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What a Canadian public earthquake backstop might look like

January 31, 2023 by David Gambrill

A federal government backstop designed to help private insurers cover high-risk flooding could be extended to protect Canadians from earthquake risk as well, Canada’s home, car and business insurers suggested in a release Tuesday. Meanwhile, in the absence of a

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PACICC to participate in federal government’s review of insolvency legislation next year

April 18, 2017 Jason Contant, Online Editor

The Property and Casualty Insurance Compensation Corporation (PACICC) will participate in the federal government’s review of financial sector regulations next year, including the examination of an act that has not “really been reviewed” in more than a century. The Winding-up

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U.S. private cyber insurance market capable of managing most risks: study

December 17, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

The private cyber insurance market in the United States is capable of managing most risks, according to a new policy study from Washington, D.C.-based think tank R Street Institute. Released on Thursday, the study from R Street senior fellow Ian

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Flood insurance ‘must be affordable:’ IBAC

December 16, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

Residential flood insurance should be available and affordable and the government should provide a backstop without being an “insurer of first resort,” the Insurance Brokers Association of Canada said in a document released this week. Personal flood insurance “must be

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Preparing Canada for inevitable earthquake recognized as a national social and economic threat: IBC’s Forgeron

November 22, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

Preparing Canada for an inevitable earthquake is a priority for the insurance industry, as this is recognized as a “national social and economic threat,” said Don Forgeron, president and CEO of the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), in response to

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Balance crucial for capital requirements on earthquake, OSFI superintendent Rudin says at NICC

September 30, 2016 Angela Stelmakowich, Editor

VANCOUVER – Capital requirements could always be increased to cover an extreme event, such as a huge earthquake in British Columbia, but a balance must be struck, Jeremy Rudin, superintendent of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI),

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C.D. Howe Institute report calls for federal emergency backstop arrangement for earthquakes

August 3, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

A former federal Superintendent of Financial Institutions is calling for a last-resort federal emergency backstop arrangement for P&C insurers to minimize the systemic financial impact resulting from a “catastrophic and likely uninsurable natural disaster,” such as earthquake. “A federal emergency

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Catastrophic earthquake could threaten Canada’s p&c industry, government backstop needed for “unthinkable” events: IBC

April 22, 2016 by Angela Stelmakowich

A catastrophic earthquake could threaten Canada’s property and casualty industry, clearly illustrating the need to have in place a government backstop, Sylvie Paquette, chair of the Board of Directors for Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), said following IBC’s Annual General