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SGS Canada Inc. and the Canadian Food & Wine Institute (CFWI) at Niagara College have partnered on a new offering that will target risk reduction and provide students the tools needed to demonstrate true risk-based diligence. The Food Safety Program Optimization (FSPO) is designed to target risk reduction and provide the tools to students to […]
By Canadian Underwriter | January 16, 2017
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Hurricane Matthew, which became the first Category 5 Atlantic hurricane since Felix in 2007, clocked the top wind speed for 2016 at an estimated 101 miles per hour (about 162.5 kilometres per hour) on Oct. 6, according to CoreLogic’s Windy City Index, released on Monday. The index, an annual analysis of top wind-related natural hazard […]
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DETROIT – A federal grand jury in Detroit has indicted three former employees of Takata Corp., charging them with concealing deadly defects in the Japanese company’s automotive air bag inflators. The indictments on six counts of conspiracy and wire fraud were returned Dec. 7 and unsealed Friday, just hours ahead of a Justice Department news […]
By Jason Contant | January 13, 2017
ST. LOUIS – A thick glaze of ice covered roads from Oklahoma to southern Illinois on Friday amid a winter storm that caused numerous wrecks, forced cancellation of schools, grounded flights and prompted dire warnings for people to stay home. Winter storms are typically associated with heavy snowfall, but the one hammering the southern Plains […]
Companies in Canada’s most carbon-intensive sectors are not demonstrating “climate competency” in the boardroom and should be doing so to address climate change issues, suggests a report this week by Shareholder Association for Research & Education (SHARE). “Investors are increasingly concerned about the risks associated with climate change and what impacts these risks may have […]
By Canadian Underwriter | January 13, 2017
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Thursday that it has issued a notice of violation to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. and FCA US LLC (collectively FCA) for allegedly failing to disclose software that increases air pollution from vehicles. EPA said in a statement that the alleged violations of the Clean Air Act are […]
The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday it will not hear an appeal from a construction worker who was named in a statement of claim by a federal employee in Whitehorse, paving the way for an injured worker to sue corporations for a workplace injury. In 2012, Linda Hill was struck on the head by […]
Those in Canada’s property and casualty insurance industry must think outside the box and understand the importance of coupling new products with new delivery methods to meet ever-increasing and ever-changing customer expectations, Philip Cook, CEO of Omega Insurance Holdings Inc., argued Wednesday during Industry Trends and Predictions: 2017 in downtown Toronto. “We need to challenge […]
By Angela Stelmakowich | January 12, 2017
PORTLAND, Ore. – A major snowstorm spread Wednesday through Portland and parts of Washington state – toppling trees, closing schools and cutting power to thousands in the heaviest snowfall for the city since at least 2008. Some Portland neighbourhoods got more than a foot of snow, a rare event in a city known for its […]
By Jason Contant | January 12, 2017
The National Energy Board (NEB), an independent federal regulator of several parts of Canada’s energy industry, announced on Wednesday that it will require companies to provide additional emergency response detail during the pipeline application phase of a project. NEB said in a statement that it will amend the NEB Filing Manual after considering public input […]
By Canadian Underwriter | January 12, 2017
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