What’s New: In Brief (October 01, 2008)

David H. Laidley, Mary Theresa McLeod and Michael M. Shaw have been appointed to the board of directors of Aviva Canada Inc., effective immediately.
Laidley is a former chairman of Deloitte & Touche LLP. He has a broad background in accounting, auditing and business, and is currently the chairman of Deloitte’s global captive indemnity insurer, headquartered in Bermuda.
McLeod is an investment banking professional specializing in public utility finance. She has served as commissioner for the Ontario Securities Commission for seven years and was founder and president of the McLeod Capital Corporation.
Shaw is managing director of global enterprises at ATCO Ltd. corporate development. He serves on the board of directors of Chariot Carriers Inc. and Great Western Brewing Company Limited.
Both Laidley and McLeod will join the Audit and Investment Committees of Aviva Canada’s Board. Shaw will join the Conduct Review Committee.

The Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) immobilizer program is expanding to include an additional 50,000 most-at-risk vehicles.
The expansion, effective Oct. 1, will require the installation of approved, aftermarket immobilizers prior to the renewal of Autopac policies, MPI notes in a release.
These additional 50,000 vehicles join the 50,000 vehicles that were already on the original list introduced on Sept. 1, 2007.
“The immobilizer program has had a major impact on auto theft in Winnipeg,” Marilyn McLaren, president and CEO of MPI, said in the release. “When we started this program, the vehicles on the list represented just 5% of the vehicles on the road but accounted for 50% of the thefts and only 24% of them were protected with immobilizers. Today over 97% of the first Most-at-Risk group registered in Winnipeg are protected.”
The list of vehicles is available at www.mpi.mb.ca