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ICPB Anti-theft drive

October 1, 1999 by Canadian Underwriter

Engaged in a constant battle to improve costs associated with auto insur- ance, insurers are focusing much attention on reducing auto theft and alerting the insured public about the phenomenon. According to Bill Atchison, acting chief operating officer of the

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Money Laundering Legislation with BITE

October 1, 1999 Nikki McManus, a freelance writer

Canada is big business — amounting to some $17 billion each year. And, although Canada’s money recycling black market is minor in global terms (which the U.N. estimates to be $1 trillion worldwide), there are weaknesses in the current financial

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Zurich launches retail plan

August 1, 1999 by Canadian Underwriter

Peopleplus Insurance Company, a member of Zurich Financial Services Group, recently announced a partnership with Hudson’s Bay Company to launch a private label car and home insurance program. The group scheme, available exclusively to Bay and Zeller’s credit card holders,

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Communicating, with the “Write Stuff”

August 1, 1999 Axiom

The angular figure of our senior underwriting manager emerged from the elevator facing me, and, as usual, Judy’s face was a mirror of her inner feelings. It was also quite clear that these feelings were not too positive. She grunted

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Disaster Loss mitigation: Great Balls of Hail

August 1, 1999 Alan Pang, managing director at the Institute for Catastrophic L

Over recent years the largest catastrophic loss payments of most insurers have resulted from prairie hailstorms. During the 1990s, there have been six major storms, each causing catastrophic losses in excess of $50 million. The National Hail Conference, recently held

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The Internet’s consumer VOICE

July 1, 1999 Dennis Krueger, a U.S. freelance technology writer

Originally a medium for scientists to exchange information, the Internet’s use has rapidly expanded to become a virtual commercial marketplace. And, with the Internet’s commercial potential beginning to truly surface, consumers through news group forums and dedicated web sites are

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ROAD SAFETY SWITCHES GEARS

July 1, 1999 Lowell Conn

The pendulum on road safety from an insurer perspective is swinging back from mechanical design of vehicles to a more holistic view of driving skills and adequacy of road infrastructure, delegates were told at the Insurance Information Centre of Canada’s

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Banks will be hard to regulate, says Cooke

April 1, 1999 by Canadian Underwriter

Property & casualty insurance is a pure risk product that must be kept separate from the financial, wealth management and investment-based services provided by life insurers and banks, George Cooke, president of Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, told a

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CORRECTION (March 01, 1999)

March 1, 1999 by Canadian Underwriter

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the Davids and the Goliath

March 1, 1999 Shelley Boyes

Since Saskatchewan’s decision to introduce public auto insurance in 1946, the advancement of government insurers across the provinces has been a sharp thorn in the side of Canada’s private property and casualty insurance industry. The “socialist disease” of government-run auto

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Hi-tech streamlines car rental process

February 1, 1999 Matt Darrah, vice president of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Toronto

Consistency and convenience have been earmarked as the key factors likely to satisfy the consumer of the future. The rapid advancements made on the technology front over recent decades are largely responsible for this shift in consumer expectations. To survive

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BELAIRdirect goes online

January 1, 1999 by Canadian Underwriter

BELAIRdirect, a division of ING Canada, has raised the stakes in direct insurance by going to the Internet as a means of distribution. The direct writer launched its online car insurance quotation system in December. The first of its kind