CALGARY – Imperial Oil Ltd. said its cleanup efforts following recent high-profile wastewater releases from its Kearl oilsands site will be complete next month. Executives with the Calgary-based company said at an annual investor day event Wednesday that cleanup from…
Canada’s inflation rate eased to 4.3% in March, Statistics Canada reported on April 18. That’s down nearly a percentage point from February’s 5.2% and solidly below inflation’s 8.1% peak in summer 2022. And, with inflation beginning to cool, P&C insurance…
Most economists are still calling for some degree of economic downturn later in 2023. That makes the road ahead uncertain for commercial companies, and many can be expected to seek ways to tighten their belts. For some, cost-cutting measures may…
Private companies, including not-for-profits, face rising legal and other exposures from lenders and private investors, customers and employees that can impact Directors & Officers (D&O) insurance policies. And, over the past three years, economic volatility has emerged as a key…
Editor’s Note: This updated version of the article corrects the industry’s net investment income from -$61,400 to -$61.4 million. And $1.1 million OCI has been updated to $1.1 billion. Canadian Underwriter apologizes for the errors. A combined ratio of…
Want to increase the likelihood of a construction project insurance claim being accepted? Take the time to validate each aspect of that claim. The upfront work will make it easier for any umpires, mediators, consultants or lawyers brought in to…
The economic parameters that marked a tough reinsurance cycle in 2023 won’t be going anywhere in the next year, experts predict in a Canadian Underwriter webinar. However, the extreme rate increases that insurers saw this year won’t be sustainable…
CALGARY – Cybersecurity experts say they aren’t surprised by the revelation contained within a package of leaked U.S. intelligence documents suggesting Russian-backed hackers successfully gained access to Canada’s natural gas distribution network. They say oil and gas infrastructure in Canada…
Underwriters are starting to address cyber exposure in directors and officers (D&O) policies, an insurtech told delegates at the NetDiligence Cyber Risk Summit in Toronto. “What we’re seeing is mandatory cybersecurity exposure questions on D&O submissions,” said Ben Davis, team…
McDougall Insurance has merged with 100-year-old brokerage Rayburn Insurance Brokers Ltd., a fourth-generation family-owned business located in Tweed, Ont. Rayburn Insurance has been in business since 1922. The brokerage serves Tweed, Northbrook and surrounding areas, offering home, auto, commercial, farm,…
Editor’s Note: This version corrects an earlier one in which it was suggested Intact CEO Charles Brindamour was predicting the beginning of a soft market cycle for the Canadian P&C industry, when in fact he was arguing the opposite (that…
Your cyber clients likely don’t know the answer to basic questions such as what is being done on a particular server, or even how many computer servers the company has, an expert from a cyber response and recovery firm said…