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Subsidiaries
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Interests In Other Entities [Abstract]  
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, 2017
Domicile
Fairfax's ownership
(100% other than as shown below)
Insurance and Reinsurance
 
 
Northbridge Financial Corporation (Northbridge)
Canada
 
Odyssey Re Holdings Corp. (OdysseyRe)
United States
 
Hudson Insurance Company (Hudson Insurance)
United States
 
Crum & Forster Holdings Corp. (Crum & Forster)
United States
 
Zenith National Insurance Corp. (Zenith National)
United States
 
Brit Limited (Brit)
United Kingdom
72.5%
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, GmbH (Allied World)
Switzerland
67.4%
Advent Capital (Holdings) Ltd. (Advent)
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
 
SBS Seguros Colombia S.A. (SouthBridge Colombia)
Colombia
 
Southbridge Compañía de Seguros Generales S.A. (SouthBridge Chile)
Chile
 
La Meridional Compañía Argentina de Seguros S.A. (La Meridional Argentina)
Argentina
 
 
 
 
Bryte Insurance Company Limited (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)
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))
United Kingdom
 
RiverStone Insurance Limited (RiverStone Insurance)
United Kingdom
 
RiverStone Managing Agency Limited
United Kingdom
 




December 31, 2017
Domicile
Fairfax's ownership
Primary business
Other reporting segment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hamblin Watsa Investment Counsel Ltd. (Hamblin Watsa)
Canada
100.0
%
 
Investment management
Fairfax Africa Holdings Corporation (Fairfax Africa)
Canada
64.2
%
(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
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
 
 
 
 
 
 
Restaurants and Retail
 
 
 
 
Cara Operations Limited (Cara) which owns:
Canada
40.2
%
(1) 
Franchisor, owner and operator of restaurants
100.0% of
Groupe St-Hubert Inc. (St-Hubert)
Canada
40.2
%
 
 Full-service restaurant operator and a fully integrated food manufacturer
89.2% of
Original Joe's Franchise Group Inc. (Original Joe's)
Canada
35.9
%
 
Multi-brand restaurant owner and operator
100.0% of
Pickle Barrel Restaurants Inc. (Pickle Barrel)
Canada
40.2
%
 
Owner and operator of restaurants and catering business
Keg Restaurants Ltd. (The Keg)
Canada
51.0
%
 
Owner and operator of premium dining restaurants
Praktiker Hellas Commercial Societe Anonyme (Praktiker)
Greece
100.0
%
 
Retailer of home improvement goods
Sporting Life Inc. (Sporting Life)
Canada
75.0
%
 
Retailer of sporting goods and sports apparel
William Ashley China Corporation (William Ashley)
Canada
100.0
%
 
Retailer of tableware and gifts
Golf Town Limited (Golf Town)
Canada
60.0
%
(3) 
Retailer of golf equipment, consumables, athletic apparel and accessories
 
 
 
 
 
 
India focused
 
 
 
 
Fairfax India Holdings Limited (Fairfax India) which owns:
Canada
30.2
%
(1) 
Invests in public and private Indian businesses
89.5% of
National Collateral Management Services Limited (NCML)
India
27.0
%
 
Provider of agricultural commodities storage
48.7% of
Fairchem Specialty Limited (Fairchem)
India
14.7
%
 
Manufacturer, supplier and exporter of aroma chemicals
51.0% of
Saurashtra Freight Private Limited (Saurashtra Freight)
India
15.4
%
 
Container freight station operator
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thomas Cook (India) Limited (Thomas Cook India)
which owns:
India
67.6
%
 
Provider of integrated travel and travel-related financial services
49.0% of
Quess Corp Limited (Quess)
India
33.1
%
 
Provider of staffing and facilities management services
100.0% of
Sterling Holiday Resorts Limited (Sterling Resorts)
India
67.6
%
 
Owner and operator of holiday resorts
(1)
The company holds multiple voting shares that give it voting rights of 56.7% in Cara, 98.8% in Fairfax Africa and 93.6% in Fairfax India.
(2)
The company holds Mosaic Capital warrants representing a potential voting interest of approximately 62%.
(3)
The company holds 100% of the voting rights in Golf Town.