Sun Life Financial, Inc. (SLF) Q4 2022 Earnings Call Transcript

Sun Life Financial, Inc. (NYSE:SLF) Q4 2022 Earnings Conference Call February 9, 2023 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Yaniv Bitton - VP, Head of IR & Capital Markets

Kevin Strain - President, CEO & Director

Manjit Singh - EVP & CFO

Ingrid Johnson - President, Sun Life Asia

Daniel Fishbein - President, Sun Life U.S.

Jacques Goulet - President, Sun Life Canada

Randolph Brown - CIO, SLC Management

Kevin Morrissey - Chief Actuary & SVP

Stephen Peacher - President, SLC Management

Conference Call Participants

Meny Grauman - Scotiabank

Scott Chan - Canaccord Genuity

Gabriel Dechaine - National Bank Financial

Doug Young - Desjardins

Tom MacKinnon - BMO

Paul Holden - CIBC

Nigel D’Souza - Veritas

Operator

Good morning, and welcome to the Sun Life Financial Q4 2022 Conference Call. My name is Michelle, and I’ll be your conference operator today. [Operator Instructions] The host of the call is Yaniv Bitton, Vice President, Head of Investor Relations and Capital Markets. Please go ahead, Mr. Bitton.

Yaniv Bitton

Thank you, operator, and good morning, everyone. Welcome to Sun Life’s Earnings Call for the Fourth Quarter of 2022. Our earnings release and the slides for today’s call are available on the Investor Relations section of our website at Sun Life.com. We will begin today’s call with opening remarks from Kevin Strain, President and Chief Executive Officer. Following Kevin, Manjit Singh, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will then present the financial results.

After the prepared remarks, we will move to the question-and-answer portion of the call. Other members of management are also available to answer your questions this morning.

Turning to Slide 2. I draw your attention to the cautionary language regarding the use of forward-looking statements and non-IFRS financial measures, which form part of today’s remarks. As noted in the slides, forward-looking statements may be rendered inaccurate by subsequent events.

And with that, I’ll now turn things over to Kevin.

Kevin Strain

Thanks, Yaniv, and good morning to everybody on the call. Turning to Slide 4. Sun Life delivered strong performance during the fourth quarter, contributing to solid 2022 full year results. Our results demonstrate the resilience of our diversified business model and the commitment of our people to deliver strong earnings and continued growth in the midst of challenging environment while meeting our commitments to clients and delivering on our purpose.