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Insurance
Alberta eager to import Ontario brokers’ forthcoming mobile app
May 10, 2012 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Insurance Brokers Association of Alberta (IBAA) intends to import Ontario’s forthcoming broker mobile application technology to its home province. “At our annual general meeting [on May 6-9], our members definitely voted to be one of the first to sign…
Nova Scotia brokers want to put the onus on oil companies for oil tank maintenance, replacement
May 10, 2012 by Canadian UnderwriterNova Scotia brokers are tired of playing the role of a “regulator” when it comes to policyholders’ oil tanks, and want oil companies to assume responsibility for properly maintaining the tanks. “We seem to be the regulator,” Richard Bishop, president…
The League of Ordinary Gentlemen Presents: MUSIC HEALS Charity Event
May 10, 2012 Canadian Underwriter magazine“One of Our Own” Needs our Support! We are pleased to host a charity event in support of a good friend and tireless supporter of the League. As many of you are aware, Kadey Schultz’s son Emery was recently diagnosed…
Canadian Underwriter magazine launches inswire.ca – a real-time insurance news + information web stream
May 9, 2012 Canadian Underwriter magazineCanadian Underwriter magazine’s mission includes getting valuable and timely information to professionals within all segments of the Property & Casualty insurance market. Canadian Underwriter actively participates on today’s real-time information networks, like Twitter (http://twitter.com/CdnUnderwriter). We are excited to now share…
Regulation details new classes of insurance in New Brunswick
May 9, 2012 by Canadian UnderwriterA regulation has been added to New Brunswick’s Insurance Act that spells out new classes, including legal expense insurance, a relatively new form of insurance in Canada. The Classes of Insurance Regulation – Insurance Act, filed on April 24, details the…
Chubb offers enhanced watercraft policy
May 9, 2012 by Canadian UnderwriterChubb Insurance Company of Canada has launched an enhanced watercraft policy. The policy includes a new discount, improved deductible options, expanded navigational coverage, travel-sized certificates of insurance and greater damage coverage. The enhanced policy provides a 5% discount if the…
Manitoba insurance professionals have new licensing option
May 9, 2012 by Canadian UnderwriterInsurance professionals in Manitoba now have access to a new Level 1 licensing program. ILScorp. has announced that the ILS Introduction to General Insurance (ILS ICI) program, first launched in British Columbia in January, recently received accreditation from the General…
David Horner joins Kernaghan Adjusters
May 9, 2012 by Canadian UnderwriterDavid Horner has joined the Kernaghan Adjusters’ team in Edmonton. Horner began his insurance career in 1978 as a claims representative with a large multi-line insurer. Shortly thereafter, he became a roads adjuster, handling auto, bodily injury, property and fire…
Impact Auto Auctions breaks ground on new auction facility in Ontario
May 9, 2012 by Canadian UnderwriterImpact Auto Auctions, a Canadian automotive salvage management company, and a wholly owned subsidiary of KAR Auction Services Inc. (NYSE: KAR), has started construction of a new auction facility in Oshawa, Ontario. Known as Impact Toronto, the new auction will…
Ontario court denies bid to use new summary judgment rules to determine “catastrophic impairment”
May 9, 2012 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Ontario Superior Court has derailed a plaintiff’s bid to obtain under new provincial rules for summary judgment a declaration that she suffered a “catastrophic impairment.” Nancy Stewart was severely injured in a motor vehicle accident on Nov. 4, 2005.…
Heavy truck fleet to be equipped with protective guards
May 8, 2012 by Canadian UnderwriterSaint-Laurent, a Montreal borough, has become the first in the city to start modifying its fleet of heavy vehicles to help prevent the possibility of pedestrians and cyclists from accidentally falling underneath. The fleet will be equipped with lateral protection…
Colorado State researchers predict fewer hurricanes in 2012 season
May 8, 2012 by Canadian UnderwriterThe 2012 Atlantic basin hurricane season will see reduced activity compared to the 1981-2010 average, the Tropical Meteorological Project of Colorado State University predicts. In a report released in April, Colorado researchers estimate there will be 10 named storms during…