All the headlines from our Canada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 30 2015 // When you are identified in a picture on Facebook, biometric software remembers your face so it can be “tagged” in other photographs.Facebook Inc. says this enhances the user experience. But privacy advocates...
Jul 28 2015 // ACE Limited, which announced plans to acquire Chubb for $28 billion earlier this month, has designated a post-merger leadership team for the North American Insurance operations of the combined company.The North America...
Jul 22 2015 // Texas had the most catastrophe losses in the United States during the first half of 2015, according to a new report on North American cat losses during the first six months of the year.Seventeen second-quarter catastrophe...
Jul 22 2015 // Property/casualty insurers catastrophe losses in North America for the first-half of this year were down 36 percent to $8.1 billion from 2014’s total of $12.6 billion, making it the lightest catastrophe first half...
Jul 14 2015 // As cannabis bans are relaxed in more U.S. states, the race is on to develop an instant roadside breathalyzer for police to test drivers who may be taking the “high” road.Vancouver-based Cannabix Technologies...
Jul 9 2015 // The Guarantee Company of North America announced that it has “teamed up with Bullfrog Insurance to provide a faster and simpler way for Canadian small business owners to obtain small business insurance.”They...
Jul 9 2015 // Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) announced that Bernard McNulty has been named the head of claims Canada, effective immediately.Based in Toronto, he will...
Jul 8 2015 // Office work will become much less of a pain in the neck if Julie Côté has her way.This kinesiology researcher who teaches at McGill University in Montreal is interested in finding ways to reduce or even prevent the kinds...
Jul 8 2015 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC*, a subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Vézina, a Montreal, Quebec-based independent insurance brokerage firm.The acquisition includes the property/casualty brokerage division Vézina...
Jun 23 2015 // The Canadian government has hit Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd. with fresh charges over a 2013 derailment that killed 47 people.The charges were laid Monday against the company and its president, Robert...
Jun 9 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has introduced Executive First™ Fiduciary Liability Insurance, a new policy designed to provide straightforward, up-to-date protection for Canadian sponsors of large pension...
May 29 2015 // Firefighters battled wildfires in northern Alberta, Canada’s biggest crude-producing region, for a sixth day on Thursday, with two blazes near oil sands facilities still out of control.The wildfires have forced...
May 27 2015 // Wildfires in northern Alberta kept about 10 percent of Canada’s oil sands production offline for a third day [on Tuesday] as Bank of America Corp. warned the blazes may slow the economy.A fire at Cold Lake Weapons...
May 21 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has named Paul Emerson as head of liability claims in Canada. Emerson comes to BHSI from the law firm of Clyde & Co Canada LLP.“As an attorney with extensive...
May 20 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has introduced a crime protection policy along with a new executive impersonation coverage endorsement for large public and private companies in Canada.“Designed by BHSI...
May 18 2015 // Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, has developed a fully probabilistic flood model for Canada to help insurers and reinsurers better underwrite and manage their riverine and...
May 18 2015 // The American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) expanded its membership again in 2015 with the addition of eight new organizations, all based in Canada.The Canadian organizations sought to become part of the...
May 13 2015 // Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), has appointed Ulrich Kadow as chief agent for Canada effective immediately. Based in Toronto, Kadow will lead...
May 7 2015 // A BNSF train carrying crude oil owned by Hess Corp derailed and caught fire in North Dakota on May 6, forcing the evacuation of a nearby small town just days after the United States and Canada announced reforms to improve...
May 5 2015 // Almost two years after an unattended oil train derailed and exploded in Quebec, killing 47 people, the U.S. and Canadian governments jointly set new rules designed to reduce the risks of hauling crude by rail.Newly built...