Canadian Underwriter

438 articles for Aug 2007


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Identity Crisis

June 1, 2007 Craig Harris

A range of identity theft coverage options exist for home and business owners, and insurance policies generally focus on recouping expenses for those caught in the web of cyber theft. But some people are asking: Is the coverage worth the cost?

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PPG Canada announces change of director at Refinish Canada

May 23, 2007 by Canadian Underwriter

PPG Canada Inc. has announced that Lee Smith, director of Refinish Canada, will be moving to Strongsville, Ohio, where he will start in his new position as director of strategic growth and acquisition for PPG Automotive Refinish, North America. Smith

Pictured from left to right: Carolyn Horan, WICC Co-Chair; Sandy Dunn; Linda Wahrer, WICC Co-Chair and Tracy Laughlin, Regional Vice President, ING Insurance Company of Canada
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ING Canada Receives WICC’s “Lew Dunn Memorial Award”

May 1, 2007 by Canadian Underwriter

With over 650 in attendance, ING Canada was awarded the “Lew Dunn Memorial Award” by WICC at the WICC Ontario 11th Anniversary Annual Fundraising Dinner – “Fire & Ice’, April 10, 2007 at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto.

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“Fire & Ice”

May 1, 2007 by Canadian Underwriter

$300,000 Presented to the Canadian Cancer Society at WICC Ontario’s 11th Annual Gala Fundraising Dinner!

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Wholesale Confusion

April 1, 2007 David Gambrill

The extradition to the U.S. of Ontario wholesale broker Ian Stuart has the broker community and Ontario’s regulator discussing the licensing of wholesale brokers

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Report finds high levels of insurance sector merger and aquisitions activity

March 22, 2007 by Canadian Underwriter

A U.S. report recently released by Celent found that of the merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in 2006 in the service sector, nearly 20% of those were in the insurance IT and services sector.Driven by an influx of private equity,

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Risk Managers on Climate Change Solutions: Raising the Red Flag

March 1, 2007 Vanessa Mariga

Risk managers in Canada are exploring the nuances of climate change, as well as pandemics and cyber threats

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Hazard Perceptions and Urban Flooding

March 1, 2007 Dan Sandink, Research Coordinator, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction

Public education can help snap flooding victims out of fatalistic attitudes

Brenda Rose, Vice President, Firstbrook, Cassie & Anderson Limited
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Adapt or Fall

March 1, 2007 Brenda Rose, Vice President, Firstbrook, Cassie & Anderson Limited and Sheila Reesor, Executive Dire

Brokers riding the wave of falling commercial rates

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IBC presents first annual ‘Scam-ademy Awards’

February 21, 2007 by Canadian Underwriter

It’s awards season, so the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) is recognizing the worst performances by insurance scam artists in 2006.There’s no glitz, no glamour and no red carpet, IBC vice president of investigations Rick Dubin said of the IBCs

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A.M. Best comments on Kingsway’s plan to buy Mendota

January 24, 2007 by Canadian Underwriter

A.M. Best Co.’s issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb-” for Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (Kingsway) (Mississauga, Ontario) [TSX/NYSE: KFS] remains unchanged following Kingsway’s announcement that it intends to acquire the Mendota Insurance Company (Mendota), a wholly owned subsidiary of The

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“HeartFelt Help Fund” to host fundraising benefit for Sean Corner

January 2, 2007 by Canadian Underwriter

The “HeartFelt Help Fund” will be hosting a benefit for Sean Corner, Friday, February 2nd, 2007. The fundraiser will be held at Premier Place Banquet Hall, 696 Westburne Drive, Concord, Ontario. Sean, 21, became an underwriting trainee at Economical Insurance