Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) is expressing “serious concern” after Mississauga, Ont.’s city council approved an 87.5% increase to towing fees for consumers who need a tow to a Collision Reporting Centre (CRC). The City of Mississauga defended the increase…
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Police are actively hunting for two suspects believed to be behind an explosion that rocked an Indian restaurant west of Toronto, sending 15 people to hospital, the chief of the investigating force said Friday. Jennifer Evans of…
Insurance providers need to use technology to improve their customers’ experience, but sometimes regulation gets in the way, speakers suggested at a recent conference. The insurance industry is “struggling to speed up the process of being more agile,” said Paul…
Excess Underwriting and Towerhill Insurance Underwriters Inc., both coverholders at Lloyd’s, announced on Thursday that they have merged effective Nov. 1. The companies will serve their broker partners as Excess Underwriting operated by Towerhill Insurance Underwriters Inc., said a joint…
Toronto-based Moore-McLean Insurance Group Ltd. announced on Friday that it has acquired the assets of Markham, Ont.-based Hallmark Insurance Group and its family of companies. Beginning Oct. 28, they will form McLean Hallmark Insurance Group Ltd., and McLean Hallmark Financial…
Mississauga, Ont.-based Unica Insurance announced on Wednesday the launch of WATERtight protection, what it is calling “a comprehensive solution for water damage losses.” WATERtight protection is a single-product offering that provides coverage for damage caused by overland flooding, ground water,…
Vericlaim Canada – a subsidiary of Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. – announced on Thursday that it has acquired the assets of RGM Claims Services, Inc. Mississauga, Ont.-based Vericlaim Canada is a national provider of loss adjusting and claims management…
Dozens of families were still unable to go home Monday as investigators worked to determine what caused an explosion west of Toronto that killed two people and injured nine others last week. Firefighters said 69 families – including 32 living…
TORONTO – A house explosion west of Toronto that killed one woman this week is now a criminal investigation, but investigators aren’t ruling out the possibility that it was an accident. Peel Regional Police Sgt. Josh Colley said the home…