We're Desjardins Financial Security (DFS for short) – Desjardins Group's life and health insurance subsidiary. Every day, over 5 million Canadians count on us to help ensure their financial security. How do we achieve this? By offering innovative life and health insurance and retirement savings solutions! Looking for coverage for yourself or your business? We've got what it takes!
Desjardins Financial Security also means:*
- 3,546 permanent and 327 temporary jobs
- Over $272,4 million in salaries and other compensation
- $77.1 million in taxes and $51.6 million in income tax
- $2.3 billion in benefits paid to insureds
- $14 billion worth of Canadian investments
- Nearly $2.5 million worth of contributions to the community
*as at December 31, 2009
Our promise
We share Desjardins Group's cooperative values. That's why at Desjardins Financial Security, people come first. We're always there for you, to help in any way we can. We focus on you, so we can suggest the right insurance and savings solutions for your specific needs.
We're one of the 50 best Employers in Canada
Desjardins Group is proud to have earned a spot on Hewitt and Associates' tenth annual list of the 50 Best Employers in Canada.
Interested in a career with Desjardins? Take a look at our Careers section.
We're a dynamic company
The company, which pioneered the concept of bancassurance in this country, now ranks fifth among life and health insurers in Canada and first in Quebec in terms of written premiums.
Our distribution networks
To accommodate the preferences of our clientele, we make our products and services available to individuals, groups and businesses through a diverse range of distribution channels, including:
- Financial centres of Desjardins Financial Security, Independent Network and Desjardins Financial Security Investments Inc. (in Canada, outside Quebec)
- Financial centres of SFL and SFL Investments (in Quebec)
- Desjardins caisses (265 dedicated financial security advisors)
- Desjardins Business Centres
- Desjardins Credit Union branches
- Directinsurance, either over the Internet or through the Company’s call centre services
We also maintain business relationships with many group plan representatives, consulting actuaries, as well as brokers and general agents (MGAs) across Canada.
Our places of business
In addition to our head office in Lévis, we have offices in several other cities coast to coast, including Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec city, Halifax and St. John’s.