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Lawsuit filed in connection to explosion in Fort McMurray fire aftermath
February 13, 2017 The Canadian PressFORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against natural gas company Atco (TSE:ACO.X) in an explosion last May that damaged several homes in Fort McMurray, Alta. The blast took place in the Dickinsfield neighbourhood while the…
Personal lines cat ratio up 9.3 points at Intact due in part to Fort McMurray
February 8, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterIntact Financial Corp. released Wednesday its financial results for 2016, reporting a 5% increase in direct premiums written and a 40% drop in underwriting income during a year when Canada’s most expensive natural disaster cost the firm $400 million before…
Munich Re posts profit of 2.6 billion euros for 2016; Fort McMurray wildfire cost 404 million euros
February 7, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterMunich Re reported on Tuesday a consolidated result of 2.6 billion euros for 2016, including a 0.5 billion euro profit in the fourth quarter of 2016 ending Dec. 31 compared to 0.7 billion euros in the previous year quarter. Munich…
Financial impact of Fort McMurray wildfire reaches $9.5 billion: study
January 17, 2017 Bob Weber - THE CANADIAN PRESSEDMONTON – An assessment of the total financial impact of last spring’s Fort McMurray wildfire is pegging the direct and indirect costs of the blaze at $9.5 billion. The figure includes the expense of replacing buildings and infrastructure as well…
Fort McMurray wildfire tops annual meteorologist list of weather stories
January 3, 2017 The Canadian PressTORONTO – The “beast” of a wildfire that charred Fort McMurray, Alta., was named Canada’s biggest weather story of the year in an annual list compiled by the country’s top meteorologists. The list, which also includes the melting Arctic Sea…
PCS estimates $3.98 billion in insured damage from Fort McMurray wildfire in final re-survey
November 17, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterProperty Claim Services (PCS) has updated its insured damage estimate for the Fort McMurray wildfire to $3.98 billion, down from its August estimate of $4.67 billion. Of the $3.98 billion estimate, the majority is in personal lines ($2.9 billion), with…
$5.3 billion to be re-invested in Alberta economy over three years to rebuild Fort McMurray: Conference Board of Canada report
November 15, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterAbout $5.3 billion will be re-invested in Alberta’s economy over the next three years to rebuild Fort McMurray following the massive wildfire in May, according to a new Conference Board of Canada report on the economic impacts of Canada’s most costliest natural…
Canadian insurers covering Fort McMurray property ‘learned a lot’ from 2011 Slave Lake wildfire: A.M. Best’s Silverthorn
November 10, 2016 Greg Meckbach, Associate EditorThe insured loss from the wildfire in May in Fort McMurray, Alta. will be “somewhere between” $3.6 billion and $4.6 billion, with European reinsurers covering nearly half of the loss, analysts from A.M. Best Company Inc. suggested Thursday. “The reinsurers…
Fort McMurray will hit Canadian’s p&c industry financial results in 2016: A.M. Best
November 9, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterCurrent-year financial results for Canada’s property and casualty industry – which were once again strong in 2015 – are expected to take a hit in the wake of the Fort McMurray wildfire loss, notes a new report from A.M. Best.…
Fort McMurray wildfire shares characteristics of 2011 Thai floods and New Zealand quakes: Baker at NICC
September 30, 2016 Angela Stelmakowich, EditorVANCOUVER – The Fort McMurray wildfire, though not on the same scale, shared many characteristics of the 2011 Thai floods and New Zealand earthquakes, Joel Baker, president and CEO of the National Insurance Conference of Canada (NICC), said Thursday at…
Fort McMurray wildfire accounts for 98% of H1 insured cat losses in Canada, 29% of PCS-designated North American losses
August 31, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Fort McMurray wildfire accounted for 98% of first-half insured catastrophe losses in Canada and 29% of Property Claim Services (PCS)-designated North American cat losses for the period, according to a preliminary estimate from the company. Insurers affected by the…
PCS re-survey estimates $4.67 billion in insured damage from Fort McMurray wildfire
August 16, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterInsured losses arising from the Fort McMurray, Alberta wildfire are estimated at $4.67 billion, Verisk Analytics Inc.’s Property Claims Services said in a bulletin this week. The wildfire in May was the most expensive natural catastrophe in Canadian history, when…