All the headlines from our Canada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 28 2018 // AXA XL Canada has added Jonathan Ashall to its Broker & Client Management team. Ashall is based in Toronto and reports to Urs Uhlmann, CEO and country manager AXA XL Canada.Ashall joins AXA XL from Aon Reed Stenhouse...
Sep 26 2018 // U.S. accident investigators probing a San Francisco incident last year in which a jetliner was mere feet from landing on top of at least one other plane are poised to recommend new automated safety warnings and better...
Sep 14 2018 // Liberty Mutual Insurance announces that Liberty International Underwriters (LIU Canada) and Ironshore Canada will be rebranded as Liberty Mutual Canada.“The rebranding of our joint operation as Liberty Mutual Canada...
Sep 14 2018 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has named Jamie Mullarkey as head of Property & Energy, Canada. In this role, Mullarkey leads property and energy underwriting in Canada with teams based in Toronto and Vancouver. He...
Aug 27 2018 // The Co-operators Group Ltd. is offering storm surge insurance to homeowners in the provinces of Atlantic Canada: New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador.Most recently released in...
Aug 27 2018 // Canada ought to require stronger tank cars for transporting flammable liquids sooner than the current deadline in 2025, Transportation Safety Board Chair Kathy Fox said on Thursday, noting that crude-by-rail shipments are...
Aug 16 2018 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (HUB) has formed a comprehensive cannabis insurance and risk services offering under its Agribusiness & Farm Specialty Practice.The new offering is designed to...
Aug 14 2018 // Canada’s largest province is delaying the launch of private marijuana sales in bricks-and-mortar stores until April 2019, nearly six months after the drug is legalized for recreational use.Ontario’s Progressive...
Aug 10 2018 // Starr Companies will underwrite a Super Visa Insurance product sold by Travel Shield, a trade name used by Mars Empire Group Inc. The product is designed to meet the medical insurance requirements of the Canadian super...
Aug 10 2018 // Zurich Insurance announced the appointment of Saad Mered to CEO and chief agent of Zurich Canada, effective Oct. 1, 2018.Mered is currently chief claims officer for Zurich Insurance Group. In his new role, Mered will...
Aug 9 2018 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance broker, has acquired Canada’s Blackstone Insurance, Benefits & Bonding Inc.Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Headquartered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan...
Aug 9 2018 // CNA Canada announced the appointment of Greg Metcalfe as senior vice president and chief financial officer. In this role, Metcalfe will be responsible for leading the finance and information technology functions for CNA...
Aug 8 2018 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced it has acquired Benefit Broker Services Inc.Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Located in Wallaceburg, Ontario, Benefit Broker provides...
Aug 2 2018 // Icy roads and frozen pipes due to bad weather in Canada and Britain hit insurer RSA’s first-half operating profit on Thursday, though results were in line with analyst forecasts.General insurer RSA, best known in...
Jul 26 2018 // There’s a village in Florida where self-driving cars rule the road, and a Canadian insurance firm wants to come along for the ride.Toronto-based Intact Financial Corp. is investing $3 million in startup Voyage as the...
Jul 24 2018 // Toronto, Ontario Canada, July 24, 2018 – Kyle Winston, President and CEO of CRU GROUP, today announced the hiring of Laura Pastore as the new Vice President U.S. Business Development for Catastrophe Response Unit...
Jul 20 2018 // AXIS Insurance, a business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., announced the promotion of Brad Randell to head of Canada Insurance, and chief agent, Canada, subject to review and/or approval of various Canadian...
Jul 18 2018 // A key segment of Canada’s marijuana industry will remain banned for up to a year after the drug becomes legal for recreational use — making it harder for Justin Trudeau to kill off the black market.Edibles,...
Jul 13 2018 // Sun Life Financial, Canada’s No. 2 insurer, recently started covering medical marijuana in its Canadian health insurance plan – more than 17 years after the country first legalized it.The coverage, which requires...
Jul 11 2018 // Fineqia International Inc., a Vancouver-based technology company, announced it is taking an equity allocation in Black Insurance, a blockchain insurance startup.Terms of the investment were not disclosed, but Fineqia said...