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Will more Canadian commercial insurers look south for acquisition targets?
April 26, 2018 by Greg MeckbachBuying American commercial insurers is a “strategy that could prove rewarding” for Canadian insurance companies, executives from Toronto-based DBRS wrote in a report released Thursday. Expanding into the U.S. commercial space “requires significant resources,” wrote Stewart McIlwraith, senior vice president…
Canadian P&C industry’s combined ratio improves seven points in Q2 2017 to 97.7%: MSA
September 28, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Canadian P&C industry’s combined ratio improved 7.06% in the second quarter of this year from the same quarter last year to 97.71% from 104.77%, according to the MSA Quarterly Outlook Report, released on Thursday. “What a difference a year…
MSA calls for ‘sustainable solution for underinsurance’ in overland flood
June 27, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterA potential solution to overland flood risk in Canada “could follow” the model of Britain’s Flood Re, MSA Research Inc. suggested in a report released Monday to Canadian Underwriter. Toronto-based MSA released its Quarterly Outlook Report for Q1 2017. In…
DBRS teams up with MSA Research to provide its insurer ratings on MSA’s analytical platform and reports
March 21, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterMSA Research Inc. (MSA) announced on Monday that it will carry exclusively the insurer ratings of DBRS Ltd. on its MSA Research Platform and printed reports. With this partnership, up-to-date ratings from DBRS will now be available at the fingertips…