All the headlines from our Canada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 1 2017 // CNA Canada announced its Vancouver Branch has moved to a new location.The new address is 510 W. Georgia St., Suite 2250, Vancouver, BC V6B 0M3. The company said that its phone numbers will remain the same. “The new...
May 31 2017 // XL Catlin has opened its first Political Risk, Credit and Bond (PRCB) insurance practice in Canada and has appointed Marvin Azzopardi as senior underwriter.Based in Toronto, Azzopardi, will join XL Catlin on June 1 and...
May 18 2017 // XL Catlin has added two new members to its Canadian environmental insurance team: Marc Estrada as environmental team lead and Brian Hughes as assistant vice president, environmental underwriting.Estrada and Hughes are...
May 18 2017 // Rogers Insurance Ltd. announced it has partnered with Victoria, British Columbia-based Megson FitzPatrick Inc., beginning with the purchase of a minority stake in Megson FitzPatrick.The financial details of the purchase...
May 4 2017 // Canada-based SCM Insurance Services has expanded into the United States by acquiring claims adjusting and investigations firm, Nixon & Company Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.Founded more than 40 years ago,...
May 3 2017 // Canada’s largest property/casualty insurer, Intact Financial Corp., has agreed to acquire U.S. specialty insurer OneBeacon from White Mountains Insurance Group for US$1.7 billion. The merger will create a North...
May 2 2017 // A magnitude-6.2 earthquake rattled the corner of British Columbia near the boundary with southeastern Alaska early Monday, waking people up and setting off a series of aftershocks, including a magnitude-6.3, the U.S....
May 1 2017 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has expanded its Executive First policy suite in Canada with the launch of an employment practices liability policy.The policy is designed to protect companies...
Apr 28 2017 // Desjardins Group is looking to acquire insurers, wealth managers and payments firms to expand further outside Quebec and challenge the dominance of Canada’s big financial services firms, Chief Executive Officer Guy...
Apr 26 2017 // Waterloo, Ontario-based Economical Insurance announced two additions to its executive team. Fabian Richenberger will join the company as executive vice president, Commercial Insurance, and Kelley Irwin will join as senior...
Apr 6 2017 // Markel Canada, the Toronto-based subsidiary of Markel International, has acquired the remaining 50 percent stake in Allsport Insurance Marketing Ltd.Allsport is an incorporated managing general agent (MGA) specializing in...
Apr 3 2017 // Private equity firm KKR and Canadian pension fund Caisse de depôt et placement du Quebec (CDPQ) have agreed to buy USI Insurance Services from Onex Corp. in a $4.3 billion deal, including debt.The deal is the latest in a...
Mar 29 2017 // Markel International, the specialist insurer and subsidiary of Markel Corp., is aiming to develop its trade credit and political risk business in Canada. Business will be underwritten by Markel Canada on Lloyd’s...
Mar 22 2017 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) introduced its Professional First Professional Liability and Network Security & Privacy Policy and announced it has appointed Geoffrey Kendrick as head of Professional...
Mar 22 2017 // JLT Re, the London-based reinsurance broker and consultancy, has combined forces with flood modeling company, KatRisk, to enhance its flood risk modeling capabilities for clients across Canada.Berkeley, Calif.-based...
Mar 17 2017 // Private equity firm KKR and Canadian pension fund Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) agreed to buy USI Insurance Services from Onex Corp. in a $4.3 billion deal, including debt.The deal is the latest in a...
Mar 17 2017 // Canada’s Eagle Underwriting Group Inc. has teamed up with MS Amlin Marine NV, trading as RaetsMarine, to offer protection & indemnity (P&I) and charterers’ liability insurance in the Canadian marine...
Mar 13 2017 // OutsideIQ, a Canadian startup which uses cognitive computing to analyze data, is partnering with the world’s largest business commerce network, SAP Ariba , to help corporations quickly screen vendors for risk and...
Mar 1 2017 // Canada-based Echelon Financial Holdings Inc. announced it has received regulatory approval from the Danish Financial Services Authority for the sale of its European operations.This completes the necessary regulatory...
Feb 27 2017 // British and Canadian regulators have signed an agreement to make it easier for financial technology companies to expand in each other’s markets, they said on Wednesday.The agreement between the UK’s Financial...