CICMA Top Fellow

The New Brunswick Chapter of the Canadian Insurance Claims Managers’ Association gives out an award to the Top Fellow each year. This year, that award was renamed The Fred Plant Sr. Award in recognition of the substantial contributions Fred Plant Sr. made to the insurance industry during the course of his 45 years as an […]

January 31, 2008 | Last updated on October 1, 2024
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The New Brunswick Chapter of the Canadian Insurance Claims Managers’ Association gives out an award to the Top Fellow each year. This year, that award was renamed The Fred Plant Sr. Award in recognition of the substantial contributions Fred Plant Sr. made to the insurance industry during the course of his 45 years as an independent loss adjuster. This included serving as National president of CIAA 1987-88. Top Fellow Kimberley Flight is shown with the plaque commemorating her award together with CICMA representative President Lynn Prescott and Fred Plant Sr. •

Captain Obvious: Premiums will rise after 2024’s loss year

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Captain Obvious: Premiums will rise after 2024’s loss year

If one consequence of insurers paying out $7.6 billion in claims damage for severe weather events isn’t obvious enough, P&C insurance industry professionals are spelling it out: consumers can expect to see their property premiums increase sometime in the near future.  “I’m happy to be in an industry that’s trying to actually meet the consumer’s […]

By Alyssa DiSabatino | September 20, 2024

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Entering a car to escape assault is not an auto accident

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Entering a car to escape assault is not an auto accident

Ontario’s Licence Appeal Tribunal is tightening up the definition of an auto “accident,” most recently finding that walking to a vehicle, or stepping into the vehicle to protect yourself against an assault, is not the same as the “ordinary use” of a vehicle. For years, personal injury lawyers sued auto insurers for accident benefits simply […]

By David Gambrill | September 13, 2024

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How record-high Cat season will impact reinsurance renewals

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How record-high Cat season will impact reinsurance renewals

About half of the Canadian P&C insurance industry’s projected $7.7 billion in losses due to four natural disasters over the summer will be covered by reinsurance, a reinsurance broker told the National Insurance Conference of Canada (NICC) in Vancouver Tuesday. “We can observe that about 50% of the losses coming out those four main events […]

By David Gambrill | September 26, 2024

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