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Paquette to lead Desjardins Insurance Operations
CI Staff on November 7, 2008
Longtime industry executive Sylvie Paquette will take the helm at Desjardins General Insurance Group, the company announced this week. Paquette, DGIG’s senior executive …
Investment gains boost Fairfax’s Q3 earnings
Sean van Zyl on November 5, 2008
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (TSX: FFH) saw net earnings for the third quarter to end September of this year rise by 84.6% to …
OSFI Effective, but could be more nimble: survey
CI Staff on October 31, 2008
Canada’s financial industry overseer is an effective regulator but could respond faster to market changes, according to a survey of financial services executives.
Although …
Private companies know the risks, lack coverage: survey
CI Staff on October 31, 2008
They may be smaller, and lesser-known, but mid-sized private North American companies face the same professional liability risks—D&O, E&O, and EPL– as their …
U.S. insurers shun bailout funds
CI Staff on October 31, 2008
American property-casualty insurers won’t be looking to the US$700 billion bailout package for additional capital, according to the head of the country’s largest …
Analysts paint stark picture for insurers
Sean van Zyl on October 28, 2008
A panel of financial analysts representing ratings agencies, property and casualty insurers and investment banking drew a bleak financial picture for North American …
Commercial pricing weakness confirmed for Q3
Sean van Zyl on October 28, 2008
The third quarter benchmark survey of North American risk managers conducted by the Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc. (RIMS) confirms broad and …
IBAO Report: CEOs Address Credit Crisis Strategies
CI Staff on October 28, 2008
Canadian insurers are well positioned to ride out the credit crisis, according to the CEOs of four major companies featured in an October 23 …
IBAO Report: CEO Panelists Debate Loyalty
CI Staff on October 28, 2008
Loyalty joined the credit crisis as a major issue at the IBAO convention, as brokers quizzed CEOs on their support, and the executives …
AIG boosts reinsurance coverages
Sean van Zyl on October 22, 2008
AIG Commercial Insurance chief executive officer John Doyle says the group has already been presented with stockholder lawsuits.
“Yes, there have been stockholder lawsuits …


