Claims
Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), citing data from Property Claim Services Canada (PCS-Canada), reports that the estimated insured damage caused by the recent wind and thunderstorm event that hit Ontario and Quebec amounts to more than $200 million. PCS-Canada tracks insured losses arising from catastrophic events in Canada. Data confirm thousands of claims have been […]
By Canadian Underwriter | July 9, 2012
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A flash storm packing both rain and hail on July 5 has left northern regions of Calgary to deal with a watery mess and to await the final tally on damages. An Environment Canada spokesperson confirmed more than 50 mm of rain and hail – measuring from the size of a quarter up to a […]
By Canadian Underwriter | July 6, 2012
Thunder Bay-area residents who did not have insurance, had inadequate insurance or had insurance that did not cover the flood damage incurred when heavy rains in late May unleashed enough water to overwhelm the city’s sewage treatment facility are reminded to submit advance claims to the City of Thunder Bay by July 9. Thunder Bay […]
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More than 60% of Ontario car owners surveyed by Angus Reid incorrectly believe they are fully covered by insurance if their vehicles are stolen. LoJack Canada, which distributes vehicle recovery and tracking systems, commissioned the online survey, which was conducted in May 2012. A total of 808 car drivers from Ontario and Quebec participated in […]
By Canadian Underwriter | July 5, 2012
Saskatchewan is now clear of tornado warnings, but not before one twister – and possibly two – touched down on July 3. Video from storm chasers in an area near Lake Diefenbaker showed a tornado touching down southeast of Outlook, confirms John Paul Cragg, a Saskatchewan-based warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada. Video captured another […]
Climate change is expected to disrupt future fire patterns, with some regions, such as the western United States, seeing more frequent blazes within the next 30 years, notes a study in the peer-reviewed journal Ecosphere. Conducted by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, the June 12 study found increasing fire activity across large parts […]
By Canadian Underwriter | July 4, 2012
Scientific precision is not a necessary condition to find “but for” causation on a balance of probabilities, the Supreme Court of Canada has found. The court ordered a retrial in a motorcycle accident case, in which the trial judge found that the victim could not prove “but for” causation to explain her injuries because of […]
The federal government plans to cut funding to the Joint Emergency Preparedness Program (JEPP) at a time when decisions and response related to a deadly roof collapse in Elliot Lake, Ontario have come under fire. The Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (HUSAR) Initiative, funding for which flows through JEPP, was launched in 2001 to develop […]
By Canadian Underwriter | July 3, 2012
Property and casualty insurance is not immune to the growing problem of voice-facilitated fraud in a number of industries and contact centres may be a vulnerable point of attack, notes information from Mattersight Corporation. Fraudsters are buying policies under stolen identities and then submitting large medical claims from staged or fake accidents, the company reports, […]
Drawing on lessons learned from its experience at previous disasters, FirstOnSite catastrophe (CAT) responders developed a self-sufficient command-and-control model that was employed at the wildfire catastrophe in Slave Lake, Alberta.
By Billy Short II, Vice President, Large Loss Operations, FirstOnSite Restoration | July 1, 2012
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