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The Quarter Century Club will be funding an annual $1,000 student scholarship through the Insurance Institute’s John E. Lowes Education Fund in the name of Douglas H. Hurlbut.The Quarter Century Club is scheduled to make a cheque presentation at the Insurance Institute’s Lowes Fund Breakfast on Oct. 26.Hurlbut, a Quarter Century Club member, passed away […]
By Canadian Underwriter | October 19, 2011
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Compu-Quote’s (CQ) is introducing Sales Focused Broker (SFB), a new product designed to help brokers make the most of online leads.SFB is intended to help brokers follow-up on leads from popular social networking sites, such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, as well as their own brokerage Web sites. SFB works as follows:InsuranceHotline.com, which is fully […]
Don Ireland has joined CKR Global as a Special Investigations Unit investigator, based in Calgary, Alberta.Ireland spent 24 years with the RCMP, retiring as a corporal. He also spent 18 years with the Insurance Crime Prevention Bureau (later named the Insurance Bureau of Canada, Investigative Services). He holds training obtained through: International Association of Arson […]
The Fiat 500, the latest minicar model to grace Canadian roads, may be tiny in size but it has earned big points from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS).The 2012 model year has earned the institute’s top safety award for good performance in front, side, rollover, and rear impact evaluations and for having electronic […]
Disaster damage in Canada could be reduced to half the current level in 25 years if the public and private sectors work together to develop a comprehensive program of disaster risk reduction, said Paul Kovacs, the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR)’s executive director.Kovacs offered a keynote address at the 2nd Annual National Roundtable on […]
By Canadian Underwriter | October 18, 2011
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Most organizations recognize that cyber risk management extends beyond the domain of the IT department, but few are incorporating cyber insurance as part of their overall risk management strategy, Advisen Ltd. reported.In its report A New Era in Information Security and Cyber Liability Risk Management, Advisen explored the current state of enterprise-wide information security and […]
Ontario’s auto insurance rates increased by an average of 3.05% in 2011 Q3 when rated by market share, according to the Financial Services omission of Ontario (FSCO). FSCO’s rate changes were based on roughly 40% of the market applying for rate change approvals in 2011 Q3. Rate filings approved during 2011 Q3 averaged 1.21%, based […]
By Canadian Underwriter | October 17, 2011
The Co-operators has contributed $150,000 to the Canadian Co-operative Association to mark the kick off of ‘Co-op Week’ and support activities related to the International Year of Co-operatives.The United Nations has declared 2012 to be the International Year of Co-operatives. Celebrations during the week of Oct. 17, 2011, as well as during 2012, will share […]
Granite Global Solutions has appointed Dennis Schembri executive vice president of relationship management.In this expanded role, Schembri will assist all of Granite’s divisions with their key client relationships and develop new group sales and service opportunities. He brings more than 30 years of experience to the position. “In 1993 he founded Vanler Insurance Adjusters Ltd., […]
HUB International Phoenix Insurance Brokers and Progressive Home Warranty (PHW) are joining forces in an exclusive agreement that will see HUB International Phoenix Insurance Brokers offer commercial and personal insurance with group rates to all members of Pacific Home Warranty in British Columbia and Progressive Home Warranty in Alberta, and Saskatchewan.Progressive Home Warranty is based […]
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