Risk

Winning Over the Mid-Market

Opinion/Analysis: What can insurers and brokers do to win over mid-market companies? The answer lies in providing risk management solutions tailored to the unique needs of smaller companies.

February 28, 2010

4 min read

Risk

Moves & Views (March 01, 2010)

1 Cunningham Lindsey Canada announced a series of appointments and the expansion of its Ontario operations. Tracy Drew [1a] has been appointed director of sales for Cunningham Lindsey Canada, where she will be expanding the firm’s customer base across the country and increasing awareness of specialized claim solutions. Drew has more than 25 years experience […]

February 28, 2010

5 min read

Risk

Ronald McDonald House Charities Ski Challenge

The insurance and risk management community sent skiers to Mont Tremblant, Quebec on Feb. 1 and 2 for a major fundraiser, the Ronald McDonald House Charities Ski Challenge. The event, which is popular for its social as well as its sporting component, brings together a few hundred participants from businesses of all kinds to take […]

February 28, 2010

1 min read

Risk

Lloyd Hackett

In Memoriam

February 28, 2010

2 min read

Risk Management (February 01, 2010)

COMMERCIAL PREMIUMS DROP IN 2009 Q4: RIMS SURVEY Premiums continued to tumble for commercial insurance buyers in 2009 Q4, with few signs that the soft phase of the pricing cycle is nearing the end, according to the RIMS Benchmark Survey. The survey, administered by Advisen Ltd., tracks changes in insurance policy renewal prices as reported […]

January 31, 2010

2 min read

Reinsurance (February 01, 2010)

NEAR-TERM MODELS ARE OVERESTIMATING INSURED DAMAGES: KAREN CLARK Near-term models designed to project insured losses from Atlantic hurricanes in the United States have significantly overestimated losses for the cumulative 2006-09 seasons, a Karen Clark release says. Three major catastrophe modellers introduced near-term models in 2006 following the destructive 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons. Actual cumulative […]

January 31, 2010

1 min read

Regulation (February 01, 2010)

IBC DENOUNCES PROPOSED PROHIBITION ON EXCLUDING FIRE CLAIMS FOLLOWING TERRORIST ATTACKS, EARTHQUAKES: Canada’s property and casualty insurance industry is “strongly cautioning” the Alberta government to scrap a proposal that would prohibit insurers from excluding claims for fire damage following terrorist or earthquake events. Primary insurers would run a higher risk of insolvency if the government […]

January 31, 2010

1 min read

Risk

Winning Over the Mid-Market

Moves & Views (March 01, 2010)

Ronald McDonald House Charities Ski Challenge

Lloyd Hackett

Risk Management (February 01, 2010)

Reinsurance (February 01, 2010)

Regulation (February 01, 2010)

The Undertaking: Streamlining Part XIII reporting

Illuminating Driver Safety

Quoting on Risk