Industry
Volunteers at more than 70 CARSTAR collision repair centres across the country are getting ready to soap it up as part of an ongoing campaign to help the thousands of young Canadians battling cystic fibrosis (CF). The fourth annual CARSTAR Soaps it Up National Car Wash Day takes place on June 16, 2007. Last year, […]
By Canadian Underwriter | June 6, 2007
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The Loyalist Insurance Group Limited (TSX: LOY) has announced that the trading in common shares of the company on the TSX Venture Exchange is scheduled to resume on June 7, 2007. Cease trade orders issued by the Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia securities commissions against Loyalist were revoked, effective May 25, 2007. Loyalist is a […]
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Canadian executives concerned with supply chain management face a number of risks including environmental regulations and pressures, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) LLP in Canada.Lino Casalino, partner, Canadian supply chain and logistics leader with PwC, points to several key trends influencing current and future supply chains over the next five years one of which includes the […]
By Canadian Underwriter | June 5, 2007
An Ontario Superior Court of Justice case, Oliveira v. Mullings, recently considered the standard for summarily dismissing a claim made against an auto insurer.The claim was based on a September 2003 motor vehicle collision, in which one of the defendants, Phillip Mullings, was the driver of a vehicle owned by his mother, defendant Claudia James. […]
By Canadian Underwriter | June 4, 2007
The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) has welcomed new legislation in B.C. that the IBC says will provide more competition and choice in the provinces auto insurance market.Bill 93, adopted in 2003, aims to clearly separate basic insurance from optional insurance products to give British Columbia drivers more options regarding their insurance coverage.Bill 93 ensures […]
By Canadian Underwriter | June 1, 2007
Kathi MacMillan, the education director of the Insurance Brokers Association of Alberta, has retired after 11 years of creating 'Ah-hah!' moments for her students
By David Gambrill | May 31, 2007
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Quebec’s brokers’ association, the Regroupement des cabinets de courtage d’assurance du Qubec (RCCAQ), is following a road never before traveled — seeking the Holy Grail of universal, real-time interface. The RCCAQ is funding a project to develop and implement a real-time data exchange facility between brokers and companies. It has undertaken the project under the […]
May 31, 2007
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Certifying the safe and efficient transmission of data between insurers and brokers is now a possibility in a post-CSIO Portal world
By Kevin Campbell, President, Policy Works | May 31, 2007
Brokers are increasingly dependent on technology to aid them in their business. Consequently, they are increasingly dependent on good tech support.
By Donovan Williams, Supervisor, Systems Support, Applied Systems Canada, Inc. | May 31, 2007
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Canada’s financial services sector generally – and Canada’s insurance industry in particular – is no doubt keeping a careful eye on where the federal finance ministry is going to go next with its Anti-Tax-Haven initiative. You may recall Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s 2007 budget speech on Mar. 19, 2007, in which he took a tough […]
By David Gambrill, Editor | May 31, 2007
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