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The November 13 earthquake affecting New Zealand “serves as a reminder ” of earthquake risk in Oceania, while wildfires — some set deliberately – in Israel, will cause economic losses of over half a billion, Impact Forecasting LLC suggested in a report released Wednesday. The Global Catastrophe Recap, published monthly by Chicago-based Impact Forecasting, is […]
By Canadian Underwriter | December 7, 2016
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The coming year is expected to witness evolving technology that introduces new cyber threats and attacks that broaden and differentiate to penetrate new vulnerable surfaces, suggests a report issued Wednesday by Trend Micro Incorporated. The expectation is 2017 “will include an increased breadth and depth of attacks, with malicious threat actors differentiating their tactics to […]
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A 20-year driving ban, on an Ontario man with more than 10 drunk driving convictions, was recently upheld by the province’s Summary Conviction Appeal Court. In February, 2009, Victor Freeborn-Mejia was sentenced to six months in jail plus a 20-year driving prohibition after pleading guilty to being in care and control of a motor vehicle […]
By Canadian Underwriter | December 6, 2016
PITTSBURGH – A state prosecutor’s office in Pennsylvania was among hundreds of thousands of victims of a now-shuttered international cybercrime operation, paying nearly $1,400 in a bitcoin ransom to free up its infected computer network, authorities disclosed Monday. Federal prosecutors said in court documents only that an unidentified state government entity had been victimized by […]
By Jason Contant | December 6, 2016
The winter floods of 2015 and 2016 in the United Kingdom were one of the “most extreme and severe hydrological events of the last century,” a new scientific review has confirmed. The hydrological appraisal, titled The winter floods of 2015/2016 in the UK – a review, was published on Monday, the first anniversary of Storm […]
Boston-based Liberty Mutual Insurance announced on Monday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ironshore Inc., a global specialty lines company, from Fosun International Limited. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2017, pending regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, Liberty Mutual said in a press release. Upon closing, […]
By Canadian Underwriter | December 5, 2016
A constructive dismissal lawsuit, against the University of Calgary, has led to a ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada that Alberta’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act does not require a public body turn over records – over which solicitor-client privilege is claimed – to the province’s Information and Privacy Commissioner. In […]
The Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed that superior court judges can sit extra-provincially. The move is a positive one, sending a signal that access to justice in the class action context is not illusory or superficial.
By Linda Fuerst, Senior Partner; Kaitlin Shung Associate; and Rahool Agarwal Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright | December 5, 2016
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So far this year, use of alcohol or drugs was a contributing factor in more than one-third of fatal vehicle crashes on roads patrolled by the RCMP in New Brunswick, the police force said in a statement on Friday. Statistics so far this year showed that alcohol or drugs were a contributing factor in 20 […]
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OAKLAND, Calif. – The death toll in the Oakland warehouse fire has grown to 36 and authorities say they expect the number to rise when they resume work later Monday following a temporary work stoppage. A wall is leaning inward, posing a safety hazard to those who have been searching the building which erupted in […]
By Jason Contant | December 5, 2016
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