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Nearly two-thirds (63%) of surveyed Canadians say that Uber should be subjected to the same regulations as the taxi industry, while only one in six (17%) would ban it in their city, according to a public opinion poll conducted by the Angus Reid Institute. The study, conducted online from Jan. 27-31 and Feb. 10-11, used […]
By Canadian Underwriter | February 12, 2016
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Weather and climate-related disasters now dominate disaster trends linked to natural hazards, suggests a new analysis issued this week by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). The finding, UNISDR reports in a statement, is confirmed by events in 2015 – the hottest year on record – and the number of countries most […]
Zurich Insurance Group reported a combined ratio of 103.6% in general insurance in 2015, up 6.8-points from 96.8% 2014, and while part of that was due to an explosion in a Chinese port last summer, the insurer said its results for the second half of last year “have fallen far short of what was expected.” […]
By Canadian Underwriter | February 11, 2016
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TAINAN, Taiwan – The death toll from a weekend earthquake in Taiwan rose to 59 on Thursday, with 76 people still missing and presumed trapped under the rubble of a collapsed residential building, the Ministry of Interior said. The 16-storey Weiguan Golden Dragon complex was the only building to collapse during Saturday’s magnitude-6.4 earthquake, which […]
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A man who set his own truck on fire and then tried to make a claim and a woman who wanted $1 million for injuries from a minor vehicle accident were just two of the fraud cases from last year, discovered “using evidence found publicly available online,” the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) said […]
The former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General on Climate Change said on Wednesday that insurers must be included in the “policy architecture of sustainable development.” Janos Pasztor was interviewed about his assessment of the role of the insurance sector – specifically mutual and cooperatives – in delivering the Paris Agreement on climate change that was adopted […]
British Columbia’s Ministry of Public Safety & Solicitor General said on Wednesday that new regulations are in place to “clarify and toughen” the consequences of drinking and drug-affected driving in the province. Under the new program, drivers with certain serious prohibitions for drinking and drug-affected driving are now required to participate in “mandatory remedial programs […]
By Canadian Underwriter | February 10, 2016
The Auditor General of Alberta is criticizing the province’s municipal affairs department for transitioning its disaster recovery program (DRP) while dealing with the 2013 floods in the southern portion of the province. “The lesson to be learned here is not to transition a program in the midst of dealing with a large natural disaster,” the […]
DETROIT – Computers that control cars of the future can be considered drivers just like humans, the federal government’s highway safety agency has found. The redefinition of “driver” by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is an important break for Google, taking it a step closer to its goal of self-driving cars without steering wheels, […]
Aviva Canada said on Wednesday that two men have been charged in connection with two separate fraudulent vehicle theft claims. The first case involved Andy James, who reported to the Toronto Police Service on July 21, 2014 that his 2006 Chevrolet Avalanche, insured by Aviva Canada, had been stolen from a parking lot in Etobicoke, […]
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