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  • Canadian insurers guilty of "major contradiction" on continued investment in fossil fuels, I4PC says

    10 July 2024

    Insurers still investing billions in fossil fuels, shareholder advocacy group finds

  • Fairfax selling 10% stake in Odyssey Re for $900m

    18 November 2021

    Acquired by domestic pension plans CPPIB Credit Investments and OMERS

  • Insurers stocking up

    24 August 2021

    Insurers are a safe, staid bunch by nature. But even in this world of conservatism, there is always room for a little bit of riskier investing. So where have insurers been keeping their "naughty" equity investments? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Fairfax nets $1.4bn gain from $154m stake in Indian insurer

    05 July 2021

    Canadian insurer hits jackpot as unicorn investment goes stratospheric

  • Blackstone pushes further into insurance world by backing new Lloyd's syndicate

    17 September 2020

    Investor teamed up with Fairfax to provide $500m to algo syndicate Ki

  • Insurers report $8.7bn investment losses in COVID-19 infected Q1

    04 May 2020

    Reported damage still coming as many European, US insurers expected to report this month

  • Fairfax expects $1.5bn investment losses in Q1

    15 April 2020

    Canadian insurer focused on liquid assets to navigate "uncertain times"

  • US P&C muni bond allocations fall 11% post-corporate tax change

    02 September 2019

    Significant cuts for individual insurers, says AM Best

  • Unrealised losses on bonds restrict reinsurance sector’s overall return

    11 January 2019

    Investment yield appears to have bottomed-out and showed a small uptick to 2.7% in the first nine months of 2018, according to Aon reinsurance outlook

  • Fairfax's investment gains offset huge nat cat bills

    16 February 2018

    Actions include selling First Capital and reducing shareholding in ICICI Lombard