Industry
Resurrected from a near-death experience three years ago, I-CAR's training courses will remain in Canada, with the Automotive Industries Association of Canada (AIA) in the driver's seat.
By Andrew Shepherd | April 30, 2010
4 min read
Ontario's auto reforms will be missing several crucial details when they are implemented on Sept. 1, 2010. Without knowing these details, insurers will be gambling that their initial pricing of the new product will be correct.
By David Gambrill | April 30, 2010
12 min read
B.C. has called on the province's public insurer to transfer more than $777 million of its money into the public coffers, begging the question: Government 'cash grab,' or maintaining the integrity of the private auto insurance market?
By David Gambrill, Editor | April 30, 2010
5 min read
Special thanks to Mona Gobran for her contribution to the article.; The rules around loss transfer appear to be straightforward enough, but court and arbitration decisions in Ontario have added a few new wrinkles to its application.
By J. Claude Blouin | April 30, 2010
1 Axis Reinsurance Company has announced two appointments to its Canadian branch. Rohit Trivedi [1a] has been appointed vice president, Canadian Claims. He joins Axis from Munich Re Group, where he established and led the claims department for Munich Re’s primary arm, Temple Insurance. Vangie Artes [1b] accepted the role of assistant vice president of […]
April 30, 2010
More than 150 industry representatives, a record turnout, attended the 51st Annual Reception of the Quarter Century Club held Mar. 31 at the Hilton International in Toronto. The event was a roast for claims industry veteran Malcolm “Mac” Ross, senior vice president with ClaimsPro (an SCM Insurance Services company). After 42 years of working in […]
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The Honourable Order of the Blue Goose International, Ontario Pond held its 10th Annual Scotch Nosing at the Rosewater Room in Toronto on Apr. 8. More than 150 guests attended the sold-out event. They were treated to a four-course meal and some of Scotland’s rarest, ‘special-edition’ single malts. Ed Patrick, one of Scotland’s finest international […]
CARSTAR Automotive Canada Inc. held a grand opening celebration for a new location in Welland, Ontario on Apr. 22. Owned and operated by James Richardson, CARSTAR Welland is located at 16 Lincoln Street West. It is the 84th location in Ontario and the most recent addition to CARSTAR’s network of more than 135 locations in […]
ISO 31000, the international standard for risk management, fails to pay enough regard to risk governance, said Paul Hopkin, technical director of the Association of Insurance and Risk Managers in the United Kingdom.Hopkin spoke on a panel discussion about ISO 31000 at the Risk and Insurance Management Society’s annual conference in Boston on Apr. 27.ISO […]
By Canadian Underwriter | April 30, 2010
Risk managers should make a point of including secondary loss characteristics on an insurance portfolio not only to potentially reduce aggregate exposure, but also to reduce premium significantly, delegates of the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS)’s conference were told. Bruce Norris of Edgewood Partners Insurance Center, Marian Ivan of RREEF and Michael Horvath of […]
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