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A controversial 2019 court ruling — in which the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench found that a client struck by a motorcycle in the Philippines is covered by Alberta’s family protection endorsement — has been reversed on appeal. “The SEF 44 Endorsement is not travellers’ insurance,” Alberta Court of Appeal Justice Frederica Schutz wrote in […]
By Greg Meckbach | February 7, 2020
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MONTREAL – Schools across much of southern Quebec are shuttered today as a snowstorm bears down on the province. In the Montreal area, between 30 and 50 centimetres of snow are expected to fall by Friday night. Many school boards in Montreal and across southern Quebec decided to close today ahead of what is expected […]
By Jason Contant | February 7, 2020
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Hail is a major driver of insured property damage in Canada, but testing resilience of roofing material by dropping steel balls on it has limited value, a CatIQ Connect speaker suggested Wednesday. Roy Wright, president and CEO of the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, described how the industry tends to test roofing materials. […]
By Greg Meckbach | February 6, 2020
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Most Quebec homeowners are covered for fire following earthquake, according to a survey by the province’s regulator, which canvassed about 90% of insurers doing business in Quebec. The results of the Quebec Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF) survey indicate that nearly 10% of locations in Quebec are not covered for fire following an earthquake. The […]
By Greg Meckbach | February 5, 2020
Large losses will become larger, and the average annual severe weather claims paid by insurers in Canada could more than double over the next 10 years, according to a new report from the Insurance Institute of Canada. Since 2013, severe weather damage claims have averaged $2.1 billion a year, based on data from Catastrophe Indices […]
By Jason Contant | February 3, 2020
Despite Wawanesa’s recent legal victory in a coverage dispute in British Columbia, judges in that province appear to be struggling to interpret the statutory condition on material change in risk. Five years ago, Bob and Linda Schellenberg’s property in Chilliwack was damaged by fire. Their claim was denied by Wawanesa because it discovered a legal […]
By Greg Meckbach | February 3, 2020
4 min read
VANCOUVER – Several British Columbia communities are cleaning up and digging out after a storm swept over the southern part of the province on Friday, prompting flooding and landslides. Local states of emergency were declared in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island and in the District of Kent in the Fraser Valley. Both areas were […]
The #MeToo movement has sparked a sharp increase in the number of victims coming forward. As a result, organizations are finding themselves caught up in insurance claims. For claims managers and adjusters, according to experts, that means handling the matter in ways you wouldn’t handle other cases. What’s unique about a #MeToo claim is that […]
By Adam Malik | January 31, 2020
If an Ontario auto client gets injured while riding a dirt bike out of province, should accident benefits be payable? Echelon General Insurance Company is trying to bring this question before Canada’s top court. The Supreme Court of Canada announced Jan. 24 that Echelon has applied for leave to appeal a Court of Appeal for […]
By Greg Meckbach | January 30, 2020
With the Canadian army now finished its snow-clearing mission in St. John’s, and an eight-day state of emergency now lifted, RSA Canada’s claims team on the ground expects a slow and steady stream of claims from Newfoundland & Labrador’s record-breaking snowstorm last week. “What we’ve seen so far is that this event is developing a […]
By David Gambrill | January 29, 2020
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