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Two firefighters are in hospital after being hurt while fighting a brush fire northeast of Edmonton. The men were hurt in two separate areas of a brush fire in Lamont County. County communications co-ordinator Heather Atkinson says the firefighters are in stable condition in hospitals in Lamont and Edmonton hospital. She says the fire started […]
By The Canadian Press | April 19, 2016
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British Columbia’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has announced $4 million in funding for shoreline flood mitigation projects in Abbotsford that, if left unrepaired, could undermine the dike protecting the Matsqui Prairie and important regional infrastructure. Announced as part of the public safety funding in the 2016 provincial budget, the project builds on similar repairs […]
By Canadian Underwriter | April 19, 2016
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Many states in the United States face risks from earthquakes, yet only about 10% of surveyed homeowners on the West Coast have purchased related coverage, reports the Insurance Information Institute (III). Recent earthquakes in Ecuador and Japan serve as a reminder to consider whether or not having such coverage in place makes sense. Related: Major […]
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The major commercial buildings and the many seaside hotels in Ecuador are likely to be of concern to the insurance industry following the recent magnitude-7.8 earthquake in the northwestern part of the country, according to the chief research officer at Risk Management Solutions, Inc. (RMS). On Saturday, April 16, a Mw7.8 earthquake struck Esmeraldas Province […]
Record rainfall prompted extensive flash flooding across parts of Texas on Monday, closing schools and city offices and overtopping levees, Impact Forecasting said in an Aon Cat Alert. Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, said in the alert issued late Monday that rainfall rates fell at up to 4 inches (101.6 millimeters) per […]
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For the second time in 18 months, the Supreme Court of Canada has declined to hear an appeal of a verdict of an Ontario lawsuit arising from a disputed US$15-million directors’ and officers’ liability claim arising from an unjust enrichment lawsuit in the United States. Parties to the case include American International Group Inc.’s Canadian […]
By Canadian Underwriter | April 18, 2016
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BC Wildfire Service crews have responded to 59 wildfires since April 1, including 12 in the Prince George Fire Centre, the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations said on Friday. Almost all of the wildfires were human-caused, and wildfires caused by people unnecessarily divert firefighting crews and resources from naturally occurring […]
PEDERNALES, Ecuador – Rescuers pulled survivors from rubble Sunday after the strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast. Officials said the quake had killed at least 235 people and injured 1,557 more. The magnitude-7.8 quake, the strongest to hit Ecuador since 1979, was centred on Ecuador’s […]
By Greg Meckbach | April 17, 2016
ASO, Japan – Thousands of rescue workers searched a debris-strewn village in southern Japan for about a half-dozen missing people Sunday, as the Japanese government said U.S. military aircraft would join the relief mission for communities devastated by two powerful earthquakes that killed 41 people. The search is concentrated in Minamiaso, which means South Aso, […]
Canada’s highest court will not hear an appeal from Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, which was ordered to indemnify the estate of a passenger who caused an accident by grabbing the steering wheel of a vehicle. The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday it has denied ICBC leave to appeal decision released Sept. 23, 2015 […]
By Greg Meckbach | April 15, 2016
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