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Markel Canada launches insurance offering for contractors and trades businesses
Markel Canada has launched a dedicated insurance offering for contractors and trades businesses in Canada.
It is aimed at companies such as plumbers, electricians, restoration contractors and specialist equipment installers.
The package can bring together liability and property coverage, with options for equipment, tools and installation work.
Depending on a business’s risks, brokers may also be able to arrange pollution or professional liability cover.
Policyholders can access legal and risk-management resources through Markel’s partnership with ARAG Legal Solutions, including a legal helpline and contract review support.
The offering is for contractors’ package insurance, not construction projects, and Markel says it will consider a defined range of businesses and risks.
Brokers can contact their Markel representative for more information.
Markel Insurance has launched a dedicated Contractors & Trades insurance offering in Canada for contractors, trades and specialist construction-related businesses.
The offering combines casualty, property and selected specialist coverage in a coordinated underwriting proposition.
Coverage options include general and excess liability, property, contractors’ equipment, tools and installation floaters.
Markel has partnered with ARAG Legal Solutions Inc. to provide policyholders with legal and risk management resources.
The initial offering focuses on contractors and trades package business, not broad construction project or project-specific insurance.
- Who
- Markel Insurance, the insurance operations within Markel Group Inc.
- What
- It launched a dedicated insurance proposition for contractors, trades and specialist construction-related businesses in Canada.
- When
- October 13, 2026.
- Where
- Canada.
- Why
- The offering is designed to help brokers place multi-line contractor and trades risks through a more streamlined solution.
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- Launch date
- October 13, 2026
- Offering
- Contractors & Trades sector
- Additional services partner
- ARAG Legal Solutions Inc.
- Coverage options
- Commercial General Liability, Excess Liability and property coverage
- Initial focus
- Contractors and trades package business
What people are saying
Contractors and trades businesses face a combination of operational, contractual, environmental and professional exposures that cannot always be addressed effectively through a standard insurance offering.
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