Where The Guarantee Company’s CEO landed after Intact acquisition
November 18, 2020 by Greg MeckbachStephen 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…
Intact completes acquisition of The Guarantee
December 3, 2019 by Greg MeckbachThe 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…
Intact now targeting this “under-served” market
November 7, 2019 by Greg MeckbachIf 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…
Intact agrees to buy The Guarantee and MGA Frank Cowan
August 15, 2019 by Greg MeckbachCanada’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…
MSA Research hires former Guarantee VP as COO
February 1, 2019 by Greg MeckbachMarilyn Horrick, a former executive with The Guarantee Company of North America, is now executive vice president and chief operating officer of MSA Research Inc. The appointment took effect Friday. Toronto-based MSA’s reports include financial information on most of Canada’s…
Top court could hear this surety bond dispute
December 17, 2018 by Greg MeckbachA 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…