Risk

IBC launches public education workshops in Atlantic Canada

Canada’s home, car and business insurers are launching a series of half-day educational workshops across Atlantic Canada to help commercial businesses and non-profit organizations get the most for their insurance dollar.”The workshops are one of several activities underway to help improve the commercial insurance environment for businesses and voluntary organizations in the Atlantic Provinces,” according […]

By Canadian Underwriter | May 2, 2006

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OARBIC releases new transactional insurance portal

OARBIC, a specialized IT consulting firm for the property and casualty insurance industry, has just released a new transactional insurance portal called the OARBIC Software Enterprise Application (OSEA). OSEA provides a customizable ‘front end’ and dynamic link to one or many legacy systems, while optionally externalizing business rules and workflows. It is a technology framework […]

By Canadian Underwriter | May 2, 2006

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Munich Re calls for changes to risk-sharing

A recent Munich Re report says “existing mechanisms for distributing the risk between the private insurance sector, the state, and the federal government should be reconsidered” in light of the hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005. The report, entitled ‘The 1906 earthquake and Hurricane Katrina,’ was released in recognition of the centennial anniversary of the […]

April 30, 2006

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The Unbearable Lightness of Auto Liability

Supreme Court examines insurer's liability for the "indirect" use of an automobile

By Craig Harris | April 30, 2006

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