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The newly-created Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness (OCIPEP) will lead consultations about to begin on developing a national disaster mitigation strategy. National Defence Minister Art Eggleton says the talks will center around reducing the risk and impact…

Lloyd’s intermediary Universal Star Ventures Corporation announces that the sale of the assets of subsidiary Ken Davies & Associates Insurance Services Inc. to Canadian Farm Insurance Services Inc. has been finalized. The sale had been announced in February, but did…

Net income for the U.S. property and casualty industry in the first quarter of the year dropped 5.4% compared with the same quarter last year, according to the Insurance Services Office Inc. (ISO) and the National Association of Independent Insurers…

The U.S. attorney general, John Ashcroft, has announced his intention to seek settlement of the federal government’s pending multi-billion dollar lawsuit against the tobacco industry, which was initially launched in 1999 with the support of then U.S. president Bill Clinton.…

Residents of Lynnview Ridge, a neighborhood located in the southeast end of Calgary, Alberta, are demanding answers from the city with regard to an ongoing investigation into possible toxic contamination of the residential area. Soil tests released in mid-May of…

Rating agency A.M. Best has issued a financial strength rating of "A" (excellent) for CGU Insurance Co. of Canada and a rating of "A-" (excellent) to group subsidiaries Scottish & York Insurance Co., and Traders General Insurance Co. The rating…

A tornado struck Quebec’s Lac-St-Jean area last night, causing damage to approximately 15 houses without any personal injuries resulting. St-Gedeon, which is located north of Quebec City, is reported to having suffered the most damage with downed power poles and…

U.S. based insurer Allstate has announced plans to sell its European auto insurance business to London’s Direct Line, a subsidiary of The Royal Bank of Scotland. The decision to unload the German and Italian direct auto business follows Allstate’s departure…

Royal & SunAlliance has sold its Canadian life operations to Maritime Life Assurance Company, the Canadian arm of U.S. giant John Hancock Life. Maritime has agreed to purchase all outstanding shares of R&SA Life, with the cash purchase price estimated…

Toronto area insurance and financial services network CG&B Group Inc. has bought Brampton brokerage Kylie & Associates. The acquisition brings CG&B’s annual property & casualty premiums up to more than $80 million, states a company press release.While Kylie currently deals…

Speaking at the recently held AGM of the Insurance Brokers Association of British Columbia (IBABC) in Kelowna, George Cooke of the Dominion of Canada General Insurance Co. praised the "unwavering commitment" of the province’s new premier Gordon Campbell to increase…

Following on the heels of its purchase of U.S. brokerage Kaye Group Inc., Canadian-based Hub International has picked up J.P. Flanagan Corporation. The Chicago brokerage has satellite offices in Baltimore, Cleveland, Denver and New York, and last year had annual…