reinsurance – Benefits Canada.com https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:41:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Back to basics on captive arrangements https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/back-to-basics-on-captive-arrangements/ Fri, 19 Nov 2021 13:50:19 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=111814 Five years ago, Rolls Royce Canada Ltd. realized its insurer and one of its European divisions’ insurers had separate reinsurance through a larger multinational company, so it worked out a deal to pool both divisions’ insured benefits. As a multinational company with more than 50,000 global employees, the automaker was an ideal candidate for a […]

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]]> Caisse invests in mortgage broker, Ontario Teachers’ makes reinsurance investment https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/caisse-invests-in-mortgage-broker-ontario-teachers-makes-reinsurance-investment/ Thu, 11 Nov 2021 14:00:36 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=111339 The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing in a Canadian mortgage broker. The investment in M3 Financial Group will allow the organization to continue its strategic growth plan around acquisitions and help expand its digital footprint, according to a press release, which noted the mortgage broker most recently acquired Pinch Financial, a technology […]

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]]> Willis Towers Watson selling Willis Re to Gallagher for US$3.25BN https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/willis-towers-watson-selling-willis-re-to-gallagher-for-us3-25b/ Mon, 16 Aug 2021 13:00:30 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=105767 Willis Towers Watson is selling its global reinsurance business, Willis Re, to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. for US$3.25 billion. The transaction is set to close by the end of the first quarter of 2022 and there’ll be an earnout payable in 2025 of up to US$750 million in cash, subject to certain adjustments. Read: […]

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]]> Back to basics on insurance-linked securities https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/back-to-basics-on-insurance-linked-securities/ Wed, 30 Jun 2021 12:53:03 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=102947 As institutional investors seek portfolio diversification and the insurance industry seeks additional capacity amid global growth, investment strategies incorporating insurance-linked securities are providing a solution for both parties. Insurance-linked securities allow insurers to transfer some of their risk to investors. For example, in the case of catastrophe bonds, the issuer pays a coupon to an […]

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]]> Damage control https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/damage-control/ Fri, 10 Aug 2018 05:06:44 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/damage-control/ The reinsurance market delivers steady income in tough times.

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]]> Cat Bonds and Other Freaks of Nature https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/cat-bonds-and-other-freaks-of-nature/ Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:45:14 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/cat-bonds-and-other-freaks-of-nature/ Pension funds: add something unique to your portfolio.

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