Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. said Friday it has filed a preliminary short form base shelf prospectus with regulators to allow the firm to raise up to $1 billion in debt, equity or other securities over the next 25 months.

The filing is intended to replace Fairfax’s existing shelf prospectus. It is expected that upon a receipt being issued for the final short form prospectus, Fairfax’s existing shelf prospectus will be withdrawn.

Fairfax is a financial services holding company which, through its subsidiaries, has investments in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance and investment management.