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Auto insurance: How you can live with someone but not be in a “household”

November 22, 2023 by David Gambrill

A passenger seriously injured in an auto collision caused by an uninsured driver is not considered an “insured” under her father’s or boyfriend’s auto policies, even though she was living with them at the time of the crash, B.C.’s Court

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Now with AI, you can create value for your property inspections

March 26, 2018 by David Gambrill

Artificial intelligence can now surgically identify Canadian homes and businesses in an insurer’s book that are most in need of inspection, thereby eliminating unnecessary home inspection orders. “Sometimes the industry will pay to have an inspection done based on criteria

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Hurricane Harvey highlights magnitude of insurance protection gap: Aon Benfield

September 12, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Flood losses from Hurricane Harvey have again highlighted the global insurance protection gap, Aon Benfield said in a newly released report. On Monday, Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, released the September edition of

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The Bitfury Group and Risk Cooperative partner to pioneer blockchain applications in insurance intermediation market

June 19, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Blockchain technology company The Bitfury Group and risk and insurance advisory firm Risk Cooperative have announced a strategic partnership to pioneer blockchain applications in the US$60 billion insurance intermediation market. Announced on Friday, the partnership will leverage Bitfury’s expertise in

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Insurance and reinsurance industries should pay more attention to “black swan” events: CIFF speaker

May 25, 2017 Jason Contant, Online Editor

The insurance and reinsurance industry would benefit from paying more attention to “black swan” events, those which are “not anticipated and probably not modelled,” a speaker suggested on Wednesday at the Canadian Insurance Financial Forum (CIFF). “When you look back

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Total economic losses from nat, man-made disasters in 2016 at least US$158 billion: Swiss Re sigma estimate

December 15, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

Total economic losses from natural and man-made disasters in 2016 were at least US$158 billion, 68% higher than the US$94 billion losses in 2015, according to preliminary Swiss Re sigma estimates released on Thursday. The US$158 billion estimate in total

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‘Fair amount of uncertainty’ of financial impact of Canadian earthquakes: OSFI deputy superintendent

April 14, 2016 Greg Meckbach, Associate Editor

The financial risk  from an earthquake in Quebec is “a lot bigger than maybe people think,” a Munich Re Canada executive suggested Wednesday, while the head of Aon Benfield Canada suggested Canadians on the west coast “may be” underinsured for