Our Operating Companies

Lombard Insurance

Lombard is Northbridge’s largest subsidiary and is a leading commercial insurance company by gross premiums written. Lombard, through its predecessor companies, began writing insurance in Canada in 1804. It writes primarily broad-based commercial lines targeted at small and mid-sized businesses, commercial trade groups and associations, selected large Canadian businesses, and targeted specialty lines of business.

Markel Insurance

Markel is Canada’s largest trucking insurer, based on gross premiums written, and has serviced Canada’s trucking industry continuously for over 50 years, maintaining a dominant position in the Canadian trucking insurance market.

Commonwealth Insurance

Commonwealth, based in Vancouver, provides insurance primarily for large, complex commercial property markets in Canada and the U.S., as well as commercial casualty insurance in Canada.

Federated Insurance

Federated offers a broad range of commercial insurance targeted at selected classes of small and mid-sized commercial customers, including property, general liability and automobile insurance, providing a wide range of one-stop shopping solutions to associations and business across Canada.

  • Largest Commercial P&C Writer in Canada
  • $5.3 Billion in assets
  • $1.4 Billion Premiums Written
  • 15.7% Average 24 yr ROE
  • 85% Commercial Lines
  • Canadian owned and operated
  • 3.5% Favourable Claims Development