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Climate risk score for Canadian property in works

ST. ALBERT — Home buyers now have a host of tools at their fingertips to help evaluate a property. Real estate listings are increasingly accompanied by scores for walkability, transit access, school zones, and even noise levels. But although data exists to forecast future risk to a home from wildfire, flood, and other increasingly common […]

By Brett McKay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, St. Albert Gazette - THE CANADIAN PRESS | January 27, 2025

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Why high premiums alone won’t fix Canada’s growing NatCat risk

Canada’s lack of public-private partnership mechanisms to share natural catastrophe risk means Canadian consumers are left holding the bag.

By Jason Contant | January 27, 2025

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Latest loss estimate for summer 2024’s Jasper wildfires

Catastrophes Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ) updates its loss Jasper Alberta loss estimate to $1.233 billion.

By Philip Porado | January 27, 2025

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First Cat bond comes to Canada

The first catastrophe (Cat) bond is coming to Canada, which will provide TD Insurance additional reinsurance capacity.

By Alyssa DiSabatino | January 24, 2025

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