HALIFAX – Frustration is building with a lack of a commitment from the Nova Scotia government to buy and demolish some of the Halifax area homes ravaged by massive flooding last July. Halifax Regional Council sent a letter on Oct.…
With the federal government cracking down on short-term rentals, property and casualty insurance providers are urging clients who rent their properties short-term to contact them to verify whether or not they are covered for property damage or liability for third-party…
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are bracing for flooding and high winds as Hurricane Lee approaches landfall in Atlantic Canada as a Category 1 storm. Currently showing wind speeds of 155 km/h, Lee is expected to become a strong tropical…
In an eerie coincidence, almost 20 years to the day wildfires caused $200 million in insured damage back in 2003, Kelowna is burning once again. About 30,000 people in the southern Interior region of B.C. — about a third of…
OTTAWA – The remains of totalled fences, blown-out windows and ripped-off roofs were scattered across a south-end neighbourhood in Ottawa on Thursday after a tornado hit with little warning. After the skies had cleared, families sat out on their porches…
MONTREAL – A major fire at a Montreal heritage building was still not under control Friday and authorities were not able to provide a firm timeline of how long it would take to extinguish the blaze. The fire broke out…
EAST ST. PAUL – Mounties in Manitoba are investigating a large house party in a rural area outside Winnipeg that they say resulted in at least one assault and extensive damage to the property and police vehicles. Red River North…
Canadian P&C insurers are banding with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) to push for the disclosure of a real estate “climate score,” indicating the likelihood of a building or property being damaged during a natural catastrophe. Insurance Bureau of…
Lloyd’s of London has a duty to defend the City of Timmins in a negligence lawsuit, in which homeowners are suing the city for failing to prevent progressive land erosion that led to an order to remove, relocate or demolish…
Although inflationary pressures are adding to the cost of first- and even third-party property claims, commercial insurers can leverage their global resources to reduce these costs, says a commercial insurance exec. “[Inflation] affects the cost to restore a building,” said…
VERCHERES, Que. – Every year, 100-year-old Angelique Beauchemin watches more of her land crumble into the St. Lawrence River. From her home along a busy stretch of river in Vercheres, Que., on Montreal’s South Shore, she watches waves from passing…
Politicians are denouncing what police have called a violent confrontation in separate attacks against officers and employees at a construction site for a natural gas pipeline being built across northern British Columbia. Federal Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino called the…