Crum & Forster reviews

4.2

89% would recommend to a friend

(281 total reviews)
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Marc J. Adee

97% approve of CEO

84% positive business outlook

Crum & Forster has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 281 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Crum & Forster employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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281 reviews
4.0
Feb 29, 2016

sr consultant

Recommend
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Pros

good pattern of increases for us

Cons

the lay offs unexpected by us

2.0
Feb 26, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are fair , not great, same with salaries. Bonuses are rare. Part of the Fairfax Group out of Canada which includes Odyssey Re in the US, which is the more successful of the two us subsidiaries.

Cons

The company likes to promote the fact that they have been around since the mid 1800's.That's hard to believe when you consider how little success they have had in recent years. You would think after 150 years they could finally figure out how to run an insurance company and make money, but they can't . Compare them to ACE and other companies that have been around for less than 30 years and see who has the larger surplus, better rating and better reputation in the industry. Constantly re-engineering themselves with a new CEO. Prior to the actuary they now have running it, the last management group could best be described as coming from Superman's Bizarro world. Results have been well below industry standards and a lot of speculation is that Prem Watsa (Fairfax Chairman) keeps them around to counter balance the successof their sister company in the US Odyssey Re, to keep their tax rate down. No real bonuses for years but now they are going to do a multi - million dollar building renovation at their HQ! That makes a lot of sense and the employees are overjoyed .

5.0
Feb 9, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great 401K matching, Good health benefits, Work life balance, PTO, Profit Sharing, New Technology and Learning opportunities

Cons

Cannot carry over PTO to next year. Use it or loose it

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