The federal government plans to cut funding to the Joint Emergency Preparedness Program (JEPP) at a time when decisions and response related to a deadly roof collapse in Elliot Lake, Ontario have come under fire. The Heavy Urban Search and…
Many drivers are unaware of standard safety features in modern vehicles, even though these have been shown to prevent crashes and reduce injuries, notes a poll released by the Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF). The survey, which asked 2,506 Canadians…
Property and casualty insurance is not immune to the growing problem of voice-facilitated fraud in a number of industries and contact centres may be a vulnerable point of attack, notes information from Mattersight Corporation. Fraudsters are buying policies under stolen…
18 new industry event galleries have been added to the Photo Gallery at canadianunderwriter.ca and are featured in the MAY and JUNE 2012 issues of Canadian Underwriter magazine: http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/gallery The recent additions to the Gallery include: WICC Ottawa Sugar Bush…
July 3, 2012, Edmonton, AB and Virden, MB – Peace Hills Insurance is pleased to announce the launch of the first phase of the web based Peace Hills Insurance Exchange (PHIX) transaction engine utilizing Custom Software’s (CSSI) I-Company solution. The…
Economical Insurance has announced the appointments of David Crozier as chairman and Philip Mather as vice-chairman of Family Insurance Solutions. Crozier is senior vice president of operations at Economical, while Mather is the company’s chief financial officer. Economical Insurance has…
American International Group Inc. (AIG) intends to re-brand select businesses, including Chartis, back to AIG this fall. “While we have not yet officially re-branded, Chartis will begin using the AIG brand in the fall,” states a June 29, 2012 letter…
The Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) has released a new Health Claims for Auto Insurance (HCAI) July 2012 Guideline – Superintendent’s Guideline No. 02/12, intended to help insurers reconcile health care invoices. HCAI is an electronic system for transmitting…
Local 378 of the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union (COPE) will address its ongoing contract negotiations with the Insurance Corp. of British Columbia through a series of targeted actions. Representing 4,600 workers at the ICBC, the union issued a…
In the wake of the Rio + 20 conference on sustainable growth, Lloyd’s has developed a ranking of the world’s top potential climate change challenges ahead. The London insurance market identified wildfires, flood, drought, pestilence (including weeds and infestation), Arctic…
Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings plc confirmed at its annual general meeting June 27 that it is closing its Canadian managing general agency (MGA). The company, a specialist non-life insurance investor, service provider and underwriting manager, came to the decision…
Drivers in Saskatchewan will see a 1.6% net increase in the basic auto insurance premium, effective Aug. 4, 2012. Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) reports in a statement that the provincial government approved the net increase with rate rebalancing to SGI’s…