Fairfax Financial
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited is a financial holding company based in Toronto, Ontario, which is engaged in property, casualty, insurance and reinsurance, investment management, and insurance claims management. The company operates primarily through several subsidiaries, including Allied World, Odyssey Re, Northbridge Financial, Crum & Forster, Verassure Insurance, Onlia Agency Inc., and Zenith Insurance Company. The company was also the largest shareholder of Torstar with 40% of the Class B shares, as of May 2020. 

Fairfax is led by chairman and CEO Prem Watsa. He controls nearly half of the firm; his value-oriented investing strategies have been compared to those of Warren Buffett.
Q219577
holding company
Concept
Q172
Toronto
LOC
Q1904
Ontario
LOC
Q43183
insurance
Concept
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reinsurance
Concept
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investment management
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Q43183
insurance claim
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Odyssey Re
ORG
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Zenith Insurance Company
ORG
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Torstar
ORG
Q7240183
Prem Watsa
PER
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value
Concept
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Warren Buffett
PER
Q1393210
Fairfax Financial
ORG
2020-05-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
May 2020
DATE
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40
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headquarters location
subsidiary
chief executive officer
located in the administrative territorial entity