Sun Life Announces 2023 Third Quarter Financial Results

Sun Life Financial Inc. (“SLF Inc.”), its subsidiaries and, as applicable, its joint ventures and associates are collectively known as “the Company”, “Sun Life”, “we”, “our”, and “us”. We oversee our operations and present our financial outcomes in five business segments: Canada, United States (“U.S.”), Asset Management, Asia, and Corporate. The information in this document is based on the unaudited interim financial results of SLF Inc. for the period ended September 30, 2023 and should be read together with the interim management’s discussion and analysis (“MD&A”) and our unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes (“Interim Consolidated Financial Statements”) for the period ended September 30, 2023, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). We report certain financial information using non-IFRS financial measures. For more details, refer to the Non-IFRS Financial Measures section in this document. Additional information relating to SLF Inc. is available on www.sunlife.com under Investors – Financial results and reports, on the SEDAR+ website at www.sedarplus.ca, and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. Reported net income (loss) refers to Common shareholders’ net income (loss) determined in accordance with IFRS. Unless otherwise noted, all amounts are in Canadian dollars. Amounts in this document may be impacted by rounding. On January 1, 2023 we adopted IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts (“IFRS 17”), which replaces IFRS 4 Insurance Contracts, and IFRS 9 Financial Instruments (“IFRS 9”), which replaces IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement (collectively, “the new standards”). The nature and effects of the key changes to our critical accounting policies and estimated impacts from the adoption of the new standards are summarized in section L – Changes in Accounting Policies in our MD&A for the period ended September 30, 2023 (“Q3’23 MD&A”). TORONTO, Nov. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ – Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSX: SLF) (NYSE: SLF) announced its results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023. Underlying net income(1) of $930 million decreased $19 million or 2% from Q3’22(2); underlying ROE(1) was 17.7%. Wealth & asset management underlying net income(1): $457 million, up $38 million or 9%. Group – Health & Protection underlying net income(1): $285 million, up $4 million or 1%. Individual – Protection underlying net income(1): $297 million, down $8 million or 3%. Corporate expenses & other(1): $(109) million net loss, increase in net loss of $(53) million or 95%. Reported net income of $871 million increased $760 million from Q3’22(2); reported ROE(1) was 16.…

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