Canadian Underwriter

Canadian Underwriter | October 15, 2019

Applied Systems announced Tuesday it has acquired Policy Works, a major platform for commercial lines business in Canada.The acquisition will extend Applied’s position within the commercial lines market segment, driving greater connectivity and automation for commercial lines brokerages and insurers in the Canadian marketplace, Applied said in a press release.“As Canada’s leading provider of broker management systems, rating services and connectivity solutions between brokers, ...

Canadian Underwriter | October 25, 2019

Insurtechs like one Canadian startup in particular are letting brokers provide better service, but the sector as a whole contains some money pits for investors, Willis Towers Watson suggested in a report released Wednesday. But nearly US$17 billion has been invested into insurtech in the past seven years – US$1.5 billion in the third quarter of 2019 alone, reports Willis Towers Watson. “There is a very large sinkhole somewhere,” said Willis Towers Watson. “Who can honestl...

Gallagher | January 13, 2020

The Caribbean insurance broker provides property/casualty, and employee benefits products and services to private, public, and multinational companies. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (Gallagher) has acquired a 60% stake in Risk Management Services (RMS), a Caribbean insurance broker, for an undisclosed price. Risk Management Services is based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. It was established in 1978 as a subsidiary of the Neal & Massy Group with an objective to address the insurance a...

AXA XL | January 13, 2020

The activities surrounding the mega-merger of AXA and XL Group’s businesses are far from over. Today, AXA XL announced that it has now merged AXA Corporate Solutions (ACS) and AXA ART into XL Insurance Company SE (XLICSE). This move was a follow-on from the acquisition of XL Group by AXA that was completed all the way back in September 2018. The ACS, AXA ART, and XLICSE merger has been approved by regulatory authorities, including the Central Bank of Ireland and the Irish High Court, and t...