Economical Insurance announced the creation of a new organizational structure, with three market-facing regions. The restructuring is designed to improve profits, strengthen relationships with broker partners, capture more market share in small business, and expand capabilities in middle market and …
Economical Insurance in Ontario has named Paul MacDonald as executive vice president of Personal Insurance effective early 2018. Rowan Saunders, president and CEO of Economical, said MacDonald will have profit and loss accountability for broker-distributed personal insurance and support a …
Waterloo, Ontario-based Economical Insurance has appointed Roger Dunbar as the senior vice president of Sonnet Insurance, Economical’s digital direct channel. Previously, Dunbar was vice president, Marketing, at Trader Corporation where he led Trader’s consumer and business-to-business strategies, and business intelligence. …
Economical Insurance has launched cyber coverage that is available to commercial policies to support Canadian businesses in the event of a data breach. Called “EXPERT Cyber,” the Economical product provides response services and coverage for both first- and third-party losses …
Waterloo, Ontario-based Economical Insurance is moving to a simpler legal entity structure as it continues its journey to become a public company. Currently, Assurance Economical in Quebec is underwritten by The Missisquoi Insurance Co.; Economical Select group car and home …
Waterloo, Ontario-based Economical Insurance announced two additions to its executive team. Fabian Richenberger will join the company as executive vice president, Commercial Insurance, and Kelley Irwin will join as senior vice president and chief information officer, effective May 1, 2017. …
Economical Insurance, headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, has named Rowan Saunders as president and CEO, effective Nov. 1, 2016. This follows the announcement on Feb. 19, 2016, that current president and CEO, Karen Gavan, will retire from the company and the …
Economical Mutual Insurance Co., the Waterloo, Ontario-based property and casualty insurance company, announced plans to acquire Desjardins Group’s pet insurance business, Western Financial Insurance Co. (WFIC) and its flagship brand Petsecure. WFIC is Canada’s largest pet insurance company with net …
Economical Insurance, one of Canada’s largest property and casualty insurers, moved closer to becoming a public company after its board voted to demutualize. The 10-member board of directors recommended it convert to a shareholder-owned company from one owned by its …
