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Impending changes to Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents (PIPEDA) could “effectively cause more class-action” lawsuits down the road because companies will be required to report information security breaches that pose “a real risk of significant harm,” a lawyer recently warned insurance professionals. “Any time there is a privacy breach, within any organization, that […]
By Jason Contant | November 25, 2016
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released proposed guidelines to help address driver distraction caused by mobile and other electronic devices in vehicles. The announcement, on Wednesday, covers the second phase of voluntary guidelines to address driver distraction on roads in the United States. The first phase, in 2013, focused on devices or systems built into the […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 25, 2016
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Tropical Storm Otto killed at least four people in Costa Rica and then headed into the Pacific Ocean Friday after making landfall as the southernmost hurricane on record to hit Central America. Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis announced that three had been killed in the town of Guayabo de Bagaces, a […]
How companies respond to data breaches in which criminals obtain sensitive customer data is “hugely important” in reducing the risk of a class-action lawsuit, a lawyer suggested Wednesday to insurance professionals. At the November luncheon of the Property Casualty Underwriters Club, guest speaker Patrick Hawkins discussed several recent court cases, including a class action lawsuit […]
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While a recent observational driver study found the average seatbelt compliance rate in rural Manitoba was 94.7%, more than 600 people were still not wearing a seatbelt, Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) reported on Thursday. The study, conducted in October by Citizens on Patrol Program (COPP) groups in rural Manitoba, involved a total of 13 rural […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 24, 2016
LAKE ST. MARTIN, Man. – Five years after nearly 2,000 residents were forced to leave their homes due to extensive flooding, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) has put out a bid for tenders to build 150 new houses at Lake St. Martin First Nation. The bid closes Dec. 8 and INAC hopes to have […]
By The Canadian Press | November 24, 2016
PERILS AG’s second loss estimate for insured property loss associated with Central Italy’s earthquake in August has almost doubled from 34 million euros to 66 million euros. The third loss estimate for the quake is scheduled to be published Feb. 24, 2017, notes a statement Thursday from the company, an independent, Zurich-based organization that provides […]
The rise of class action lawsuits alleging privacy breaches is raising the question of whether a corporation can be held vicariously liable when employees cause privacy violations to plaintiffs who do not actually prove they were harmed, a lawyer warned insurance professionals Wednesday. Patrick Hawkins, a lawyer with Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, was the keynote […]
By Jason Contant | November 24, 2016
Cyber risk awareness among small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is on the rise, according to Zurich Insurance Group’s fourth annual global SME survey. The survey found that just 10% of SMEs said that they were too small to be at risk of falling victim to cyber crime, compared with 17% of those that though they […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 23, 2016
Canadian Underwriter and Swiss Re have teamed up to host a live webinar, titled The Road to Flood Resilience in Canada, reflecting on natural hazards throughout the country and what Canada can expect for the future. The free webinar, scheduled for Dec. 14 at 12 p.m. EST, will be hosted by Balz Grollimund (pictured below right), […]
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