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Ontario politicians from all three parties spoke Thursday in favour of an opposition private member’s bill that proposes to allow the transportation minister to “create designated highway texting zones.” Bill 190, the Safe Texting Zones Act, was referred Thursday to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs. Those zones are intended to remind drivers […]
By Canadian Underwriter | May 20, 2016
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Earthquakes triggered by oil and gas activity have been happening in Texas since at least 1925, and they have been widespread throughout the state ever since, according to a new historical review published online. A Historical Review of Induced Earthquakes in Texas, published on Wednesday in the journal Seismological Research Letters, found that while the […]
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More diligence is required to protect board members in the wake of a crisis, suggests a new white paper prepared by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP for the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD). Based on a survey of 400 Canadian directors (ICD members), director roundtable meetings and a cross-country series of panel discussions, the paper […]
NEW YORK – LinkedIn said Wednesday that a 2012 breach resulted in more than 100 million of its users’ passwords being compromised – vastly more than previously thought. The business social network said that it believes to be true a purported hacker’s claim that 117 million user emails and passwords were stolen in the breach, […]
By Jason Contant | May 20, 2016
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Ours is a venerable profession and you should be proud of the important work you do, every day, delivering the product of the Property & Casualty Insurance Industry in Canada. As a profession we have a responsibility to determine and address the needs of our customers so we can develop the skills necessary to meet […]
By Fred Plant, President, Canadian Independent Adjusters' Association | May 20, 2016
Notre profession est une profession noble; vous devriez être fiers du travail important que vous accomplissez chaque jour, c’est-à-dire d’offrir le produit du secteur de l’assurance de dommages au Canada. L’un des nombreux avantages d’être président national de l’Association canadienne des experts indépendants est la possibilité de joindre les lecteurs de Claims Canada par l’intermédiaire […]
By Fred Plant, president, ACEI | May 20, 2016
Making the complex clear brings satisfaction to Andy Williams and the team at AMG Claims Inc.
By Emily Atkins, Editor | May 20, 2016
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An Ontario municipality is liable, under the province’s Occupiers’ Liability Act, for injuries that rendered a cyclist a quadriplegic after he fell while riding over a teeter-totter-type obstacle at a mountain bike park, the provincial appeal court has ruled. In a decision released Tuesday, the Court of Appeal for Ontario upheld a ruling released Jan. […]
By Canadian Underwriter | May 19, 2016
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WASHINGTON – The Amtrak engineer whose speeding train ran off the rails in Philadelphia last year was apparently distracted by word that a train nearby had been hit by a rock, federal investigators concluded Tuesday, pinning most of the blame on him for the wreck that killed eight people. “He went, in a matter of […]
By Jason Contant | May 19, 2016
More than half of polled federal cyber executives in the United States said they don’t agree that the government’s response to last summer’s massive Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data breach has improved their agency’s security. The State of Cybersecurity from the Federal Cyber Executive Perspective – An (ISC)2 Report, released on Thursday, revealed that […]
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