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PPG Canada Inc., through CertifiedFirst Network sponsorship, is supporting the Holy Trinity Catholic High School in Simcoe, ON in the annual Baja 1000 Race. This will be the second consecutive year that PPG has, in support of the CertifiedFirst Network,…

Teachers’ Private Capital the private investment arm of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan will purchase Canadian p&c insurer GCAN Insurance Company for an undisclosed amount from Torquest Partners Inc., Newport Capital Insurance LP, CIBC Capital Partners, a division of Canadian…

The Insurance Brokers Association of Canada (IBAC) says it is “optimistic” the federal government won’t allow local bank branches to advertise insurance products after learning that Finance Minister Ralph Goodale is putting off a final decision about bank mergers.Goodale recently…

Purchasers of Directors’ & Officers (“D&O”) Liability insurance continue to reap meaningful gains in both premium rates and coverage although these profits are somewhat reduced from earlier this year, according to recent responses to the Willis Index for the third…

Chicago-based Hub International Limited (NYSE/TSX:HBG) has completed its purchase of Personal Lines Insurance Brokerage Inc. (PLI) from The Chubb Corporation.The acquisition expands Hub’s position in personal insurance across most of the United States and grows personal lines to nearly 20%…

Peel Maryborough Mutual Insurance Company has become the 40th property and casualty insurance company to become a member of the Centre for Study of Insurance Operations (CSIO).CSIO is Canada’s national standards association of property and casualty insurance companies, broker management…

While individual states sue U.S. insurers over whether flood damage in New Orleans wrought by Hurricane Katrina is exempted from coverage, the U.S. federal government is preparing a bill that would allow victims of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina to buy…

The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) is hailing Canadian Attorney General Irwin Cotler for introducing new legislation to help curb organized auto theft, while at the same time calling on Canada’s department of justice to impose tougher penalties.“We are encouraged…

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the B.C. government may sue tobacco companies to recover health care costs related to smoking, raising the question of whether tobacco insurers would ultimately be on the hook for any liability tobacco…

Property damage caused by water related to Hurricane Katrina will reach a total figure of approximately $44 billion, according to AIR Worldwide Corp. “Katrina resulted in an unprecedented level of water damage,” Dr. Jayanta Guin, vice president of research and…

Stan Griffin, the current president and CEO of the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), is one of two board of directors appointed Sept. 28 by the General Insurance OmbudService (GIO).Dr. Roger Palmer, Ph.D. (Theoretical Physics), of the business school at…

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on the global reinsurance industry to negative from stable, the company has announced.“The negative outlook implies that downgrades are expected to outnumber upgrades in the remainder of 2005, although the number…