News (February 01, 2001)

Two Royal & SunAlliance Insurance Company employees headed to Antarctica last month as part of Mission Antarctica, a five-year environmental project aimed at protecting the Antarctic wilderness. Hilda Aywaz and Brenda Lemieux were selected through a national competition of Royal & SunAlliance employees to join Robert Swan, reknowned as the first man to walk unsupported between the South and North Poles. Royal & SunAlliance is a sponsor of Mission Antartica, contributing both financially and with human resources.

The Canadian Coalition Against Insurance Fraud (CCAIF) recently released its annual list of Top Ten Insurance Frauds. Among last year’s most offbeat insurance frauds was a driving instructor who filed for benefits after a car crash saying he was unable to work. Investigators discovered not only that the fraudster was still driving, but that his vehicle of choice was a bumper car at the local amusement park.