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Concerns about climate change from human-produced greenhouse gas emissions may have prompted the world’s largest property and casualty reinsurer to stop writing some business for oil sands sites, according to an unverified document obtained by Canadian Underwriter. Facultative reinsurance covers and primary insurance business, including renewals, may not be signed for the planning, financing, construction […]
By Greg Meckbach | October 15, 2019
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WINNIPEG – Nearly 21,000 Manitoba homes and businesses remained without power early Monday in the wake of a snowstorm that the province’s Crown energy utility said had left an unprecedented amount of damage to transmission lines, towers and more, and will take days to repair. “In some areas, we have more lines and poles down […]
By Jason Contant | October 15, 2019
3 min read
Rogue employees may be plotting ways to cause damage to your clients’ business. How to advise your clients on managing the risk
By Dr. Dexter Morse, Director, Insurance & Risk Management, International Air Transport Association (IATA) | October 12, 2019
4 min read
Saskatchewan’s government-run auto insurer has won a victory of sorts before the Supreme Court of Canada arising from a disputed accident benefits claim, although the carrier lost its key argument. Canada’s top court announced Thursday it will not hear an appeal from Linda Gardipy, who was injured Jan. 31, 2011 in a motor vehicle accident. […]
By Greg Meckbach | October 11, 2019
Canadians are seemingly drowning in confusion when it comes to flood risk, according to a recent survey of 1,700 Canadians. The survey on flood risk, commissioned by RSA Canada and World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWF-Canada), produced some seemingly self-contradictory findings. For example, despite nearly a third (31%) of respondents telling the study that they’re worried […]
By Adam Malik | October 11, 2019
WINNIPEG – A first, early blast of windy, winter-like weather has knocked out power and made travel nearly impossible in many parts of southern Manitoba. Heavy, wet snow started Thursday and is expected to last into the Thanksgiving weekend, making driving a sloppy, slippery mess. RCMP have closed the Trans Canada Highway from Portage la […]
By The Canadian Press | October 11, 2019
1 min read
Flood maps with a resolution of two metres would be ideal, but don’t expect anything like this Canada-wide anytime soon. The current standard for the spacing of a topographic grid for regional mapping and modelling is 30 metres, as the the Canadian Water Network noted in a recent study, Improving Flood Risk Evaluation through Cross-Sector […]
By Greg Meckbach | October 10, 2019
Hundreds of thousands of Ontarians have driven a vehicle while very high on cannabis, poll results released Wednesday by CAA South Central Ontario imply. One in five Ontario drivers surveyed, aged 19 through 70, are cannabis users, CAA SCO said in a release. Based on the total number of people licensed to drive in Ontario […]
QUEBEC – The Quebec government says it will appeal a decision invalidating parts of Quebec’s cannabis law that prohibited home cultivation. On Sept. 3, Quebec Superior Court Justice Manon Lavoie ruled Quebec’s legislation infringed upon the jurisdiction of the federal government, which has sole responsibility for legislating on criminal matters. The judge ruled unconstitutional the […]
By The Canadian Press | October 10, 2019
After an Alberta shopping mall experienced its fourth roof collapse, an IGA supermarket lost millions in sales because it had to close for more than six months. A business interruption claim of nearly $800,000 followed, but the calculation of the lost revenue is headed to the courts. In Sobeys Capital Incorporated v Whitecourt Shopping Centre […]
By Greg Meckbach | October 9, 2019
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