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Standard Life reports slight Q1 drop in premiums and deposits
Standard Life said it is confident in its growth prospects for the rest of 2012 despite the challenging economic and financial market conditions that persist
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iClarify rolls out to Alberta, Manitoba brokers
Initial launch focuses on Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Red Deer, Medicine Hat and Winnipeg
ICBC union to meet with Finance Minister
Members of COPE 378 set to meet today with Kevin Falcon, British Columbia’s Minister of Finance, to “break the bargaining stalemate” surrounding ICBC members’ vote in favour of job action
Applied Systems to Support Canadian eDocs
New CSIO XML standard to automate broker downloads
Restoration industry needs to focus more on everyday events
View the video here on your mobile device. This video first ran in October 2011. Narrator: Art Johnson, Operations Manager at Canstar Restorations in BC, says it’s important for the insurance and restorations industries to plan and prepare for the small, day-to-day events, and not just on the rare, big loss, cataclysmic events. Art explains. [...]
1435
By ILSTV Staff on Apr 30, 2012 in History
1435: Evidence that insurance was operating in Barcelona, Spain was found in the ordinances of the city.
Saskatchewan has worst record for impaired driving crashes: MADD Canada
By ILSTV Staff on Apr 27, 2012 in Road Safety
Ontario and British Columbia are leading in efforts to reduce impaired driving, while Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and the Territories need to make major improvements, according to MADD Canada’s 2012 Provincial and Territorial Legislative Review
Take our tax quiz
By ILSTV Staff on Apr 27, 2012 in Quizzes
It’s tax time. How much do you know about taxes in Canada and around the world?
Top management mistakes
By ILSTV Staff on Apr 27, 2012 in In The Office
According to a new Accountemps survey, lack of communication is the most frequent mistake management makes
Management influences workplace safety
“Actions taken or not taken at the organizational level can either set the stage for injuries or help prevent them,” said study author Dave DeJoy
Taxes cost Canadians more than food, clothing and shelter combined: The Fraser Institute
Fraser Institute calculated that over the past 50 years, an average family’s total tax bill has increased by 1,738 per cent, while over the same period the cost of shelter increased by 1,185 per cent, food by 518 per cent, and clothing by 500 per cent
Is corporate cyber crime inevitable?
By ILSTV Staff on Apr 27, 2012 in Crime & Justice, Featured, Legal Issues, Risk Management, Software & Technology
“The reality is, you may not be able to stop cyber crime.” Larry Racioppo
ICBC employees vote in favour of job action
Union members at the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) have voted 87 percent in favour of job action
SGI cancels Green Rebate program
In Legislature on April 24, Tim McMillan, the minister responsible for SGI, said it now makes sense for the program to end as SGI is asking for a rate increase
Canadian workers among the most satisfied in the world
By ILSTV Staff on Apr 26, 2012 in In The Office
Nearly one-in-three (31 percent) of employed Canadians say they are very satisfied with their current employer
Quebec’s GAA, CGI renew contract for five years
“The FCSA database is consulted more than 1.5 million times a year by industry stakeholders and by consumers, who also have access to their claims files. Given this volume, the importance of FCSA data in the auto insurance underwriting process in Quebec is undeniable”
When ‘Big Oil’ profits, what does that mean for the average citizen?
“Each year the oil and gas industry (in the U.S.) pumps over four billion dollars into the economy.” John Felmy, Chief Economist, American Petroleum Institute
ILS Introduction to General Insurance Virtual Classroom (ILS IGI)
The ILS Introduction to General Insurance Program is now available in a Daily Assisted Learning Virtual Classroom, and is designed to help BC students obtain their Level 1 general insurance salesperson’s license.
ICBC seeks ‘essential service’ designation
The designation – if the insurer’s application is successful – could block strike action by ICBC’s unionized staff
