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XL Catlin adds employment practices, cyber options to professional liability for architects, engineers

September 19, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

XL Catlin announced Monday that its employment practices liability (EPL) coverage, for Canadian architects and engineers, would include lawsuits filed by non-employees – such as suppliers and customers –while its cyber insurance could cover liability for breach of proprietary drawings,

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Dangerous air bags can find their way into used cars, experts say

April 19, 2017 Tom Krisher and Ken Ritter - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LAS VEGAS – A Nevada crash that nearly killed a young woman has exposed a hole in the government’s efforts to get dangerous Takata air bag inflators off the road: There’s nothing that prevents the devices from being taken from

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Six Kaslo, B.C., homes still evacuated after slide, order lifted for 41 others

April 19, 2017 The Canadian Press

KASLO, B.C. – The threat of further slides is keeping six families out of their homes in southeastern B.C., but residents of 41 other properties were allowed to return Tuesday night. The Regional District of Central Kootenay downgraded an evacuation

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Two U.S. dams illustrate challenge of maintaining older designs

February 22, 2017 Michael R. Blood - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES – Twelve years ago, widespread destruction from Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast helped compel federal engineers 2,000 miles away in California to remake a 1950s-era dam by constructing a massive steel-and-concrete gutter that would manage surging waters

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XL Catlin enhances professional liability insurance policy form for design professionals

September 16, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

Addressing the changing professional liability insurance needs of architects, engineers and other design professionals is at the heart of XL Catlin’s enhancements to its Design Professional insurance policy form. One rapid change in the design professional industry reflected in the

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In first-of-its kind collaboration, Google to integrate self-driving technology into 2017 Chrysler minivan

May 6, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

For the first time, Google has announced that it will work directly with an automaker to integrate its self-driving system, including sensors and software, into a passenger vehicle. Earlier this week, Google said that it will integrate its self-driving technology