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Why brokers should ask their clients about home renos
July 6, 2022 by Alyssa DiSabatinoCanadians made major renovations to their homes during the pandemic, and over 14% of those who renovated stated they did so on an impulse during the pandemic — but are policyholders telling their insurers about these material changes? Not every…
High River finishes rebuilding but abandoned neighbourhood reminder of flood
June 19, 2017 Bill Graveland - THE CANADIAN PRESSHIGH RIVER, Alta. – Even as High River finishes rebuilding, an abandoned neighbourhood full of million-dollar homes is a stark reminder of devastating flooding four years ago. Floods in parts of southern Alberta in June 2013 caused billions of dollars…
Federal government should consider emergency back-stop mechanism for catastrophic earthquake: conference board
November 22, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Conference Board of Canada is echoing a recent recommendation by a former federal superintendent of financial institutions for Ottawa to consider adopting a last-resort, emergency back-stop mechanism for a catastrophic earthquake given the long-reaching, adverse effects that the event…
New Zealand insurers settle NZ$19 billion Canterbury claims
November 2, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterPrivate insurers in New Zealand have paid out almost NZ$19 billion to settle commercial and residential claims since the Canterbury earthquakes in 2010 and 2011, the Insurance Council of New Zealand (ICNZ) announced Tuesday. Of that total, almost NZ$9 billion…