All the headlines from our Canada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 23 2022 // After lashing Bermuda, Hurricane Fiona is racing north toward Eastern Canada, threatening to become the most powerful storm ever to hit the region. A second system, meanwhile, is developing in the Caribbean and may strike...
Sep 22 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Strategic Risk Solutions and Markel International.A summary of these new hires follows here. Strategic Risk Solutions Taps Marsh’s Meindersma to Lead...
Sep 21 2022 // Hurricane Fiona has intensified to become this year’s strongest Atlantic storm as it moves north to threaten Bermuda and eastern Canada later this week.Fiona’s top winds remain at 130 miles (209 kilometers) per...
Sep 21 2022 // Miller, the leading independent specialist re/insurance broker, announced the expansion of its Delegated Authority team with the appointment of five new hires to form a dedicated Canadian unit.The new team will be formed...
Aug 30 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Specialty Markets, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, and CNA Canada.A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Specialty Promotes...
Aug 15 2022 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance brokerage and financial services firm, announced it has acquired Jaimac Risk Management Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Ottawa, Ontario,...
Jul 15 2022 // This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine.Kremlin-controlled energy giant Gazprom said on Wednesday it could not guarantee the safe operation of a...
Jul 13 2022 // Insurance broker NFP has established a captive management firm in Canada following Alberta’s establishment of a regime for captive insurance for organizations wanting to self-insure against risk instead of buying...
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...