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Cleanup underway after severe storm with heavy winds rips through Montreal area
August 23, 2017 Sidhartha Banerjee - THE CANADIAN PRESSMONTREAL – Crews began cleaning up in Quebec on Wednesday after a suspected tornado hit one town and severe thunderstorms ripped through other parts of the province, felling century-old trees in one Montreal neighbourhood. The Montreal area and the Laurentian…
PERILS discloses second loss estimate of 249 million euros for windstorm Thomas
May 23, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterPERILS AG has disclosed a second loss estimate for windstorm Thomas of 249 million euros, up from its initial loss estimate of 213 million euros on April 6. Windstorm Thomas, also known as Doris, affected the British Isles, Netherlands, Belgium…
PERILS discloses second property loss estimate of 234 million euros for extratropical cyclone Egon
April 12, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterPERILS AG has disclosed its second loss estimate of 234 million euros for extratropical cyclone Egon, which affected France and Germany on Jan. 12 and 13 of this year. The cold front associated with Egon resulted in heavy rain and…
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…
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…