All the headlines from our Canada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 23 2000 // NAFTA Still Hobbled By Stafety Concenrns, Cross-Border Insurance IsuesThe provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement have been in place for several years, but Mexico and the United States have yet to simplify...
Oct 2 2000 // ING Canada, a subsidiary of Holland’s ING Group, and seven Canadian insurance brokers have made a joint bid for all of the shares of Equisure Financial Network, one of Canada’s leading insurance brokers and...
Sep 25 2000 // Canada Life announced that it has formed a joint venture with Centurion Bank Ltd, TCFC Finance Ltd. of Mumbai and the ARDEE group of New Delhi to establish Canada Centurion Assurance Company in India. Under newly...
Sep 8 2000 // Gregory A. Maciag, president and CEO of ACORD, and Klaas Westera, president and CEO of the Centre for Study of Insurance Operations (CSIO), jointly announced that discussions are underway between CSIO and ACORD to...
Aug 7 2000 // The counterparty credit and senior un-secured debt ratings on Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (Fairfax) were lowered from “BBB+” to “BBB-” by S&P, which also revised the outlook from negative...
Jun 20 2000 // South Carolina’s Liberty Corp. announced that it plans to sell its insurance units, which include Liberty Life Co. and Liberty Insurance Services Corp., to Toronto based Royal Bank of Canada for a reported $650...
Jun 15 2000 // Reaffirming its market strategy, CGNU, the company formed by CGU’s merger with Norwich Union, announced that it plans to leave the Canadian Life market in order to focus resources elsewhere. According to a Reuters...
Jun 13 2000 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. will pay dividends of just over $1 billion to auto insurance policyholders in 49 states, the District of Columbia and three Canadian provinces.The return of premiums, approved...
May 18 2000 // Kingsway General Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Kingsway Financial Services, has acquired the renewal rights for AXA Canada subsidiaries’ long-haul trucking portfolio in Canada. The portfolio, made up of fleet...
May 9 2000 // Assurex International, the world’s largest privately held commercial insurance brokerage group with combined insurance premiums exceeding $12 billion annually, has expanded its worldwide presence with the addition of...
Feb 3 2000 // Mexican insurers will have to take aggressive steps to remain competitive with U.S. and Canadian companies that are acquiring a stronger presence in the country, according to A.M. Best Co. in a statement released...