For the fourth quarter of 2008, the company recorded a net loss to common shareholders of C$110.2 million, or C$1.37 per diluted common share, compared to a net income to common shareholders of C$63.1 million, or C$0.78 per diluted common share, for the same period in 2007.
According to Industrial Alliance Insurance, the fourth quarter results were affected by the stock market downturn, which reduced the company's expected earnings by about C$25.5 million after taxes, by an additional 14% devaluation of non-bank sponsored asset-backed commercial paper, increasing the total devaluation of these securities to 29%, and by a C$138.2 million after-tax strengthening of the provisions for future policy benefits.
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