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#1 Marsh: Cyber Extortion Reached Record High in US and Canada in 2023
Jun 14 2024 // Multiple companies in the U.S. and Canada experienced a record number of cyber extortion events in 2023 and unprecedented demands, a new report from Marsh shows. The report, Ransomware: A persistent challenge in cyber...
#2 Canada’s Largest School Board Targeted by Ransomware Attack
Jun 13 2024 // Canada’s largest school district is investigating a cyber incident, adding to a series of ransomware attacks that have caused disruptions to companies and public institutions in the country. The Toronto District...
#3 Canadian Billionaire Prem Watsa to Step Down as Chairman of Fairfax India
Jun 4 2024 // Fairfax India Holdings Corp. on Monday said Prem Watsa, popularly known as “Canada’s Warren Buffett,” will step down as the investment firm’s chairman. He will be replaced by his son Benjamin Watsa,...
#4 Canadian Broker Axis Insurance Gets Investment From PE Firm, Lee Equity Partners
Jun 11 2024 // Axis Insurance Managers Inc., the Vancouver-based independent specialty insurance brokerage, announced it has received a significant growth investment from Lee Equity Partners LLC, a middle market private equity firm that...
#5 Canada’s Desjardins Completes Purchase of Insurance Company of Prince Edward Island
Jun 3 2024 // Desjardins Group and The Insurance Company of Prince Edward Island (ICPEI) have confirmed that the transaction announced in March 2024 has closed. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. With this acquisition,...
#6 People Moves: HDI Global Canada Promotes Navarrete to Managing Director; AXA XL Appoints Kuklinski as Regional Mgr. for Northern Europe, Germany’s Country Mgr.
Jul 1 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at HDI Global and AXA XL. A summary of these new hires follows here. HDI Global Canada Promotes Navarrete to Managing Director Klaus Navarrete HDI Global...
#7 Eastern Canada Wildfire Forces Evacuation of Hydro Plant Workers
Jun 26 2024 // A wildfire in an eastern Canadian province moved closer to a huge power plant on Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of workers from a nearby town, officials said. “So (this is) very concerning,” Newfoundland and...
#8 Cyber Extortion Reached Record High in US and Canada in 2023: Marsh
Jul 1 2024 // Multiple companies in the United States and Canada experienced a record number of cyber extortion events in 2023 and unprecedented demands, a new report from Marsh shows. The report, Ransomware: A persistent challenge in...
