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Risk
Supreme Court Orphan Well ruling: the impact on brokers one year later
March 4, 2020 by Greg MeckbachIf you place pollution liability coverage, you could be hearing from banks and lenders concerned about oil and gas producers potentially going bankrupt. Inquiries about environment impairment liability are on the rise for at least one major Canadian brokerage following…
Bank of Canada cuts key rate amid coronavirus concerns
March 4, 2020 Jordan Press - THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA – The Bank of Canada slashed its key interest rate target by half a percentage point, dropping it to 1.25 per cent in what economists saw as a rapid response to the growing economic shock from the novel coronavirus…
Considering your climate risks? The solvency regulator is, too…
March 3, 2020 by David GambrillClimate change risk is very much on the radar of Canada’s solvency regulator. In a mid-February speech to the 17th Annual Review of Insolvency Law (ARIL) Conference in Vancouver, B.C., Jeremy Rudin, Canada’s superintendent of financial institutions, outlined three climate-related…
Snowed Under
March 3, 2020 Naomi GrosmanCanada gets a lot of snow. So why is it so difficult to find snowplow insurance in this country?
The future of cyber
March 2, 2020 Greg Meckbach, Associate EditorNathan Rose, a senior underwriter with Burns & Wilcox, shares how emerging trends in cyber will lead to untapped business opportunities.
Condo Coverage Crisis
March 1, 2020 Jeff BucksteinHow market pressures and climate issues are combining to reduce the availability of insurance to condo corporations
Privacy commissioners reveal how egregious employee snooping has become
February 25, 2020 by Jason ContantCases of egregious employee “snooping” in Alberta have exploded to the point where some affected individuals won’t even seek health treatment within their communities anymore, the province’s privacy commissioner said at a conference Friday. Jill Clayton, Alberta’s information and privacy…
Watchdogs to probe use of facial recognition technology
February 25, 2020 The Canadian PressOTTAWA – The federal privacy watchdog and three of his provincial counterparts will jointly investigate Canadian use of facial-recognition technology supplied by U.S. firm Clearview AI. Privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien says he will be joined in the probe by ombudsmen…
How much are the risk pros making?
February 24, 2020 by Adam MalikCanadian risk pros are making a median annual base salary of $101,000 as of June 1, 2019. That’s up 3.6% over the previous year, according to the Risk Management Compensation Survey published by the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS).…
Police move to clear rail blockade on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
February 24, 2020 Adrian Wyld and Paola Loriggio - THE CANADIAN PRESSTYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY, Ont. – Several protesters were detained Monday morning as provincial police moved in to clear a rail blockade on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in central Ontario that has brought freight and passenger rail traffic to a virtual standstill.…
Ottawa eases speed restrictions imposed after Saskatchewan derailment
February 18, 2020 The Canadian PressOTTAWA – Transport Minister Marc Garneau is easing speed restrictions placed on certain trains following a derailment in Saskatchewan earlier this month that spilled 1.2 million litres of crude oil and started a massive fire. Garneau says the move is…
CN Rail shuts down eastern Canada rail network
February 14, 2020 Laura Kane - THE CANADIAN PRESSBlockades set up by anti-pipeline protesters have forced Canadian National Railway Co. to shut down its entire network in Eastern Canada and Via Rail to cancel passenger service across the country. CN said Thursday that the company must initiate a…