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HALIFAX – In an era when storms with hurricane-force winds are expected to keep battering Atlantic Canada, experts say the region should make major changes to electrical grids, shoreline defences and even the types of trees being planted. Work continues today to reconnect customers after post-tropical storm Dorian knocked out power to 80 per cent […]
By The Canadian Press | September 11, 2019
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More than 100,000 Atlantic Canada homes and businesses were still without power three days after Dorian hit Nova Scotia, but the latest hurricane to hit Canada’s east coast should be easier for the industry to handle than the May 4 wind storm that hit central Canada in 2018, one industry executive suggests. A catastrophe that […]
By Greg Meckbach | September 10, 2019
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Clients with dune buggies or with snowmobiles that carry more than two people will no longer be able to get those vehicles insured by Intact starting next year in Nova Scotia. Intact considers dune buggies as “too risky,” wrote Jennifer Nicholson, a members of the Nova Scotia Utility and Review board, in a decision released this […]
By Greg Meckbach | September 9, 2019
MONTREAL – Conservative party Leader Andrew Scheer is trying to reassure Canadians that if elected, his government would better protect their personal information following recent high-profile security breaches at major corporations that compromised the data of millions of Canadians. A Conservative government would also create a certification system to let consumers know whether certain digital […]
Hurricane Dorian is definitely a catastrophe-level event for Canadian insurers, probably with huge business interruption losses and possibly bigger than 2016’s Hurricane Matthew, industry experts said Monday. “Business interruption is going to be huge on the commercial book of business,” said Kumar Sivakumaran, vice president of national operations at SCM’s ClaimsPro unit, in an interview […]
If your client’s home is heated by oil supplied from an outdoor tank, do they need to conduct annual maintenance? This question came up in a recent subrogated home insurance claim. A Court of Appeal for Ontario ruling released this past Wednesday means if your clients are not taking some action with regard to their […]
By Greg Meckbach | September 6, 2019
NEW YORK – The cybercriminal who steals information or money from a small business is probably a master of deception and manipulation as well as a techno-expert. When Nancy Butler got a call from someone claiming to be from her information technology service two years ago, she assumed it was a routine checkup by a […]
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Hurricane Dorian will likely pass over Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island with hurricane force winds, before developing into a post-tropical storm over Newfoundland and Labrador, according to the latest projections from the Canadian Hurricane Centre (CHC). A tropical cyclone statement from CHC released early Thursday morning said “the most likely track projection” brings Hurricane […]
By Jason Contant | September 5, 2019
If your organization is involved in any way with serving alcohol, your risk management strategy may need a sober second thought. How to be free and clear of liability
By Greg Meckbach, Associate Editor | September 5, 2019
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Giving Alberta’s auto insurance regulator discretion in allowing rate increases of over 5% is good news for the industry, but more needs to be done to address claims costs, the Insurance Bureau of Canada warns. In 2017, the province’s regulator was specifically instructed by Joe Ceci, then the NDP finance minister, to not approve rate […]
By Greg Meckbach | September 4, 2019
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