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Subsidiaries (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Interests In Other Entities [Abstract]  
Disclosure of interests in subsidiaries
The company has wholly-owned subsidiaries not presented in the tables below that are intermediate holding companies of investments in subsidiaries and intercompany balances, all of which are eliminated on consolidation.
December 31, 2018
Domicile
Fairfax's ownership
(100% other than as shown below)
Insurance and reinsurance
 
 
Northbridge Financial Corporation (Northbridge)
Canada
 
Odyssey Group Holdings, Inc. (Odyssey Group)
United States
 
Hudson Insurance Company (Hudson Insurance)
United States
 
Newline Holdings UK Limited (Newline)
United Kingdom
 
Crum & Forster Holdings Corp. (Crum & Forster)
United States
 
Zenith National Insurance Corp. (Zenith National)
United States
 
Brit Limited (Brit)
United Kingdom
88.9%
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, GmbH (Allied World)
Switzerland
67.8%
Advent Capital (Holdings) Ltd. (Advent)(1)
United Kingdom
 
Fairfax Central and Eastern Europe, which consists of:
 
 
Polskie Towarzystwo Reasekuracji Spólka Akcyjna (Polish Re)
Poland
 
Colonnade Insurance S.A. (Colonnade Insurance)
Luxembourg
 
Fairfax Latin America, which consists of:
 
 
Fairfax Brasil Seguros Corporativos S.A. (Fairfax Brasil)
Brazil
 
La Meridional Compañía Argentina de Seguros S.A. (La Meridional Argentina)
Argentina
 
SBS Seguros Colombia S.A. (SouthBridge Colombia)
Colombia
 
SBI Seguros Uruguay S.A. (SouthBridge Uruguay)
Uruguay
 
Southbridge Compañía de Seguros Generales S.A. (SouthBridge Chile)
Chile
 
Bryte Insurance Company Ltd (Bryte Insurance)
South Africa
 
 
 
 
Group Re, which underwrites business in:
 
 
CRC Reinsurance Limited (CRC Re)
Barbados
 
Wentworth Insurance Company Ltd. (Wentworth)
Barbados
 
 
 
 
Fairfax Asia, which consists of:
 
 
Falcon Insurance Company (Hong Kong) Limited (Falcon)
Hong Kong
 
The Pacific Insurance Berhad (Pacific Insurance)
Malaysia
85.0%
PT Asuransi Multi Artha Guna Tbk (AMAG Insurance)
Indonesia
80.0%
Fairfirst Insurance Limited (Fairfirst Insurance)
Sri Lanka
78.0%
 
 
 
Run-off
 
 
TIG Insurance Company (TIG Insurance)
United States
 
RiverStone Insurance (UK) Limited (RiverStone (UK))(2)
United Kingdom
 
RiverStone Managing Agency Limited
United Kingdom
 
 
 
 
Investment management
 
 
Hamblin Watsa Investment Counsel Ltd. (Hamblin Watsa)
Canada
 
(1)
Effective January 1, 2019 Advent will be included in the Run-off reporting segment. See note 25.
(2)
Effective September 28, 2018 all of the assets and liabilities of RiverStone Insurance Limited were transferred to RiverStone (UK). See note 25.
December 31, 2018
Domicile
Fairfax's ownership
Primary business
Other reporting segment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Restaurants and retail
 
 
 
 
Recipe Unlimited Corporation (Recipe) (formerly Cara Operations Limited) which owns:
Canada
43.7
%
(1) 
Franchisor, owner and operator of restaurants
100.0% of
Keg Restaurants Ltd. (The Keg)
Canada
43.7
%
 
Owner and operator of premium dining restaurants
100.0% of
Groupe St-Hubert Inc. (St-Hubert)
Canada
43.7
%
 
 Full-service restaurant operator and a fully integrated food manufacturer
89.2% of
Original Joe's Franchise Group Inc. (Original Joe's)
Canada
39.0
%
 
Multi-brand restaurant owner and operator
100.0% of
Pickle Barrel Holdings Limited (Pickle Barrel)
Canada
43.7
%
 
Owner and operator of restaurants and catering business
Praktiker Hellas Commercial Societe Anonyme (Praktiker)
Greece
100.0
%
 
Retailer of home improvement goods
Toys "R" Us (Canada) Ltd. (Toys "R" Us Canada)
Canada
100.0
%
 
Retailer of toys and baby products
Sporting Life Group Limited which owns:
Canada
65.1
%
 
Invests in retail businesses
100.0% of
Sporting Life Inc. (Sporting Life)
Canada
65.1
%
 
Retailer of sporting goods and sports apparel
100.0% of
Golf Town Limited (Golf Town)
Canada
65.1
%
 
Retailer of golf equipment, consumables, athletic apparel and accessories
William Ashley China Corporation (William Ashley)
Canada
100.0
%
 
Retailer of tableware and gifts
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fairfax India
 
 
 
 
Fairfax India Holdings Corporation (Fairfax India) which owns:
Canada
33.7
%
(1) 
Invests in public and private Indian businesses
89.5% of
National Collateral Management Services Limited (NCML)
India
30.2
%
 
Provider of agricultural commodities storage
48.8% of
Fairchem Speciality Limited (Fairchem)
India
16.4
%
 
Manufacturer, supplier and exporter of aroma chemicals
51.0% of
Saurashtra Freight Private Limited (Saurashtra Freight)
India
17.2
%
 
Container freight station operator
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thomas Cook India
 
 
 
 
Thomas Cook (India) Limited (Thomas Cook India)
which owns:
India
66.9
%
 
Provider of integrated travel and travel-related financial services
100.0% of
Sterling Holiday Resorts Limited (Sterling Resorts)
India
66.9
%
 
Owner and operator of holiday resorts
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other
 
 
 
 
Fairfax Africa Holdings Corporation (Fairfax Africa)
Canada
58.7
%
(1) 
Invests in public and private African businesses
Grivalia Properties Real Estate Investment Company S.A. (Grivalia Properties)
Greece
52.7
%
 
Real estate investment company
Mosaic Capital Corporation (Mosaic Capital)
Canada

(2) 
Invests in private Canadian businesses
Dexterra Integrated Facilities Management (Dexterra)
Canada
100.0
%
 
Infrastructure services to industries and government
Pethealth Inc. (Pethealth)
Canada
100.0
%
 
Pet medical insurance and database services
Boat Rocker Media Inc. (Boat Rocker)
Canada
58.2
%
 
Development, production, marketing and distribution of television programs
(1)
The company owns multiple voting shares and subordinate voting shares of Recipe, Fairfax India and Fairfax Africa that give it voting rights of 56.9%, 93.8% and 98.3% respectively.
(2)
The company owns Mosaic Capital warrants that represent a potential voting interest of approximately 62%.