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McLarens Canada’s St. Catharines branch celebrated its 20th anniversary on Aug. 1, 2010. In honour of the milestone event, the branch manager, Marie Gallagher, hosted a luncheon for staff, company management and clients on Aug. 19, 2010 at Henry of Pelham Winery. The St. Catharines branch was the company’s first and only branch, until 1996. […]
September 30, 2010
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Almost 100 passengers sailed aboard the Obsession III on Sept. 10 during the Second Annual Mix & Mingle Boat Cruise. The event, presented by Winmar Toronto/Brampton and No Problem Movers, was made possible thanks to the following partners: Gilbertson Davis Emerson LLP, Safetech Environmental Ltd., Carstar, A.S.A.P., Williams & Partners Safety Express, Madeira Hardwood Floors […]
The Toronto Insurance Women’s Association (TIWA) celebrated summer in style with their 7th Annual Summer Social (formerly Pub Night) on July 8. Insurance industry guests enjoyed a summer evening at Fionn McCool’s in downtown Toronto. l •
A zealous group of 221 golfers attended the 11th annual WICC Ontario Golf Tournament on July 12 at Angus Glen Golf Club in Markham, Ont. Attendees enjoyed a day complete with a barbeque lunch, silent auction, raffle and excitement well beyond the ordinary, everyday tournament — with a hole-in-one scored by Elizabeth Kepes of Desjardins […]
The Queen’s Bench for Saskatchewan has upheld an insurer’s policy that excludes coverage for vandalism on a “vacant” property, despite the policyholders’ claim the policy remained in force because he had told the insurer about the vacancy within the 30-day time period.Roy Cheecham, a resident of the Clearwater River Dene Nation, was attempting to rent […]
By Canadian Underwriter | September 29, 2010
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Jardine Lloyd Thompson Canada, an insurance and risk management service provider, has entered into an agreement with Manic Marketing Inc. (MMI) to provide DisasterPhone to the Canadian public entity market. DisasterPhone is a customized, private labeled version of CatastroPhone, a telecommunication disaster recovery service. It allows members to restore incoming call handling and distribution to […]
The Alberta oil sands operations have an environmental footprint, but the alternative of getting oil from other countries carries greater environmental and political risks, David Percy, the chair in energy law practice at the University of Alberta’s Law School, told delegates of the 2010 RIMS Canada Conference in Edmonton.During his seminar, ‘Thinking About the Oil […]
By Canadian Underwriter | September 28, 2010
Munich Re recorded a total of 725 weather-related natural hazard events between January and September 2010, causing insured losses worth $18 billion.This is “the second-highest figure recorded for the first nine months of the year since 1980,” Munich Re observed in a press release.And it could have been worse, the reinsurer observed. “Despite producing 13 […]
By Canadian Underwriter | September 27, 2010
Ontario’s Court of Appeal has ruled an ‘outside directorship liability’ (ODL) insurer had a duty to defend two lawyers and pay all related costs, despite the fact that the primary D&O policy also provided for a duty to pay for defence costs.Andre Legrand, a governance and directors’ liability expert at Ogilvy Renault, examined Goodman v. […]
By Canadian Underwriter | September 24, 2010
The cumulative effect of damage caused by natural catastrophes such as wildfires, tornadoes, hail storms and ice storms – events that, individually, are not big enough to trigger reinsurance coverage – may cause primary insurers to reconsider how they purchase reinsurance.Speaker Glenn McGillivray made the observation while giving a speech at a Sept. 23 Insurance […]
By Canadian Underwriter | September 23, 2010
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