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What’s New: In Brief (October 18, 2007)

The Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO) honoured CAIB and CPIB graduates, as well as the brokerages that earned the distinction of Best Practices Brokerages, at an awards luncheon on Oct. 18. Elizabeth McIntyre, an Ottawa-based CAIB graduate, took top honours in her class with a 94% average, while Jason Di Reto, an employee of […]

By Canadian Underwriter | October 18, 2007

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Stewart Ponton elected president of IILA

Stewart Ponton, chair of McLarens Canada, has been elected president of the International Institute of Loss Adjusters (IILA). As former national president of the Canadian Independent Adjusters’ Association and with McLarens, Stewart has certainly proven his leadership and commitment to the independent adjusting profession in this country over the years, Fred Plant, CIAA president and […]

By Canadian Underwriter | October 17, 2007

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AIR Worldwide launches new way for U.S. reinsurers to calculate insurance-to-value

AIR Worldwide Corporation (AIR) has a new service available to assess insurance-to-value (ITV) of U.S. residential property portfolios for reinsurance contract renewals.The challenges insurers face in maintaining up-to-date replacement values are well known in the industry, said Chris Harris, the chief underwriting officer at Montpelier Re. In the past, we have compensated for this bias […]

By Canadian Underwriter | October 15, 2007

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Wildfire focus needed in Canadian cat models

Canadian catastrophe models should place more emphasis on wildfires and heavy rain, according to Paul Kovacs, executive director of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR).Kovacs made his statement at the National Insurance Conference of Canada (NICC) in Montreal. His comment is echoed in a recent report written by Glen Daraskevitch, vice president of risk […]

By Canadian Underwriter | October 11, 2007

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