Canadian legal expense insurance risks not large enough to qualify for a binding authority can now be placed at Lloyd’s of London by Lloyd’s-approved Canadian brokers.Endeavour Insurance Services now has a line slip designed for small group legal expense risks…
The Number 1 benefit and driving force behind the use of risk technology is achieving accuracy and reliability of data, according to a survey of 435 risk professionals from 45 countries.Aon eSolutions 2009 Global Risk Technology Survey shows how organizations…
Today’s sophisticated, industrialized and complex world is under attack from a myriad of determined and deadly threats, according to Lord Levene, Chairman of Lloyd’s. However, as compared to the past, today’s society has more tools at its disposal, Levene said,…
The CIP Society has announced eight leaders to be recognized in the inaugural awarding of the National Leadership Awards. The recipients have been recognized by their peers for their contribution and affect on the property and casualty community. Established Leaders…
Amendments to Part XIII of the federal Insurance Companies Act make it easier for a bogus insurer to operate outside the Canadian regulatory regime and yet do business in Canada, said Alan Clark, superintendent of the Financial Institutions Commission of…
Canada’s recession is over, although it probably won’t feel like that for some time, economist Dr. Christopher Probyn told people attending the National Insurance Conference of Canada (NICC) in Ottawa.Probyn, chief economist of State Street Global Advisors in Boston, said…
Given the ongoing deterioration of Ontario auto insurance results, Facility Association is looking at a potential situation in 2010 that might “look and feel a lot like 2003,” Rob Wesseling, an immediate past chair of FA, told the National Insurance…
If there was a major catastrophe loss in today’s marketplace it’s unlikely that the reinsurance industry would be able to raise new capital following the event to the same extent that it did post hurricanes KRW in 2005, delegates of…
Canada’s solvency regulator, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), is “open for business” when it comes to discussing new risk transfer solutions to weather-related losses, OSFI superintendent Julie Dickson told P&C insurance industry representatives at the National…
For insurers, climate change represents a remarkable opportunity to serve property owners concerned about the growing frequency and severity of extreme weather events, according to Paul Kovacs, executive director of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction. Speaking at the International…
Treatment providers and ancillary businesses have a vested interest in a person’s auto-related injuries, leading to disincentives in the system to get people better, according to Bob Reinhart, SIU investigator at RBC Insurance. Speaking to people attending the Annual Toronto…
Canadian vehicle manufacturers have reached a voluntary agreement to equip independent service and repair providers with access to important information and tools for the repair of vehicles.As reported online by CBC, the new agreement, known as the Canadian Automotive Service…