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A RISKY BUSINESS

March 1, 1999 Axiom

As I approached the first aisles of the “Exhibitors’ Showcase” it occurred to me for perhaps the sixth or seventh time just how technologically advanced our business had become. The three-day-long brokers’ convention had started, and half of the convention…

 Glenn Carmen
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Liberty Risk Services’ LEADING-EDGE APPROACH to bottom-line savings

March 1, 1999 by Canadian Underwriter

Health management services have been an all or none proposition for corporate Canada. A company traditionally has to buy a bundle of services from one provider or assemble a program from a group of vendors. Liberty Risk Services Canada wants…
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Financial MANAGEMENT LIABILITY

February 1, 1999 Shelley Boyes

Bugs, big deals, bad spills and a certain public official’s sexual high crimes and misdemeanors were all key factors driving the corporate insurance market throughout 1998. And the same scary financial exposures will likely be very much in the minds…
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Earnings squeeze on U.S.

February 1, 1999 by Canadian Underwriter

U.S. insurers will feel the earnings pinch this year, with many companies forced to take on riskier investment exposures to bolster their bottom-lines, says Ernst & Young’s 1999 “State of the Insurance Industry” report. Other findings warn the U.S. property…

 Robert Gow senior vice president Canadian Operations, Lindsey Morden Claims Services Limited, presents the 1998 Colin MacKay Memorial Scholarship to Cynthia Attwood of Mississauga, Ontario. Administered by the Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario, this scholarship is available to students whose parent(s) or guardian is employed by the insurance industry, and who are enrolled in first year studies at college, university or schools of higher learning. The Lindsey Morden scholarship is available in all provinces and territories except Quebec.
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News (January 01, 1999)

January 1, 1999 by Canadian Underwriter

To celebrate their acquisition of P.D. Brunt & Company Ltd., adjusters Sobel Adamsons Clements Ltd. recently held a one-day workshop, at Toronto’s The Albany Club, hosted by law enforcement consultant Glenn Foster. A former homicide detective and author of “How…
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THE ADJUSTERS’ DIPLOMAT

January 1, 1999 by Canadian Underwriter

Counting both independent and in-house insurance adjusters among its member base, the Ontario Insurance Adjusters Association (OIAA) requires a special breed of leader. The captain of this team must respect and grasp the sometimes contradictory priorities of its different faction members. Garth Roscoe is the leader as well as referee on the adjusting field.
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Claims management and the Environment

January 1, 1999 Cecil Jaipaul,

In the early days of environmental underwriting companies were often unaware of the full risk involved. For many companies the risks they took on and subsequent claims were not foreseen. For others, while the possibility of large claims may have…