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CounterAttack roadchecks targeting impaired drivers on now
Although COVID-19 has changed many things, it hasn't changed the law – if you plan to drink, don't drive. Police will be setting up CounterAttack roadchecks across the province while taking necessary pandemic-related safety precautions to get impaired drivers off our...
Summer Fun Starts With Safety!
There’s a difference between relaxing and letting your guard down. Canadian Red Cross safety experts created this easy to follow Water Safety Tip Sheet to ensure your time in and around the water is as safe as it is memorable. Summer has been a long time coming....
ILScorp – Happy Canada Day, We’ll be back on Thursday
The ILScorp offices will be closed Wednesday, July, 1. as we take some time to enjoy Canada Day. We’ll be back Thursday morning, ready to take your calls, answer your questions and register you for online insurance programs. You can reach us from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m....
U.S. insurance adjusters in Calgary to respond to damaging hail storm
The excerpted article was written by Adam Toy Global News A parking lot outside a hotel in northeast Calgary is full of American licence plates from states like Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Utah and South Carolina. CRU Adjusters confirmed to Global News it...
Alberta cuts business tax, boosts infrastructure spending to reboot economy
By Dean Bennett THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON _ Alberta is cutting business taxes, pumping billions into infrastructure and making a full-court press to lure jobs from Toronto, Montreal and elsewhere to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic. "We're going to be placing a...
Ontario announces task force to review ways to revamp tow truck industry
By Michelle McQuigge THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO _ A wave of alleged criminal activity rocking Ontario's tow truck industry clearly shows the need for stronger oversight, Premier Doug Ford said Monday as he announced a newly appointed task force would be reviewing ways...
Alberta Court Decision Highlights Insurance Defence Lawyer Obligations To Insureds
The excerpted article was written by Patrick Heinsen , Sarah Makson and Amal Jabar (Articling Student) Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Source: Mondaq * Facts The Plaintiff and her employer were defendants in an action that made a number of allegations, including negligence...
More Canadians are worrying about the economy and over half are cutting discretionary spending
TORONTO, June 29, 2020 /CNW/ - COVID-19's impact on the economy is causing many Canadians to worry about the future: 79 per cent of respondents in CIBC's Financial Priorities Poll say they are concerned about continued recessionary times next year, compared to 55 per...
Economical Insurance encourages policyholders to check their eligibility during demutualization
WATERLOO, ON, June 29, 2020 /CNW/ - Economical Insurance has set out to reach more than 630,000 eligible policyholders across Canada to ensure participation in the company's demutualization process. While the date of Economical's planned demutualization has yet to be...
Great West subsidiary buying Personal Capital in deal worth at least US$825M
WINNIPEG _ A subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco Inc. has signed a deal to buy U.S. investment manager Personal Capital in a deal worth at least US$825 million. Under the agreement, Empower Retirement will pay US$825 million, plus up to an additional US$175 million...
