Risk

Views (January 01, 2007)

Odyssey Re staff and guests congregated at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto on Oct. 26. to meet with former Toronto Maple Leafs captain Darryl Sittler. After hearing Sittler speak, guests went home with autographed pictures of themselves standing next to Sittler and the Stanley Cup. *** The Women In Insurance Cancer Crusade (WICC) […]

December 31, 2006

6 min read

New Brunswick, insurers negotiate 13.5% auto rate decrease

The government of New Brunswick and the province’s insurance industry hammered out an agreement that will see premiums drop an average of 13.5% by Mar. 1, 2007. As promised in Premier Shawn Graham’s Charter for Change, the plan involves eliminating gender and geographic areas as rating criteria. “We will implement a process that will allow […]

December 31, 2006

2 min read

Merger creates Dale-Parizeau Morris MacKenzie Inc.

Dale-Parizeau LM and Morris & Mackenzie Inc. have announ- ced their intention to become Dale-Parizeau Morris Mackenzie Inc. The merged entity would become Quebec’s largest independent and privately owned insurance broker. The company is expected to write more than Cdn$200 million of premium, with 400 staff operating out of five offices throughout Quebec, and one […]

December 31, 2006

1 min read

HKMB acquires Toronto, Vancouver operations of Morris & Mackenzie

HKMB International Insurance Brokers, a privately held commercial insurance broker, has entered into an agreement to acquire the Toronto and Vancouver operations of Morris & Mackenzie Inc. HKMB hopes to integrate both offices into its own during 2007 Q1. “The acquisition of Morris & Mackenzie’s Toronto office builds on our well-established foundation with that market,” […]

December 31, 2006

1 min read