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MONTREAL – Heavy snow continued to fall Wednesday as Quebec emergency crews struggled to cope with a fatal winter storm that paralyzed traffic and left hundreds of motorists stranded in their cars overnight. Environment Canada said southwestern, central and eastern Quebec remained under storm warnings after more than 35 centimetres of snow were dumped on […]
By Canadian Underwriter | March 16, 2017
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Two recent appeal court rulings “highlight the importance of having clearly worded provisions in employment agreements” when employers want to limit the entitlements of workers who are dismissed without case, a lawyer wrote on a recent blog post. “Frequently, employment agreements and plan documents contain provisions directed at limiting a dismissed employee’s entitlements,” Christopher Dormer […]
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada reiterated this week a 16-year-old recommendation that the federal government require emergency position indicating radio beacons or similar devices for certain small fishing vessels. In an investigation report released in 2000, TSB recommended that Transport Canada “require small fishing vessels engaging in coastal voyages to carry an emergency position […]
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FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – A fire that broke out at a Syncrude oilsands site in northern Alberta was the result of a supply line that broke and leaked light oil, a company spokesman said Wednesday. Crews were allowing the blaze at the Mildred Lake oilsands upgrader to burn itself off of flammable chemicals, 24 hours […]
TORONTO – A Canadian man of Kazakh origins who appeared to live a lavish lifestyle in southern Ontario was arrested as one of four suspects in a massive hack of Yahoo that targeted American government officials, Russian journalists opposed to the regime of President Vladimir Putin, and ordinary email users, authorities said Wednesday. Karim Baratov, […]
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Lloyd’s reports that a partnership with modelling company Arium has produced a data-driven methodology that will allow (re)insurers to model liability risk exposure probabilistically across entire portfolios. The approach – the result of a three-year project between Lloyd’s and Arium to improve insurer understanding of liability risk exposure – seeks to help create “a more […]
Munich Re is looking to set up partnerships that would previously not have been considered, the company reported this week in announcing the group operating result fell 16.5% to 4,025 million euros in 2016 compared to 4,819 million euros in 2015. “The lower technical result and the costs of the ERGO Strategy Programme were only […]
A recent court decision “highlights the amount of work required,” for a defendant being sued after hosting a party where people were consuming alcohol, to get a summary motion dismissing the case, two lawyers argued in a blog post this week. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruling in Wardak v. Froom “provides important practice […]
By Canadian Underwriter | March 15, 2017
Falls from heights and the use of expensive antiques on sets are among the risks that film production firms should keep in mind when working in foreign locations, Chubb Ltd. said in a report released Tuesday. “When producers choose a foreign location, they need to understand how local employment, workers’ compensation and insurance regulations may […]
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – Syncrude says most of its workforce has returned to an oilsands site in northern Alberta after an explosion and fire Tuesday. But company spokesman Will Gibson couldn’t say whether production has resumed after a fire erupted at the Mildred Lake upgrader. One worker was injured and taken to hospital in nearby […]
By The Canadian Press | March 15, 2017
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