Industry
Insurers could be instrumental in pushing nursing homes and long-term care facilities to improve the way they manage the risk of a disease outbreak, a Toronto-based personal injury lawyer suggests. “As a plaintiff’s personal injury lawyer, I usually don’t see the insurance industry as my ally,” said Darryl Singer, head of the commercial and civil […]
By Greg Meckbach | June 30, 2020
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While maintaining employee safety is critical, there are other areas of your business that require diligent attention before re-opening, explained Hub International’s risk leader. With re-opening taking place across the country after the COVID-19 pandemic forced many to close, a business’ day-to-day operations going forward will need to change compared to what they were before […]
By Adam Malik | June 30, 2020
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OTTAWA – New federal models show continued progress in suppressing the spread of COVID-19, but with significant hotspots. The figures released by the Public Health Agency of Canada Monday show that some areas have been more heavily impacted by COVID-19 than others, specifically Quebec and Ontario. The hotspots in the past few days include parts […]
By Greg Meckbach | June 29, 2020
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Editor’s note: This story was updated to reflect a June 30 announcement by Economical Insurance Economical Insurance is still in the process of demutualizing but the next policyholders’ vote is not going to happen this year, the Waterloo, Ont. based insurer announced June 30. As part of the demutualization process, Economical is trying to reach […]
Sending paper cheques may soon be a thing of the past — and it could be thanks to COVID-19. The global novel coronavirus pandemic that shut down many businesses and forced much of the workforce to operate out of their homes has created a digital push in many aspects. But when it comes to premium […]
By Adam Malik | June 29, 2020
TORONTO – Two residents and a firefighter have been injured in an early morning house fire in Toronto’s Little Italy neighbourhood. Emergency crews were called to a home near College Street and Manning Avenue at 1:25 a.m. for a fire that enveloped a home. Platoon Chief Don Beam told local TV station CP24 that the […]
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VICTORIA – A report into a bus crash that killed two University of Victoria students says travel should be restricted to daylight hours on a narrow logging road that it wants improved by the provincial government. The report makes 43 recommendations in a report released Thursday from an independent expert commissioned by the university after […]
By Greg Meckbach | June 26, 2020
The industry’s reputation could take a beating in the aftermath of the devastating June 13 Alberta hail storm if misleading rumours are spread by people who do not understand how insurance works, an official with the province’s broker association warns. “It could get ugly quickly,” Barry Haggis, president elect of the Insurance Brokers Association of […]
By Greg Meckbach | June 25, 2020
Malcolm Heins, a former CEO of Ontario’s professional liability insurer for lawyers, has been nominated to the board of directors of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, IIROC has announced. Heins (pictured below) joined Simcoe & Erie General Insurance Company in 1981. After leaving that firm in 1994, where he was president and chief […]
Canada’s property and casualty insurance industry saw a steep drop this past April in the number of auto clients seeking policies for new vehicles, and it’s not clear how long a more recent rebound will last, the head of LowestRates.ca suggests. “If someone wanted to buy a new car, it was far more difficult for […]
By Greg Meckbach | June 23, 2020
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