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DNA testing, CSI-style, ferreted out a fraud scheme in which a Manitoba driver vehemently denied crashing his car, causing his airbag to deploy.The attempted fraud made the top of Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI)’s Top 5 frauds of 2010.The vehicle owner was adamant his vehicle had been stolen, despite a statement to the contrary by an […]
By Canadian Underwriter | December 20, 2010
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The rising cost of living, climate change and damage to the natural environment are the Top 3 risks keeping Canadians awake at night, according to a global RSA survey.Rounding out the Top 5 risks that concerned Canadians were cancer and speeding/traffic/dangerous drivers.Canadians, according to the survey conducted by The Futures Company, put disproportionately more weight […]
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Already battered by flooding in Fredericton and the southwestern part of the province, New Brunswick is in for more severe weather, warns Environment Canada.A major low-pressure system south of Nova Scotia will bring a mix of precipitation and strong winds over Dec. 20 and 21.Rainfall of between 25 and 60 millimetres can be expected in […]
Perth County Council approved a 54% increase to its 2011 municipal insurance premium, which rose to $445,056.The Council tendered an RFP to handle its municipal insurance in late November. Only two municipal insurers – Frank Cowan and the Ontario Municipal Insurance Exchange (OMEX) – made the Dec. 14, 2010 deadline.A representative of Frank Cowan Insurance […]
By Canadian Underwriter | December 17, 2010
Nova Scotia’s Department of Health does have a subrogated right to claim against an insurer for nursing home costs arising from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident, according to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.In Slauenwhite v. Keizer, Jean Slauenwhite was 81 years old in Dec. 15, 2004, when she was a passenger in […]
Responding to the risk of fires following an earthquake, the City of Vancouver is in the middle of replacing transformers mounted on wooden poles in the city’s downtown core, according to a report by the CBC.A Nov. 20, 2010 report by the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) identified the unique seismic risk of the […]
By Canadian Underwriter | December 16, 2010
The U.S. government has launched a civil lawsuit against BP, QBE Underwriting Ltd. and seven other parties it deems responsible for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Apr. 20, 2010.U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder did not say in his Dec. 15 announcement how much the civil action was worth. The defendants named in the lawsuit […]
The Ontario Securities Exchange Commission (OSC) is examining accusations of insider trading against a former senior accountant of Kingsway Financial Services and her son.The securities regulator is holding a Jan. 27, 2011 hearing to examine allegations that Helen and Paul Kuszper made a profit of more than $321,000 based on insider knowledge that Kingsway would […]
By Canadian Underwriter | December 14, 2010
The Ontario Court of Appeal has confirmed in a slip-and-fall case that the knowledge of the existence – rather than the specific identity – of a potential party invokes the discoverability principle and postpones the expiry of applicable limitation periods.Roseanna Ansell-Vaughan discussed the ramifications of Safai v. Bruce N. Huntley Contracting Limited in an article […]
By Canadian Underwriter | December 13, 2010
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner in Alberta says it’s “incomprehensible” why data encryption was not used in seven self-reported breaches of personal information over the past three months, each involving a stolen or lost laptop or digital device. “Encryption technology is pretty much commonplace, and it’s irresponsible that an organization would allow this stuff […]
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