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SSQ Financial Group Among Canada's 50 Best Managed CompaniesSainte-Foy, Quebec, January 12, 2004 – SSQ Financial Group is making a good impression on the country. In fact, thanks largely to its exemplary business practices, the Group has made the 2003 list of Canada’s 50 Best, a unique program that pays homage to the 50 best managed companies in the country each year. This mark of recognition confirms not only SSQ’s expertise, but, also, the quality of its management practices, which place special importance on corporate transparency and adaptability. SSQ...a unique management style modelCanada's 50 Best Managed Companies is sponsored by Deloitte & Touche, CIBC Commercial Banking, the National Post and Les Affaires newspapers, and Queen's School of Business. The program recognizes companies that have faced business challenges and successfully gone on to grow and prosper. In the 11th year of this competition, after a rigorous evaluation of the management practices of all of the companies vying for this recognition, the judges named SSQ Financial Group one of the 50 best managed companies in the country. Just a few of the key criteria used in the assessment process include strategy, growth, corporate citizenship and financial results. The selection process proved to be an opportunity for SSQ to evaluate its own management practices in the face of the challenges created by rapidly evolving technologies, corporate concentration and human resources management. “We are very pleased to receive this honour as it is a clear recognition of our Group’s innovativeness and leadership as well as the level of importance we place on our employees’ quality of life,” says Richard Bell, Chief Executive Officer of SSQ Financial Group. “We hope that all SSQ Financial Group employees will consider this honour as a confirmation of their own contribution to the success of the company.” About SSQ Financial GroupSSQ Financial Group stands out as a leading diversified financial institution, proud of its mutual character. The Group serves some one million customers and employs over 1,000 people. SSQ, Life Insurance Company Inc., the Group’s main company, is an industry leader in group insurance and a rising star in the investment and retirement sector. SSQ Financial Group also is involved in property and casualty insurance (SSQ General Insurance Company Inc.) as well as realty management (SSQ Realty Inc.). -30- Further information: |
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