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U.S. P&C insurance industry’s net income drops 42.2% to US$7.7 billion in Q1 2017

June 26, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

The private property and casualty insurance industry in the United States saw its net income after taxes drop to US$7.7 billion in the first quarter of 2017 from US$13.4 billion in Q1 2016, a 42.2% decline, according to ISO, a

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Gore Mutual launches cyber and data breach product for Canadian small businesses

June 9, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Gore Mutual Insurance Company has announced a cyber and data response product for Canadian small businesses as well as a partnership with a global home automation company to provide flood sensors to select commercial and personal customers. Gore Mutual announced

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Quebec says Canadian Pacific directly responsible for 2013 Lac-Mégantic damages

October 21, 2016 Giuseppe Valiante - THE CANADIAN PRESS

MONTREAL – Canadian Pacific Railway is directly responsible for damages caused when a runaway train carrying crude oil derailed in 2013 in Lac-Mégantic, according to new allegations recently filed in court by the Quebec government. The railroad was responsible for

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B.C. government invests $2.5-million to address flood risk in Peace Region after June flooding

October 11, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

About four months after a “substantive rainfall event” that lead to flooding in British Columbia’s Peace Region, the provincial government announced that it is providing $2.5 million to the Peace River Regional District (PRRD) to undertake debris removal and preventative

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Massive fire destroys farm equipment dealership, forces evacuation in P.E.I.

August 29, 2016 The Canadian Press

SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. – Fire officials are trying to determine the cause of a massive fire that destroyed a farm equipment dealership in Prince Edward Island. Workers had to be evacuated from Green Diamond Equipment in Summerside late Saturday morning as