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Giffin Koerth has added two new engineers to the roster — James Wheeler and Val Chlistovsky. “Both gentlemen bring our property division strong expertise and continue to fulfill Giffin Koerth’s desire to always improve our level of service to the insurance, construction, and legal industry,” the company notes. Wheeler brings with him 22 years of […]
January 31, 2008
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Josh Jewer from Economical Insurance was awarded highest result in C-110 (Essentials of Loss Adjusting) by Jane Richardson, CIAA Nova Scotia Region president at the Insurance Institute of Nova Scotia Awards Banquet held in November 2007. Kelly Boudreau from Royal & SunAlliance was awarded top first year CIP Student by Jane Richardson, CIAA Nova Scotia […]
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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 […]
Greg Merrithew, CIAA Western Region President; Terry Murphy CICMA Southern Alberta Chapter; Dave Kreklewich, CICMA president, Fred Plant, CIAA National president at the an all-industry education seminar hosted by the Canadian Insurance Claims Manager’s Association in association with the CIAA on Oct. 18, 2007 in Calgary, AB. •
Crawford & Company announced a new operating structure that includes a smaller Global Executive Management team and four business units. The new units will include legal settlement administration as well as the information and communications technology division. In addition, Crawford Global Property & Casualty will be broken down into two distinct business units: Americas; and […]
WICC Golden Horseshoe Region (GHR) held its inaugural pub night, Cruisin’ Back to the ’50’s Sock Hop on Sept. 27, at Arney Pub of Mohawk College in Hamilton. People in the industry dusted off their poodle skirts, tied up their saddle shoes, greased up with pomade and became Rebels With A Cause to aid in […]
Scientists at the Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre (BUHRC) have for the first time quantified the extent to which sea surface warming contributes to increased Atlantic hurricane activity.In a study published in the scientific journal Nature, professor Mark Saunders and Dr Adam Lea have found the current sensitivity of tropical Atlantic hurricane activity to sea […]
By Canadian Underwriter | January 30, 2008
Losses in the directors and officers liability (D&O) portfolio due to the subprime crisis are expected to be in the neighbourhood of US$9 billion about triple what has been initially predicted, A.M. Best says in a report, citing equity analysts at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.As the effects of the credit crisis continue to ripple […]
By Canadian Underwriter | January 29, 2008
TIC Travel Insurance Coordinators Ltd. raised more than Cdn$20,000 for charity this past holiday season, the result of the company’s second annual “Have a Heart” campaign. TIC donated to three charities on behalf of its travel agents and insurance broker customers: OneChild, Canadian Association of Food Banks and Canadian Diabetes Association.Throughout December and early January, […]
By Canadian Underwriter | January 28, 2008
By taking the six digits of a postal code into consideration, rather than the first three digits, underwriters can determine risk levels of a particular area on a far greater detail, including whether or not a property is located in a flood plain or in an area with adequate fire protection, said Alan Pang, director, […]
By Canadian Underwriter | January 24, 2008
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