Risk
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
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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 […]
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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 […]
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In Memoriam
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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
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 […]
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 […]
Provincial regulators have issued an undertaking to harmonize their regulatory approaches with OSFI in relation to Part XIII amendments.
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How red-yellow-green LED technology is helping to change driving behaviours and develop safer drivers.
New technology that converts spreadsheets into Web-based, real-time applications can aid a risk manager in checking quotes for accuracy.
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