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How hurricane losses will impact pricing and capacity

November 21, 2022 Philip Porado

Watch for Hurricane Ian’s damage estimates of between US$50 billion and US$70 billion to made insurers more conservative about pricing and capacity, according to Aon’s global market insights for 2022 Q3. “As the full market impacts of Hurricane Ian materialize,”

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Why this strata unit owner does not have to pay for common area damage

September 9, 2021 by Greg Meckbach

A British Columbia condo corporation that charged a unit owner $25,000 for common property repairs has been ordered to reverse $15,000 of the charge. Claire Adamson owns a strata unit which she rents out. Adamson lives at a different address.

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Toilet trouble means strata owner must reimburse corporation’s $5,000 deductible

April 19, 2021 by Greg Meckbach

A British Columbia townhouse owner whose toilet overflowed and caused damage has to pay the $5,000 deductible on the strata corporation’s insurance claim, the B.C. Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) has ruled. Jefferson Wu is the principal of Kwan-Wu Holdings Ltd.,

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Why these B.C. strata owners didn’t have to pay the corporation’s $5,000 deductible

March 12, 2021 by Greg Meckbach

A British Columbia strata unit owner is not liable for their strata corporation’s $5,000 deductible on a property claim arising from a fire, the province’s civil resolution tribunal has ruled. The strata unit is on the fifth floor of a

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Why insurers urge caution on regulating condo deductibles

November 12, 2018 by Jason Contant

The government of Quebec should take a “wait-and-see” approach to define what is a reasonable or unreasonable deductible for condominium insurance, the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) told Canadian Underwriter last week. The provincial finance ministry recently held a consultation

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The public’s view on minor injury caps in this province

September 13, 2018 by Jason Contant

Nearly seven in 10 people polled in Newfoundland and Labrador support a cap on auto insurance payouts for minor injuries, Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) revealed in a new study. This week, IBC released the results of a public opinion