Canadian market News

Canada’s Axis Insurance Managers Acquires BMG Insurance Brokers

Axis Insurance Managers, a Vancouver, Canada-based insurance broker, has completed the acquisition of BMG Aviation Ltd., which does business as BMG Insurance Brokers, effective June 1, 2022. A privately owned insurance brokerage firm, Vancouver-headquartered BMG specializes in aviation and aerospace …

Canada Plans to Force Companies to Report Cyber Attacks, Fortify Cyber Systems

Canadian businesses operating in critical infrastructure sectors would be required to report cyber attacks to the federal government and would have to fortify their cyber systems under a new law introduced on Tuesday. The legislation identifies finance, telecommunications, energy and …

Canada Releases Draft Guidelines to Manage Financial Risks of Climate Change

A Canadian financial regulator released draft guidelines on Thursday to mitigate the risks of climate change as the country’s financial institutions prepare for mandatory disclosures starting in 2024. The guidelines, issued by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions …

Canada’s Housing Downturn Among Biggest Financial System Risks, Regulator Warns

A housing market downturn in Canada is among the biggest risks facing the financial system this year, the country’s financial regulator said on Thursday, adding it plans to review the existing home loan stress test and expand its application to …

Trudeau Hits Canadian Insurers and Banks With Billions in Extra Taxes

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is imposing a one-time windfall levy on Canada’s major banks and permanently increasing their income tax rate, fulfilling an election promise that has raised the ire of the industry’s top executives. The measures will force banks …

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Canada’s PCI Compensation Consulting

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Montreal, Quebec-based PCI-Perrault Consulting Inc. (doing business as PCI Compensation Consulting). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2001, PCI is a compensation consulting firm specializing in total compensation …

Canada’s Definity to Acquire Minority Stake in Broker Apollo Insurance

Definity Financial Corp. announced a strategic partnership with APOLLO Insurance Solutions Ltd., a Canadian digital insurance broker and MGA that specializes in commercial insurance. This strategic partnership includes a distribution relationship between Definity’s affiliate Definity Insurance Company and APOLLO, and …

Canada’s Trucker Protests Cost Businesses Tens of Millions in Lost Sales

A three-week long protest in Canada against pandemic measures that snarled trade and shuttered Ottawa’s core likely cost billions in trade delays, tens of millions in lost sales for businesses, and left behind a hefty policing and clean-up tab. Hundreds …

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions to Open New Canada Branch as Part of N. America Restructuring

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions announced it has filed an application with regulators to establish a new Canadian branch of North American Specialty Insurance Co. (NAS) and transfer operations to that branch, including new and renewal business, from its existing Westport …

Canada’s Crackdown on Trucker-Protest Funding May Be Challenge for Insurers, Banks

Canada roped in banks to help cut funding to protesters against COVID-19 mandates this week, but the requested speed and broad scope of the measures leaves financial institutions to their own devices in enforcing most of them, industry-watchers said. Prime …