Canada Life has won the award for Best Tax and Estate Planning Provider in the Investment Life & Pensions Moneyfacts Awards 2015, the fifth year in a row it has received the accolade.

The prestigious event, which celebrates excellence across the industry was held at the Lancaster London Hotel, where Canada Life also won the award for Service Beyond the Call of Duty, at the ceremony attended by industry peers.

Canada Life’s Group Insurance team took home the Best Group Protection Provider for the second consecutive year, making it three wins in total for Canada Life UK.

In addition, the company was Highly Commended in the Most Competitive Annuity Provider and Best Investment Bond Provider categories.

Canada Life has established a strong reputation as one of the leading providers of tax planning, retirement income and protection in the UK market, as recognised by these awards. The range of wins reflects the high quality service, expert guidance and excellent product offering that Canada Life is committed to offering across the board, along with the business’s strength in the different areas it specialises in.

Commenting on the awards, Nick Harding, Propositions & Marketing Director at Canada Life said:

“We’re very proud of the high quality service we offer to advisers and the customers who use our products. It’s thrilling for our successes to be endorsed so strongly at well-respected award ceremonies like these, which recognise the investment all of our staff put in to making sure that Canada Life is a business that people want to work with.

“It is particularly pleasing to be recognised year-after-year for services that stand out from the competition in tax and estate planning and group protection. Winning the award for Best Tax and Estate Planning for five years in a row is a remarkable achievement in such a competitive market and is a testament to our expertise and our investment in supporting advisers.”

Paul Avis, Marketing Director at Canada Life Group Insurance, comments on winning Best Group Protection Provider:

“We have worked hard to become market leader in group protection and following on from an amazing business result in the Swiss Re survey and number one position in the 2015 ORC International adviser survey (rated good or excellent by 89% of advisers for our service), winning ILP Moneyfacts “Best Group Protection Provider” for the second year in a row caps off a great year for us. However, we are not complacent about the challenges and opportunities our market faces and so we will continue to invest and develop our offering while putting advisers and their organisational customers at the heart of everything we do.”