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Where The Guarantee Company’s CEO landed after Intact acquisition

November 18, 2020 by Greg Meckbach

Stephen Ruschak, who led The Guarantee Company of North America at the time it was acquired by Intact Financial Corp., is now working for Arch Capital Group Ltd. Bermuda-based Arch Capital announced Tuesday that Ruschak is now executive vice president

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Intact completes acquisition of The Guarantee

December 3, 2019 by Greg Meckbach

The takeover by Intact Financial Corp. of The Guarantee Company of North America is now complete, Toronto-based Intact announced Monday. “We can now welcome The Guarantee and Frank Cowan employees into the Intact family,” Intact CEO Charles Brindamour said in

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Intact now targeting this “under-served” market

November 7, 2019 by Greg Meckbach

If your clients’ homes would cost more than $3 million to re-construct, they are probably in a new target market for Intact. “We chose historically not to play in that space because we felt we could not provide a second-to-none

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Intact agrees to buy The Guarantee and MGA Frank Cowan

August 15, 2019 by Greg Meckbach

Canada’s largest property and casualty insurer, Intact Financial Corp. has agreed to buy The Guarantee Company of North America and MGA Frank Cowan Company Limited for about $1 billion from Princeton Holdings. Princeton will continue to own retail brokerage Cowan

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Top court could hear this surety bond dispute

December 17, 2018 by Greg Meckbach

A dispute involving The Guarantee Company of North America arising from unpaid construction bills could reach the Supreme Court of Canada. The highest court announced Friday The Guarantee is applying for leave to appeal Guarantee Company of North America v

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Why a public insurer may have to cover the liability of a suspended car owner

July 29, 2018 by David Gambrill

In a priority dispute between insurers, Manitoba’s public auto insurer may be on the hook for the liability of the owner of a vehicle involved in a crash in Ontario, even though MPI had cancelled the car owner’s insurance certificate

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P&C People: Who’s landed where?

December 7, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Guarantee Company of North America appoints two members to board of directors The Guarantee Company of North America has appointed Bev Wittmack and Dawn Tattle to its board of directors. Wittmack is a director of JEH Enterprises Inc., a privately-owned

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P&C people: Who’s doing what?

November 17, 2017 Greg Meckbach, Associate Editor

Economical Insurance has hired a new personal lines EVP, while The Guarantee Company of North America’s former chief executive officer is now a senior fellow for the C.D. Howe Institute. Economical welcomes MacDonald to the team Economical Insurance announced Tuesday

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The Guarantee launches two new water endorsements

March 28, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

The Guarantee Company of North America has announced two water endorsements, which came into effect on Monday for new businesses and on May 23 for renewals. The GUARANTEE GOLD H2O+ and Guarantee SUPERIOR H2O+ endorsements are comprehensive, read-in coverage that

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Moves and Views

September 1, 2016 by Greg Meckbach

1 Patrick Bieleny [1a] has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Western Financial Group, effective August 22, replacing Paul Taylor [1b], who retired July 4.     Bieleny was previously chief executive officer and managing director of private