Data Migration
February 1, 2011 Debbie Olsen, vice president, iter8 Inc.A risk management approach to data conversion can provide useful insights into both planning and resourcing conversion tasks.
10 Coverage Decisions from 2010 That You Ought To Know About
January 31, 2011 Christopher DunnIt was a relatively busy year in Canadian courts for insurers. While all was relatively quiet on the Supreme Court of Canada front, with the exception of release of the much-anticipated decision in Progressive Homes v. Lombard, the Ontario Court…
Analyzing Weaknesses in Income Loss Reports
January 31, 2011 Michael Sigsworth and Darrell ShermanInsurers and plaintiff lawyers call upon forensic accountants to provide expert reports, which set out the income loss suffered by individuals as a result of injuries sustained in an accident. There are many factors involved in preparing these reports and…
The Real Cost of Reform
January 1, 2011 Rocco Guerriero, President, The Association of Independent Assessment Centres (AIAC)Medical health assessors in Ontario say the province’s auto insurance reforms are unintentionally hurting accident victims because the cap on assessments is limiting the ability of health care professionals to determine injured claimants’ needs.
Analytics 2.0
December 1, 2010 Marlowe LeibenspergerMachine learning analytic methods, when combined with traditional actuarial and statistical methods, can help pick out the truly predictive data points and correlations.
How Risk Can Set You Free
October 1, 2010 Vanessa Mariga, Associate Editor2010 RIMS Canada Conference (Edmonton); Innovation, ingenuity and new approaches to risk took centre stage at the RIMS Canada Conference held in Edmonton, Alberta.
Decision Time
October 1, 2010 David Gambrill, Editor & Vanessa Mariga, Associate Editor2010 National Insurance Conference of Canada (Montreal); Canada’s P&C insurance industry has decisions to make regarding overland flood coverage, underwriting accuracy in an era of low investment yields, insurance fraud, pandemic planning, auto reforms and predictive modeling.
Eruption Disruption
August 1, 2010 Urs UhlmannA volcanic eruption begs the question: When we become dependent on a global supply chain, are we prepared for global risks that might affect our operational ouput?
Cyber Protection
August 1, 2010 Scott Schleicher & Steven AndersonInsurance coverage for cyber-liability is starting to become more refined as exposures become better understood.
Protecting Public Officials
August 1, 2010 David TranPublic Officials Liability (POL) coverage has evolved in a time when litigation is increasingly becoming a tool for holding public officials accountable.
What to Expect on Two Wheels
July 31, 2010 Chris AtkinsCommon factors involved in motorcycle claims;
CORRECTION (July 01, 2010)
July 1, 2010 by Canadian UnderwriterA statement made in the cover story published in the May 2010 edition of Canadian Underwriter, ‘Riverboat Gambling,’ incorrectly states this is the first time Ontario has introduced consumer choice in the auto insurance product. As one reader pointed out,…