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Zurich Canada is working with Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University (SFU) to examine options for adaptation to extreme weather events caused by climate change. The ACT/Zurich Canada Extreme Weather Events program kicks off in May 2008. It will bring together Canadian and international experts to examine the challenges, publicize the issues and recommend policy options to […]
September 30, 2007
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Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation (MTO) is now regulating driving schools and instructors, a move supported by the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC). As of Sept. 1, the Ontario government has been regulating schools offering beginner driver education, an MTO release says. A new curriculum standard will be implemented by the end of this year. It […]
In its annual review of the worldwide catastrophe insurance market, reinsurance intermediary Guy Carpenter & Company notes 2007 global reinsurance rates decreased 2%, compared to a 32% increase in 2006. “The hurricanes of 2005 had no obvious impact on Canadian markets,” the report says. “However, as many of the reinsurers operating in Canada are branches […]
Representatives of the Canadian reinsurance market assured delegates of the A.M. Best Canadian conference that their Canadian branches are here to stay, despite recent changes to the Insurance Companies Act contained in Bill C-37. Changes to Part 13 of the act address whether reinsurers must to report to the federal regulator, the Office of the […]
With the Bank Act issue officially retired as of early this year (for another five years, at least), the Insurance Brokers Association of Canada (IBAC) is now setting its sights on what brokers do when they choose to retire. Specifically, IBAC’s new president, Danny Craig, told delegates at the association’s 2007 annual general meeting in […]
Crawford & Company (Canada) Inc. held its 13th annual Crawford Classic charity golf tournament on Sept. 12, 2007, at the Royal Ontario Golf Club. Golfing during unseasonably cold weather has become somewhat of a Crawford tradition. This year was no different, as clients and employees braved the temperature to raise more than Cdn$10,000 for Crawford […]
Broker ownership and control: What does it mean and what needs to be done?
By Randy Carroll, Chief Executive Officer, Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario | September 30, 2007
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'Generation Next' is looking to work in an insurance industry that boasts state-of-the-art technology, a positive self-perception and access to the experience of a firm's executive decision-makers
By Vanessa Mariga | September 30, 2007
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IBC's incoming president, Mark Yakabuski, wants the insurance trade organization to be ahead of the curve when it comes to auto insurance reforms and discussions with governments about climate change
By David Gambrill | September 30, 2007
Fresh from their victory in the Bank Act issue, brokers are setting their sights on communicating with a wider audience
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