Claims
More than 100 guests attended the 30th anniversary celebration of Rosco Group, a division of FirstOnSite, in Montreal on Oct. 29. The event celebrated three milestones: the name change from Rosco Group to Premiere-Action; a 30th anniversary; and the completion of a new office complex and operational centre. Guests were treated to live entertainment, gourmet […]
November 30, 2009
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Claims professionals were in attendance at the 54th Annual Black Tie Dinner of the Toronto Insurance Conference held on Nov. 21 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto. The evening’s guest speaker was Andrew Coyne, national editor of Macleans. •
Industry
Fifty-six per cent of Canadian employers do not have a mobile device and driving policy, and 38% are considering creating or modifying a policy, reports Aon Consulting Canada.Aon collected survey responses from 387 organizations across Canada, immediately following the enactment of Ontario’s ban on mobile devices while driving a vehicle.For organizations that already have or […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 27, 2009
Since implementation, British Columbia’s stronger rules for the Graduated Licensing Program saved at least 31 lives and prevented 17,500 crashes involving new drivers in the three-years following the changes, said Solicitor General Kash Heed.In 2003, BC enhanced its GLP by:• Extending the learner stage from six months to one year;• Extending the novice stage from […]
Climate change will not happen in a steady, predictable fashion, but rather in an unpredictable manner, potentially costing hundreds of billions of dollars in damages, according to Major Tipping Points in the Earth’s Climate System and the Consequences for the Insurance Sector. The report, commissioned by Allianz and World Wildlife Federation (WWF), explores a number […]
Wadena has won SGI’s 2009 Seatbelt Challenge in the Saskatoon Health Region and will receive up to $50,000 for traffic safety improvements in its community.The 2009 edition of the Seatbelt Challenge pitted the communities of Wadena, Lanigan, Watrous and Wynyard against each other in a friendly competition to see which community could most improve its […]
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Maurice Tulloch has been appointed to the role of president and CEO of Aviva Canada, effective Jan. 1, 2010. He will replace Robin Spencer, current president and CEO, who is returning to the United Kingdom to assume the role of chief risk officer for Aviva plc. In addition to being part of Aviva Canada’s executive […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 26, 2009
Pollution liability arising from permafrost degradation, climate change disclosure and risks associated with new shipping lanes are among the emerging insurance implications of climate change in Canada’s North, according to a report by the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE).The insurance section of NRTEE’s extensive report, True North: Adapting Infrastructure to […]
Appropriate use of modeling in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis will be a focus for the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) in the coming monthsOSFI superintendent Julie Dickson focused on the use of modeling in notes to a speech she delivered at the KPMG 2009 Annual Insurance Issues Conference in […]
The subrogation right of an insurer under the Standard Mortgage Clause in an insurance policy cannot be exercised simply upon the insurer paying the loss award to a mortgagee without the insurer also establishing — as opposed to merely asserting — that it has no liability to the insured, the Ontario Court of Appeal has […]
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