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Fewer and less intense cat events significantly lower global economic losses to US$44 billion in H1 2017: Swiss Re

August 17, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Total global economic losses from disasters were US$44 billion in the first half of 2017, down significantly from US$117 billion in H1 2016, as a result of fewer and less intense events, according to preliminary sigma estimates from Swiss Re.

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Intact CEO hopes B.C. is ‘starting to think about introducing more competition’ in auto insurance

August 2, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Nine days after Insurance Corporation of British Columbia released a report it commissioned to Ernst & Young LLP on reforming auto insurance, the chief executive officer of Intact Financial Corp. suggested it is “better to have a competitive marketplace” in

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EY report on reforming B.C. auto points to impending restrictions in Australia on auto accident benefits for minor injuries

July 27, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

A report released April 11 by the Ontario finance ministry “contains many useful learnings” for British Columbia’s government-run auto insurer, Ernst & Young LLP suggested in a report released July 24. In Affordable and Effective Auto Insurance – a New

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Combined ratio up 3.1 points for Allied World

May 1, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG, which is expected to have a new Canadian corporate parent, recently reported a 3.1-point deterioration, year over year, in its first-quarter combined ratio, nearly a month after Cyclone Debbie hit the north shore of

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Insured losses from Cyclone Debbie reach AU$306 million: Insurance Council of Australia

April 4, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has estimated insured losses to date from Tropical Cyclone Debbie at AU$306 million from 28,000 claims. ICA estimated the insured losses as of 9 a.m. on Tuesday. It also warned in a press release

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Cyclone Debbie barrels into Australia with damaging winds, flooding rain: AIR

March 29, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Australia is experiencing its most powerful storm since 2011, as Cyclone Debbie roared ashore in Queensland, Australia as a Category 4 storm shortly after noon on Tuesday. Catastrophe modelling firm AIR Worldwide said that Cyclone Debbie struck Airlie Beach as