Describe the business, confirm its class, and see which Canadian insurers and MGAs write it, with their contacts and applications.
This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in creating advertising campaigns and placing such advertising in periodicals and newspapers, on radio and television, on the Internet, or with other media. These establishments are organized to provide a full range of services (through in-house capabilities or subcontracting), such as advice, creative services, account management, production of advertising material, media planning, and buying (i.e., placing advertising).
Specialist programs come first. Taken from each market's own website; confirm appetite before you submit.
Six programs: technology, architects and engineers, professionals and consultants, accountants, real estate and property management, marketing and media. Limits up to $5M, defence outside limits (except US jurisdiction), worldwide territory, US revenue up to 20%. Fit: revenue around $3M or less, no open claims. Canadian firms outside Quebec. Optional CGL and legal expense add-ons.
Media liability also offered for retailers, brands and non-profits.
Target premiums $10K+. Management consultants, research firms, event planners, training consultants, advertising, translation, claims adjusters, employment agencies, OH&S, interior designers, PR; architects and engineers form with cyber and media, limits $25M, revenue to $5M. Avoid actuaries, home inspectors, CPAs, investment firms, mortgage brokers, M&A consultants.
Architects, draftsmen and engineers, cyber and privacy, IT, management consultants, media professionals, white-collar placement agencies, surveyors and other miscellaneous occupations.
Appetite matrix rating (strong, cautious, limited) by line (GL, E&O, environmental, auto, workers comp, umbrella, excess, property, equipment breakdown, inland marine, ocean cargo, multinational, business travel accident, management liability, cyber) for financial institutions, professional services, real estate, contractors, cultural, educational and healthcare institutions, retailers, wholesalers, entertainment, energy, clean technology, manufacturing, technology and life sciences classes. Ratings are colour coded in the PDF.
Products and services for professional service firms.
Professional Services and Technology: cyber, media, professional liability and technology E&O.
Multi-industry and single-industry specialists in construction, financial institutions, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, mining, oil and gas, power generation, professional services, real estate, renewable energy, technology, transport and logistics. Auto, CGL, cyber, D&O, equipment breakdown, inland marine, marine, E&O, property, surety, umbrella.
Advertising agencies, marketing consultants, web design, public relations firms and more.
Engineers, accountants, IT and media, architects, insurance brokers, real estate.
Engineers and architects, contractors, life science, consultants and various professionals, gyms and fitness centres, beauty salons and spas, technology consultants, media companies.
Broadcasting, publishing, advertising, printing, public relations, direct marketing, sales promotion. Limits up to $5M, defamation and IP infringement included.
Advertising and communications, TV and music producers, publishers, broadcasters, marketing agencies, influencers. Up to $10M.
E&O combined with CGL for architects and engineers, IT and technology, media and multimedia, miscellaneous professionals, and tattoo, body piercing, permanent makeup and beauty operations (not exhaustive). Limits not published.
Claims made. Miscellaneous professional liability (printers, safety consultants, travel agents, event planners, bookkeepers, mediators, placement agencies, property managers, project managers, business consultants), miscellaneous malpractice (medical clinics, RMTs, naturopaths, rehabilitation therapists, EMTs, ambulance), architects and engineers, media liability (advertising, graphic artists, radio, PR and marketing), manufacturers E&O and excess E&O. Group programs for associations available.
Hard to place CGL. Classes include amusements, bingo halls, casinos and gaming, VLTs, entertainment, fitness, security providers, janitorial, machine shops, recycling and waste disposal, property managers, spas, tanning and tattoo parlours, food industry, feed mills, schools, arenas and venues, racetracks, zoos, IT, advertising and media, product recall, pyrotechnics, chemicals, plastics, biotechnology, alcohol retail, brewery and winery (no tasting room), and 100% USA sales.
Classes include accountants, bookkeepers, architects and engineers, land surveyors, designers, computer consultants and software developers, advertising, marketing and media, publishers and printers, photographers, paralegals, claims adjusters, life agents, mortgage brokers, collection agencies, personnel placement, tour and travel, alternative health practitioners, physiotherapists, massage therapists, naturopaths and home health aides.
E&O, D&O and cyber, primary or excess, with optional legal expense and property. IT consultants, digital and social media marketers, defence technology firms and gaming developers.
Casualty-focused P&C: core appetite includes law firms, management consultants, financial institutions, insurers and adjusters, advertising, accounting; processed and frozen foods, clothing and textiles, non-critical auto parts, industrial machinery, electronics, furniture; IT consultants, software, network and website development; clothing, electronics, home goods and furniture stores, bakeries, florists. Minimum premium target $2,500; capacity $20M casualty, $20M property; property only in support of CGL; U.S. and foreign exposures for Canadian risks.
Interior designers and design services, printers, publishers and multimedia services such as advertising.
Service businesses such as accountants, advertising agencies, real estate agents and legal services: equipment, tenant's legal liability, business income, legal expense and data compromise.
Property, fleet and garage, farm, umbrella and legal expense for mid-size and larger businesses in manufacturing, commercial realty, business and professional services, contractors and retail.
Business consultants, print shops, hair salons and similar professional services, including vehicles used for commuting or carrying small products and mobile office equipment.
Property, liability and commercial auto for large businesses with alternative structures (captives, larger deductibles, retentions). Sectors: financial services, automotive, healthcare, food and beverage, realty, construction, manufacturing, business and professional services, warehousing and wholesale, mining.
Property, business income, equipment breakdown, crime, GL, umbrella and auto for companies with $25M to $500M revenue in manufacturing, wholesale and distribution, realty, retail, hospitality, business and professional services, technology and financial institutions. Minimum account premium $25,000; property to $500M TIV; GL $5M; casualty $25M. Focus on BC, Alberta and Ontario.
Church, contractor, home-based business, office, realty (landlord) and retail insurance.
Packages for offices, retail stores, contractors, churches, B&Bs, wineries, residential rentals and vacation rentals. Options include pollution at insured premises, cyber and data compromise, flood, equipment breakdown, D&O, contingent loss of income and by-law coverage.
Online quoting and binding for E&O launched in 2024.
Bundled business owner's policy for businesses under $10M revenue with local operations, such as retailers, independent contractors and local offices.
Office and home-based business packages under the Business Insurance Program: buildings, contents, crime, income replacement and liability.
Home business, retail store, church, apartment building owners, agri-business, office, contractors and fine dining packages.
Programs for business and professional services, retail, contractors, automotive, culinary and hospitality, realty, plus BizPak. Building, stock, equipment, equipment breakdown, commercial liability, crime and business interruption.
Apartment and residential rental, church, contractor's, home based business, office and retail packages, or a customized policy. Building, contents, equipment breakdown, business interruption, crime, liability, plus Data Compromise and CyberOne coverage.
Errors and omissions, commercial property, CGL, commercial vehicles and privacy breach for professionals offering technical services.
Residential rental, commercial realty, church, office, contractors, home based business, retail stores, wineries and light manufacturing. Options include equipment breakdown, sewer backup, flood, earthquake, crime, cyber, umbrella, business interruption and professional liability for certain professions.
Retail, offices, apartment owners, churches and contractors, including loss of income protection.
Professional liability for professionals.
Professional liability (E&O), plus E&O, D&O and an office package through Markel Connect.
Medical malpractice, architects and engineers, contractors professional, recruitment and staffing, oil and gas, professional services, financial institutions.
Retail, office, contractors and church packages. Church package has all perils building and contents. Contractors package includes office contents, earnings, glass and signs, valuable papers, accounts receivable, contingent loss of income and pollution.
All-in-one package for office settings and business owners. Replacement cost, stated amount or 90% co-insurance.
Covers personal property of officers, employees, volunteers and visitors.
Package for office businesses: property, liability, loss of income, cyber coverage.
Package for professional service businesses: property including specialized professional equipment, liability, loss of income, crime, equipment breakdown, cyber.
100+ miscellaneous professions. Professional liability, D&O, cyber and fiduciary, packaged with property, BI, crime, CGL and legal expense. Up to $10M, excess to $20M; defence costs in addition, first dollar defence.
Focus on contractors, manufacturing, wholesale and distributors, real estate, professionals and technology, from small office exposures to complex contractors.
Church, home based business, office, residential rental and retail packages for lower hazard operations, each with property, loss of earnings, crime and CGL. Non-package policies considered for risks outside package eligibility. Equipment breakdown and income replacement available.
Retail, offices, apartment owners, churches and contractors. Buildings, contents, tools and equipment, stock or cash, crime, income replacement and premises, products and operations liability.
Retail stores, offices, apartment owners and contractors. Building, contents, tools and equipment, stock or cash, crime, income replacement and liability.
Packages for office occupants, from administrative offices to medical clinics.
Other business types in this industry, each with its own market list.
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Listings show what each market publishes on its own website, checked on the date shown. Appetite and contacts change, so confirm with the market before you submit. Industry classes: Statistics Canada, NAICS Canada 2022 Version 1.0, under the Statistics Canada Open Licence. TrueNorthCE is not affiliated with the markets listed. Listings marked Sponsored are paid placements.