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Crews were working to clean up a “significant fuel spill” that was threatening a river and a conservation area northwest of Toronto on Tuesday after a truck hauling gasoline crashed in the region. The fuel truck lost control around 2:30 a.m. in Caledon, Ont., and the back tanker of two being hauled in tandem fell […]
By Jason Contant | March 7, 2017
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Insured losses from catastrophe events in Canada reached about $4.9 billion last year, nearly 10 times more severe than 2015, the quietest Canadian catastrophe year on record, according to Property Claim Services’ (PCS) full-year 2016 review. In 2016, PCS designated nine cat events in Canada (including one in the fourth quarter), up from three in […]
By Canadian Underwriter | March 7, 2017
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The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC), the provincial government and police across B.C. are joining forces in March to raise awareness of the dangers and consequences of distracted driving. “Despite tougher penalties and increased education, distracted driving still contributes to more than one quarter of all car crash fatalities in B.C., with an average […]
PORT HARDY, B.C. – The leader of a First Nation off the north coast of Vancouver Island says he’s worried about the impact a fuel spill at a nearby fish farm will have on his community’s food source. Bob Chamberlin, elected chief councillor of Kwikwasat’inuxw Haxwa’mis First Nation, said the area is critical for clam […]
By The Canadian Press | March 6, 2017
The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) is welcoming the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador’s recent announcement aimed at reducing impaired driving. On Thursday, the provincial government introduced amendments to the Highway Traffic Act that strengthen impaired driving laws. The proposed amendments will expand the province’s vehicle impoundment program, making it mandatory for a police officer […]
By Canadian Underwriter | March 3, 2017
Organizations and their boards must treat cyber risk as an enterprise-wide issue to help foster a culture in which every person and every department understands it has a role to play in making the organization as cyber-secure as possible, corporate director Susan Wolburgh Jenah suggested Thursday. The bigger concern as a board member revolves around […]
By Angela Stelmakowich | March 3, 2017
5 min read
A Worchester, Mass.-based location-based data provider has launched “the highest resolution crime analytics available in Canada,” providing exclusive United States-Canadian total, violent and property crime comparisons. Dr. Andrew Schiller, CEO and founder of Location, Inc. said in a press release earlier this week that “with seamless national coverage of violent and property crime risk for […]
MONTREAL – Transport Minister Marc Garneau is calling for the creation of a tough national standard to penalize distracted drivers using their cellphones on the road. Garneau said Wednesday that having consistent national rules with stiffer fines and demerit points could address the growing number of incidents. While dangerous driving is covered under the Criminal […]
By Jason Contant | March 3, 2017
The motivation and rationale behind certain cyber attacks seems to be undergoing a transition, with some actors looking to inflict the most disruption possible on a target entity simply for the “fun” of it, it was suggested Thursday during the 2017 International Cyber Risk Management Conference (ICRMC). In the last year, “I’ve seen a rise […]
A pedestrian who was hit by a car is not able to sue the City of Kitchener and the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario because the Ontario Limitations Act bars the plaintiff from adding the municipalities as defendants to an existing lawsuit. Lynda Arcari was struck by a car Dec. 2, 2009 as she crossed […]
By Canadian Underwriter | March 2, 2017
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