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South Barrie Collision Centre goes “green”

November 9, 2007 by Canadian Underwriter

South Barrie Collision Centre in Barrie, Ont. has gone green and is now using environmentally compliant waterborne paint. The state-of-the-art 40,000 sq. ft. collision centre, which is co-owned by six local auto dealers, is part of the national CertifiedFirst Network.…

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Order for insurer to produce all surveillance information reversed

November 8, 2007 by Canadian Underwriter

A Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) decision came down on the side of an insurer appealing an arbitrators order that it produce all its current and any future surveillance information, supporting correspondence and reports regarding any surveillance of a…

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Goldman Sachs to enter p&c market

November 8, 2007 by Canadian Underwriter

Goldman Sachs, a full-service global investment banking and securities firm, is entering into the global property and casualty insurance business.Arrow Syndicate 1910 is to enter the Lloyds insurance market in January 2008, according to its managing agency Whittington Group. Arrow…

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Munich Re posts profits exceeding Cdn$4.5 billion

November 8, 2007 by Canadian Underwriter

Munich Re Group has posted profit exceeding 3.3 billion (roughly Cdn$4.5 billion) in the first nine months of 2007. In the third quarter, we again posted excellent results, and are now harvesting the fruits of our strict profit orientation, John…

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Munich Re posts profits exceeding CDn$4.5 billion

November 8, 2007 by Canadian Underwriter

Munich Re Group has posted profit exceeding 3.3 billion (roughly Cdn$4.5 billion) in the first nine months of 2007. In the third quarter, we again posted excellent results, and are now harvesting the fruits of our strict profit orientation, John…

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EGI Financial Q3 results down 18.7%

November 8, 2007 by Canadian Underwriter

EGI Financial Holdings Inc. (TSX: EFH) has reported a profit of Cdn$4.5 million for 2007 Q3, marking an 18.7% decrease over last years Q3.The company reported a combined ratio of 88.5% and Cnd$42.3 million in direct written premiums, a 45.1%…

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Experts warn changing climate will intensify forest fires

November 7, 2007 by Canadian Underwriter

Climatologists are warning that the recent wildfires in California may be a result of climate change and a taste of things to come, reports Lloyds.Models are suggesting the North American west coast is experiencing longer-term precipitation patterns several wet years…

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ING Canada reports 40% slip in profits

November 7, 2007 by Canadian Underwriter

ING Canada has reported a Cdn$64-million decrease in its 2007 Q3 profits. This year, the company reported a 2007 Q3 net income of Cdn$92 million, down from Cdn$156.8 million over the same period last year. For the first nine months…

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Resolve Corp. to provide transcription services for HCAI

November 7, 2007 by Canadian Underwriter

Resolve Corporation, a Mississauga-based business processing outsourcing firm, and Health Claims for Auto Insurance (HCAI) Processing have entered into a three-year partnership that will see Resolve manage the transcription of paper forms for Ontarios new electronic system for processing auto…

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CNA Financial restructures P&C operations

November 7, 2007 by Canadian Underwriter

CNA Financial Corporation has restructured its property and casualty operations so that field operations will be led from two regional centres Field Operations East and Field Operations West. Steve Stonehouse will lead the West and Dennis Barger will lead the…

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Swiss Re to reduce its amount of capital

November 6, 2007 by Canadian Underwriter

Swiss Reinsurance Company has reported a 5% decrease in its 2007 Q3 profits over last year and has announced its plan to reduce its capacity.Swiss Re is prepared to reallocate capital across business lines or return it to shareholders through…

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Five years after SOX, business as usual for auditors

November 6, 2007 by Canadian Underwriter

For the first time since the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act [SOX] went into effect in 2002, a growing number of internal audit departments are returning to business as usual, according to a new survey by Protiviti Inc.Protiviti is a provider of…