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In order to respond to the rising costs of climate change-related damages, insurance companies are going to have to focus more on micro-solutions (i. e. on a policyholder-by-policyholder basis), Colin Empke, partner at Blaney McMurtry LLP, told delegates at the Canadian Defence Lawyers 4th annual insurance coverage symposium in Toronto in February 2008. Empke was […]
March 31, 2008
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Ted Belton, who dedicated half a century of his life to the Canadian insurance industry, died of a cardiac arrest in Toronto on Mar. 12. Belton is perhaps best known as the president and CEO of Edward F. Belton Enterprises Inc. and Forecast Publishers, the publisher of The Belton Report. The Belton Report, discontinued upon […]
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The Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario (RIBO) supports the plan to move forward with a risk-based approach to regulation as outlined in the Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators’ (CCIR) paper, An Approach to Risk-Based Market Conduct Regulation. The CCIR released the paper in January 2008 with the intent of fostering dialogue between regulators and stakeholders […]
Canada Inc. reported net income of Cdn$95.8 million for 2007 Q4, down from $109.4 million in 2006 Q4, mainly due to lower results from invested assets, the company notes. “Our investment activities continue to generate substantial interest and dividend income, but recent unfavourable capital markets conditions led to a net loss of Cdn$3.3 million on […]
February 29, 2008
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The old saying ‘full-time risk, part-time risk management’ has become a thing of the past: with the creation of the new CRO (chief risk officer) designation, risk managers have now climbed the next rung on the corporate ladder, eyeing the executive’s proverbial corner office If some risk managers have their way, another set of letters […]
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When Toronto hosts the September 2008 RIMS Canada Conference, expect the focus to be on education, collaboration and networking
The scientific consensus on climate change has spurred some insurance companies to act by introducing products that deal with the causes and exposures of global warming. While ambitious insurance coalitions have been formed in the United Kingdom and United States to address the long-term impact of climate change, individual insurers have taken the coverage lead […]
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Capital for Proxy How publicly-traded companies can use insurance as a means to beat a coming recession Your company has a problem. The United States is facing a credit crunch, which means debt may become very costly or virtually unavailable. Or it could be worse: a recession might be unfolding, potentially inflicting collateral damage globally, […]
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Effective business continuity planning is more than just having a plan. The plan should reflect a wider, holistic business continuity management culture.
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Thanks to the introduction of real-time cat exposure modelling, the days of stick-pin exposure monitoring are gone
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