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Manulife Expands Asian Reach with Cambodia Unit

Nov 16 2011 // Manulife Financial said it has received approval to establish operations in Cambodia, which will expand the Canadian insurer’s reach into an 11th Asian market.Manulife said in a statement it had “approval in...

RSA Makes Changes to Operational Structure, Executive Team

Nov 14 2011 // UK-based RSA has announced announces a number of changes to the Group’s operating structure and Executive Team. As of January first the group will be reorganized into four regions: UK & Western Europe;...

Auto Insurers Keep Eye on Cross-Border Claims with Canada

Nov 7 2011 // Staged automobile accidents in Canada’s most populated province of Ontario pose a unique problem for American auto insurers that must deal with Ontario’s stringent no-fault benefits.Some U.S.-based adjusters...

3M Powerless as October Snow Surprises Northeast

Oct 31 2011 // A freak October snowstorm knocked out power Sunday to more than 3.1 million homes and businesses across the U.S. Northeast, with close to two feet (60 centimeters) of snow falling in some areas over the weekend.The storm...

RIM Hit with Consumer Lawsuits over BlackBerry Outage

Oct 27 2011 // Consumers in the United States and Canada have sued Research in Motion for a days-long service outage on BlackBerry devices that rippled across the world earlier this month.The system-wide failure of the service had left...

Energi to Enter Canadian Insurance Market, Forms Energi of Canada LTD

Oct 24 2011 // Energi has formed a wholly owned subsidiary, Energi of Canada LTD and is entering the Canadian insurance market. Initially, Energi will offer its Energy Property Insurance Program along with Energi’s Energy Savings...

Weak Markets to Hobble Canadian Insurer Results

Oct 24 2011 // Canadian insurers are looking at a bleak quarter of financial results due to a sharp drop in stock markets and bond yields, and analysts are staying cautious on the stocks even at rock-bottom valuations.Sun Life Financial...

Arch Re Group Appoints McGuinness to Head New Canada Treaty Operation

Oct 11 2011 // Arch Reinsurance Group has announced its expansion into Treaty reinsurance in Canada with the appointment of Patrick McGuinness to lead Arch Re Canada’s new Treaty operation based in Toronto. He has 35 years of...

Cross Border Claims Frustrate Auto Carriers

Oct 3 2011 // Staged automobile accidents in Canada’s most populated province of Ontario pose a unique problem for American auto insurers that must deal with Ontario’s stringent no-fault benefits.Some U.S.-based adjusters...

Panel Reports Climate Change to Cost Canada Many Billions

Sep 29 2011 // Climate change will cause damage in Canada equivalent to around 1 percent of GDP in 2050 as rising temperatures kill off forests, flood low-lying areas and cause more illnesses, an official panel said Thursday.The National...

AXA Completes Sale of Canadian Operations

Sep 26 2011 // France’s AXA Group announced that it has successfully completed the sale of its Canadian operations in Property & Casualty and Life & Savings insurance to Intact Financial Corporation for a total cash...

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Sep 19 2011 // XL Insurance has made six key appointments to its North America Construction team. The latest additions to XL Insurance’s North America construction team include:Lawrence Lejfer — Vice president and senior...

Hub International to Acquire Canadian Broker Horizon Insurance

Sep 15 2011 // Hub International Limited announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the operations of Horizon Insurance, LP. , a full service insurance brokerage firm headquartered in Manitoba. The acquisition...

Best Report Concludes Canada’s Insurers Improve, But Risk Profile Rises

Sep 8 2011 // A report from A.M. Best concludes that the Canadian insurance industry “continued to improve in 2010, exhibiting strong capitalization and favorable overall profitability, aided by Canada’s relatively strong...

Aran Insurance Services to Offer Specialty P&C Programs in Canada

Sep 6 2011 // Aran Insurance Services Group’s property and casualty subsidiary MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, will offer specialty insurance programs in Canada through its new affiliate, MiniCo Insurance Agency of Canada, Inc....

XL Names 6 to North America Construction Team

Aug 17 2011 // XL Insurance has made six key appointments to its North America Construction team that it established a year ago. The latest additions to XL Insurance’s North America Construction team include:Lawrence Lejfer —...

Canada’s Top Court to Rule on Tobacco Liability

Jul 29 2011 // Canada’s Supreme Court will decide Friday whether the federal government should be partly liable for damages, possibly amounting to many billions of dollars, stemming from lawsuits against tobacco firms.The tobacco...

Canada’s Reformed Class Action Law Wins Few Friends

Jul 20 2011 // A Canadian law designed to make it easier to bring class action suits against companies that mislead investors has all sides frustrated as it faces its first real-world tests.Changes to the Ontario Securities Act that came...

Ratings Recap: Kuwait Re, Optimum, Montana Re (cat bonds)

Jul 18 2011 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a-” of...

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Confirms New London, U.S. Execs

Jul 12 2011 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has confirmed new CEOs from within its existing management team for two of its most important regions. As of October first, Carsten Scheffel, currently CEO of AGCS for the...