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.
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 |
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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 |