All the headlines from our Canada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 21 2022 // Network operators of critical Canadian infrastructure should boost their defenses against Russian state-sponsored threats, Canada’s signals intelligence agency said on Thursday.The warning from the Communications...
Jan 19 2022 // Canada’s financial sector is facing a talent shortage in sustainable finance as demand for people who can evaluate ESG-related risks and opportunities far exceeds the supply, according to a new study.Environmental,...
Jan 14 2022 // Canada’s total insured catastrophe losses were C$2.04 billion (US$1.63 billion) to date, landing the year in the top five loss years for the country, according to Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc....
Jan 10 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at re/insurer SiriusPoint, specialty MGA Banyan Risk and reinsurer SCOR.A summary of these new hires follows here. SiriusPoint Ltd., the Bermuda-based global...
Jan 7 2022 // Canada’s top health official Theresa Tam has warned that COVID-19 cases in the country could jump in coming days, due to community spread of the Omicron variant.Concerns over the highly transmissible variant have...
Jan 6 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Willis Towers Watson and Hiscox.A summary of these new hires follows here. WTW Hires Canada Risk & Broking Leader, Europe/UK Practice Leader for...
Jan 5 2022 // Canadian insurance broker Western Financial Group has acquired Wiesner Insurance Inc., a high-end full-service insurance brokerage located in southern Ontario.Originally founded in 1991 by Jason Wiesner, Wiesner Insurance...
Dec 30 2021 // Chubb has appointed Paul Johnstone, Chubb Canada’s current executive vice president, Personal Risk Services, to the role of Chubb Canada chief operating officer, reporting to John J. Alfieri, president, Chubb...
Dec 29 2021 // SiriusPoint Ltd., the Bermuda-based global specialty insurer and reinsurer, has announced a strategic investment in PolicyMe Corp., a digital life insurance provider specializing in Canadian individual term life...
Dec 22 2021 // Banyan Risk Ltd., the managing general agent (MGA) that launched in Bermuda this year, is expanding its operations into Canada.Banyan, which underwrites directors and officers (D&O) insurance risk solutions in complex...
Dec 17 2021 // Ratings agency AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings to “a” (Excellent) from “a-” (Excellent) of...
Dec 17 2021 // Canada’s Desjardins Group said on Thursday it had reached a settlement with plaintiffs in a lawsuit tied to a massive data breach in 2019, which impacted the personal information of more than 4 million of the...
Dec 14 2021 // SIB Corp., operating as StoneRidge Insurance Brokers (SIB), the Canadian provider of insurance and consulting services, has acquired John Stark & Co. (Stark), to expand its personal, commercial and life insurance...
Dec 9 2021 // Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) is seeking to sell its Wilton Re and Ascot Group insurance platforms, marking a strategic U-turn for the fund in the face of intense competition, people familiar with...
Dec 7 2021 // Global ransomware attacks increased by 151% in the first half of 2021 compared with 2020 and hackers are set to become increasingly aggressive, Canada’s signals intelligence agency said on Monday.The Communications...
Dec 3 2021 // Hundreds of thousands of livestock have perished in floodwaters in Canada’s westernmost province, the British Columbia government said Thursday.Back-to-back deluges from atmospheric rivers have damaged major...
Dec 1 2021 // British Columbia, home to Canada’s biggest port, is bracing for its most intense deluge after a series of damaging rain storms and historic flooding.A so-called atmospheric river is threatening to dump more water on...
Nov 30 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the insurer QBE Canada and brokers Amwins Global Risks and Ardonagh Group.A summary of these new hires follows here. QBE Appoints Liberty Mutual’s...
Nov 29 2021 // Definity Financial Corp., the 150-year-old insurer that held its initial public offering [on Nov. 17], will look to use its newfound access to capital to expand through acquisitions, the firm’s top executive...
Nov 22 2021 // Atmospheric rivers of the kind that drenched California and flooded British Columbia in recent weeks will become larger — and possibly more destructive — because of climate change, scientists said.Columns in...