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What can go wrong when do-it-yourself clients try to replace home water heaters

Some homeowner clients could get in trouble if they try to replace water heaters themselves, by following do-it-yourself handyman advice they find somewhere on the Internet. Many home insurance policies specifically require that water heater installation be done by a licensed plumber, Jim Bowman wrote in a recent article for Southlake Style. Moreover, some insurance […]

By Greg Meckbach | January 19, 2021

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What’s missing from driverless vehicle rollout plan

Driverless vehicles need to have some way of communicating with police, fire and ambulance responders, an auto manufacturers’ group said in a recent report. First responders have ways of handling situations they encounter in traffic but there are no  “common procedures” for interacting with Automated Driving System-Dedicated Vehicles (ADS-DVs), the Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium warns. […]

By Greg Meckbach | January 19, 2021

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Nighttime fire in western P.E.I. seniors home forces evacuation

WELLINGTON, P.E.I. – A fire inside a seniors home in western P.E.I. forced 47 residents from the building on Monday night, but there were no reports of serious injuries. Desmond Arsenault, spokesman for the Wellington Fire Department, says soon after the fire was reported at 9:40 p.m. at the Chez Nous long-term care facility, firefighters, […]

By Jason Contant | January 19, 2021

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RCCAQ reacts to Quebec curfew

Quebec’s insurance brokers should not experience any major disruptions as a result of the province-wide evening curfew imposed a week ago, the chair of the Regroupement des cabinets de courtage d’assurance du Quebec (RCCAQ) predicts. The curfew took effect on Jan. 9. As a result, with a few exceptions, no one in Quebec is allowed […]

By Greg Meckbach | January 18, 2021

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