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Commercial clients should do this before they leave for the day

Are your clients checking the bathrooms before they leave work for the day? “The last thing you want is to leave someone with access to your property after the doors have been locked,” Northbridge Insurance noted in Closing time: Making sure your building is safe for the night, recently posted to the commercial insurer’s blog […]

By Greg Meckbach | January 16, 2020

2 min read

Should the industry have a specific line of business for ‘catastrophe’?

Is it time the insurance industry starts zeroing in on a single definition of catastrophe? Traditionally, the industry would offer a named perils policy outlining specific catastrophe coverages or an all-risks policy, which covered risks unless they were specifically excluded. But Phil Cook, property and casualty insurance consultant and chairman of Omega Insurance Holdings Inc., […]

By Jason Contant | January 16, 2020

3 min read

Newfoundland expected to see up to 70 cm of snow

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Residents of eastern Newfoundland are bracing for a blizzard on Friday. Blizzard warnings have been issued for much of the region, where up to 70 centimetres of snow is expected to fall on the northeastern edge of the Avalon Peninsula. The forecast says blowing snow will reduce visibility to zero in […]

By Jason Contant | January 16, 2020

1 min read

Your client’s vehicle is damaged by a massive pothole. Is it covered and is the city liable?

You’re on your way to work minding your own business when all of a sudden you drive over a massive pothole and damage your car. Does your auto insurance cover it and can the city be held liable? In short, pothole damage is covered under optional auto insurance policies and the city can be held […]

By Jason Contant | January 15, 2020

3 min read