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Tom Johansmeyer
Catastrophes likely to have “muted” effect on Canadian reinsurance pricing
December 4, 2017 Jason Contant, Online EditorReinsurance rates in Canada will likely not decrease and there may be some “upward movement in certain regions” following the historically massive catastrophes in the third quarter, MSA Research president and CEO Joel Baker suggested Monday. The catastrophes – including…
PCS launches global cyber industry loss index
September 5, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterProperty Claim Services (PCS) announced that it has launched PCS Global Cyber, a new loss aggregation service that provides “industry loss estimates for individual affirmative worldwide cyber events with insured losses of at least $20 million industrywide.” Developed in collaboration…
Five Canadian cats in first half of 2017 led to $438 million in insured losses: Property Claim Services
August 9, 2017 Jason Contant, Online EditorFive catastrophe events in Canada led to $438 million in insured losses in the first half of this year, according to the PCS H1 2017 Catastrophe Review, released on Wednesday. “Unsurprisingly, insured losses from PCS-designated events in Canada fell dramatically…
PCS estimates $3.98 billion in insured damage from Fort McMurray wildfire in final re-survey
November 17, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterProperty Claim Services (PCS) has updated its insured damage estimate for the Fort McMurray wildfire to $3.98 billion, down from its August estimate of $4.67 billion. Of the $3.98 billion estimate, the majority is in personal lines ($2.9 billion), with…