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PERILS puts initial loss estimate for extra-tropical cyclone Egon at 212 million euros
February 23, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterPERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, has put the initial loss estimate for extra-tropical cyclone Egon at 212 million euros. The low pressure system associated with Egon developed as a secondary low from a large…
Wildfire has ‘very very different pattern’ of impacted areas: CatIQ Catastrophe Conference speaker
February 8, 2017 Greg Meckbach, Associate EditorWhen determining accumulation of risk, wildfire presents an “additional complexity” for insurers and reinsurers, a speaker suggested at a recent conference. “Wildfire is a really complex peril,” said Manuel Chirouze, managing director, natural hazards and geoscience for the Americas at…
Blackout with no transformer damage ‘very likely scenario’ from geomagnetic disturbance: C4 speaker
February 3, 2017 Greg Meckbach, Associate EditorThe insurance industry needs “a better understanding” of the probable impact of a coronal mass ejection or other extreme space event, but studies estimating losses in the hundreds of billions are pessimistic, a speaker from Swiss Re suggested Thursday at…
Burlington, Airdrie city officials share lessons from 2014 weather disasters
February 2, 2017 Greg Meckbach, Associate EditorA rain storm in Burlington, Ont. during the summer of 2014 prompted officials from the upper tier of municipal government to take measures to address flood risk on homeowners’ properties, a speaker told insurance professionals at a conference Thursday. On…
2016 sees highest-ever catastrophe insured losses, hail has impact: Rennie
February 1, 2017 by Angela Stelmakowich2016 was a year of records: the largest catastrophe-related insured losses in Canada’s history, the biggest loss for a single Cat and the most hail events in the month of July, Carolyn Rennie, managing director of Catastrophe Indices and Quantification…
PERILS enters into strategic alliance with CatIQ to provide industry loss data for Canada
February 1, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterPERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, announced on Wednesday that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Toronto-based Catastrophe Indices & Quantification Inc. (CatIQ) to provide industry loss data for Canada. With immediate effect,…
Severe weather, nat-cats cause record insurable damage in Canada: IBC/CatIQ
January 6, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterSevere weather last year exacted a heavy toll in terms of insured losses, with the $4.9 billion hit dwarfing the previous annual record of $3.2 billion in 2013, Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) reports. Flooding in southern Alberta and the…
Thanksgiving floods in Atlantic Canada caused more than $100 million in insured damage: CatIQ
November 18, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterA tropical moisture system resulting from Hurricane Matthew that swept through Atlantic Canada last month has resulted in over $100 million in insured damage, according to Toronto-based Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ). A cold front interacting with Matthew’s tropical…
PCS estimates $3.98 billion in insured damage from Fort McMurray wildfire in final re-survey
November 17, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterProperty Claim Services (PCS) has updated its insured damage estimate for the Fort McMurray wildfire to $3.98 billion, down from its August estimate of $4.67 billion. Of the $3.98 billion estimate, the majority is in personal lines ($2.9 billion), with…
Canadian insurers covering Fort McMurray property ‘learned a lot’ from 2011 Slave Lake wildfire: A.M. Best’s Silverthorn
November 10, 2016 Greg Meckbach, Associate EditorThe insured loss from the wildfire in May in Fort McMurray, Alta. will be “somewhere between” $3.6 billion and $4.6 billion, with European reinsurers covering nearly half of the loss, analysts from A.M. Best Company Inc. suggested Thursday. “The reinsurers…
Windsor floods spur insured damage of almost $108 million to date: IBC
November 2, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterFlooding affecting the Windsor and Tecumseh areas in southwestern Ontario is estimated to have caused almost $108 million in insured damage as of Sept. 30, Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), citing figures from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc., reported Wednesday.…
Alberta government introduces bill aimed at reducing human-caused wildfires and enhancing firefighting operations
November 1, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterThe government of Alberta announced on Monday that it has tabled a bill introducing measures aimed at reducing the number of wildfires caused by humans and enhancing firefighting operations in the province. Bill 24, the Forest and Prairie Protection Amendment…