A claimant in a product liability case must still go through the formal process of serving notice in China of intent to sue a Chinese manufacturer, even if the defendant manufacturer was aware of the claim since 2019, had a…
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is becoming a standard requirement to obtain cyber insurance. But just as your clients are improving their insurability, cybercriminals too are designing their attacks around MFA. “It’s kind of like a game of Whack-a-Mole,” said Neal Jardine,…
Environment Canada has confirmed at least one tornado touched down in an area north of Belleville, Ont., as severe thunderstorms swept through parts of southern and eastern Ontario on Sunday night. In a preliminary report, the weather agency says staff…
Length of rental (LOR) for collision replacement-related rentals in Canada jumped nearly six days year-over-year, driven in part by ever-changing parts availabilities and repair backlogs, said car rental agency Enterprise Rent-A-Car. The overall Canadian LOR was 16 days in 2022…
The churning storm that toppled trees and battered homes in the Laurentians was likely a tornado, a meteorologist with Environment Canada said Sunday. The national weather agency said forceful winds lashed the area around Saint-Adolphe-d’Howard, Que., about 100 kilometres northwest…
The out-of-control wildfire burning near Lytton, B.C. shows the community and its surrounding area are at high risk of repeated fires, said Glenn McGillivray, managing director of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR). The Nohomin Creek wildfire about 1.7…
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – About 37,800 people in Newfoundland and Labrador have been sent privacy breach notices stemming from a cyberattack last year on the province’s healthcare system, a spokesperson with the Eastern Health authority said Thursday. The letters were…
BROSSARD, Que. – Quebec provincial police say two people are dead and 10 injured after a multi-vehicle crash Tuesday night on Highway 30, south of Montreal. Police say the driver of a truck allegedly did not slow down when approaching…
A motor vehicle accident victim can proceed with her personal injury claims after British Columbia’s Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) found the provincial public auto insurer made an “explicit promise” not to be bound by the two-year limitation period to start…
Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) is requesting a small average auto insurance rate decrease, its fourth consecutive annual rate-decrease request. It filed a provisional 2023/24 general rate application with Manitoba’s Public Utilities Board last week, requesting an average rate decrease for…
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. – Alberta Emergency Alert says a storm has caused damage to homes and vehicles in the southeastern corner of the province. It initially called it a tornado, but now says it was a storm with dangerous and…
The fire/explosion peril continues to crux Canadian insurers, accounting for 38% of all corporate insurance losses by value of claims, according to Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty’s (AGCS) Global Claims Review 2022. Natural catastrophes peak as Canada’s second highest major…