Latest Crum & Forster Headlines
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Crum & Forster to Offer DriveCam Services to Policyholders
Apr 23 2013 // Crum & Forster (C&F) will now offer DriveCam’s managed services to its policyholders as part of C&F’s loss control/safety management services. DriveCam addresses safety by combining data and video...
Crum & Forster Taps Burr as VP of California Workers’ Comp Claims
Jan 31 2013 // Crum & Forster hired George Burr as vice president of California workers’ compensation claims. Burr will manage C&F’s West Coast workers’ compensation claims office located in Orange County,...
N.J.-Based Crum & Forster Names VP of Fidelity Practice
Dec 3 2012 // New Jersey-based Crum & Forster appointed Joseph Prystupa as vice president in its management and professional services division (MAPS) overseeing the fidelity and crime practice. In his new role, Prystupa will help...
People – East
Oct 8 2012 // Marsh & McLennan Cos. announced Brian Duperreault will retire as the company’s president and chief executive officer at the year’s end. Daniel S. Glaser, currently the company’s group president and...
New Jersey’s Crum & Forster Appoints Chief Technology Officer
Sep 4 2012 // New Jersey-based Crum & Forster has appointed Ahmed Yaknour as chief technology officer. In this role, he will be responsible for the architecture of the company’s infrastructure, as well as all network and...
Best Affirms Fairfax Financial and Most Subs Ratings
May 4 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb” and the unsecured debt and preferred equity ratings of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. Best also affirmed the financial strength rating...
Seneca Creates Surety Division
Nov 30 2011 // Seneca Insurance Companies has launched a new product line and operating division for contract and commercial surety. The contract surety side will focus on small and emerging construction, supply, furnish and installation...
Crum & Forster Launches New Service to Protect against Cyber Risk
Aug 17 2011 // Crum & Forster (C&F) has launched a new service to assist policyholders effectively manage and protect against cyber risk. Network attacks and privacy violations are occurring with increasing frequency. Even with...
People
Jun 20 2011 // Liberty Mutual Group’s Edmund (Ted) F. Kelly, 65, will retire from active management of the company on June 28. David H. Long, 50, will replace Kelly and will become president and CEO effective June 29, 2011. Kelly...
Crum & Forster Makes Management and Operational Changes
Jun 8 2011 // New Jersey-based Crum & Forster has made a management switch in its specialty lines in connection with the recent acquisitions of First Mercury Financial Corp., Valiant Insurance and American Management Corp. Richard...
Best Affirms Fairfax, U.S. Members Ratings; Upgrades Seneca’s ICR
Jun 4 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb” and the unsecured debt and preferred equity ratings of Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. Best also affirmed the ICR of...
S&P Upgrades Crum & Forster Ratings to ‘A-‘; Fairfax ‘BBB-‘ Rating Affirmed
Nov 23 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Crum & Forster Insurance Co. and related entities to ‘A-‘ from ‘BBB+’....
Best Affirms Fairfax, Subs Ratings
Jun 23 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb” and the unsecured debt ratings of Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, as well as the financial strength ratings (FSR) of...
Ratings Recap: China (NZ), Hannover ReTakaful, Fairfax, Radian (Europe)
Dec 5 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb-” of China Insurance (NZ) Company Limited of New Zealand with a stable outlook. The ratings...
Fitch Takes Fairfax Off Credit Watch; Affirms Ratings
Sep 26 2005 // Fitch Ratings announced that it has affirmed the ratings of Canada’s Fairfax Financial Holdings, Ltd. with a stable out look, and has removed the ratings from its negative credit watch. “The rating action...
Crum & Forster Announces Management Changes
Jun 28 2004 // Crum & Forster Holdings Corp. has announced that Nikolas Antonopoulos, chief executive officer of its insurance operating subsidiaries, will also be elected as chairman of the board of those companies. Antonopoulos...
Crum & Forster Notes Management Changes
Jun 24 2004 // Crum & Forster Holdings Corp. announced that Nikolas Antonopoulos, recently elected CEO of its insurance operating subsidiaries, will also be elected chairman of the board of those companies. Antonopoulos succeeds...
Antonopoulos to Head Crum & Forster
Apr 5 2004 // Prem Watsa, Crum & Forster Holdings Corp.’s current Chairman and CEO and the company’s parent, Canada’s Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, announced that Nikolas Antonopoulos, who has been President...
Fairfax Announces Release of Crum & Forster Debt Issue Proceeds
Jul 1 2003 // Toronto’s Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited announced that the net proceeds of the recent US$300 million private debt issue by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Crum & Forster Holdings Corp., are being released from...
Fairfax to Acquire Seneca Insurance
Apr 27 2000 // Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. has made an agreement for its Crum & Forster subsidiary to acquire Sen-Tech International Holdings, the holding company of Seneca Insurance Co. for $65 million. Seneca, headquartered in...
