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Hub International acquires Progressive Home Warranty and Pacific Home Warranty


April 2, 2015   by Canadian Underwriter


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Hub International Limited announced Thursday it has acquired two Canadian-based home warranty businesses in a move that will help the company deliver comprehensive risk and insurance solutions to both the construction industry and homeowners.

Both acquired companies offer warranties “through a rigorous inspection process that minimizes risk and loss in order to limit exposure to future claims,” Hub International said.

Both acquired companies offer warranties “through a rigorous inspection process that minimizes risk and loss in order to limit exposure to future claims,” Hub International said.

Edmonton-based Progressive Home Warranty and Pacific Home Warranty, based in Surrey, British Columbia, will become part of Hub International Barton Insurance Brokers, notes a press release from Hub International, a global insurance brokerage headquartered in Chicago that provides property and casualty, life and health, employee benefits, investment and risk management products and services through offices in North America.

Based in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Hub Barton will combine the services of Progressive Home Warranty and Pacific Home Warranty, which provide home warranty insurance programs for construction homebuilders and homeowners.

Both acquired companies offer warranties “through a rigorous inspection process that minimizes risk and loss in order to limit exposure to future claims,” notes the Hub International statement. Combined, the industry-leading warranty coverage is available for single- and multi-family homes throughout British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

“Progressive and Pacific enable us to bring an additional layer of risk management and services for our construction and personal lines clients, with an industry leading assessment, to further reduce exposure to claims,” David Moon, Hub Barton’s president and chief operating officer, says in the statement.

Mike Garritty, president of both Progressive Home Warranty and Pacific Home Warranty, will join Hub Barton and maintain his position, reporting to Moon. The teams of both acquired companies will continue to operate from their offices.

“Together, we strengthen our focus on the construction industry – offering clients solutions that reduce or eliminate claims repair costs with value-added products – and that makes us a great fit,” Garritty notes in the statement.

Hub International reports that it is committed to growing organically and through acquisitions to expand its geographic footprint and strengthen industry and product expertise. “It continues its aggressive pace of identifying and acquiring entrepreneurial brokers that are dedicated and focused on providing local market specialization, while at the same time looking to leverage the resources and tools of a global brokerage,” the company statement adds.


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