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The fallout of the blockage of one of the most used shipping lanes in the world could affect global reinsurers differently than insurers, two separate analyst reports suggest. One, Fitch Ratings, says the blockage will be a large loss event for global reinsurers. The other, DBRS Morningstar says global insurers will see “limited impact” as […]
By Adam Malik | March 30, 2021
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Auto insurers take note: the majority of your clients admit to engaging in distracted driving behaviours, but they consider these behaviours to be safe. The Third Annual Distracted Driving survey conducted by rate comparison site RATESDOTCA revealed that 74% of drivers who report engaging in certain distracted driving behaviours consider them safe practices behind the […]
By Jason Contant | March 30, 2021
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CALGARY – The Alberta Energy Regulator says an oil and gas company under court protection from creditors is reporting the leak of an estimated 100,000 litres of oilfield liquids from a pipeline in northern Alberta. The provincial regulator says it is responding to the release of an oil-water mixture known as ‘sour emulsion’ from an […]
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While many are eager to see the imminent arrival of a new system that promises to make day-to-day financial transactions quicker, cyber risk experts are warning that such a system may elevate the risk exposure to cybercrime, potentially opening the door to a flood of claims. Canada is preparing to remove the waiting period between […]
By Adam Malik | March 29, 2021
Nova Scotia’s auto insurance regulator has approved Facility Association’s request to lower minimum deductibles for commercial vehicles, albeit with one significant caveat and a few “concerns.” The caveat has to do with logistics. For Facility Association’s member carriers, the upshot is that the lower minimum deductibles for commercial vehicles will apply to all open claims […]
By David Gambrill | March 29, 2021
Highlighting which areas of your brokerage can run without you is a crucial exercise for any broker principals who want the sale of their brokerage to be a happy and fulfilling event, according to information adapted from a recent Harvard Business Review blog. The recommendation to “work on your business, not in your business” is […]
By Jason Contant | March 29, 2021
BROOKS, Alta. – RCMP in Alberta say 50 to 70 vehicles have been involved in a multi-vehicle collision on Highway 1 between Medicine Hat and Calgary this morning. Officers in Brooks say traffic was not expected to flow in the westbound lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway for several hours. Emergency crews are rererouting traffic onto […]
The legal expense insurance market is still in its relative infancy and could grow more than six times its size in the next decade, two industry leaders predict. The current value of the market in Canada is about $80 million, observed Barbara Haynes, CEO of ARAG Services Corporation. If one were to look at Europe […]
By Adam Malik | March 26, 2021
Mid-sized commercial clients are going to get bigger, so executives with Canada’s largest property and casualty insurer want to continue their expansion in specialty lines. “We are really scaling up our specialty lines capability here in North America,” Intact Financial Corp. CEO Charles Brindamour said during a recent virtual fireside chat with Jaeme Gloyn, equity […]
By Greg Meckbach | March 26, 2021
Early identification of potential insurance fraud schemes through automation can help prevent scenarios like the towing turf wars in Ontario from spiralling out of control, the CEO and co-founder of FRISS said Wednesday. “I think it is crucial for the industry…to detect these fraud schemes earlier, before they scale up and…get to that mess [resulting […]
By Jason Contant | March 26, 2021
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