All the headlines from our Canada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 6 2004 // The Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA), which provides malpractice insurance to doctors in Canada, is on the verge of announcing it will not cover lawsuits generated by Internet drug sales, even if those suits...
Dec 18 2003 // Insurance fraud isn’t a uniquely American phenomenon, as the Insurance Bureau of Canada’s recent announcement shows all too clearly. Our neigbors north of the border have also chosen their “top ten”...
Dec 15 2003 // According to a bulletin from the Insurance Bureau of Canada, the country’s P/C insurers posted generally weaker financial results in the third quarter of 2003, due largely to a downward trend in the auto insurance...
Dec 11 2003 // Even though its marathoner CEO Ewald Kist is set to retire next year, ING, the Dutch insurance and financial services giant, is still very much ‘in the running.’Yesterday the company announced that it would...
Dec 10 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Allianz Insurance Co of Canada and Trafalgar Insurance Co. of Canada (collectively...
Dec 2 2003 // Agency aggregator Strategic Independent Agents Alliance announced that London, Ontario-based Omni Insurance Brokers has assumed control of SIAA Canada and has established the Southwest Brokers Network as a strategic master...
Dec 2 2003 // Thirty-eight Canadian farm mutual insurance companies have committed to group purchase the next generation WebWriter BackOffice insurance solution, said a company announcement. 44 insurers in North America and the...
Dec 1 2003 // A.M. Best Co. affirmed the financial strength rating of “A” (excellent) of the Guarantee Company of North America based in Montreal, Canada. Best also affirmed the “A-” (excellent) financial...
Dec 1 2003 // The Centre for Spatial Economic and Shift Central Inc. have released a study, commissioned by Insurance Bureau of Canada on behalf of brokers, agents and insurers in the Canadian Province of New Brunswick, that sheds new...
Nov 14 2003 // For the fourth year in a row, the Hyundai Tiburon (2-door) has the distinction of holding the top spot on Insurance Bureau of Canada’s (IBC) top 10 list of the country’s most frequently stolen vehicles. This...
Nov 14 2003 // Columbus, Ohio-based brokerage giant Assurex Global announced the appointment of new directors and officers to the its board of directors for 2004.Officers include Chairman Gregory S. Belton of Hunter Keilty Muntz &...
Nov 3 2003 // Newark Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions, a leading provider of products and services for the management of catastrophe risk, and Earth Satellite Corporation (EarthSat) announced two additions to the Climetrix™...
Oct 16 2003 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has ordered a Canadian company to stop selling unauthorized insurance in the state, and a Venice agent is facing revocation of his license for reportedly selling the bogus...
Oct 3 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on the primary operating subsidiaries of Toronto, Ont.-based insurance holding company...
Oct 2 2003 // The Insurance Bureau of Canada has issued a bulletin reassuring consumers that their property insurance will respond to storm-related damage caused by Hurricane Juan, which struck Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island last...
Sep 29 2003 // Hurricane Juan, a category 2 storm on the Saffir/Simpson scale with sustained winds of around 80 mph (130 kph), slammed into Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island early this morning, bringing heavy rains and storm surge...
Sep 15 2003 // Alain Thibault, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Canada’s Property and Casualty Insurance Compensation Corporation (PACICC) announced that Paul Kovacs has been named PACICC’s next President and Chief...
Sep 5 2003 // Due to the significant number of ratings announcements released recently, the IJ offers the following summary of actions taken by the rating agencies indicated. More complete information can be obtained directly from the...
Sep 5 2003 // California-based Copart, Inc. announced that it has opened its first salvage facility in Canada, near Toronto. The addition of this 28-acre “greenfield” location brings the number of sites operated by the...
Sep 3 2003 // Toronto-based Kingsway Financial Services Inc., a leading non-standard auto insurer in the U.S. and Canada, announced the appointment of Stuart Kistruck as the new President & CEO of York Fire & Casualty...