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Oops, something went wrong Intact entered 2026 "in a very good position" with near-20% ROE (driven by pricing/segmentation, claims management and capital/investment) and management expects growth momentum to continue into early 2026. Intact has deployed over 600 AI modelsCAD 200M in recurring annual benefits, targeting ~CAD 500M by 2030 and expecting to exceed that given recent AI acceleration. The company has roughly CAD 5B of M&A firepower today (potentially ~CAD 7B by year-end) and is prioritizing acquisitions in Canada manufacturing/distribution, global specialty lines, and U.K. commercial. Interested in Intact Financial Co.? Here are five stocks we like better. Intact Financial (TSE:IFC) Chief Operating Officer Patrick Barbeau said the company entered 2026 “in a very good position,” citing strong fundamentals, continued momentum in top-line growth, and market conditions that he believes “play to our strengths.” Speaking in a conference-style discussion, Barbeau pointed to Intact’s performance in 2025—including “almost a 20% ROE”—and said investors should not expect a meaningful change in growth momentum during the first quarter of 2026. Barbeau broke down market conditions across Intact’s key geographies. In Canada, he referenced recently released industry results for the fourth quarter/full year, saying Intact grew “about 3 points more than the industry” while producing a combined ratio “8 points favorable to the industry.” He added that the outperformance was broad-based, “including commercial lines.” → Is Oracle the First of the AI Bubbles to Pop? He said hard market conditions in Canadian personal lines are continuing, noting the industry is “running in the 100 zone,” with “about 5 points of inflation,” implying that “more rates is needed in that line.” Barbeau said Intact has produced a sub-95 combined ratio for a sustained period. In personal property, Barbeau said 2025 was helped by lower catastrophe volumes, but that the industry is pricing for longer-term climate trends and remains conscious of elevated catastrophe levels seen in 2023 and 2024. He added that “more rates is also needed” in that business. → The Often-Missed Corner of Healthcare That Wall Street Is Loving In commercial lines, Barbeau said competition is higher for “very large risks,” but he said Intact is still achieving rates needed to cover inflation “in the places where we play.” He also described a “mix shift” dynamic: average premium can decline due to lower retention on large risks and better retention on smaller risks, which can weigh on top line but “doesn’t impact your margin.” In the U.S., Barbeau emphasized Intact participates only in specialty lines, not personal lines or standard commercial. He said the outlook for the industry footprint where Intact operates is for mid-single-digit growth in 2026, and he noted Intact has seen growth momentum in new business. He highlighted the company’s ability to steer growth toward better-performing product lines, citing 2025 as an example where lines with a combined ratio below 90% grew “7 points more” than lines with a combined ratio above 90%. → Why It's Not Time to Give Up on the Gold Trade In the U.K. and Ireland, Barbeau said the company is nearing the end of remediation work on its portfolio, including the portion acquired from Direct Line. He said Intact launched the Intact brand in the fall and is integrating RSA and Direct Line offerings into a single offer under the Intact brand for more than 1,000 brokers in the U.K. Barbeau said Intact has implemented “more than 600 AI models” at scale, which he said are generating recurring annual benefits of around CAD 200 million. He said the company’s goal is to reach around CAD 500 million by 2030 and added that, given the recent acceleration in AI toolsets, Intact believes it will exceed that target. He outlined Intact’s priorities for AI investment in the following order: Loss ratio improvement through pricing, segmentation, and claims (which he described as “50–55 cents in the dollar”) Top-line growth via customer journeys and broker interactions Software engineering, given Intact’s sizable internal development teams Efficiency, which he said ranks lower due to controllable expenses representing about “15 cents in the dollar” On whether AI adoption across the industry could compress Intact’s advantage, Barbeau said he sees the opposite, arguing scale matters in investment capacity, proprietary data, and the ability to deploy AI across processes. He said Intact has “more than 600 data scientists and experts” working on AI. He also cited what he called a “quantum piece”—a precise view of profitability by policy used to automate decisions in underwriting and claims—as a differentiator that supports pricing segmentation and underwriting performance. Barbeau described three primary levers behind Intact’s historical ROE outperformance: segmentation/pricing and risk selection; claims management (including deep internalization of ad

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