SSQ Insurance

SSQ Insurance
Company typeMutual insurance
IndustryInsurance, investment, real estate
Founded1944 (1944) in Quebec City, Canada
FounderJacques Tremblay
Defunct2020 (2020)
FateMerged with La Capitale
SuccessorBeneva
Headquarters,
Canada
Area served
Canada
Key people
Jean-François Chalifoux (CEO), René Hamel (Chairman)
ProductsGroup insurance, individual insurance, general insurance, investment, real estate
Number of employees
2,000 employees (2014)
ParentSSQ, Life Insurance Company Inc.
Subsidiaries
  • SSQ Insurance Company Inc.
  • SSQ Realty Inc.
Websitessq.ca

SSQ Insurance (French: SSQ Assurance), was a Canadian mutual insurance company and financial institution that offered insurance and investment products. It was founded in 1944 in Quebec and was merged in 2020 to become Beneva.

SSQ Insurance was headquartered in Quebec City, with offices in Longueuil, Calgary, Halifax, Vancouver and Toronto. Prior to its merger it served over three million customers and employs 2,000 employees. It was one of the major insurance companies in Canada. SSQ Insurance was also one of the 500 largest companies in Quebec, ranking 79th in 2018.

As of 2015, business volume approached $3 billion with $11 billion in assets under management. Beneva is one of the 10 Canadian co-operatives present in the ranking of the most prominent coops worldwide.

SSQ Insurance merged with La Capitale Insurance in January 2020, to become Beneva. The announcement was made on December 3, 2020.