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Property restoration space has ‘big capacity’ issue: Brindamour
February 19, 2021 by Greg MeckbachIntact Financial Corp. is aiming to build capacity in what CEO Charles Brindamour calls the “super-fragmented” restoration contractor industry. “Our thought process with On Side [Restoration] is very much consistent with what we tried to do with BrokerLink a decade…
Top of the Heap
October 7, 2019 Kris Rzesnoski, Vice President, Business Development, EncircleLooking to work with impartial contractors? Why insurers are increasingly turning to Registered Third Party Evaluators
How this property restoration firm got in and out of trouble
May 17, 2019 by Greg MeckbachA restoration contractor whose employee drove a company vehicle with a suspended licence is getting its truck back from police impoundment. A man identified as “C.S.” was pulled over in Barrie late Friday evening March 15 while driving a 2017…
Restoration Myth-Busting – Three-day drying Part 2
July 11, 2018 Kris Rzesnoski, vice-president, business development, EncircleIn the last article we talked about three-day drying as a myth that is not supported by the restoration industry. We also discussed the change in science from the 2000s to today and how it has opened insurers to expanded…
FirstOnSite Restoration bolsters Large Loss team with addition of two industry veterans
June 5, 2018 FirstOnSite RestorationMISSISSAUGA, June 5, 2018 /insPRESS/ – FirstOnSite Restoration, Canada’s leading independent disaster restoration services provider, has strengthened its Large Loss Unit with the addition of Geo Langlois as Large Loss Manager, Canada, and Kelly Langlois as Assistant Project Manager, Large Loss…
Total Textile Solutions appoints Stephen Lowe as National Sales Manager
February 9, 2018 Total Textile SolutionsBurlington, ON, Feb. 9, 2018 /insPRESS/ – Total Textile Solutions is pleased to announce that it has appointed Stephen Lowe of Burlington, Ont. as its new National Sales Manager. Mr. Lowe has more than 20 years of experience in sales, success…
‘There’s nothing left:’ The story of one man’s return to Fort McMurray
June 5, 2016 By Lauren Krugel - The Canadian PressFORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – Farid El-Hayouni manages to keep it together until he sees what is left of his son’s bike. Along the drive up Highway 63 into Fort McMurray, he makes a series of matter-of-fact observations about what “the…
Big cleanup job underway at downtown Fort McMurray brew pub
June 5, 2016 By Lauren Krugel – THE CANADIAN PRESSFORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – On May 3, patrons at the Wood Buffalo Brewing Company on downtown Fort McMurray’s main drag had to leave their pints and plates on the table as a massive forest fire breached the city and everyone…
Technology Assist
June 1, 2016 Angela Stelmakowich, EditorUsing technology solutions during natural disasters is on the rise. The marked growth – as evidenced by tools both used and available in the devastating wildfires near Fort McMurray – looks poised to continue, with different options, more applications and enhanced information likely becoming a natural part of response. Technology being tablestakes may very well be key for the property and casualty industry to best serve and respond to customers in future.
Contractors say co-ordination needed as focus turns to rebuilding Fort McMurray
May 13, 2016 Ian Bickis - THE CANADIAN PRESSCALGARY – 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…
DKI Canada Announces New Member With Locations in Winnipeg & Brandon, Manitoba
April 4, 2016 DKI CanadaPriority Restoration Joins DKI Canada as its newest member