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Want lower liability exposure for athletes? Don’t play sports in B.C.

March 21, 2023 by Alyssa DiSabatino

A recent Supreme Court of British Columbia case points to the difference between the standard of care for sports negligence claims in B.C. compared to the rest of Canada.   In Miller v. Cox, the court found that a recreational soccer

Power lines in Ottawa knocked out by the May 22 derecho storm
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Where 2022 tallies for insured damages in Canada

January 18, 2023 by Canadian Underwriter Staff

Severe weather events in 2022 gave Canada its third worst year for insured damage in the country’s history. Insured damage for severe weather events across Canada hit $3.1 billion last year, the third-highest total of NatCat losses in the nation’s

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Will inflation stop Canadians from buying winter tires?

November 17, 2022 by Alyssa DiSabatino

Even when faced with the rising cost of living, 82% of Canada’s motorists believe investing in winter tires is important, said a new survey by the Tire and Rubber Association of Canada (TRAC).  However, brokers will be interested to know

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Aspiring brokerage owners share the biggest obstacles for ownership

November 8, 2022 by Alyssa DiSabatino

What’s the biggest barrier to brokerage ownership for the 30% of brokers who aspire to one-day buy their own firm? Financing, according to results from a Canadian Underwriter online survey.  Of the 30% of broker respondents who want to own, exactly

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The best way to support young prospective broker owners

November 4, 2022 by Alyssa DiSabatino

Mentorship and training are the best ways to support young brokers who aspire to senior leadership or brokerage ownership roles, say brokers responding to a Canadian Underwriter online survey. However, brokerage principals and their employees aren’t fully aligned on how

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Mining industry digs into alternative methods as risks rise

October 20, 2022 by Ian Bickis - THE CANADIAN PRESS

In the North, some mines risk leaking acid if the permafrost melts, while across Canada heavier rainfall will add strain to tailings dams and a lack of it could throw operations. While no strangers to extreme weather, the growing risks

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Key industry association names new board members and executives

September 29, 2022 by Canadian Underwriter Staff

New board of directors members and executive officers were named by the Insurance Brokers Association of Canada (IBAC) following confirmation of those appointments Sept. 22 during the association’s annual general meeting in St-Andrews-By-The-Sea, N.B. The executive committee will now be

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Feds’ task force reveals preferred flood insurance models

August 30, 2022 by Alyssa DiSabatino

A federal government task force on flood insurance is leaning toward the public insurer and layered public insurer models of flood insurance programs for Canada. The public insurer model features a Crown corporation that underwrites comprehensive flood insurance through the

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Will this week’s weather events result in Cat damages?

July 25, 2022 by Alyssa DiSabatino

While Europe is experiencing record-breaking heat waves, western Canada had some severe heat and storms of its own between July 16-20. And although they were expected to have caused millions in damage, it won’t breach catastrophe territory, according to Aon’s

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Wildfire smoke, heat warnings up for many parts of Canada’s North

July 14, 2022 by The Canadian Press

WHITEHORSE – Several parts of Northern Canada are enveloped in smoke from wildfires along with unusually high seasonal temperatures. Yukon has seen a huge leap in the number of blazes with just over 846 square kilometres of land scorched this

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Are businesses covered for a telecom’s “maintenance oops”?

July 11, 2022 by Alyssa DiSabatino

Despite Interac payment systems and phone lines being down, most businesses will not have insurance coverage for any type of income loss as a result of the national Rogers outage on Friday, says one insurance expert.   The outage, which

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Canada’s most-exposed flood regions

June 10, 2022 by Alyssa DiSabatino

Quebec has the highest historical average annual loss (AAL) for flood faced by any region across the country, at $861.3 million, but Yukon’s average annual loss per residential address (RA) stands at $925, well above Quebec’s $229 loss per residence.