All the headlines from our Canada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 22 2024 // May 22, 2024 — Axis Insurance Managers Inc. (“Axis Insurance”) announced today that it has acquired The Magnes Group Inc. (“Magnes”). Axis Insurance made its initial investment in Magnes in...
May 21 2024 // Canada’s government is banning key-programming machines and other equipment used to steal cars, while implementing harsher penalties to combat a rising number of auto thefts across the country.Minister of Justice...
May 21 2024 // CFC, the London-based specialist managing general agent, announced the appointment of Kate Della Mora to the newly created role of CEO, CFC Canada.Della Mora’s appointment coincides with the launch of CFC’s...
May 17 2024 // More than half of the oil sands production from Canada could be impacted if the wildfires in Alberta and British Columbia worsen, Rystad Energy said in a report on Thursday.WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Canada is one of the...
May 16 2024 // The unofficial capital of Canada’s oil-sands industry is now facing a second wildfire that’s north of the city and closer to major energy operations.The new blaze near Fort McMurray, Alberta, is about 3...
May 14 2024 // Firefighters on Monday battled a large wildfire heading towards a remote western Canadian town as winds and tinder dry conditions threatened to spread the flames further, a provincial minister said.The largely evacuated...
May 13 2024 // The season’s first major wildfires have spread to roughly 10,000 hectares (24,710 acres) across Western Canada on Sunday as authorities issued an evacuation order for a community in British Columbia and warned of...
May 9 2024 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance brokerage and financial services firm, announced the acquisition of certain assets from 2197747 Alberta Ltd., which is in turn partially owned by Carianne...
Apr 29 2024 // Pharmacy chain London Drugs Ltd. shut dozens of stores in western Canada on Sunday following a cyber incident.The chain discovered it was the victim of a cybersecurity incident on Sunday, a representative said by email,...
Apr 23 2024 // Wildfires erupted across Canada’s main oil producing province of Alberta and an evacuation order was issued as the region braces for a repeat of last year’s unprecedented season.Members of the indigenous first...
Apr 16 2024 // Leftover blazes from last year’s record wildfire season in Canada are threatening to knock out almost 3% of the country’s natural gas production.A total of 50 so-called zombie fires still smoldering beneath...
Apr 15 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) and AXIS Capital Holdings.A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Promotes Sapra as CEO of...
Apr 12 2024 // Canada’s emergency preparedness minister warned Wednesday the country’s wildfire season could be more explosive than last year when it led to unprecedented smoke conditions across much of the country and into...
Apr 9 2024 // Oil sands producer Syncrude Canada, majority-owned by Suncor Energy, will pay C$390,000 ($287,187.04) after pleading guilty to a health and safety charge relating to the death of a worker on one of its sites in June 2021,...
Apr 4 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at HSB Canada and Canopius Group.A summary of these new hires follows here. HSB Canada announced the appointment of Barbara Bellissimo as president and chief...
Apr 1 2024 // Four Canadian school boards have sought more than C$4 billion ($2.96 billion) in damages from social media firms such as Meta Platforms and Snap in a lawsuit, alleging that their products harmed students.The products are...
Mar 27 2024 // Canada-based Desjardins, through its subsidiary Desjardins General Insurance Group Inc., and ICPEI Holdings Inc. announced they have entered into definitive agreements for Desjardins to indirectly acquire all of...
Mar 27 2024 // As skiers glide down the slopes of British Columbia’s Whistler Mountain and ice fishers drop their lines into frozen lakes in Alberta, dozens of the fires whose smoke darkened North America’s skies last year...
Mar 12 2024 // Amynta Group, the New York-based insurance services provider, announced the completion of the previously announced acquisition of Sutton Special Risk Inc., a managing general underwriter (MGU) of specialty insurance and...
Mar 7 2024 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance brokerage and financial services firm, announced it has acquired Zavitz Insurance and Wealth Inc.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in London, Ontario,...