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Calgary Flames sue insurers $125 million for pandemic-related losses

March 23, 2022 by Alyssa DiSabatino

The Calgary Flames have filed a $125-million lawsuit against its insurers to enforce the terms of an all risks insurance policy for “massive losses” due to the COVID-19 pandemic.   The named defendants in the statement of claim filed in

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Liberty Mutual Canada VP dies in plane accident

October 6, 2021 by Greg Meckbach

A Montreal-based claims executive with Liberty Mutual is one of eight people who died Sunday after an airplane crashed in Italy. Julien Brossard, who was Liberty Mutual Canada’s vice president of specialty claims, joined the insurer in 2012. A Pilatus

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Executive Outlook 2021: Garth Pepper, Liberty Mutual Canada

January 25, 2021 by David Gambrill

Garth Pepper, President, Liberty Mutual Canada With so many unknowns, especially this year due to the pandemic, focusing on the basics will be more important than ever. Those basics include having underwriters who are accessible, flexible, service-oriented, solution-oriented, and empowered

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Paid What brokers want from their carriers during the pandemic

September 23, 2020 Liberty Mutual Canada

As COVID-19 changes the world, brokers need carriers that will change along with it. For brokers, successful carriers during and beyond the global pandemic will be the ones excelling at the three ‘As’ — accessibility, agility and authority (underwriting). And

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This line of business has grown an estimated 20% since last year

November 11, 2019 by Jason Contant

How much has the demand for M&A transaction insurance grown in Canada? “While we do not have specific statistics, we estimate that demand has grown in the Canadian market at least in line with the broader Americas region at 20%

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Commercial insurer Ironshore Canada rebranding

September 16, 2018 by Greg Meckbach

Commercial specialty insurer Ironshore Canada is being re-branded as Liberty Mutual Canada. In addition to Ironshore, Liberty International Underwriters Canada is also being rebranded as Liberty Mutual Canada, the insurer announced Thursday. But for the rest of 2018, “policies will

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Clear policy exclusion wins the day in class action against credit union

July 8, 2018 by Greg Meckbach

A clear exclusion pertaining to fees and commissions in a credit union’s professional liability policy means Liberty International Underwriters will not have to defend a British Columbia credit union against a class-action lawsuit related to machine charges outside of Canada. Coast

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Home telematics startup Roost closes second round of funding with investments from Desjardins Insurance and Aviva Ventures

August 23, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Roost, a U.S.-based innovator in smart home telematics for the insurance industry, announced on Wednesday it has closed its second round of funding with US$10.4 million in investments from three companies, including Desjardins Insurance. The US$10.4 million Series B funding includes strategic investments from three companies, led by Aviva Ventures, with participation from Desjardins Insurance and Fosun RZ Capital in China, noted information from Sunnyvale, Calif.-headquartered Roost. Existing investors also participated in the round, bringing total funding to date to US$17 million.…