All the headlines from our Canada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 13 2022 // Mosaic Insurance is opening an office in Toronto, Ontario and has hired Ian Fraser to spearhead the company’s expansion into the Canadian specialty insurance market.Fraser joins as president of Mosaic Insurance...
Jul 11 2022 // TORONTO/OTTAWA, July 8 (Reuters) – Rogers Telecommunications said its network was beginning to recover late on Friday after a 19-hour service outage at one of Canada’s biggest telecom operators shut banking,...
Jun 24 2022 // Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management said on Wednesday it had raised $15 billion for its first impact fund focused on the global transition to a net-zero carbon economy.The fundraise comes at a time when investors...
Jun 20 2022 // Oil brokerage NE2 Group is hitting back at allegations that Chief Executive Officer Tim Gunn created a toxic workplace, filing an C$11 million ($8.4 million) countersuit against eight former employees who left the firm...
Jun 16 2022 // The storm that swept through southern Ontario and parts of Quebec on Saturday, May 21, caused over C$875 million (US$676.3 million) in insured damages, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada, which quoted initial...
Jun 15 2022 // Axis Insurance Managers, a Vancouver, Canada-based insurance broker, has completed the acquisition of BMG Aviation Ltd., which does business as BMG Insurance Brokers, effective June 1, 2022.A privately owned insurance...
Jun 15 2022 // Canadian businesses operating in critical infrastructure sectors would be required to report cyber attacks to the federal government and would have to fortify their cyber systems under a new law introduced on Tuesday.The...
Jun 3 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker NFP and homeowners’ insurer, Openly.A summary of these new hires follows here. NFP Appoints Markel’s Horsman as Head of Canadian...
May 27 2022 // A Canadian financial regulator released draft guidelines on Thursday to mitigate the risks of climate change as the country’s financial institutions prepare for mandatory disclosures starting in 2024.The guidelines,...
May 20 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at three brokers: NFP, Acrisure Re and Howden Sweden.A summary of these new hires follows here. NFP Names New Exec Team in CanadaNFP, the New York City-based...
May 19 2022 // Farmers in parts of Canada’s Prairies are struggling to get crops in the ground as heavy rains continue to wallop the eastern region in the latest threat to global grain supplies.Virtually no seeding has been done in...
May 9 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Chubb Canada, insurtech MGA Loadsure and Lloyd’s re/insurer Canopius.A summary of these new hires follows here. Chubb Names Johnstone President of...
May 2 2022 // Lloyd’s of London syndicate Aspen Insurance has decided to cut ties with the existing Trans Mountain pipeline when its current insurance policy expires this summer, according to the climate activist group, Coal...
Apr 22 2022 // A housing market downturn in Canada is among the biggest risks facing the financial system this year, the country’s financial regulator said on Thursday, adding it plans to review the existing home loan stress test...
Apr 21 2022 // Lloyd’s of London syndicate Aspen Insurance has decided to cut ties with the existing Trans Mountain pipeline when its current insurance policy expires this summer, according to the climate activist group, Coal...
Apr 8 2022 // Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is imposing a one-time windfall levy on Canada’s major banks and permanently increasing their income tax rate, fulfilling an election promise that has raised the ire of the...
Apr 5 2022 // Canada’a SIB Corp., operating as StoneRidge Insurance Brokers (SIB), an independent provider of insurance and consulting service, has acquired Generations Insurance Inc., to expand its personal and commercial...
Mar 25 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Montreal, Quebec-based PCI-Perrault Consulting Inc. (doing business as PCI Compensation Consulting).Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2001,...
Mar 11 2022 // Definity Financial Corp. announced a strategic partnership with APOLLO Insurance Solutions Ltd., a Canadian digital insurance broker and MGA that specializes in commercial insurance.This strategic partnership includes a...
Mar 7 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Lockton, Arch Insurance International and AXA XL.A summary of these new hires follows here. Lockton Hires Starr Cos.’ Shephard for AviationLockton...