Industry
Saskatchewan Mutual Insurance has selected iter8’s ‘communic8′ for its independent broker download initiative for multiple broker management systems.The implementation of communic8 will enable independent brokers to receive accurate, complete download services, a Saskatchewan Mutual release says.Iter8 will use communic8 to extract and format data from SMI’s current policy administration system, and integrate with the CSIO […]
By Canadian Underwriter | October 4, 2011
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Audatex North America, Inc. has extended its web-based business intelligence software for monitoring key performance indicators to single shop owners and multi-shop organizations. Audatex Insight for Repair Facilities is a web-based business intelligence platform that allows insurers to monitor, measure and manage claims performance and loss experience. It is now being made available for the […]
DAS Canada is offering Albertans a week of free legal advice around the strict distracted driving legislation that was adopted in that province on Sept. 1. The law bans the use of hand-held electronic devices while driving. But the province took it one step further and also applied the ban to low-tech distractions, such as […]
Auto insurance has been most costly and least affordable in Ontario, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, according to a recent study by the Fraser Institute.”Auto insurance premiums have been consistently most affordable in Alberta, Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, where auto insurance is delivered in a regulated, competitive, private-sector […]
By Canadian Underwriter | October 3, 2011
Hub International Limited (Hub) has announced that its Hub International TOS (Hub TOS) British Columbia operating unit has acquired the shares of Coastal Insurance Services Ltd. (Coastal).Coastal is a Port Moody, British Columbia (B.C.)-based insurance brokerage firm that has specialized in insuring strata corporations and individual unit owners in B.C. for more than 25 years. […]
Dr. Gordon McBean, director of policy for the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR), was elected president of the International Council for Science (ICSU) during the council’s annual general assembly in Rome, Italy on Sept. 30.Under the organization’s rules, McBean will become a member of ICSU’s executive board immediately but will not serve as president […]
A positive relationship exists between the maturity of an organization’s risk management framework and its financial performance, according to early findings from the Aon Risk Maturity Index.Aon launched the index in partnership with the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. It’s a proprietary online tool created to empower risk and finance leaders to assess […]
Zurich Canada has launched a product that focuses on the risk management needs of commercial real estate owners and managers in Canada. The Real Estate Advantage provides a bundled product that includes more than 35 additional property coverages, builder’s risk coverage and ‘Z-choice,’ a customizable environmental liability insurance product. “By offering insurance protection customized for […]
Claims Hurricane Irene blows through Quebec and Maritime provinces The verdict is still out on insured losses caused by Hurricane Irene’s three landfalls, but loss estimates for the Caribbean range as high as $1.1 billion. The remnants of Hurricane Irene, which had weakened to a post-tropical storm, lashed parts of Quebec and the Maritime provinces […]
September 30, 2011
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Rick Orr, president- elect of the IBAO, has a family tradition in the broker business that traces back to the late nineteenth century.
By David Gambrill, Editor | September 30, 2011
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