Desjardins Group serves 7.5 million members and customers in Canada With the support of some 48,000 employees and 2,500 directors, it offers banking, wealth management, and personal and casualty insurance services. It has a significant community ...
Desjardins had begun to extend beyond its core savings and loan mandate by the end of World War II. In 1944, the group began offering insurance products--at first for theft, fire, and fraud--through a newly created group, Société d'Assurance des Caisses Populaires. Then, in 1948, the ...