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Juggling Insurance Premium Taxes

Insurers, brokers and policyholders need to keep an eye on compliance standards for premium taxes in various jurisdictions

March 31, 2007

9 min read

Ontario Brokers: Standing on Guard for Thee

Ontario's brokers have dedicated themselves to thwarting invasions by direct writers and multi-channel suppliers based both inside and outside Canada

March 31, 2007

6 min read

ING Reshuffles the Deck

Derek Iles has taken over the reins of ING Insurance, part of a corporate restructuring at ING designed to make life easier for the broker channel

March 31, 2007

4 min read

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Reinsurance Beyond Borders

Seemingly innocuous changes to the Insurance Companies Act in Bill C-37 may cause parent reinsurance companies operating outside Canada to question whether they will need to have a Canadian base in which to operate, according to Omega Insurance Holdings president and CEO Philip Cook. Cook was the keynote speaker at the ‘Industry Trends Breakfast,’ held […]

March 31, 2007

5 min read

Protecting Land Transactions and Corporate Directors

More than just providing peace of mind in commercial land transactions, commercial title insurance can also help reduce corporate directors' liability exposures

March 31, 2007

4 min read

2007: In Like a Lion

Those “record” profits insurers posted for 2006 will come in handy by the end of 2007, if the weather during the early part of this El Nino year is any indication. True to predictions, 2007 is turning out to be tough on insurers’ catastrophe lines – and as of this writing we aren’t even out […]

March 31, 2007

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2006: a vintage year for Canada’s insurance industry

Overall, 2006 has been a “very strong year” financially for the Canadian property and casualty industry, the Insurance Bureau of Canada observed at the Swiss Re Canadian Insurance Outlook Breakfast in Toronto. If there is a cloud in the silver lining, however, it was reserve trends. The insurer’s use of reserves last year suggest the […]

March 31, 2007

2 min read

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Manitoba cars with immobilizers can also be stolen: CBC report

Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) has a new list of cars that are at the most risk of being stolen, according to a CBC online report, and they include new cars that should have had electronic ignition immobilizers installed at the factory. “The new list from [MPI]…includes 11 categories of cars sold in 2005 or later,” […]

March 31, 2007

1 min read

Moves (April 01, 2007)

Crawford Adjusters Canada Incorporated announced the change of its corporate name to Crawford & Company (Canada) Inc, effective immediately. The removal of the word ‘adjusters’ from Crawford’s name will allow all divisions of the company to be united under a single brand name. The new name will also keep Canadian operations in step with its […]

March 31, 2007

7 min read

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2007 Provincial Brokers Survey: Where Do We Go From Here?

In a relatively calm market, marked by the absence of any dominant national issues, provincial brokers associations are doing a little "housecleaning" by addressing provincial concerns. Individual provincial brokers appear poised in 2007 to spend some quality "me time," using the current soft market to attempt to resolve a broad array of local and regional issues.

March 31, 2007

13 min read

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