All the headlines from our Canada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 5 2015 // CNA announced that its $2.9 billion Specialty Lines business, specializing in professional and management liability, financial and other specialized property and casualty insurance products and services, will begin...
Dec 9 2014 // Scientists know only two credible ways to prevent temperatures from rising to dangerous levels: stop burning fossil fuels or capture and bury the carbon dioxide byproduct before it gets into the atmosphere.The second idea,...
Dec 9 2014 // International insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro announced it has acquired the assets of Finning Insurance Services (FIS), an insurance brokerage business, from Finning International Inc.Financial details...
Dec 4 2014 // Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, announced that its subsidiary Hub Financial Inc. has acquired the shares of MGA Partners Inc., an Ontario Canada-based managing general agency. Terms of the...
Dec 1 2014 // The world’s top 15 insurance brokers write more than 43 percent of the commercial lines property/casualty business globally, according to a new ranking by London research firm Finaccord.The same report says that the...
Nov 25 2014 // A two-train collision and derailment last July in southeastern Wisconsin was caused by human error when the rear of a freight train was unintentionally backed onto another rail line, according to reports submitted to...
Nov 25 2014 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG announced the launch of Allied World North America’s privacy and network security insurance product, called Privacy//101SM, which is tailored for the Canadian...
Nov 19 2014 // Allied World North America has launched the Executive ForceFieldproduct, a policy specifically developed to address coverage gaps for directors and officers of publicly traded companies in the Canadian market.This upgraded...
Nov 12 2014 // The world’s top 15 insurance brokers write more than 43 percent of the commercial lines property/casualty business globally, according to a new ranking by London research firm Finaccord.The same report says that the...
Nov 5 2014 // Intact Financial Corp., Canada’s largest property and casualty insurer, reported a more than four-fold rise in quarterly profit, helped by a sharp fall in catastrophe losses.The company’s profit last year was...
Oct 31 2014 // A hurricane may lose its name, its structure and even its place on National Hurricane Center tracking maps. None of that is a guarantee the storm’s meteorological energy won’t keep making mischief.While still...
Oct 30 2014 // CNA Canada has appointed Paul Meinschenk as vice president of sales & producer management. In this role, Meinschenk is responsible for the development and management of the distribution strategy and sales initiatives...
Oct 28 2014 // A hurricane may lose its name, its structure and even its place on National Hurricane Center tracking maps. None of that is a guarantee the storm’s meteorological energy won’t keep making mischief.While...
Oct 24 2014 // Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, has appointed of Roger Hacala as senior vice president and financial institutions practice leader, Willis Canada.In this new role, Hacala will oversee the financial...
Oct 9 2014 // American International Group Inc., the largest commercial insurer in the U.S. and Canada, introduced a policy to help railroads handle losses from catastrophic accidents as more crude oil is shipped by trains.The insurer...
Oct 8 2014 // Firefighters contained the blaze triggered by the derailment of a Canadian National Railway Co. train carrying petroleum products and toxic material in a rural area in Saskatchewan yesterday.While there were still flames...
Sep 24 2014 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies recognized five individuals today for their service to the property/casualty insurance industry.Receiving the NAMIC Service Award at the association’s 119th...
Sep 23 2014 // The Canadian government is looking at extending the insurance burden for crude-by-rail disasters beyond just railways and is weighing the idea of a special fund similar to one once set up for maritime oil spills, a...
Sep 11 2014 // ACE has launched a new division that consolidates its U.S. and global casualty offerings to create ACE Risk Management Global Casualty. The division will provide more efficient underwriting and servicing for large...
Sep 5 2014 // Hub International Limited announced that its Ontario subsidiary, Hub International Sinclair Cockburn Limited, has acquired a commercial line book of business from independent broker Lisa Cook. Terms of the acquisition were...