Kingsway General Commission Disclosure
Kingsway General Insurance Company is an "open market" insurance company that accepts
applications for personal automobile insurance from any broker licensed in Ontario,
Alberta or Quebec. In addition, Kingsway General will consider applications for commercial
property & casualty and fleet commercial automobile insurance policies from any licensed broker
across Canada on an offer and accept basis only.
Kingsway General pays brokers a commission when such brokers sell a Kingsway General insurance policy
to one of their customers. Depending upon the product sold Kingsway General's commission payments range
from 5 to 25% of the policy premium.
Kingsway General pays contingent commissions to a very small number of brokers, most of which have been
delegated underwriting authority by the Company and are contracted to act on behalf of the Company.
The contingent commission arrangements are based on attaining a certain volume of premium
AND
earning an
underwriting profit for Kingsway General. The range of contingent profit commission available to a broker
is 0 to 5% of the total policy premiums written by the respective broker. Contingent commissions are not
paid on a policy by policy basis but on the total portfolio of policies written on behalf of Kingsway General.
Kingsway General has no financial interests in any of the insurance brokers with whom the Company does business.
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