CertifiedFirst welcomes new chairman
April 19, 2006 by Canadian UnderwriterMembers of the CertifiedFirst Network of collision repair centres advisory council elected Ken Friesen, president and CEO of Concours Collision Centres in Calgary, AB, to the position of chairman of the Council this April during the Council’s 4th annual meeting…
Defending Against the Wolf
April 1, 2006 F. Michael Bartlett, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Western OntariThe University of Western Ontario is destroying a full-scale model home in order to improve construction practices and prevent future hurricane and storm damage to residential buildings
Moves (April 01, 2006)
April 1, 2006 by Canadian UnderwriterEllen J. Moore, president and CEO of Chubb Insurance Company of Canada, is among the winners of the 2006 McGill Management Achievement Awards. At a February ceremony held in Montral, Moore joined Auditor General of Canada Sheila Fraser, Cirque du…
Insurance Web sites not up to par
March 29, 2006 by Canadian UnderwriterAccording to the Internet Standards Assessment Report (ISAR) released by the Web Marketing Association, The insurance industry has underperformed the overall industry benchmark in six of the past nine years, according to the Internet Standards Assessment Report (ISAR). The report,…
Chubb CEO wins McGill Management Achievement Award
March 8, 2006 by Canadian UnderwriterEllen J. Moore, the president and CEO of Chubb Insurance Company of Canada, has received a 2006 McGill Management Achievement Award.Now in its 26th year, the award recognizes Canadian business leaders who have made outstanding contributions to their industries and…
Wedded Bliss
March 1, 2006 Craig A. Rowe, and Mike LabergeBonding ERM with corporate performance management (CPM)
Guy Carpenter launches i-aXs platform
February 27, 2006 by Canadian UnderwriterGuy Carpenter & Company, Inc., a global risk and reinsurance specialist, has announced the development of a new online risk management platform, i-aXs, that is designed to reduce risk management analysis and reporting times from weeks to mere minutes.The new…
Views (February 01, 2006)
February 1, 2006 by Canadian UnderwriterOperation Red Nose successfully delivered about 6,575 individuals to the safety of their own homes this holiday season. York Region Police Chief Armand La Barge, president of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, congratulated Canada’s home, car and business…
Services Oriented Architecture:
February 1, 2006 Anthony Kumnick, Managing Partner, OARBIC.A Phoenix rises out of COBOL’s ashes
The Co-operators contributes to CanDrive scholarship
January 27, 2006 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Co-operators has donated $20,000 over two years to CanDRIVE, a research program dedicated to improving road safety for seniors.CanDRIVE will use the funding to create The Co-operators Aging and Driving Fellowship to support graduate students’ research on older driver…
Canada helps increase AXA’s P&C revenue
January 26, 2006 by Canadian UnderwriterGood business in Canada helped to increase AXA’s 2005 property and casualty revenues by 3%, AXA CEO Henri de Castries recently reported on the company’s Web site.“Property and casualty revenues increased by 3%, to EUR18.8 million, mainly driven by France…
Convergence products critical in competitive market
November 29, 2005 by Canadian Underwriter“Convergence products” will play a critical part in the competitive landscape of the property-casualty industry even though they only represent a small segment, according to a new study by Conning Research and Consulting, Inc.The study, titled ‘Evolution in Risk and…