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What the court said when property owners refused to submit a Final Proof of Loss
April 20, 2021 by David GambrillWestland Insurance Company was within its rights to assume a contentious, two-year insurance claim had been resolved when two Victoria, B.C., property owners refused to submit a “Final Proof of Loss” form that had been filled out for them to…
Catastrophe Response Unit launches CRU VUE Program
May 28, 2018 by CRU AdjustersTORONTO, May 28, 2018 /insPRESS/ – Catastrophe Response Unit – CRU Adjusters (a division of the CRU GROUP) is excited to announce the rollout of their newest program to assist in exterior and roof damage evaluation. Originally planned for a 3rd…
8.5 million properties in Florida at significant risk of potential wind damage from Hurricane Irma: CoreLogic
September 8, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterNearly 8.5 million residential and commercial properties in Florida are at either “extreme,” “very high” or “high” risk of wind damage from Hurricane Irma, new data from CoreLogic shows. According to data analysis from the global property information, analytics and…
CoreLogic estimates insured flood loss for homes affected by Hurricane Harvey at US$6.5 billion to US$9.5 billion
September 1, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterInsured flood loss for homes in Texas and Louisiana affected by Hurricane Harvey is estimated to be between US$6.5 billion and US$9.5 billion, according to preliminary loss estimates from CoreLogic. Irvine, Calif.-based CoreLogic, a global property information, analytics and data-enabled…
Impact of Fort McMurray wildfire softened by reinsurance risk sharing: DBRS
April 26, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterMost Canadian insurers were able to generate positive underwriting results in Alberta through their use of reinsurance risk sharing following the Fort McMurray wildfire, credit ratings agency DBRS Limited said in a commentary released on Wednesday. The commentary, titled 2016…
U.S. insurers to pay about US$7 billion for storm surge, inland flooding and wind damages from Hurricane Matthew: Karen Clark & Company
October 12, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterBoston-based catastrophe risk management firm Karen Clark & Company (KCC) has estimated insurers will pay about US$7 billion for damages in the United States as a result of Hurricane Matthew. The estimate is based on high resolution storm surge, inland…
Insured residential, commercial property losses from Hurricane Matthew estimated to be US$4 billion to US$6 billion: CoreLogic
October 11, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterInsured property losses for both residential and commercial properties from Hurricane Matthew are estimated to be between US$4 billion and US$6 billion from wind and storm surge damage, according to CoreLogic, Inc. Of this estimated loss, 90% of the insurance…