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Should PACICC purchase reinsurance?

January 13, 2022 by Jason Contant

Canadian P&C insurers have expressed mixed views about whether the Property and Casualty Insurance Compensation Corporation (PACICC) should purchase reinsurance to mitigate the impact of a natural catastrophe-triggered default of a member insurer. However, a PACICC industry consultation paper found

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What Intact paid for Cats last quarter

January 12, 2022 by Jason Contant

Intact paid out an estimated $186 million for catastrophe losses in 2021 Q4, the company reported. “Approximately 55% of the catastrophe losses were in our Canada segment, with half in personal property,” IFC says in a press release. “This mostly

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Court gets tough in $10-million “emotional distress” case

January 12, 2022 by David Gambrill

Canadian courts are starting to get tough on potentially vexatious claimants, including insurance claimants, as seen in a Jan. 7 decision by the Court of Queen’s Bench in Alberta. In Sun v. Allwest Insurance Services, the Alberta court referred to

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How Alberta’s new captives act will benefit oil and gas companies

January 12, 2022 by Philip Porado

Alberta could become Canada’s answer to Barbados, with the passage of a new law allowing captive insurance companies in the province. Bill 76, which received royal assent, will make Alberta the second Canadian province where captive insurance companies can domicile.

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Auto insurer issues third COVID rebate

January 11, 2022 by Jason Contant

Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) is issuing its third COVID-19 auto insurance rebate in less than two years. The latest rebate totalling $312 million equals about $328 on an average private passenger policy, MPI said in a press release Dec. 30,

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How many Canadian renters lack tenant insurance?

January 11, 2022 by Alyssa DiSabatino

Correction: This story has been changed to reflect new information. The survey had 491 respondents rather than 1624, and the percentages of renters with insurance was 65% in Quebec, vs. 46% in the rest of Canada, rather than 48% vs.

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Canadian insured Cat losses exceed $2 billion — again

January 11, 2022 by Jason Contant

Canadian insured losses topped $2 billion for the second year in a row, according to estimates from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ). “2021 saw much discussion of a ‘new normal’ for Canadians, but when it comes to insured losses,

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Using your personal device for work? Why that matters to cyber insurers

January 10, 2022 by Jason Contant

Insurers need to consider the hybrid workforce and employees using personal devices when reviewing a cyber risk, a managing general agent says. “Multi-factor authentication is critical as… employees access work email and networks remotely, sometimes even through a web application

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Excess of loss case should be heard in Canada, not New York: court

January 10, 2022 by David Gambrill

Several excess insurers have lost their bid to have a lawsuit take place in New York instead of Ontario in a mining insurance case brought before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Nine of 22 excess insurers argued that the

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Insurer cleared in case of hearing aid replacement mix-up

January 7, 2022 by David Gambrill

A home insurer has been cleared of any liability after a hearing aid supplier produced a different brand of ear phones than had been cited in the initial insurance quote, B.C.’s civil resolution tribunal has found. The small claims court

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Public auto insurer’s Top 5 fraud cases of 2021

January 6, 2022 by Jason Contant

A phony kidnapping and a driver who was travelling nearly three times the speed he reported to investigators were among Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI)’s Top 5 auto fraud cases of 2021. Last year, MPI’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU) closed nearly

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What Canadian insurers paid for reinsurance in Jan. renewals

January 5, 2022 by David Gambrill

Reinsurance rate increases for catastrophes in Canadian property lines depended on whether the carriers’ portfolios took a hit last year, with 10% to 20% rate increases for catastrophe portfolios that took a loss, and 5% to 10% increases for those