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RCCAQ reacts to Quebec curfew

Quebec’s insurance brokers should not experience any major disruptions as a result of the province-wide evening curfew imposed a week ago, the chair of the Regroupement des cabinets de courtage d’assurance du Quebec (RCCAQ) predicts. The curfew took effect on Jan. 9. As a result, with a few exceptions, no one in Quebec is allowed […]

By Greg Meckbach | January 18, 2021

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Church’s liability to victims confirmed as legal battle over Mount Cashel abuse ends

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – The Supreme Court of Canada has refused a bid by the Roman Catholic archdiocese in St. John’s to appeal a ruling that found it liable for sexual abuse at the former Mount Cashel orphanage. Thursday’s court decision ends a legal battle that first shook Newfoundland and Labrador decades ago. It also […]

By Jason Contant | January 18, 2021

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How social media can be a cyber attack vector

Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting workers through applications such as LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter, McAfee LLC warned in a report released Wednesday. Traditionally, cyber criminals have relied heavily on phishing as a way to target individual employees, McAfee chief scientist Raj Samani wrote in the information technology security vendor’s 2021 Threat Predictions Report, published […]

By Greg Meckbach | January 15, 2021

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When the appraisal umpire goes beyond the depreciation rate of both the claimant and the insurer

In a $1.2-million dispute arising from a property resort fire, an Ontario appraisal umpire did not exceed his authority when he used a much higher depreciation rate than both the claimant and the insurer did to calculate the value of the property, an Ontario court has found. A resort property owned by Senator Real Estate […]

By David Gambrill | January 15, 2021

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