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Canada’s highest court announced Thursday it will not hear a crown appeal of an impaired driving acquittal, in which a Saskatchewan Provincial Court judge ruled that a police officer knocking on the apartment door of a registered vehicle owner constituted a “search.” John Rogers was charged with impaired driving – and acquitted – after a […]
By Canadian Underwriter | April 20, 2017
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The Travelers Companies, Inc. has reported a combined ratio of 96% for the first quarter of 2017, up 3.7 points from 92.3% in the first quarter of last year. Net income for the first quarter of 2017 ending March 31 was US$617 million, down from US$691 million in Q1 2016, Travelers said in a statement […]
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Intact Ventures has made its first investment in Canada Alert Labs Inc., an Ontario provider of easy-to-install technology that offers residential and commercial property owners real-time water use, flood, leak, temperature and power alerts. Not only do the alerts generated by the cellular-connected, home-protection technology help homes and businesses guard against water damage, they also […]
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LAS VEGAS – A Nevada crash that nearly killed a young woman has exposed a hole in the government’s efforts to get dangerous Takata air bag inflators off the road: There’s nothing that prevents the devices from being taken from wrecked cars and reused. Karina Dorado’s trachea was punctured by shrapnel from an inflator in […]
By Jason Contant | April 19, 2017
KASLO, B.C. – The threat of further slides is keeping six families out of their homes in southeastern B.C., but residents of 41 other properties were allowed to return Tuesday night. The Regional District of Central Kootenay downgraded an evacuation order late Tuesday affecting nearly four dozen homes in the Kootenay Lake community of Kaslo, […]
By The Canadian Press | April 19, 2017
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MONTREAL – Recent heavy rainfall had civil security authorities keeping close tabs on Quebec rivers Monday as minor flooding was reported in various parts of the province. Heavy rain on Sunday raised the water levels of streams and rivers over a large swath of western, central and southern Quebec, but the situation is expected to […]
By The Canadian Press | April 18, 2017
One in 10 respondents to a recent State Farm Canada survey admit that they have driven under the influence of marijuana (45% within the past 12 months), but nearly half this group said they don’t believe marijuana impacts their ability to drive safely. State Farm Canada conducted the online survey last month of 3,061 people […]
By Canadian Underwriter | April 18, 2017
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The Canadian property and casualty insurance industry had underwriting income of $484 million in 2016, down 81% from $2.554 billion in 2015, while reinsurers’ combined ratio deteriorated 30.4 points year over year, MSA Research Inc. suggested in a report released Tuesday. Industry loss data from the wildfire in May in Fort McMurray, Alberta “came in […]
A windstorm that affected parts of southern Ontario on March 8 has resulted in nearly $100 million in insured damage, Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ) said on Tuesday in a press release from the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC). On March 8, a low pressure system brought damaging winds to southern Ontario, IBC said […]
Nearly a year after the massive wildfire that devastated Fort McMurray, Alta., a climate scientist says there may be more forest fires in Canada this summer. “If the forecast’s right that it’s a warmer than normal summer, we’ll probably have more fires,” says Mike Flannigan, a meteorologist and professor in the University of Alberta’s renewable […]
By The Canadian Press | April 17, 2017
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