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How large property loss claims can become larger — and how to avoid it

October 7, 2022 by Alyssa DiSabatino

A large property loss claim can be worsened by theft or adverse weather events during the initial logistics stage if insurers don’t act quickly, a contractor expert warned during the Ontario Insurance Adjusters Association’s claims conference in Toronto Wednesday.  Insurers

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Home renovations during COVID: What your clients need to know

June 29, 2021 by Jason Contant

With more of your clients staying home during the pandemic, more are renovating their homes. And that means your clients need to make sure that they have the right insurance coverage in place, and that the renovations are properly reflected

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California asks US for $7.4 billion for wildfire rebuilding

November 6, 2017 Olga R. Rodriguez - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO – California Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers asked the U.S. government Friday for $7.4 billion to help rebuild after a cluster of fires tore through the heart of wine country, killing more than 40 people and leaving thousands

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Southern Alberta town ravaged by 2013 flood sees development as promising sign

June 8, 2017 The Canadian Press

HIGH RIVER, Alta. – A new housing and retail development in High River, Alta., is being hailed as proof of renewed confidence in the town’s ability to handle another flood event. Massive floods that raged through southern Alberta in the

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$5.3 billion to be re-invested in Alberta economy over three years to rebuild Fort McMurray: Conference Board of Canada report

November 15, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

About $5.3 billion will be re-invested in Alberta’s economy over the next three years to rebuild Fort McMurray following the massive wildfire in May, according to a new Conference Board of Canada report on the economic impacts of Canada’s most costliest natural

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Italy prepares for reconstruction, starts post quake probe

September 2, 2016 Nicole Winfield - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ROME – Italy began looking to the future Wednesday a week after an earthquake flattened three towns, with Premier Matteo Renzi tapping a reconstruction czar to oversee the rebuilding and investigators acquiring the first documentation into the construction blamed for

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Fort McMurray wildfires could result in two weeks’ lost oil production: Conference Board

May 17, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

The impact of the wildfires in the Fort McMurray, Alberta area on oil production could “translate into” a $985-million loss in gross domestic product, though the rebuilding effort will result in “elevated” construction activity in the area through 2018, the

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Contractors say co-ordination needed as focus turns to rebuilding Fort McMurray

May 13, 2016 Ian Bickis - THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY – Construction and cleanup firms are already mobilizing to help rebuild Fort McMurray, Alta., after the wildfires, a monumental effort that’s expected to take years. Ben Dutton at the Casman Group of Companies says he has crews heading up