Industry
More than 165 insurance professionals participated in the 12th Annual McCague Borlack LLP Golf Tournament on June 30. The tournament took place at the prestigious Club at Bond Head, in Bond Head, Ontario. Attendees supported the DareArts Foundation Inc. for Children, a Canadian not-for-profit organization that uses arts education to empower children to become leaders. […]
July 31, 2010
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CULE Insurance held its annual ‘Fly-In’ Golf Trip on June 4-6. The courses in Muskoka, Ontario included ‘The Rock’ and the ultra-exclusive ‘Oviinbyrd.’ CULE hosts the annual event in appreciation of their markets’ support. This year’s participants included Ken Rayner, CULE; Ron Fritz, Leeds; Bill Jonas, Everest Re; Andy Tarantino, Everest Re; Bob Ryan, Lombard; […]
This year’s Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay For Life featured the largest-ever number of insurance industry participants. The relay celebrates survival and is a tribute to the lives of loved ones who have been touched by cancer. In June, teams of 10 people participated in a 12-hour, overnight, non-competitive relay, taking turns walking, running or strolling […]
The 12th Annual McKellar Charity Golf Day raised Cdn$19,050 for WICC (Women in Insurance Cancer Crusade). The golf day was held at Crosswinds Golf & Country Club in Burlington, Ontario on June 14. Participants from the legal and insurance claims communities enjoyed a fun-filled day of events, including morning clinics with golf professionals, a buffet […]
Risk
The Ontario Risk and Insurance Management Society (ORIMS) held its annual golf tournament on June 22 at Deer Creek Golf Club in Ajax, Ontario. Three hundred and nineteen golfers attended the event, which took place immediately following the ORIMS annual general meeting. A torrential rain may have soaked the golfers, but it didn’t dampen anyone’s […]
Claims
SGI Canada has received a total of approximately 4,700 property and auto insurance claims as a result of the foul weather plaguing Saskatchewan over the past few months. All told, since April 2010, there have been 3,000 property claims estimated at over $47 million and close to 1,700 vehicle claims estimated at $10 million as […]
A tornado tore through Midland, Ont. on June 23, the third tornado of the season in Ontario. A severe thunderstorm and funnel cloud ripped through the southern part of Midland, damaging property and forcing the community to declare a state of emergency. Environment Canada confirmed a tornado touched down, but the exact timing, length, width […]
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Impending ‘solar storms’ may disrupt the earth’s magnetic field and wreak twenty times more economic damage than Hurricane Katrina, NASA scientists warn. A solar wind is a stream of charged particles, mostly electrons and protons, spewed from the sun. Should the streams of particles strike the Earth’s magnetic field, they have the potential to modify […]
Developing industry-wide delivery standards for third-party medical examinations and standards for training and experience of assessors in auto-related injury claims are among the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO)’s top priorities for 2010. In its 2010 Statement of Priorities, FSCO says it will be taking the following initiatives, among others, to support automobile insurance reform: […]
The Leamington tornado generated 4,750 home, commercial and auto claims totaling an estimated $85 million, a preliminary report finds. The majority of the claims were for homes, the Insurance Bureau of Canada says, based on data from PCS Canada. In the early morning hours of June 6 — around 3 a.m. — an F1 tornado, […]
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