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WINNIPEG – Investigators say at least one million litres of petroleum crude oil were released when a freight train derailed last month on a ranch in western Manitoba. The update from the Transportation Safety Board on Friday was the first indication of how big the Feb. 16 spill was near the small community of St. […]
By Greg Meckbach | March 1, 2019
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If your client lives in an area where most people do not use their car to get to work, he or she could save money on auto insurance. Kanetix released Tuesday its annual InsuraMap, which the Toronto-based online auto insurance quote provider uses to depict how rates vary in Ontario by municipality and postal code. […]
By Greg Meckbach | February 26, 2019
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If you are together as a couple, it might make sense to register the shared vehicle in the name of the person who can get the lowest insurance rates. But it can get complicated when the couple breaks up and the ownership of the vehicle is disputed. Jaclyn Younger took her ex-boyfriend Aaron Spann to […]
By David Gambrill | February 6, 2019
Transportation Minister Jeff Yurek has announced that, as of Jan. 1, participants in Ontario’s automated vehicle pilot program can test driverless cars on public roadways, under strict conditions. The program’s nine participants – including BlackBerry’s QNX, Magna, Uber and the University of Waterloo – are currently testing 10 vehicles, but aren’t yet using fully driverless […]
By The Canadian Press | January 23, 2019
The insurance industry is used to looking for “intentional” disruptors, but it really needs to focus on “accidental” disruptors, says a P&C insurance consultant. “We all can see the real disruptors out there, the ones that are finding the ways to deliver our product differently and selling direct to the consumer,” said Phil Cook, CEO […]
By Jason Contant | January 22, 2019
More than half (56%) of polled Canadians would switch insurance providers for a savings of $150 or more, according to a new survey from Kanetix.ca, an online comparison site for insurance rates. Almost the same percentage (57%) of the 812 polled respondents who were over the age of 18 reported reviewing their insurance policy once […]
By Jason Contant | January 18, 2019
Alberta’s ceiling on auto rate increases is causing some brokers to lose their contracts with carriers. In Alberta, as a general rule carriers may not hike rates by more than 5% across their book of business. “It has resulted in quite a few cancellations” by carriers of their broker contracts, said George Hodgson, CEO of […]
By Greg Meckbach | January 14, 2019
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CAA South Central Ontario (CAA SCO) has launched a cannabis education campaign geared toward young drivers. Research from CAA shows that there is a gap in awareness of the effects of using cannabis, specifically in young men. Men aged 25 to 34 are the most likely to drive under the influence of cannabis, many of […]
By Jason Contant | December 20, 2018
Health clinics and auto repair centres involved in auto insurance fraud should be named in an online database that is easily accessible to consumers, Aviva Canada suggests. “The fact that there is a small but sophisticated minority out there who take advantage of the system – for their own benefit and in so doing, are […]
By Greg Meckbach | December 7, 2018
OTTAWA – The pace of economic growth in Canada slowed in the third quarter as business investment spending fell and the growth in household spending slowed, raising questions about the future pace of interest rate hikes by the Bank of Canada. The Canadian economy grew at an annualized pace of two per cent in the […]
By Greg Meckbach | December 4, 2018
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