Industry
Given the recent proliferation of mobile access to claims support services, how should consumers proceed when they are caught in an auto collision?
By David Gambrill, editor | April 30, 2011
5 min read
Ontario has embraced the potential of claims data collected by Health Claims for Auto Insurance (HCAI) to fight auto insurance fraud.
By James Daw, senior writer, Insurance Bureau of Canada | April 30, 2011
Just a few weeks ago, one insurer announced a record loss of $1.2 billion on Ontario auto insurance, increasing the entire industry’s loss ratio by almost 5%, up to 99.4%. How did we get to this point? If we review the convoluted history of Ontario over the past 20 years, we may better understand the […]
By James I. Cameron, president, Cameron & Associates Insurance Consultants | April 30, 2011
CARSTAR Automotive Canada is developing and launching plastic repair training for collision repair centres across Canada. The initiative started in the summer of 2009, when Bill Davidge, mediation and systems specialist for CARSTAR Automotive Canada, thought about how to reduce the amount of plastic parts being replaced instead of repaired. Davidge wanted to show CARSTAR […]
April 30, 2011
1 min read
Siobhan Usher-Post of National Brokers Insurance Services Inc. was awarded the prestigious Economical Insurance Cornerstone Award for 2010. Giuliano Manazzone, general manager of metro operations, and Bruce Churchman, business development manager, both of The Economical Insurance Group, presented industry veteran Usher-Post with the award.
The 30th annaul Ontario General Insurance (OGI) Hockey Tournament was held in Kitchener, Ont. March 18th-20th. A record 50 teams participate over the weekend. All proceeds raised through registration fees and corporate sponsorship will be donated to Camp McGovern and Camp Everton to support the youth programs. This year’s tournament is projected to raise more […]
More than 160 senior insurance industry executives gathered in Toronto for the 2011 Canadian Outlook breakfast on Mar. 31. Attendees at the event, co-sponsored by Swiss Re and the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), learned about trends in the 2010 Canadian market results. Speakers included Sharon Ludlow, Swiss Re Canada president and CEO; Christian Mumenthaler, […]
Hannover Re held a retirement celebration for Roy Vincent on Apr. 14 at the Rosewater Room in Toronto. More than 150 clients, colleagues, partners and guests attended. Vincent began his insurance career at the age of 17 as a Lloyds broker in the Blood and Livestock business. Having worked at Hannover Re for 28 years, […]
Ontario’s 2010 auto reforms appear to be funnelling injured claimants into the Minor Injury Guideline (MIG), but there is still a divide between those claimants in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and those outside of the GTA, said Lynn Anderson, Aviva Canada’s vice president of health care services.Anderson offered an insurer’s perspective at The LMH […]
By Canadian Underwriter | April 29, 2011
2 min read
Hiring a lawyer immediately after an accident, overusing multidisciplinary medical treatments within the first month and operating in a tort system all have a negative impact on the recovery time from a whiplash associated disorder (WAD), said Dr. Pierre Côté, a scientist in the Division of Health Care and Outcomes Research at the Toronto Western […]
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