Latest Intact Headlines

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Intact Financial Acquires Canada’s No. 1 Home Maintenance App

Nov 14 2024 // Intact Financial Corp., the Toronto-based property-casualty insurer, announce that it has acquired Jiffy Inc., Canada’s No. 1 home maintenance app. Through this acquisition, Jiffy will have the platform and...

People Moves: Intact Hires Janssens as SVP of West Coast Commercial Surety; Odiorne Chief Deputy Insurance Commissioner in Washington

Jul 18 2024 // Intact Hires Janssens as SVP of West Coast Commercial Surety Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions, the brand for Intact Financial Corporation’s U.S. insurance company subsidiaries, headquartered in Plymouth,...

People Moves: Reinke Joins Intact as Chief Underwriting Officer, Transactional Surety

Apr 16 2024 // Scott Reinke Scott Reinke joined Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions, headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota, as chief underwriting officer for its transactional surety team. Reinke oversees surety’s commercial...

Supreme Court Leaves Intact Elite School’s Diversity Policy

Feb 21 2024 // A divided US Supreme Court refused to question an admissions policy at a competitive Virginia public high school, turning away contentions that the program was designed to reduce the percentage of Asian-American...

People Moves: QBE Re Appoints Guarnori and Ahluwalia to Senior Roles; Fortin Promoted to President of Intact; Hamilton Names Riihiluoma as Head of Specialty Re

Dec 21 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at QBE Re, Intact Financial Corp., and Hamilton Re. A summary of these new hires follows here. QBE Re Appoints Guarnori and Ahluwalia to Senior Roles QBE Re...

Canada’s Intact Financial Kicks Off Sale of RSA’s Personal Insurance Business

Sep 19 2023 // Intact Financial Corp. has kicked off the sale of its personal insurance subsidiary in the UK, which could be valued at around £500 million ($620 million), people with knowledge of the matter said. The Canadian insurer is...

Supreme Court Leaves Intact Social Media Liability Shield in Win for Google, Twitter

May 18 2023 // The US Supreme Court left in place a broad liability shield for social media companies for content posted by users, insulating Twitter Inc., Facebook Inc. and Google LLC from claims that they provided assistance to Islamic...

People Moves: Liberty Specialty Mkts Names Intact’s Conran as CUO; Arch Taps WTW’s Bradley as Cyber U/W; Rokstone’s iFarm Underwriting Recruits from Marsh, Geo

Nov 21 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Specialty Markets, Arch Insurance International, and Rokstone’s iFarm Underwriting. A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty...

Intact Acquires Illinois-Based Tokio Marine Highlands US Construction Division

Jun 17 2022 // Tokio Marine Kiln reached an agreement with Intact Insurance Group USA LLC for the sale of Tokio Marine Highland’s (TMH) US construction division. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is...

Intact Financial Corp. and Tryg Complete Sale of Codan Denmark to Alm. Brand

May 2 2022 // Intact Financial Corp. and Tryg A/S have completed the sale of Codan Forsikring A/S’ Danish business to Alm. Brand A/S, after receiving all required approvals. On June 11 2021, it was announced that Codan DK would be...

Cyber MGA Resilience Forms Captive Insurer in Bermuda

Feb 1 2022 // Cyber insurance and security provider Resilience Cyber Insurance Solutions has created a captive reinsurance company. Through the Bermuda-based captive, Resilience will retain a share of each risk it underwrites. CJ...

Intact Financial, Tryg Agree to Sell Danish Unit to Alm. Brand for Total of US$2.52 Billion

Jun 14 2021 // Intact Financial Corp. and Tryg A/S have entered into an agreement to sell Codan Forsikring A/S’s Danish business to Alm. Brand A/S Group for about 12.6 billion Danish kroner (approximately $2.52 billion) in...

Fitch Affirms Intact’s Ratings After RSA Acquisition; RSA Subsidiary Upgraded to ‘AA-‘

Jun 2 2021 // Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings of Intact Financial Corp.’s insurance subsidiaries at ‘AA-‘ (very strong), after its acquisition of RSA Insurance Group. Fitch also...

Intact Financial Corp. and Tryg Complete Acquisition of UK’s RSA Insurance

Jun 1 2021 // Intact Financial Corp. announced that, together with Tryg A/S, it has completed the acquisition of RSA Insurance Group plc., after receiving all required approvals. Toronto-based Intact retains RSA’s Canadian, UK and...

Canada’s Intact Financial Caps Decade of Acquisitions with $9.4 Billion RSA Deal

Nov 19 2020 // After a decade of buying up rivals to become Canada’s largest property and casualty insurer, Intact Financial Corp. is looking across the Atlantic with its biggest deal yet. Intact sealed an agreement Wednesday to...

Intact, Resilience Insurance to Provide Cyber Risk Coverage, Services

Nov 19 2020 // Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions, the brand for Intact Financial Corporation’s (IFC) U.S. insurance company subsidiaries, has launched cyber insurance options that will be offered in partnership with program...

Reiss Appointed President of International Bond & Marine Brokerage

Nov 12 2020 // James Reiss has been appointed as president of International Bond & Marine Brokerage Ltd. (IB&M), a brokerage providing risk management solutions to the international trade industry. The brokerage was recently...

Update: UK Insurer RSA Receives $9.4B Takeover Offer From Intact Financial, Tryg

Nov 5 2020 // RSA is in talks with a consortium of Canadian insurer Intact Financial and Danish insurer Tryg about a possible break-up deal that values the British firm at about 7.2 billion pounds ($9.46 billion). RSA said its board...

Canada’s Intact Rebrands OneBeacon, All North American Specialty Insurance as Intact

Oct 14 2020 // Intact Financial Corp. is bringing together its Canadian and U.S. specialty insurance operations under a single brand: Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions. The U.S. businesses had previously operated under the OneBeacon...

Business Moves

Oct 5 2020 // National OneBeacon, International Bond & Marine Brokerage OneBeacon Insurance Group said it has acquired International Bond & Marine Brokerage Ltd. (IB&M), a privately held brokerage and risk management firm...