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Roofs were ripped off buildings and power lines were toppled when wind gusting at well over 100 kilometres an hour and packing toonie-size hail lashed the west-central Saskatchewan town of Eston. There are no immediate reports of injuries following the storm that slammed into the community Sunday night, about 210 kilometres southwest of Saskatoon. Photos […]
By Greg Meckbach | July 15, 2019
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ST-ROCH-DE-L’ACHIGAN, Que. – A tornado tore through a campground north of Montreal Thursday evening, snapping trees, toppling trailers and sending at least one injured man to hospital. “When I drove through, I saw a trailer that was all twisted, up in the air,” said Andre Parent, a Montrealer who lives at the Camping Horizon campground […]
By Greg Meckbach | July 12, 2019
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Defending personal injury claims arising from slips and falls on ice could become easier for your Ontario clients this winter, based on a proposed change to the province’s deadline for serving notice about starting such lawsuits. In Ontario, plaintiffs wanting to sue for personal injuries normally have two years after an accident to start a […]
By Greg Meckbach | July 10, 2019
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More than one year after rescuers swam from home to home in a low-income neighbourhood devastated by flooding in Grand Forks, B.C., some residents say they were rattled to learn the property buyouts they’ve been waiting for will be based on post-disaster values. It’s one of several steps in the community’s recovery process that could […]
By Greg Meckbach | July 8, 2019
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Your client’s home falls into a sinkhole — coverage denied, right? How coverage may still apply, depending on a shift in circumstances
July 7, 2019
How offering appraisal services can increase your client’s satisfaction
July 6, 2019
A 40-year-old, Canada-wide cap on pain and suffering awards could be out of date, a personal injury lawyer suggests. The Supreme Court of Canada imposed a $100,000 cap on awards for non-pecuniary damages in 1978, as the personal injury law firm Himelfarb Proszanski reports. It was intended to put a lid on “widely extravagant” liability […]
By Greg Meckbach | July 4, 2019
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GOODSOIL, Sask. – Cleanup continues at a Saskatchewan campground following two tornadoes that snapped trees and caused severe damage on the Canada Day long weekend. Trevor Finlay, manager of Meadow Lake Provincial Park, says about 90 per cent of boats, campers and vehicles have been removed from Murray Doell campground. He anticipates the remaining property […]
By Greg Meckbach | July 3, 2019
Canada is well on its way to cracking the $1-billion threshold in insured catastrophe losses yet again as we enter the second half of 2019. Catastrophe Indices and Quantification (CatIQ) told Canadian Underwriter Wednesday that the estimated catastrophic insured loss so far this year sits at $600 million. The updated number comes after the company […]
By Adam Malik | July 3, 2019
About three-quarters of cyber claims notified in 2018 to one specialist insurer involved some kind of “easily preventable” human error. “Theft of funds, ransomware, extortion and non-malicious data breaches usually start with a human error or oversight, such as clicking on a phishing link or not following up a wire transfer request with a phone […]
By Jason Contant | July 3, 2019
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