Industry
The rapidly emerging use of advanced vehicle technology (AVT) is causing insurers to look down the road and ask about rates, write-offs and repairs.
By David Gambrill, Editor | January 31, 2012
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When it comes to achieving broker-carrier workplace efficiencies, companies can interpret and adapt a 'once-and-done' approach to suit their specific business and technical goals.
By Karl Greenlaw, CEO, Brovada Technologies Inc. | January 31, 2012
Companies need to help management executives and top performers manage their stress levels to avoid burnouts that can negatively affect the bottom line.
By Carey-Ann Oestreicher, Chief Engagement Officer, Potential Unlimited | January 31, 2012
One year later, RSA presents some key reflections on its merger with GCAN Insurance Company.
By Susan Murphy, Vice President, Sales and Distribution, RSA Canada | January 31, 2012
IBAC's Data Exchange Project is now in its third phase, one step closer to a coveted round-trip data exchange between a broker management system and an insurer's policy administration system.
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More than 400 stakeholders representing the insurance claims and collision repair industries attended the Canadian Collision Industry Forum (CCIF) meeting on January 28, in Toronto. Speakers included Tom Bissonnette, Parr Autobody, Saskatoon and CCIF chairman; Mike Bryan, CCIF administrator, Richard Flint, of Richard Flint International, Andrew Shepherd, of I-CAR Canada, Leanne Blackborow, of CCIF Skills […]
January 31, 2012
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Crawford & Company (Canada) Inc. has announced three new appointments in it operations. Randy LaBrash is now director of GTS in western Canada. He will focus primarily on commercial large loss files handling within the region, as well as assume responsibility for growing the GTS product line in western Canada.Shelley Upton-Landry has joined the company […]
By Canadian Underwriter | January 31, 2012
CARSTAR Automotive Canada Inc. has added a fourth location to the Ottawa market, in Kanata. CARSTAR Kanata (Allard’s) has more than 22,000-square-feet of production space, making it one of the largest collision centres in CARSTAR’s network. The building has approximately 2,000 square feet of office space for its 44 employees. The facility’s array of equipment includes […]
Floods that devastated Thailand’s industrial parks in 2011 have created opportunities for Canadian and other foreign companies to invest in local reinsurers that are in dire need of new capital, A.M. Best says.The flooding in Thailand resulted in an estimated $15-billion insured loss, A.M. Best reported in its Asia-Pacific edition of BestWeek. Consequently, local reinsurers […]
Karen Clark & Company (KCC), independent experts in catastrophe risk, catastrophe models and catastrophe risk management, is introducing Characteristic Events (CEs), a new tool to assist insurance companies in assessing and managing catastrophe risk.CE intensity “footprints” are created using the same scientific data underlying the catastrophe models. They represent a catastrophic event characteristic of the […]
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