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Canada Post announced today that it will be phasing out their home mail delivery
After providing door-to-door mail delivery to Canadians for more than 140 years, Canada Post announced today that it will be phasing out their home mail delivery. PS/ Postage is going up (85 cents each if you buy a pack – a dollar if you buy a single) & THOUSANDS of jobs will be eliminated.
Santa Claus: A Ho-Ho-High Insurance Risk
While most people enter the holiday season excited about time off with family, tasty holiday meals and gifts under the tree, I find myself pondering the question, “What if Santa Claus needed to buy insurance?”
Baby seat designed to hold iPad stirs complaints
An advocacy group called on toy maker Fisher-Price to stop selling a baby seat designed to hold an iPad at the front, saying the product encourages parents to leave infants alone to watch screens that could be harmful. What do you think?
ICBC Custom Vanity License Plate Rejections
In total, there are 2,194 rejected vanity plates that were deemed suggestive, offensive or just poor taste. Here is just a selection of 50 license plates that weren’t approved:
Keep The Holiday Season Happy And Merry
At this time of year, a number of businesses entertain their customers, clients and employees at a seasonal party. On some occasions, the party is held onsite. In other instances, the party may be at a licensed premise or possibly in the home of one of the principals of the business. Regardless of where your […]
Coldest spot on Earth identified by satellite
The coldest place on Earth has been measured by satellite to be a bitter minus 93.2 Celsius (-135.8F).
Collision costs soar during Calgary cold snap
The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the average claim per crash in Alberta is just over $7,000. That adds up to more than $13 million in damage so far, not to mention lost productivity.
Canadian SnowBirds Beware! 2014 Border Crossing Rules Increase Stakes For “Day Count”
Virtually all Canadian snowbirds know they must keep track of how many days they are in the US and outside of Canada because “bad” tax and non-tax surprises await those who are in or out of either country too long.
Punitive Damages Ordered Against Pub After Bouncer’s “Reprehensible” Beating Of Patron
In this week’s case (Reimer v. Rooster’s Country Cabaret Ltd.) the Plaintiff was physically removed from the Defendant pub after he tried to enter while concealing a beer in his cargo shorts.
Europe: Insurance gender ruling and you
Men and women, young and old, are set to notice significant changes to the cost of various types of insurance under the new European rules.
Aon wins two prestigious accolades at the Insurance Day London Market Awards 2013
Named Broking Team of the Year and Newsmaker of the Year for Berkshire Hathaway Sidecar Facility London, December 9, 2013 – – Aon plc (NYSE:AON), the leading global provider of risk management and human resource consulting and outsourcing, was honoured with two important accolades at the London Market Awards 2013, hosted by the leading daily […]
Avoid these 8 common tax filing mistakes
Canadians love tax refunds, but hate rounding up the paperwork to do the return. That’s where common tax filing errors really begin.
10 Extreme Risks for the Insurance Industry
executives selected a wide range of potential loss events—including some surprises—that they see as the most important extreme risks for the insurance industry in the long term, according to a recent Towers Watson survey.
HUB International: You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
An exclusive interview with HUB head Martin Hughes, who shares his thoughts about the company’s future and the future of independents.
