Intact Financial Corp. News

Canada Insurer Intact Financial Corp. Completes Acquisition of On Side Restoration

Intact Financial Corp., the Toronto-based property and casualty insurer, announced it has completed the acquisition of On Side Developments Ltd., the parent company of On Side Restoration. With more than 1,200 employees and 35 branches across Canada, Vancouver-based On Side …

Canada’s Intact Financial Not Planning to Insure Recreational Cannabis Industry

Don’t expect Intact Financial Corp., Canada’s largest property and casualty insurer, to insure the recreational-cannabis industry anytime soon. “It’s not seen as the pot of gold that we should chase after,” Chief Financial Officer Louis Marcotte said Tuesday at the …

Canadian Insurer Backs Autonomous Car Startup in Florida Retirement Community

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 the companies seek to shape …

Canada’s Intact Financial Completes OneBeacon Acquisition; Vows to Grow Specialty Insurer

Intact Financial Corp. said it has completed its acquisition of U.S. specialty insurer OneBeacon Insurance Group from Bermuda-based White Mountains Insurance Group. The purchase price was C$2.3 billion (US$1.7 billion). Toronto-based IFC said the deal makes it a leading provider …

Canadian P/C Insurer Intact Financial to Acquire OneBeacon for $1.7 Billion

Canada’s largest property/casualty insurer, Intact Financial Corp., has agreed to acquire U.S. specialty insurer OneBeacon from White Mountains Insurance Group for US$1.7 billion. The merger will create a North American specialty lines insurer with more than $2 billion in specialty …

Canada’s Desjardins Aims to Buy P/C Insurers: CEO Cormier

Desjardins Group is looking to acquire insurers, wealth managers and payments firms to expand further outside Quebec and challenge the dominance of Canada’s big financial services firms, Chief Executive Officer Guy Cormier said. Cormier, who oversees North America’s largest financial …

Alberta Wildfires Spare Almost 90% of Fort McMurray, Canada’s Energy Hub

The massive wildfires that swept through Canada’s energy hub of Fort McMurray left almost 90 percent of the city intact, including most of the downtown core, while completely leveling some neighborhoods. “This city was surrounded by an ocean of fire …

Alberta Wildfires Could Hit Canada Economy Harder than Hurricane Katrina in US

Intact Financial Corp. may post insured losses of as much as C$1.1 billion ($850 million) from the wildfires in Alberta, which could dent the Canadian economy harder than Hurricane Katrina hit the U.S. Intact, Canada’s biggest property and casualty insurer, …

Canada’s Intact Financial Corp. Invests in Metromile, Pay-Per-Mile Insurer

Intact Financial Corp. has made a strategic investment in Metromile, a San Francisco-based provider of pay-per-mile car insurance. Toronto-based IFC, which is the largest provider of property & casualty insurance in Canada, said the venture is in line with its …

Canadian Insurer Intact Q4 Profit Nearly Doubles to US$164.8 Million

Intact Financial Corp, Canada’s largest property and casualty insurer, reported a near-doubling in quarterly profit, boosted by strong growth in underwriting income. The company’s net income rose to C$205 million (US$164.8 million), or C$1.52 (US$1.22) per share, in the fourth …