Claims
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – Walmart Canada has been ordered to pay a $20,000 fine for selling contaminated food after a devastating wildfire in northern Alberta two years ago. Some of the charges against Walmart included failing to dispose of food items – including candy, potato chips, beans and condiments – after the Fort McMurray fire […]
By The Canadian Press | October 1, 2018
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First General, a North American restoration network with operations across Canada, has appointed Dan Burns to be the regional director of its central and eastern Ontario offices. First General has more than 80 general locations in Canada and the United States. Each location is independently owned and operated. A licensed all-lines adjuster, Burns will lead […]
By David Gambrill | October 1, 2018
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Official catastrophe estimates will not be ready for awhile following the tornadoes that struck the Ottawa and Gatineau areas Sept. 21, but it will definitely be a cat event, industry observers say. Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ) defines a catastrophe as an event causing more than $25 million in insured property damage. In its […]
By Jason Contant | September 28, 2018
Climate change has turned the risk of wildfire into a year-round peril in Western Canada, a geography expert says. In the past, wildfire season started in April or May and ended some time in October, said Dominic Ford, senior geospatial analyst for Verisk Analytics Inc. “That’s not really the case anymore,” Ford said during a […]
By Greg Meckbach | September 28, 2018
Auto insurance covers “car surfing,” in which a person rides on the top or rear of a moving vehicle, an Ontario court has found. “Car surfing or attaching oneself to a vehicle, while reckless and dangerous, is not a more abnormal use of a vehicle than the other reckless and dangerous uses of a vehicle […]
By David Gambrill | September 27, 2018
Artificial intelligence and data analytics is one reason some Canadian insurers are underwriting residential flood coverage, speakers said Tuesday during an industry conference. “Here is an opportunity that we took to really look at the massive data sets we worked with,” Barbara Bellissimo, senior vice president of Desjardins General Insurance Group, said during Tuesday’s Insurance […]
By Greg Meckbach | September 26, 2018
Cell phone records proved to be the deciding factor in an insurance fraud case in which a B.C. driver falsely claimed that his truck had been stolen. Parker Winterbottom, 22 at the time, reported to police in October 2011 that his 2006 Ford F-150 truck had been stolen. A few days later, police located the […]
By David Gambrill | September 26, 2018
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VANCOUVER – Some Canadian police forces are hesitant to use a federally approved roadside test for marijuana impairment, raising questions about the Liberal government’s decision to give the devices the green light. Vancouver’s police department is among those that won’t use the Drager DrugTest 5000 when pot is legalized next month because it says the […]
By Jason Contant | September 26, 2018
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As if mounting auto insurance losses aren’t enough, the industry now has a new emerging issue to worry about this year – an alarming spike in home and commercial property claims. Catastrophe losses and fire are among the chief culprits cited for a noteworthy increase in personal property claims ratios, industry commentators tell Canadian Underwriter. […]
By David Gambrill | September 25, 2018
Claims adjusters are reporting a wide range of claims from the two tornadoes that tore through the Ottawa-Gatineau area Friday. “The tornado event is considered to be more like a ‘pocket storm,’” Kumar Sivakumaran, vice president of national operations with ClaimsPro, said Monday. “We anticipate the volume will be handled under the Ontario Disaster Relief […]
By Jason Contant | September 25, 2018
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