Industry

On The Move (January 01, 1999)

St. Paul Canada recently appointed Brad Tamblyn to the position of assistant vice president-Ontario region, responsible for leading the Corporate Accounts Underwriting team which markets commercial insurance products. Tamblyn has 16 years of experience including a significant background in liability insurance services. The Canadian Insurance Claims Managers Association Ontario Chapter has appointed its 1998/99 executive. […]

December 31, 1998

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U.S. cat losses continue

Catastrophe losses continued to dampen U.S. property and casualty underwriters’ results for the third quarter of 1998, according to A.M. Best Company. The industry’s net income for the period fell 15% from the previous year’s level, due to higher underwriting losses and declining investment income. The industry’s combined ratio clocked in at 104.2 for the […]

December 31, 1998

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Bill 59 revised

The legislative fine-tuning of Ontario’s auto insurance product under Bill 59, which carried through last month with the passing of Bill 90, was generally lauded by insurance, legal and medical professionals at a review seminar held by the Insurance Institute of Ontario (IIO). However, property and casualty insurance commentators say that — while Bill 59 […]

December 31, 1998

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Do virtual insurers dream of electric premiums?

Tomorrow’s insurers may become virtual companies that interact electronically with customers, while driving down costs and improving speed to market, a leading business futurist predicted at the opening of the U.S. Insurance Services Office Inc.’s (ISO) InsTech98 Conference. Dr. Bill Bruck, futurist and author, made this and other predictions about new technologies that will reshape […]

December 31, 1998

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