FXFLF Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd (PK)

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 6-K

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the month of: June 2024

Commission File Number: 001-31556

FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
(Name of Registrant)

 

95 Wellington Street West
Suite 800
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5J 2N7
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

 

Form 20-F ¨

Form 40-F x

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX 

 

Exhibit			Description of Exhibit
	99.1		Press Release dated June 4, 2024

 

SIGNATURES 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

	FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
Date: June 4, 2024	By:	/s/ Derek Bulas
		Name:	Derek Bulas
		Title:	Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1 

 

FAIRFAX News Release

TSX Stock Symbol: FFH and FFH.U

 

TORONTO, June 4, 2024

 

PERSONNEL ANNOUNCEMENT

 

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (“Fairfax”) (TSX: FFH and FFH.U) is pleased to announce that Gobinath Athappan has been appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fairfax Asia and will be appointed Chairman of Singapore Re after regulatory approval. Gobi has done an outstanding job over his 23 years with Fairfax and Fairfax Asia. Over this time period, Gobi has been the Chief Executive Officer of each of Fairfax’s Falcon Insurance in Hong Kong and Pacific Insurance in Malaysia and has been the Vice-Chairman of Fairfax Asia since 2015.

 

Prem Watsa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fairfax, commented: “Gobi has done an outstanding job for Fairfax and has been an integral part of building Fairfax Asia. Gobi brings many years of industry experience and has been an ambassador of the culture of Fairfax. We are very excited for the future of Fairfax Asia under Gobi’s leadership.”

 

Fairfax is a holding company which, through its subsidiaries, is primarily engaged in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance and the associated investment management.

 

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For further information contact:

John Varnell, Vice President, Corporate Development at (416) 367-4941

 

FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

95 Wellington Street West, Suite 800, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2N7 Telephone: 416-367-4941 Facsimile: 416-367-4946

 

 

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