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A major earthquake is the most significant threat that the property and casualty insurance industry in Canada faces, and creating a dialogue with governments and consumers is critical for the industry’s continued solvency, the Insurance Bureau of Canada says. At the National Insurance Conference of Canada in Gatineau, Que. in September, IBC’s senior vice president […]
September 30, 2013
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Robert V. Pearson, CLA, FCIAA, of Hansen Labelle Adjusters Ltd. in Calgary, was given the Honourary Life Membership Award at the CIAA annual meeting in Banff on September 14. Bob, who has worked in the adjusting business since 1959, was presented the award by Crawford & Company’s Jim Eso. In his speech, Eso noted that […]
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Ever wonder what outside groups think of the CIAA? Executive director Pat Battle shared a recent note from a new participant at the CIAA annual meeting recently in Banff. “Let me say what a pleasure it was to be a part of your meeting last week. Getting to know you and some of your people […]
The CIP Society recently named its five National Leadership Award honourees for 2013. Those honoured as “established leaders” are Ginny Bannerman, vice president finance west at Intact Insurance in Calgary, and James Cameron, president of Cameron and Associates in Toronto. Honourees for 2013 in the “emerging leaders” category are Anne-Marie Deschênes, Lindsay Mackenzie and Tammie […]
Granite Health Solutions (operating under the brands of Sibley & Associates, MDAC and TRM), has expanded into the Western Provinces of Canada with the opening of a new regional office in Calgary. Ian Elliott, President of GHS, also announced that Mandy Simard has been appointed Manager of Medical Assessments and Audrey Holliday appointed as Director […]
Insurance carriers can expect to see an increase in losses from wildfires, as average temperatures increase wordwide, while Canada ranked third in economic losses due to wildfires over the past 23 years, a recent Lloyd’s report warns. “The combination of predicted increase in global temperature and extreme climatic conditions, coupled with a growing world population […]
By Canadian Underwriter | September 27, 2013
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Scientists can now say with extreme confidence that human activity is the dominant cause of the global warming observed since the 1950s, a new report by an international scientific group said Friday. Calling man-made warming “extremely likely,” the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change used the strongest words yet on the issue as […]
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OTTAWA – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change delivers its five-year, global assessment of climate science on Friday and the findings are bound to create some heat. The report, last released in 2007, is an international manual to help governments assess their climate strategies. Leaked drafts of the 2013 report, to be released in Stockholm, Sweden, […]
By Canadian Underwriter | September 26, 2013
The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction will be hosting a workshop on earthquakes and what Canada can learn from damaging events across the world. The Oct. 11 event, part of the ICLR’s ongoing Friday Forum series, will host Dr. Garry Rogers as its speaker, a senior research scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada specializing […]
Ontario politicians from all three parties spoke Wednesday in favour of a government bill, that if passed into law, would discourage the use of litigation as a means of limiting expression on matters of public interest. One opposition politician noted in the past, directors of an advocacy group had to buy liability insurance over fears […]
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