Latest Canada Headlines
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Liberty International Underwriters & Ironshore Canada Renamed Liberty Mutual Canada
Sep 14 2018 // Liberty Mutual Insurance announces that Liberty International Underwriters (LIU Canada) and Ironshore Canada will be rebranded as Liberty Mutual Canada. “The rebranding of our joint operation as Liberty Mutual Canada...
Mullarkey to Head Canada Property & Energy for Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
Sep 14 2018 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has named Jamie Mullarkey as head of Property & Energy, Canada. In this role, Mullarkey leads property and energy underwriting in Canada with teams based in Toronto and Vancouver. He...
The Co-operators Offers Storm Surge Insurance to Homeowners in Atlantic Canada
Aug 27 2018 // The Co-operators Group Ltd. is offering storm surge insurance to homeowners in the provinces of Atlantic Canada: New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Most recently released in...
Canada Should Require Stronger Rail Cars for Crude Before 2025 Deadline: Official
Aug 27 2018 // Canada ought to require stronger tank cars for transporting flammable liquids sooner than the current deadline in 2025, Transportation Safety Board Chair Kathy Fox said on Thursday, noting that crude-by-rail shipments are...
New Specialty Offering from HUB Targets Cannabis Producers, Distributors, Retailers
Aug 16 2018 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (HUB) has formed a comprehensive cannabis insurance and risk services offering under its Agribusiness & Farm Specialty Practice. The new offering is designed to...
Canada Delays Sales of Recreational Cannabis in Retail Stores as Legalization Looms
Aug 14 2018 // Canada’s largest province is delaying the launch of private marijuana sales in bricks-and-mortar stores until April 2019, nearly six months after the drug is legalized for recreational use. Ontario’s...
Starr Partners with Travel Shield on Canadian Medical Insurance Super Visa
Aug 10 2018 // Starr Companies will underwrite a Super Visa Insurance product sold by Travel Shield, a trade name used by Mars Empire Group Inc. The product is designed to meet the medical insurance requirements of the Canadian super...
Zurich Canada Promotes Mered to CEO
Aug 10 2018 // Zurich Insurance announced the appointment of Saad Mered to CEO and chief agent of Zurich Canada, effective Oct. 1, 2018. Mered is currently chief claims officer for Zurich Insurance Group. In his new role, Mered will...
Hub International Buys Canadian Broker Blackstone Insurance, Benefits & Bonding
Aug 9 2018 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance broker, has acquired Canada’s Blackstone Insurance, Benefits & Bonding Inc. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Headquartered in Saskatoon,...
CNA Canada Taps Metcalfe from Gallagher as CFO and SVP
Aug 9 2018 // CNA Canada announced the appointment of Greg Metcalfe as senior vice president and chief financial officer. In this role, Metcalfe will be responsible for leading the finance and information technology functions for CNA...
Hub International Acquires Ontario-Based Benefit Broker Services Inc.
Aug 8 2018 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced it has acquired Benefit Broker Services Inc. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Located in Wallaceburg, Ontario, Benefit Broker provides...
Insurer RSA Reports 15% Drop in H1 Operating Profit on Winter Weather Claims
Aug 2 2018 // Icy roads and frozen pipes due to bad weather in Canada and Britain hit insurer RSA’s first-half operating profit on Thursday, though results were in line with analyst forecasts. General insurer RSA, best known in...
Canadian Insurer Backs Autonomous Car Startup in Florida Retirement Community
Jul 26 2018 // There’s a village in Florida where self-driving cars rule the road, and a Canadian insurance firm wants to come along for the ride. Toronto-based Intact Financial Corp. is investing $3 million in startup Voyage as...
CRU GROUP Welcomes New USA, Senior Business Development Leader
Jul 24 2018 // Toronto, Ontario Canada, July 24, 2018 – Kyle Winston, President and CEO of CRU GROUP, today announced the hiring of Laura Pastore as the new Vice President U.S. Business Development for Catastrophe Response Unit...
AXIS Insurance Promotes Randell to Head of Canada Insurance & Chief Agent, Canada
Jul 20 2018 // AXIS Insurance, a business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., announced the promotion of Brad Randell to head of Canada Insurance, and chief agent, Canada, subject to review and/or approval of various Canadian...
Some Recreational Cannabis Products to Remain Banned Under New Canada Law
Jul 18 2018 // A key segment of Canada’s marijuana industry will remain banned for up to a year after the drug becomes legal for recreational use — making it harder for Justin Trudeau to kill off the black market. Edibles,...
Canadian Health Insurers Reluctant to Provide Cover for Medical Marijuana
Jul 13 2018 // Sun Life Financial, Canada’s No. 2 insurer, recently started covering medical marijuana in its Canadian health insurance plan – more than 17 years after the country first legalized it. The coverage, which requires...
Canada’s Fineqia International Takes Stake in Blockchain Startup Black Insurance
Jul 11 2018 // Fineqia International Inc., a Vancouver-based technology company, announced it is taking an equity allocation in Black Insurance, a blockchain insurance startup. Terms of the investment were not disclosed, but Fineqia said...
Canada’s Evergreen Pacific Insurance Corp. to Buy Natural Health Provider Synergy
Jul 10 2018 // Evergreen Pacific Insurance Corp. (EPIC), the Toronto-based financial-services holding company, announced it has signed a binding agreement to acquire a majority interest in Synergy Health Services, subject to completion...
Beazley Taps Hawthorne, Formerly with Guarantee, as Territory Manager for E. Canada
Jul 6 2018 // Beazley, the specialist insurer, has appointed Jo-Anne Hawthorne as territory manager for eastern Canada. Hawthorne will report to Cheryl Hobbs and will be responsible for developing closer relations with brokers in...
