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Wawanesa Subsidiary Acquiring Desjardins’ Western Financial Group and Western Life Assurance

Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co. subsidiary Trimont Financial Ltd. is acquiring Desjardins Financial Corp. subsidiaries Western Financial Group and Western Life Assurance for about C$775 million . . .

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