Letters (November 01, 1999)

Dear Editor,

I was so pleased to read that Jan Lowther had received the “Golden Torch” award recently in Colorado. Jan has been the “guiding light” for risk management communications in Canada for many years and her trustworthy and interested approach has fostered much of the response, so excellently and fairly reported in Canadian Underwriter.

I am proud to consider her a friend.

Tony Bridger

Director Risk Management, Bank of Montreal

Dear editor,

Since the publication of Lowell Conn’s excellent “Drive for Safer Roads” article in the September issue of CU, there’s been more good news about graduated licensing for new drivers. A recent report on GL in Nova Scotia by the Traffic Injury Research Foundation notes a 19% drop in the collision rate among novice drivers of all ages.

GL was introduced in Nova Scotia in the fall of 1994. Among drivers age 16, there was a 24% decrease in total collisions during the first full year of the program and a 37% reduction over the first three years of the program.

The Insurance Bureau of Canada, its member companies and their allies in the insurance community are proud of their role in promoting effective forms of graduated licensing for novice drivers throughout the country. The Nova Scotia results are particularly gratifying.

Sincerely,

Mary Lou O’Reilly

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