How a worker injured while driving on duty can sue an at-fault driver’s employer
April 24, 2018 by Greg MeckbachA worker injured on the job in an Alberta auto accident can sue the employer of the at-fault driver, the province’s court of appeal ruled in a recent decision. In McIver v. McIntyre, Lewis Morgan, an employee of Calgary Propane…
Are you a stressed-out insurance professional? Join the club.
April 20, 2018 by Jason ContantDo you find the daily grind at your brokerage unbearable? You’re definitely not alone. Two-thirds (66%) of working Canadians report moderate to high levels of stress at their jobs, according to a TD Bank Group survey released Thursday. But those…
Ontario ice storm catches the eye of global reinsurance brokerage
April 20, 2018 by Greg MeckbachSevere weather earlier this week in Ontario has caught the attention of reinsurance providers. Impact Forecasting LLC, a unit of reinsurance brokerage Aon Benfield, noted Friday that winter weather starting April 13 “left considerable damage across southern sections of Canada’s…
Re-imagine your brokerage office (think retail)
April 5, 2018 by David GambrillBrokers need to reinvent how they provide face-to-face advice to their clients, changing their physical office model to reflect a more modern approach inspired by a quick and easy online experience. “Brokers need to start thinking about it in terms…
Consumers capable of making online insurance purchases on their own: digital broker
April 2, 2018 by Jason ContantCanadians are rejecting the notion that personal lines insurance is such a complicated product that consumers are incapable of making their own insurance purchase decisions without the advice of a broker, a digital broker told Canadian Underwriter recently. “I don’t…
Uber reaches settlement in autonomous vehicle fatality
April 2, 2018 The Associated PressPHOENIX – The family of an Arizona woman killed when struck by an autonomous Uber vehicle apparently has reached a settlement with the company. Cristina Perez Hesano, an attorney for the daughter and husband of 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg, disclosed no…
Healthcare providers billing ‘impossible’ hours treating car crash victims
March 29, 2018 Colin Perkel - THE CANADIAN PRESSTORONTO – Hundreds of health-care providers in Ontario are billing insurance companies for an improbable number of daily hours spent treating car crash victims, recent insider data suggest. However, no one appears to be leading a charge against the potentially…
How landlords can help you sell tenant insurance
March 26, 2018 by Greg MeckbachSome landlords are refusing to rent residences to people who do not have tenant’s insurance and some are even trying to use lack of insurance as grounds to evict tenants. “A lot of landlords in this day and age are…
One way American insurance workers have a better track record than Canadians
March 22, 2018 by Jason ContantDo you find it difficult to drag yourself out of bed in the morning and get yourself to work on time? Or are you sick of traffic jams frustrating your morning commute into the office? If you’re late for work…
Tire-chalking case ends insurer’s bid to establish tort of negligent entrustment in Ontario
March 22, 2018 by David GambrillOntario’s Court of Appeal has rejected an insurer’s appeal that might have helped to establish a tort of “negligent entrustment” in the province. In Ligaj v. Ismail, a decision released on Mar. 20, CUMIS General Insurance Company tried to make…
Deadly crash raises questions about Uber self-driving system
March 22, 2018 Tom Krisher and Jacques Billeaud – THE ASSOCIATED PRESSTEMPE, Ariz. – Video of a deadly self-driving vehicle crash in suburban Phoenix shows a pedestrian walking from a darkened area onto a street just moments before an Uber SUV strikes her. The lights on the SUV didn’t illuminate 49-year-old…
Ask B.C. residents if they are covered for wildfire. 25% will tell you this…
March 21, 2018 by Jason ContantAs many as 25% of British Columbians say they don’t know if they have insurance for wildfire and severe weather emergencies, according to a survey released Monday by the provincial public safety ministry. Fewer than half of British Columbians have…