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The 2010 Canadian Association of Insurance Women (CAIW) AGM & Convention was hosted by the Nova Scotia Insurance Women’s Association and held at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel on June 9-13, 2010. The annual convention was an opportunity for CAIW members and guests to network and enhance expertise and knowledge of current industry issues and […]
September 30, 2010
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More than 20 exhibitors attended the Canadian Independent Adjusters’ Association (CIAA) Annual Conference held in Victoria, B.C. on Aug. 26-29, 2010. The exhibitors were thrilled to be front-and-centre during the welcome reception and see more exhibit time at the following morning’s networking breakfast. See all photos from this event at www.canadianunderwriter.ca/gallery
The Insurance Brokers Association of Canada (IBAC) held its 2010 Annual General Meeting at the Fairmont Algonquin Hotel in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Although high winds on the high seas postponed a scheduled whale watching tour on Sept. 17, there was still plenty of action at the conference, including the President’s Dinner and Entertainment on […]
Delegates of the 2010 National Insurance Conference of Canada (NICC), held in Montreal, Quebec, enjoyed the opportunity to share refreshment and conversation during the opening night of the conference and before enjoying the gala dinner. More than $14,000 was raised in lieu of speaker gift donations, in addition to a silent auction and raffle for […]
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The fourth annual National Insurance Conference of Canada (NICC) featured speakers such as General Rick Hillier, former Canadian chief of defence staff; conference emcee Amanda Lang, senior business reporter for CBC News and cohost of The Lang and O’Leary Exchange; Dan Ariely, behavioural economist and author; and OSFI senior director Gilbert Menard and OSFI director […]
Lloyd’s of London, a specialist insurance market, has reported a pre-tax profit of $942 million in the first half of 2010, down from a first-half profit of roughly $2 billion in 2009. Lloyd’s combined ratio (COR) in the first half of 2010 was 98.7%, down from the COR of 91.6% reported in the first half […]
By Canadian Underwriter | September 30, 2010
Aggressive U.S. plaintiff firms are slowly creeping their way into Canadian securities class action suits, warned Jay A.R. Cassidy, a senior vice president at Marsh in Toronto.Cassidy addressed delegates at the 2010 RIMS Canada conference in Edmonton on Sept. 28 about recent trends in D&O liability.The 2009 securities class action suit Timminco presented the first […]
Axa has launched an application, Axa Mobile, designed for use on the iPhone.In the event of an auto accident, the application lets Axa insureds report their claims immediately, record spoken comments and document the event by providing details and photographs, among other things, an Axa release says.iPhone users will also find access to emergency and […]
Desjardins General Insurance launched a contest in which it will award a grand prize of $10,000 and donate $10,000 to a charity selected by the grand prize-winner.To enter the ‘Win for You-Win for your Cause’ contest, individuals must request an auto or home insurance quote from DGI, or submit the expiry date of their current […]
European regulators are engaged in a “failure of common sense,” by crafting regulations to prevent a re-run of the financial crisis instead of focusing on strategies to promote the economic growth of the financial sector, Lloyd’s of London chairman Lord Peter Levine said in a Sept. 29 speech at the Lloyd’s City Dinner. “It is […]
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