
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