Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (LON: 0KV5)
London flag London · Delayed Price · Currency is GBP · Price in CAD
1,944.98
-3.52 (-0.18%)
At close: Jan 14, 2025

Fairfax Financial Holdings Company Description

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, and investment management services in the United States, Canada, Asia, and internationally.

The company operates through Property and Casualty Insurance and Reinsurance, Life insurance and Run-off, and Non-Insurance Companies segments.

It insures against losses to property from fire, explosion, earthquake, windstorm, flood, terrorism, boiler explosion, machinery breakdown, and construction defects, as well as underwrites automobile, commercial and personal property, and crop insurance.

The company also offers workers' compensation, automobile, employer’s liability, accident and health, medical malpractice, professional liability, and umbrella coverage insurance products; marine, aerospace, surety risk, and other risks and liabilities insurance products; and reinsurance products.

In addition, it franchises, owns, and operates restaurants; retails sports lifestyle products; provides integrated travel and travel-related financial services, as well as advanced digital tools for agriculture; owns and operates holiday resorts; originates, processes, and distributes value-added pulses and staple foods; develops, manages, and invests in hospitality real estate.

The company was formerly known as Markel Financial Holdings Limited and changed its name to Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited in 1987.

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited was incorporated in 1951 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited
Country Canada
Founded 1951
Industry Fire, Marine, and Casualty Insurance
Employees 47,040
CEO V. Watsa

Contact Details

Address:
95 Wellington Street West
Toronto, M5J 2N7
Canada
Phone 416 367 4941
Website fairfax.ca

Stock Details

Ticker Symbol 0KV5
Exchange London Stock Exchange
Fiscal Year January - December
Reporting Currency USD
SIC Code 6331

Key Executives

Name Position
V. Prem Watsa Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Jennifer J. S. Allen Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Peter S. Clarke Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Vinodh Loganadhan Vice President of Administrative Services
Derek Bulas Associate Vice President of Legal
John Charles Varnell CPA Vice President of Corporate Development
Eric Paul Salsberg Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Corp. Secretary
Andrew Acheson Barnard President of Fairfax Insurance Group
Bruno Camargo President of Fairfax Brasil
Wade Sebastian R. E. Burton CFA President and Chief Investment Officer of Hamblin Watsa Investment Counsel