Topic Nunavut
Briefing Note: Territories
July 13, 2020 by Canadian Underwriter StaffNunavut and the Northwest Territories are feeling the effects of insurers pulling out of both areas. “We had Aviva Elite, who wrote probably all of the mobile homes in the Northwest Territories, discontinue writing [that line],” says Mark Harris, the…
How Travelers won appeal over Ontario accident benefits dispute
June 17, 2020 by Greg MeckbachWhen an Ontario woman was catastrophically injured in an accident in a Nunavut-plated vehicle in Nunavut, that vehicle’s insurer was initially told it had to pay Ontario accident benefits to the claimant. But in Travelers Insurance Company of Canada v.…
Government services affected by weekend ransomware attack
November 4, 2019 by The Canadian PressIQALUIT, Nunavut – Crucial Nunavut government services from health to justice were still impaired Monday after a weekend cyberattack locked out civil servants from access to electronic information. “We are working non-stop to resolve this issue,” said Premier Joe Savikataaq…