CARSTAR Automotive Charity Casino Night

CARSTAR Automotive Canada’s recent Charity Casino Night, entitled Casino Royale, was a chance to celebrate the national collision repair chain’s successful fundraising campaign for the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The event brings CARSTAR’s total funds raised to date for Cystic Fibrosis to over $1.5 million. Among other events, the funds were raised through the sale […]

November 30, 2007 | Last updated on October 1, 2024
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CARSTAR Automotive Canada’s recent Charity Casino Night, entitled Casino Royale, was a chance to celebrate the national collision repair chain’s successful fundraising campaign for the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The event brings CARSTAR’s total funds raised to date for Cystic Fibrosis to over $1.5 million. Among other events, the funds were raised through the sale of ‘FrightLites’ last October, to keep children safe on Halloween night, as well as the annual CARSTAR ‘Soaps-It-Up’ car wash fundraiser. •

A different type of auto fraud

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A different type of auto fraud

Although preliminary reports suggest auto theft in Canada is decreasing in 2024, another issue of concern is emerging for auto insurers: a surge in fraudulent credit applications. Automotive application fraud is up 54% year-over-year in Canada, largely driven by falsified credit applications and the continued prevalence of identity theft, consumer credit reporting agency Equifax Canada […]

By Jason Contant | September 24, 2024

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Will CrowdStrike event trigger a cyber hard market?

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Will CrowdStrike event trigger a cyber hard market?

July’s CrowdStrike flawed software update that affected an estimated 8.5 million Windows devices shouldn’t trigger the next cyber hard market or lead to significant rate increases, a cybersecurity expert said during a recent webinar. “I don’t think this one’s going to accelerate a hard market,” said James Burns, head of cyber strategy at CFC. “It […]

By Jason Contant | September 17, 2024

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Former Definity adjuster disciplined for $102K embezzlement scheme

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Former Definity adjuster disciplined for $102K embezzlement scheme

Quebec’s P&C insurance regulator has found a former insurance adjuster guilty of an embezzlement scheme, in which he faked client claims and siphoned more than $100,000 in claims payments from Definity into his own bank accounts. The Chambre de l’assurance de dommages (ChAD) says the former Definity adjuster, Tresor Luyeye, committed 13 Code of Conduct […]

By David Gambrill | September 20, 2024

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