Latest Canada Headlines
All the headlines from our Canada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Professional Sports Leagues Keeping Close Track of Coronavirus
Mar 2 2020 // Major North American professional sports leagues are talking to health officials and informing teams about the coronavirus outbreak that has led to the first reported deaths in the U.S. Officials from the National...
NFP Rebrands Canadian Brokerages Under NFP Name
Feb 25 2020 // Insurance broker NFP Canada Corp. (NFP) announced that several of its Canadian insurance brokerages are adopting the NFP business name in each of the provinces and territories of Canada, where permitted by law. They...
New Colorado Law Tackles Employee Equity, Investment in Startup Cannabis Industry
Feb 13 2020 // The startup-laden cannabis industry is probably just right for those who are willing to forego a few extra dollars on their paychecks for the possibility of a bigger payout later when the company grows or goes...
H.W. Kaufman Adds Lefchik to Expand Node International in North America
Feb 11 2020 // H.W. Kaufman Group, a global network of companies, has expanded Node International’s North American presence with the addition of Matthew Lefchik. Lefchik joins Node International as director, Cyber Risk Management...
NFP Buys Canada Political Risk and Trade Credit Broker, Indemnis Trade Risk Mgmt
Feb 11 2020 // NFP, the New York City-based insurance broker and consultant, announced the acquisition of Indemnis Trade Risk Management Ltd. Financial details of the transaction, which closed on Dec. 10, 2019, were not...
Canadian Privacy Official Seeks Court Ruling Against Facebook
Feb 7 2020 // Canada’s privacy commissioner asked a federal court to declare that Facebook had broken federal privacy law for the private sector, according to a notice of application filed on Thursday. The application also asked...
Canada Orders Speed Limits on Trains After Canadian Pacific Railway Fire
Feb 7 2020 // OTTAWA/WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Canada said on Thursday it would impose temporary speed limits on trains hauling dangerous goods after a Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. crude oil train derailed and caught fire. The...
Aon Acquires Canadian Cyber Security Firm Cytelligence
Feb 4 2020 // Insurance broker Aon reported it has acquired Cytelligence Inc., a Canadian-based cyber security firm that provides incident response advisory, digital forensic expertise, security consulting services and cyber security...
Global Cannabis Revenue Pushed by Sales Doubling in Some U.S. States
Jan 16 2020 // The green rush in the global cannabis market continued in 2019, with sales doubling in seven U.S. states as well as Canada, and you can expect that trend to continue this year, a report out on Thursday shows. The report...
Hub International Acquires Canada’s RHC Insurance Brokers
Jan 10 2020 // Chicago-based broker Hub International Ltd. announced it has acquired RHC Insurance Brokers Ltd. and RHC Insurance Brokers (Cranbrook) Ltd. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Nelson, British...
Starr Insurance Names Swiss Re’s O’Ryan as Canadian Manager, General Aviation
Jan 8 2020 // Starr Insurance Cos. has appointed Paul O’Ryan as Canadian territory manager, general aviation, effective Jan. 6. O’Ryan joins Starr from Swiss Re where he was head of General Aviation Americas in Toronto for...
Nexus Specialty to Offer Admitted Trade Credit Products through Crum & Forster
Jan 7 2020 // Nexus Specialty Inc., part of MGA Nexus Group, has formed a new program agreement with Crum & Forster that allows Nexus to underwrite their trade credit products on a fully admitted basis in the U.S. Nexus Specialty...
NFP Makes Canadian Leadership Changes, Including Promotion of Padovani as President
Jan 3 2020 // NFP, the New York City-based insurance broker and consultant, announced leadership changes throughout Canada to support its growth in the region. Greg Padovani will serve as president of NFP in Canada. He joined NFP in...
Canada Pension Fund OMERS to Buy Stake in Fairfax Run-off Unit, RiverStone UK
Dec 20 2019 // Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. and OMERS, the pension plan for Ontario’s municipal employees, announced they have entered into an agreement where OMERS will acquire a 40% interest in Fairfax’s UK run-off...
Canadian Lab Test Firm, LifeLabs, Pays Ransom After Data Breach
Dec 20 2019 // Lab test provider LifeLabs said Tuesday that it paid a ransom to secure data for Canadians that was stolen in a data breach in late October. Hackers also obtained personal information of an unknown number of the...
Oregon Jury Awards Canadian Couple $9M Verdict in Bike Wreck
Dec 19 2019 // A jury has awarded more than $9 million in damages to a man and woman from Vancouver, British Columbia, who were struck by an 18-wheeler truck while riding their bikes along Interstate 84 in the Columbia River Gorge in...
Industry Balks at Trump Rule to Let States Import Drugs from Canada
Dec 19 2019 // The Trump administration on Wednesday said it is proposing a rule to allow states to import prescription drugs from Canada, advancing a plan announced in July that the president has said will bring cheaper prescription...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Canada’s SBW Employee Benefits
Dec 18 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based broker, announced the acquisition of Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Sinclair Billard and Weld Ltd., and CJM Solutions + Inc., which do business under the name of...
Insurtech, Data Help Canadian Farmers Cut Lending, Insurance Costs
Dec 12 2019 // Canadian farmers — grappling with with lower crop income, adverse weather and a trade dispute with China — are using precision-agriculture technology aimed at reducing lending and insurance costs. Collecting...
Brown & Brown to Acquire Canadian MGA Special Risk Insurance Managers
Dec 10 2019 // Brown & Brown Programs Inc. has agreed to acquire the assets of the British Columbia, Canada-based managing general agency Special Risk Insurance Managers (SRIM). The transaction is expected to close effective January...
