Succession Planning at Life Insurance Cos

The Globe and Mail, Tara Perkins & Andrew Willis, 21 June 2007The three tall ships in Canadian insurance, a trio of formidable North American players, are all captained by CEOs cruising through their early 60s. Succession is very much in the air at Great-West Lifeco Inc., Manulife Financial Corp. and Sun Life Financial Inc.But observers are calling for one or more major takeovers to play out