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ICLR to host workshop on Halton, Ont.’s basement flooding mitigation program
October 28, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) will be hosting a workshop in late November on a basement flooding mitigation program in Ontario’s Halton Region. Recovering from the Flood: Halton’s Basement Flooding Mitigation Program will be held on Friday, Nov.…
ICLR webinar to focus on challenges in understanding and projecting precipitation extremes
September 26, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) will be holding a webinar workshop on the challenges in understanding and projecting precipitation extremes. The webinar, part of the ICLR’s Friday Forum series, will be held on Friday, Oct. 14 from 10…
ICLR to host workshop on sea level rise on Sept. 9
August 30, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) will be hosting a workshop on sea level rise on Sept. 9. Titled Rising Sea Level is Not a Flooding Event, the workshop will be held between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. EST…
Homes more resistant to ignition by embers had improved survival in Fort Mac wildfire, “luck” not a factor: ICLR report
August 22, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterSurviving homes in otherwise decimated neighbourhoods of Fort McMurray hit by this spring’s massive wildfire were more resistant to ignition by embers, notes a preliminary report issued by the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR). Home survival is not random…
Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction to share Fort McMurray research in July 12 webinar
July 4, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) has scheduled a webinar, July 12, on its preliminary findings of the forensic investigation into the wildfire damage in Fort McMurray, Alberta. “As catastrophic as it was, this disaster presents opportunities for learning…
Insurance industry ‘has to be ready’ for automated vehicles: Insurance Institute speaker
May 25, 2016 Greg Meckbach, Associate EditorThe rollout of fully autonomous vehicles for consumers “is quite a bit further off than we might expect,” and experts need to educate consumers about the limitations of the technology, but insurance providers should get ready over the next five…
ICLR launches ‘Insurers Rebuild Better Homes’ program to help reduce risk of loss and damage from natural hazards, including wildfire
May 18, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) has launched what it’s calling the first program in the world that sets out actions that insurance companies can take to strengthen the disaster preparedness of homeowners by “building back better” homes after…
Catastrophic Fort McMurray wildfire shows need for fire resilience
May 6, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterThe devastating wildfire in and around Fort McMurray – an event that has been estimated could produce insured losses of as much as $9 billion, becoming the most cost disaster event ever in Canada – clearly illustrates the pressing need…