Trisura Guarantee Insurance Co. today announced its launch as a newly incorporated Canadian property and casualty insurance company licensed to conduct business throughout Canada.

Canadian owned and operated, Trisura is positioned to address mid-market risks in contract, commercial and developer surety, directors’ and officers’ liability, fidelity and professional liability insurance.

With offices in Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver, and an office planned for Montreal later this year, Trisura will distribute its niche products through independent insurance brokers.

The company was founded by three industry veterans – Robert Taylor, CEO, Michael George, president and COO, and John Garner, CFO – who collectively bring to Trisura and its clients over 75 years of experience in the insurance industry.

“We’ve assembled a team of dedicated professionals committed to delivering innovative, made-in-Canada solutions to brokers and their clients, a winning strategy that will differentiate us in the Canadian marketplace and help us achieve our goal of becoming the specialty insurance market of choice” said Taylor.

Trisura is supported by a select group of international reinsurers with A or A+ ratings from A.M. Best.

Trisura is a sponsored investment of Brookfield Asset Management Inc., an asset management company, focussed on property, power and infrastructure assets with approximately $50 billion of assets under management.